Christine M. Rodrigue, Ph.D.
Instruction and Advising Since July 1992
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
Courses Taught at CSU Long Beach
- GEOG 696: Seminar in Geographical Research Methods
- Spring, 2005
- Syllabus
- Course home page
- GEOG 600: Seminar in Regional Geography (California as Hazard)
- Spring, 2000
- Syllabus
- Course home page
- GEOG 494-01: Mars: A Regional Areography
- Spring, 2007
- Syllabus
- Course home page
- GEOG 458/558: Hazards and Risk Assessment
- Spring, 2007
- Syllabus
- Course home page
- GEOG 452: Economic Geography
- Spring, 2001
- Syllabus
- Course home page
- GEOG 442: Biogeography
- Fall, 2007
- Syllabus
- Course home page
- GEOG 400: Geographical Analysis
- Spring, 2006
- 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, 2007
- Syllabus
- Course home page
- GEOG 140: Physical Geography
- Fall, 2007 as mixed lecture/online class
- Syllabus
- Home page
- Fall, 2001 as online class; Spring, 2001 as conventional class
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
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
Analysis of Teaching Evaluations
Quantitative Student Evaluations of Faculty (SEFs) at CSU
Long Beach Since F/99
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Each semester since Fall of 1999, SEFs were administered in my courses.
Nineteen courses have been evaluated this way, as of Spring, 2005.
- For all my classes:
- my overall weighted average is 4.18 on a 1 (worst) to 5
(best) scale
- of the 2,107 scores given, 47.18% were 5s
- of the 152 questions (19 evaluated classes, each asked 8 questions),
- 5 was the modal response of 46.89% of the
responents
- 76 of the 262 students (29.00%) gave me 5's on all 8 questions
- of the 2,107 scores given, 47.18% were 5s
- For my lower division GB3 (physical science) course (Geography 140):
- my overall weighted average is 3.99
- of the 1,027 scores given, 40.60% were 5s
- of the 56 questions (7 evaluated classes, each asked 8 questions),
- 5 was the modal response 58.93% of the time
- 46 of the 123 students (37.40%) gave me 5's on all 8 questions
- of the 1,027 scores given, 40.60% were 5s
- For my undergraduate major classes:
- my overall weighted average is 4.34
- of the 916 scores given, 55.02% were 5s
- of the 72 questions (9 evaluated classes, each asked 8 questions),
- 5 was the modal response 81.25% of the time
- 26 of the 117 students (22.22%) gave me 5's on all 8 questions
- of the 916 scores given, 55.02% were 5s
- For my graduate classes:
- my overall weighted average is 4.29
- of the 352 scores given, 44.51% were 5s
- of the 16 questions (2 evaluated classes, each asked 8 questions),
- 5 was the modal response 50.00% of the time
- 4 of the 22 students (18.18%) gave me 5's on all 8 questions
- of the 352 scores given, 44.51% were 5s
- my overall weighted average is 4.18 on a 1 (worst) to 5
(best) scale
- For all my classes:
- About 79% of these fall within the norms of the Department and 77% within College norms (+ 1.96 standard deviation), though the provision of standard deviations in CSULB SEFs is not an appropriate measure of variation in the extremely left-skewed underlying distribution. CSULB CLA and Geography students generally give their instructors mean scores somewhere between 4 and 4.5 on a scale of 5. An unusually good instructor is, thus, difficult to discern, and good instructors are disproportionately affected by small numbers of disgruntled students.
Quantitative Student Evaluations of Faculty (SEFs) at Chico
State from F/92 through S/99
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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 4.1, 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.
- The data on which this analysis is based can be viewed at http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/SEFs.txt.
- 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.
- 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.
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 http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/SEFs.txt.
- 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).
- The overall frequency of student ratings produces a weighted average
overall of 4.4, that is, between good and excellent.
Quantitative Analysis of Faculty Peer Evaluations at Chico
State from F/92 through S/99
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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: http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/SEFs.txt
- 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.
Recent Citations of My Online Instructional Materials
- 2006
- Online lab materials, for Geography 200, Introduction to Research
Methods for Geographers, http://www.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, http://www.csulb.edu/geography/gdep/gdepjig.html
- Permission granted for use on the Glendale Community College Geography Department webpage: http://www.glendale.edu/geo/geography%20careers.htm
- 2003
- Lab, "Analysis of Biodiversity Patterns," Geography 442,
Biogeography, CSULB. http://www.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. http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/projections.html
- Cited in Olson, Andrew. 2006. "Interpreting area data from maps vs. graphs: An experiment in visual perception." Science Buddies ("free science fair project ideas, answers, & tools for serious students"). http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas/HumBeh_p012.shtml
- Cited in Krücken, F. Wilhelm. No date. Ad maiorem Gerardi Mercatoris gloriam (a web page about Mercator and his famous projection and the Arno Peters' controversy). http://www.wilhelmkruecken.de/PETERS/94dida11.htm, specifically, and, more generally, http://www.wilhelmkruecken.de/PETERS/anm3.htm#ideologisch
- 2001
- Lecture, "Gaseous Composition of the Atmosphere," for Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Dust and Water in the Atmosphere," for Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Vertical Pressure Structure of the Atmosphere," for
Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Vertical Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere," for
Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Temperature as an Element of Weather," Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Pressure as an Element of Weather," Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Temperature as an Element of Weather," Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Pressure as an Element of Weather," Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Moisture as an Element of Weather," Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Storms as an Element of Weather," Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.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.
