Christine M. Rodrigue, Ph.D.

Instruction and Advising Since July 1992

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* Courses Taught at CSU Long Beach since Fall, 1999
* Courses Taught at CSU Chico from Fall, 1992, through Spring, 1999
* Other Courses Taught Elsewhere
* Analysis of Teaching Evaluations
* Citations of My Online Insructional Materials
* Advising
* Thesis Committees
* Other Mentoring Activities

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Courses Taught at CSU Long Beach

GEOG 696: Seminar in Geographical Research Methods
Spring, 2011
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 640: Seminar in Physical Geography (Hazards)
Fall, 2011
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 600: Seminar in Regional Geography (California as Hazard)
Spring, 2000
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 558-01: Hazards and Risk Assessment
Online-only, for Emergency Services Administration M.S. program
Fall, 2010
Syllabus (BeachBoard-only)
Course home page (BeachBoard-only)

GEOG 441/541-01: The Geography of Mars
Newly approved catalogue course
Spring, 2012
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 494-01: Mars: A Regional Areography
Special Topics
Spring, 2007
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 458/558: Hazards and Risk Assessment
Spring, 2009
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 452: Economic Geography
Spring, 2001
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 442: Biogeography
Fall, 2008
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 400: Geographical Analysis
Spring, 2011
Syllabus
Course home page

UNIV 300i: Odyssey Course: Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
Spring, 2006
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 304: California
Spring, 2000
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 200: Introduction to Research Methods for Geographers
Fall, 2010
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 140: Physical Geography
Fall, 2008 as mixed lecture/online class
Syllabus
Home page
Fall, 2001 as online class; Spring, 2001 as conventional class

GEOG 130: Introduction to Climatology
I developed this new GE physical lab science course
I haven't yet taught it, but it's been offered since Spring 2010
Sample syllabus
Course proposal

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Courses Taught at CSU Chico

GEOG 302: Seminar in Physical Geography
"Risk Assessment Science and Risk Management Policy"
Syllabus
Canceled, Spring, 1999

GEOG 302: Seminar in Physical Geography
Natural Hazards
Last taught, Fall, 1998

GEOG 301: Research Models in Geography
Last taught, Spring, 1999
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 260: Natural Hazards
Last taught, Spring, 1999
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 225: Rural and Small Town Development
Last taught, Spring, 1994

GEOG 216: Locational Analysis
Last taught, Fall, 1998
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 215: Quantitative Methods
Last taught, Fall, 1998
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 205: Nature and Society
Last taught, Spring, 1999
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 109: Geographical Research and Writing
Last taught, Fall, 1998
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 106: Geographies of Disaster
new course for new "Catastrophe and Humanity" G.E. Theme
Proposed syllabus

GEOG 103: Geography and World Affairs
Last taught, Summer, 1997

SOSC 101: Spatial Concepts
Last taught, Summer, 1998
Syllabus and home page

GEOG 101: Global Economic Geography
Last taught, Spring, 1999
Syllabus
Course home page

GEOG 005: California Cultural Landscapes
Last taught, Spring, 1995

GEOG 001: Physical Geography
Last taught, Spring, 1994

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Other Courses Taught before July 1992

* Courses I Taught at Chico State from Fall 1989 through Spring 1992:

GEOG 303: Seminar in Human Geography
"Economic Development and Environmental Change"

GEOG 303: Seminar in Human Geography
"Locational Analysis"

GEOG 290: Proseminar in Geography
Senior thesis capstone

GEOG 234: Urban Geography

*CSUN, CSULA, L.A. Pierce College, and Pepperdine University, from Spring 1980 through Spring 1989

GEOG 686: Seminar in Environmental Change
"Environmental Impacts of Economic Growth"
Graduate seminar conducted at CSU Northridge
GEOG 490: Senior Project
Taught at CSU Northridge

GEOG 484: Social Geography
Senior/graduate course taught at CSU Northridge

GEOG 364: Vegetation and Soils
Upper division course taught at CSU Northridge

GEOG 340: Advanced Economic Geography
Upper division course taught at CSU Northridge

GEOG 321: World Regional Geography
Upper division course, the first geography course taught at Pepperdine

