News as of 11 April 2000

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Lectures

Dr. Norman J.W. Thrower, Professor Emeritus, UCLA

Dr. Thrower will be making a guest lecture in Dr. Judith Tyner's History of Cartography course TODAY, 11 April, 2 p.m., LA4 102. Dr. Thrower is the author of Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, the premier book on the history of cartography. Anyone interested is invited to attend, and there are rumors about dinner later on, 5-ish (about which, check with Dr. Tyner, 5-5332, LA4 206E).

Daniel R. Weir, Ph.D. Candidate, Geography and Anthropology Louisiana State University

"The Virgin of Guadalupe, the Everyday World, and Death on the Highway: A Poetics of Place in Mexico," Tuesday, May 2nd, 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., in the Faculty Development Center on the fifth floor of the library (please feel free to bring your lunch. Fresh baked cookies will also be provided). The talk will be given in conjunction with Jayne Howell's class, "Peoples of Mexico and Central America."

Dr. Irisita Azary organized this talk (with funding provided by the College of Liberal Arts) and notes that Mr. Weir was her very first M.A. student, back when she was lecturing at San Diego State University,

She reports that Mr. Weir is also going to talk to prospective graduate students at 6-7 that day and give them the skinny on applying for graduate school (and surviving the whole experience!). That talk will be held in LA4 100. Be there or be square!

 

"The Hide You Save May Be Your Own"

This intriguing line announced a presentation by Geography Department graduate students Jim Covin, Ed Huefe, and Jan Olsen to a major public meeting organized by the three. Their presentation was entitled Emergency Preparedness in Pedro. It addressed whether San Pedro and the Harbor area are prepared for the inevitability of disaster.

The meeting was held Wednesday, 29 March 2000, 7 p.m., at the Peck Park Community Center in San Pedro. You can get more information by calling (310) 833-8628 or e-mailing Jan Olsen.

The three graduate students started a project on all local hazards, whether natural, technological, or human, to be found in the San Pedro area in Dr. Ben Wisner's seminar in hazards last year. Their project has continued to grow and develop since then and they organized a community meeting at which to present their findings.

Other speakers included representatives from the City of Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Division, the Los Angeles Disaster Preparedness Unit, the CERT Program of the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Los Angeles Police Department's Harbor Division, the Los Angeles Fire Department's San Pedro Fire Station, and the American Red Cross.

The meeting was sponsored by the San Pedro Organizing Committee and the South Bay Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

The Department is very proud that three of its graduate students worked so hard to exemplify the spirit of University service to the larger community.

My feeling is that, if all you learn at a university is what you learn in the formal classroom, then you have not received the best education possible. CSULB President Robert C. Maxson

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Dr. Rodrigue is going to offer Geography 140, "Introduction to Physical Geography," next semester in an online format! The class is scheduled for Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., but in reality it will be offered online. Students can read lectures and participate in class discussions whenever they choose, the ultimate in convenience! The class will meet a few times in the real world for exams but, other than that, will be completely online. You can learn more about this class by clicking here. You can also contact Dr. Rodrigue at (562) 985-4895 or rodrigue@csulb.edu.

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Dr. Jean Wheeler is the editor of the newsletter for the International Community Section, Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club. The International Section "provides a setting to encourage better communication of ideas for newcomers from abroad and Americans of diverse ethnic backgrounds." It also raises money for various conservation projects in other countries. The latest issue is hot off the press, and you can get a copy from Dr. Wheeler and more information about the Section and its projects and local activities at http://angeleschapter.org/ics/ or Dr. Wheeler (whose office is LA4 206D, 985-4980).

Eileen Johansen Memorial Scholarship Reception

The College of Liberal Arts, the Department of Geography, and the family of Eileen Johansen shared in a reception on Tuesday evening, 7 March, to honor the inauguration of the new Eileen Johansen Memorial Scholarship in the Department of Geography.

Ms. Eileen Johansen is deeply missed by many, and the Department of Geography is very proud to host a scholarship to perpetuate her memory and help other students struggling to complete their educations.

Click here for a description of the memorial reception and photographs.

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Jim Woods, alumnus, reports that his map, "Executions by State Since 1976," has been published online by the Death Penalty Information Center, at http://www.essential.org/dpic/executionmap.GIF. Way to go, Jim!

Dr. Irisita Azary recently had an article out in a peer-reviewed proceedings. It's entitled, "Application of the Rosgen Stream Classification System to Southern California Wildland Streams," and it came out in the June/July 1999 issue of American Water Resource Association Conference Proceedings: Wildland Hydrology.

Dr. Judith Tyner had an article on her work on embroidered maps and globes appear as, "Stitching a New Country," in Needlearts 33, 1 (March 1999): 12-14.

Dr. Tyner had an article, "Millie the Mapper," in the February 1999 issue of Meridian, which is the journal of the Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association. The article is in volume 15, pp. 23-28. Dr. Tyner also served as the guest editor for this special theme issue on Women in Cartography.

Dr. Tyner also had another article, "A World of Their Own, James Wilson and the First American Globe," in the January/February 1999 issue of Mercator's World 4, 1: 28-33.

Our hyperactive Dr. Tyner was invited to submit a commentary in California 49, California Map Society Occasional Paper. Its title is "A New Map of Texas Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining," and it appeared in the sixth issue (1999) on p. 30.

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Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, CO, July 9-12

Dr. Christine M. Rodrigue has been invited to present:

"Public Perception and Hazard Policy Construction When Experts and Activists Clash in the Media."

Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, April 4-8

Dr. Frank Gossette, together with graduate student, Mr. Michael Jenkins, will be presenting:

"Visualizing Flood Hazard with GIS."

Dr. Judith Tyner will be presenting:

"Folk Maps, Cartoons, and Map Kitsch: The Role of Cartographic Curiosities."

Dr. Ben Wisner will be presenting:

"Urban Social Vulnerability in Six World Megacities: Lessons and Proposals."

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, February 17-22

Dr. Christine M. Rodrigue presented:

"Internet Recruitment and Activism in Constructing Technological Risk."

American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 13-17, 1999

Dr. Irisita Azary presented:

"Making Connections: Development of an Internship Program to Ensure Undergraduate and Graduate Student Success."

American Studies Association, Montréal, Canada, October 28-31, 1999

Dr. James Curtis presented:

"Ensenada: A Mexican Border Town?"

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