- 2001
- Lecture, "Composition of the Earth's Crust," Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, CSULB. http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/crustmaterials.html
- Cited in a web page of science study plan resources for K-12 teachers. The reference is Janet Luch, 2001, "Study Plans: Science," available at: http://www.studyplans.com/science.htm.
- 1999
- Lecture: "Four Traditions of Geography," for Geography 140,
Introduction to Physical Geography, at CSULB.
http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/4tradgeo.html
- Required reading in Desrochers, Pierre. 2003. GGR489H5F, "Special Topic in Human Geography: Geography and the Roots of Globalization." University of Toronto, Mississauga http://eratos.erin.utoronto.ca/desrochers/ggr489h5f.html
- 1998
- Lecture: "Four Traditions in Geography," for Geography 109,
Geographical Research and Writing Course, at CSUC. http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/csuc/geog109/4traditionsgeog.html
- Cited in and linked at Matt Rosenberg's "Studying Geography" page on his About Geography web site, at http://geography.miningco.com/science/geography/cs/studyinggeography/.
Advising
- Graduate Advisor
- Geography Master's Degree Program, at CSU Long Beach, Fall, 2001
through Summer, 2003
- 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
Graduate Thesis and Project Committees
Current Advisees
(My Rôle on Their Committees)
- José Robles, CSULB (chair of committee)
- "GIS and Medical Geography"
- Mike Mercurio, CSULB (chair of committee)
- "Theme Parks in California"
- Sarah Powers, CSULB (chair of committee)
- "Health Risks of Dust in the Owens Valley"
- Loretta Simmerman, CSULB (third reader)
- "Historical Cartography" (pending)
Theses and Projects
Completed Since 1992 (My Rôle on Their
Committees)
- Scott W. Eckardt, 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)
- Ken Baloun, CSULB (chair of committee)
- "An Assessment of Uncertainty in Digital Elevation Models in GIS"
- Seri McClendon, CSULB (chair of committee)
- "Analysis of Industrial Ecology, Cradle-to-Cradle Principles, and an Alternative Packaging Delivery System"
- Lisa A. Pitts (second [statistical] reader)
- "GIS in High Schools: A Case for Teaching Geography Through Technology"
- Daniel Hofer, CSULB (chair of committee)
"GIS Applications for Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Planning: A Case Study in Orange County's Silverado Canyon"
- Erin R. Stockenberg, CSULB (second [statistical] reader)
- "The Effect of Spatial, Spectral, and Radiometric Resolutions on the Accuracy of Landcover Classification"
- Susanne Byrne-Dronkers, CSULB (third [statistical] reader)
- "GIS Education in California Community Colleges"
- Edward F. Huefe, CSULB (second reader)
- "Music Geography across the Borderline: Musical Iconography, Mythic Themes, and North American Perceptions of a Borderland Landscape"
- Valerie Müller, CSULB (second [statistical] reader)
- "Satellites, Census, and the Quality of Life"
- Ron Menguita, CSULB (chair of committee)
- "Evaluation of New Urbanism Projects in California against the 'Ahwanee Principles'"
- Matt Julias, CSUC (third [statistical] reader)
- "A GIS Analysis of Lyme Disease in Butte County, California"
- Donna Deneen, CSUC (third reader)
- "Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Acid Rain"
- Christopher Carterette, CSUC (second reader)
- "The Necrogeography of Historical Regional Cemeteries"
- Debbie Morris-Williamson, 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"
- the late Robert Erving, CSUC (second [statistical] reader)
- "A Dendroclimatological Comparison of Ponderosa Pine Growth across the Northern Sierra Nevada"
- Michael Claussen, CSUC (chair of committee)
- "Lavender Heights: The Emerging Gay Community in Sacramento, California"
- R. Jason Senn, CSUC (second reader)
- "Cross-Cultural Assessment of CSU, Chico, GEOG 002 Students"
- Andrew Painter , CSUC (second reader)
- "Seismic Safety Element for Gridley, California"
- Ann Mahaney, CSUC (second reader)
- "Determining Acceptable Groundwater Management within the Butte Basin Water Users' Association: A User's Perspective"
- Beatriz Carreras, CSUC (chair of committee)
- "Selected Acculturation of Mexican Immigrants in the City of Chico, California"
- William Helmer, CSUC (fourth reader)
- "The Pahrump Paiute-Euroamerican Frontier Region, 1830-1882"
- Linda Freeman, CSUC (chair of committee)
- Distribution of Darlingtonia californica on Mt. Eddy, California
- Brian Stark, CSUC (chair of committee)
- "A Locational Analysis of General Medical Practitioners in Northern California
- Russell Thayne, CSUC (chair of interdisciplinary committee)
- "Site selection Indicators for Retail Anchor Tenants in Northern California Neighborhood Shopping Centers"
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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