GEOG 315: Advanced Physical Geography
Upper division course taught at CSU Northridge

URBS 310: Growth and Development of Cities
Upper division course taught at CSU Northridge

URBS 250/150: The Urban Scene
A lower division social science GE course taught at CSU Northridge

GEOG 102, GEOG 15: Physical Geography Laboratory
One unit lower division GE natural science lab class taught at CSUN and LAPC, respectively

GEOG 101, GEOG 160, GEOG 1: Physical Geography
Lower division natural science GE course taught at CSUN, CSULA, and LAPC, respectively

GEOG 002: Human Geography
Lower division social science GE course taught at Los Angeles Pierce College

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Analysis of Teaching Evaluations

*Quantitative Student Evaluations of Faculty (SEFs) at CSU Long Beach from F/99 through F/08

Each semester since Fall of 1999, SEFs were administered in my courses. Thirty-four courses have been evaluated this way, as of Fall, 2008.

For all my classes:
my overall weighted average is 4.28 on a 1 (worst) to 5 (best) scale

For my lower division GB3 (physical science) course (Geography 140):
my overall weighted average is 4.07

For my undergraduate major classes:

my overall weighted average is 4.36

For my statistics classes (Geography 200 and 400):

my overall weighted average is 4.36

For my graduate classes:
my overall weighted average is 4.42

*Quantitative Student Evaluations of Faculty (SEFs) at Chico State from F/92 through S/99

Each spring since 1994, SEFs were administered in my courses. Twelve courses were evaluated this way, but the quantitative SEFs for one of my courses (GEOG 205) were not in my personnel file (though the signed comments forms from the class are). SEFs for 1992 were done in the spring before the period under review, and they were canceled in Spring 1993 due to the effects of the State budget crisis of that time.

In terms of student-perceived learning, my overall weighted average is 4.0 on a 1-5 scale, with a range from 3.9 in my lower-division courses to 4.3 in my graduate courses, generally within or above University norms.

With respect to student perceptions of course rigor, I have averaged 2.5, with a range from 2.3 in my graduate courses to 2.6 in my lower-division courses. This places me on the higher end of University norms.

As for student perceptions of me as an encouraging and nurturing instructor, I average 3.9 in all my courses, ranging from 3.5 in my lower-division courses to 4.7 in my graduate seminars. I thus fall below University norms in the lower division and far above the norm in my graduate courses.

In terms of organization, the weighted average for all my classes is 4.0. This ranges from 3.8 in the more free-wheeling graduate seminars to 4.3 in my senior courses, placing me within the University norms.

I am seen as a dynamic and enthusiastic instructor, with overall average SEFs of 4.4. This ranges from 4.2 in my lower-division courses to 4.6 in my graduate seminars, which puts me at the higher end of or above University norms.

An overall weighted average evaluation was also calculated from the SEFs. In this, my mean score was 4.2, with a range from 4.0 in my lower-division courses to 4.6 in my graduate seminars. I fall within and above University norms.

*Quantitative Analysis of Signed Student Comment Forms at Chico State From F/92 through S/99

In addition to filling out computer-gradable SEFs, students at Chico State are given comments forms, which they can use to rate an instructor as excellent, good, adequate, fair, or poor and for detailed written feedback. Signed comments forms are included in the personnel file. Students in twelve of my courses availed themselves of the opportunity, and below is a quantitative assessment of the ratings they provided. The number of signed comments is smaller than the number of SEFs, so there may be self-selection biases in their ratings. Excellent is rated 5 and poor is rated 1.

The overall frequency of student ratings produces a weighted average overall of 4.4, that is, between good and excellent.

The range falls from 4.2 in my lower-division courses (a little better than good) and 4.8 in my graduate seminars (just shy of unanimously excellent).

Again, the data on which this analysis is based are summarized on-line at https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/SEFs.txt.

*Quantitative Analysis of Faculty Peer Evaluations at Chico State from F/92 through S/99

My courses were peer-evaluated six times from July 1992 through June 1999. Like student evaluations, peer evaluations entail the assignment of scores ranging from 1 for inadequate to 5 for excellent. Peer evaluations accorded with student evaluations in my case.

