Education
Ph. D. in Geography, Indiana University, 1983.
                Thesis:  Distance Elasticity of Rail Freight Rates.
M. A. in Geography, Minor in Urban Economics, Indiana University, 1975.
                Thesis:   The Urban  Demand for Travel:  An Abstract Mode Approach"
B. A. in Mathematics, Indiana University, 1968.

Courses Presently Taught
GEG 101   World Regional Geography
GEG 274/275  Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEG 333  Advanced Geographic Information Systems

Professional Presentations and Publications

"Finding a Way:  Student Exercises with Network Analysis", Proceedings of the 7th Annual ESRI Education Users Conference, Redlands, CA:  ESRI, 2007.

"What Makes a Good GIS Lab Exercise? ", Proceedings of the 6th Annual ESRI Education Users Conference, Redlands, CA:  ESRI, 2006.

"Improving a Student's Global View", Proceedings of the 5th Annual ESRI Education Users Conference, Redlands, CA:  ESRI, 2005.

"Plotting Educational Outcomes", Proceedings of the 4th Annual ESRI Education Users Conference, Redlands, CA:  ESRI, 2004.

"Stalking the 'Nerds' or Where are the Science Majors?", Proceedings of the 3rd Annual ESRI Education Users Conference, Redlands, CA:  ESRI, 2003.

“Identifying Target Enrollment Areas to Improve Diversity, Part 2”,
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ESRI International Users Conference, Redlands, CA:  ESRI, 2002.

“Identifying Target Enrollment Areas to Improve Diversity”,
Proceedings of the 21st Annual ESRI International Users Conference, Redlands, CA:  ESRI, 2001.

“The Shrinking Student Pool and Higher Education:  An Example from Pennsylvania”,
Proceedings of the 20th Annual ESRI International Users Conference, Redlands, CA:  ESRI, 2000.

“A Hawk’s Eye View: Building the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary GIS”,
Proceedings of the 19th Annual ESRI International Users Conference, Redlands, CA: ESRI, 1999.

"GIS Activities in State Universities,"
Session Organizer and Chair, Pennsylvania Geographic Information Systems Conference, May 1997.

"Using G.I.S. to Monitor University Enrollments, Part Deux",
Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania Geographical Society, 12 October 1996.

Keynote Speaker, Pennsylvania Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium Meeting,
Harrisburg, PA, June 1996.

"Marketing Distance-Decay and Highland Vegetable Production in North Thailand," The Geographical Bulletin,
Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 80-89 with Richard A. Crooker, 1996

"An Application of GIS to Study Migration,"
Proceedings of the Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers, Vol. 25, 1992.

"Accessibility and Illicit Drug Crop Production,"
Journal of Rural Studies, with Richard A. Crooker, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 423-429, 1992.
 

Recent Research Projects

Evaluation of Ordinance #2000-02 Alternatives,
Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Nov., 2001

Biological Inventory GIS Project,
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, 1996-2000