The mean rating of all faculty evaluating my teaching was 4.44, with a range from 4.14 to 5.00 and a standard deviation of 0.31. I was, thus, rated very highly and quite uniformly by my peers.

Across the seven aspects of teaching that colleagues are asked to comment on and rate (i.e., general observations, content, appropriateness of method, interpersonal dynamics in the classroom, organization, summary, and overall), my averaged scores ranged from 4.00 to 4.70, with a standard deviation of .25. The data on which these statements are based can also be found at: https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/SEFs.txt

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Recent Citations of My Online Instructional Materials

2008
List of lectures for Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/
  • Included in the "Astro Links" page of Observatorio ARVAL, Caracas, Venezuela.

2006
Online lab materials, for Geography 200, Introduction to Research Methods for Geographers, https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog200/
  • Permission granted for use by Dr. Mark Bouman, Department of Geography, Sociology, Economics, and Anthropology, Chicago State University, for his Geographic Measurement Techniques course

2004
Online workshop, "Jobs in Geography," Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Project workshop, https://cla.csulb.edu/departments/geography/gdep/gdepjig.html

2003
Lab, "Analysis of Biodiversity Patterns," Geography 442, Biogeography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog442/labs/biodiversity.html
  • Permission granted for use in Ms. Bonnie L. Kraybill's 11th and 12th grade AP Environmental Science course, Lancaster Country School, Lancaster, PA http://www.e-lcds.org/

2002
Lecture: "Map Projections," Geography 140, Introductory Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/projections.html

2001
Lecture, "Biomes dominated by shrubs," for Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/shrubbiomes.html
  • Cited in Warhol, Tom. 2007. Chaparral and Scrub. New York: Benchmark Books, p. 78.

2001
Lecture, "Gaseous Composition of the Atmosphere," for Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/atmosphericgases.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Reading list for an 11th grade environmental science course taught by Gregory W. Burrows at Thomas A Edison High School, Elmira Heights, New York.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Dust and Water in the Atmosphere," for Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/dustwater.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Vertical Pressure Structure of the Atmosphere," for Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/pressurestructure.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Vertical Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere," for Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/thermalstructure.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Temperature as an Element of Weather," Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/temperature.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Pressure as an Element of Weather," Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/pressure.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Temperature as an Element of Weather," Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/temperature.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Pressure as an Element of Weather," Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/pressure.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Moisture as an Element of Weather," Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/humidity.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Storms as an Element of Weather," Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/storms.html
  • Included in "PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway." "PSIgate is the physical sciences job of the Resrouce Discovery Network, which provides free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers, and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science. Each resource ... has been selected by information professionals and subject specialists ... to ensure relevance and quality."
  • Included in "GEsource: Geography and Environment Gateway for the UK HE and FE." GEsource is a database of high-quality Internet resources targeted to staff, students and researchers in the higher education and further education communities of the United Kingdom, which has been catalogued by subject specialists.
  • Cited in a web article on extratropical bomb cyclones. The reference is Mike Bergman, 2001, "Bomb Cyclogenesis: Weather of an 'Explosive' Nature," available at: http://weather.ou.edu/~mbergman/bombcyclogenesis/index2.html.
  • Included in "ResearchGate." ResearchGate is described as a Web 2.0 free-access portal meant to promote collaboration among scientists.

2001
Lecture, "Composition of the Earth's Crust," Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/crustmaterials.html

1999
Lecture: "Four Traditions of Geography," for Geography 140, Introduction to Physical Geography, at CSULB. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/4tradgeo.html

1998
Lecture: "Four Traditions in Geography," for Geography 109, Geographical Research and Writing Course, at CSUC. https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/csuc/geog109/4traditionsgeog.html

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Advising

Graduate Advisor
Geography Master's Degree Program, at CSU Long Beach, Fall, 2001 through Summer, 2003 and Spring, 2009 to present

Undergraduate Advisor
Environmental geography pattern, geography option, Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography and Planning, at Chico State, Spring, 1999

Graduate Coördinator
Geography Master's Degree Program at Chico State, Fall, 1996, through Fall, 1998

Director
Rural and Town Planning Program (interdisciplinary master's degree program housed in the Department of Geography and Planning) at Chico State, Fall, 1996, through Summer, 1998

Undergraduate advisor
Human geography pattern, geography option, Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography and Planning, Chico State, Fall, 1993, through Spring, 1994

Graduate Coördinator
Geography Master's Degree Program at Chico State, Fall, 1992, through Spring, 1993

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Graduate Thesis, Project, and Dissertation Committees

*Current Advisees (My Rôle on Their Committees)

Angela Wranic, Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos (outside reader, Ph.D. dissertation)
"Composite Learning Objects in Geographical Sciences"

Adrienne Bosler, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"Raptor Perching Preferences in Coastal Wetlands"

Kevin Flaherty, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"Community Organizations and PGIS in Long Beach, California"

Mike Mercurio, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"Categorizing Fun: Identifying Hierarchy in California Amusement Parks"

Annette Quintero, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"Household Level Food Security in Costa Rica"

Carin Tabag, Department of Geography (chair of committee)
"Chemical Perceptions and Toxic Torts: Comparing Los Angeles County Jurors' Understanding of Chemical Risk and Safety with California Toxic Tort Law"

Denise Marie Weide, Department of Geological Sciences, CSULB (third [statistical] reader)
"Freshwater Diatoms as Proxy for Winter Monsoon Intensity in Lac Ba Be, Vietnam"

Janna Waligorski, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (third reader)
"Cognitive Mapping of First Year Students"

José Robles, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"GIS, Remote Sensing, and Detection of Potential Mosquito Habitat in Swimming Pools"

*Theses and Projects Completed Since 1992 (My Rôle on Their Committees)

Brian R. Simms, Department of Geography, CSULB (third [statistical] reader)
"A Viewshed Accuracy Assessment: Comparison of Field-Derived and Computer-Derived Viewsheds" (2010)

Samantha Antcliffe, Department of Geography, CSULB (second reader)
"Native Plant Restoration Following the Eradication of Invasive Tamarisk in the Tijuana Estuary, California" (2009)

Deborah Hann, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"Maps in Childrens Literature: Their Uses, Forms, and Functions" -- this thesis received the CLA Outstanding Thesis Award (2008)

Scott W. Eckardt, Department of Geography, CSULB (third reader)
"Assessment of Wildfire Frequency and Coastal Sage Scrub Vegetation Dynamics in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California" -- this thesis received the CLA Outstanding Thesis Award and the CSULB nomination for the annual Western Association of Graduate Schools Outstanding Thesis Award (2006)

Ken Baloun, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"An Assessment of Uncertainty in Digital Elevation Models in GIS" (2006)
Seri McClendon, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"Analysis of Industrial Ecology, Cradle-to-Cradle Principles, and an Alternative Packaging Delivery System" (2005)

Lisa A. Pitts Department of Geography, CSULB (second [statistical] reader)
"GIS in High Schools: A Case for Teaching Geography Through Technology" (2005)

Colette Simonds Department of Geography, CSULB (second [statistical] reader)
"Exotic Plant Species Pattern in Selected Areas of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks" (2005)

Rebekah R. Boulton, Department of Geography, CSULB (second [statisticak] reader)
"Assessment of Vegetation Dynamics in Cienega de Santa Clara, Mexico, Using Landsat Satellite Imagery and Ancillary Data (1973-2003)" (2004)

Daniel Hofer, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"GIS Applications for Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Planning: A Case Study in Orange County's Silverado Canyon" (2004)

Erin R. Stockenberg, Department of Geography, CSULB (second [statistical] reader)
"The Effect of Spatial, Spectral, and Radiometric Resolutions on the Accuracy of Landcover Classification" (2002)

Susanne Byrne-Dronkers, Department of Geography, CSULB (second [statistical] reader)
"GIS Education in California Community Colleges" (2002)

Edward F. Huefe, Department of Geography, CSULB (second reader)
"Music Geography across the Borderline: Musical Iconography, Mythic Themes, and North American Perceptions of a Borderland Landscape" (2002)

Valerie Müller, Department of Geography, CSULB (second [statistical] reader)
"Satellites, Census, and the Quality of Life" (2002)

Ron Menguita, Department of Geography, CSULB (chair of committee)
"Evaluation of New Urbanism Projects in California against the 'Ahwanee Principles'" (2002)

Matt C. Julias, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (third [statistical] reader)
"Using GIS to Identify Geographic Risk Factors of Lyme Disease: Case Study of Butte County, California" (2002)

Donna A. Deneen, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (third reader)
"Acid Rain and the Press" (2001)

Christopher E. Carterette, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (second reader)
" A Spatial Analysis of Rural Cemeteries near Chico, California" (2000)

Debbie Morris-Williamson, Department of Geography, CSULB (second reader)
"The Response of Teachers on the Emphasis of Geography Skills and Concepts in their Teaching: A Selected Study of Sixth Grade Teachers in Southern California" (2001)

R. Jason Senn, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (second reader)
" Assessing Non-Material (Cross) Cultural Awareness : How Are We Doing in Human Geography?" (1999)

Andrew S. Painter , Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (second reader)
"City of Gridley General Plan: Draft Safety Element" (1999)

Michael A. Claussen, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (chair of committee)
"Lavender Heights: The Emerging Gay Community in Downtown Sacramento, California" (1998)

the late Robert R. Erving, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (second [statistical] reader)
"A Dendroclimatological Comparison of Ponderosa Pine Growth across the Northern Sierra Nevada" (1997)

Ann C. Mahaney, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (second reader)
"Determining Acceptable Groundwater Management within the Butte Basin Water Users' Association: A User's Perspective" (1996)

Beatriz Carreras, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (chair of committee)
"Selected Acculturation of Mexican Immigrants in the City of Chico, California" (1995)

William Helmer, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (fourth reader)
"The Pahrump Paiute-Euroamerican Frontier Region, 1830-1882" (1994)

Linda E. Freeman, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (chair of committee)
"Distribution of Darlingtonia californica on Mt. Eddy, California" (1994)

Russell L. Thayne, Interdisciplinary Master's Program, CSUC (chair of committee)
"Site selection Indicators for Retail Anchor Tenants in Northern California Neighborhood Shopping Centers" (1994)

Brian B. Stark, Department of Geography and Planning, CSUC (chair of committee)
"A Locational Analysis of General Medical Practitioners in Northern California" (1993)

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Other Mentoring Activities

Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program Track 2
GDEP Track 2 is a collaborative summer research project, funded by NSF (Award # 0703798, $676,000), entailing coöperation among CSULB faculty in the departments of Geography, Geological Sciences, and Archæology and faculty from five local community colleges and high schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. These faculty teams create research projects that incorporate underrepresented students from local community colleges and high schools as research assistants. The students work in teams with faculty and present team or individual research projects at a summer symposium at CSULB. Funds are available for them to go on to make presentations at conferences. A new aspect of GDEP 2 is the institution of community outreach field trips to involve the families of students interested in applying to GDEP. These field trips will inform the broader community of the foci and interest of the geosciences and underscore the employment opportunities available in them. GDEP 2 will also deepen the ties of several GDEP faculty in the CSULB LS-AMP program that operates a precalculus summer camp for underrepresented students scheduled to take calculus in the fall semester.

Collaborative Student Research
A team of students (Andrew Houston, Doreen Jeffrey, and Leeta Latham) in my Geography 497-01 course in Spring 2003 did a collaborative research project on the Oakland Firestorm of 1991. This collaboration resulted in a web report on their work, which included a map selected from six submitted by Steven Stewart's cartography class at CSUC for the collaborative intercampus project. In yet another collaboration, Ms Jeffreys collaborated with a student in Judith Tyner's advanced cartography course here at CSULB to create a movie about the firestorm built around an animated map of the disaster they had created for Dr. Tyner's class. The whole project was then delivered at the Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Education in November 2003: "Oakland Berkeley Firestorm 1991," and this project was described in a Los Angeles Times article about the conference.

Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program
GDEP was a collaborative summer research project, funded by NSF (Award # 0119891, $852,000), entailing coöperation among CSULB faculty in the departments of Geography, Geological Sciences, and Anthropology and faculty from five local community colleges and high schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. These faculty teams create research projects that incorporate underrepresented students from local community colleges and high schools as research assistants. The students work in teams with faculty and present team or individual research projects at a summer symposium at CSULB. Some of them have gone on to make presentations at conferences.

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