2010 AAG ANNUAL MEETING
April 14-18, 2010 –
Washington, DC
Workshops
Participation. Please register to attend the annual meeting in order to enroll and participate in any field trips or workshops. Meeting registration is required.
Registered Attendees: Attendees who have already registered for the meeting can add field trips or workshops online or mail/fax an updated registration form with applicable payment.
Tuesday, April 13, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Instructor/Organizer: Dr. J. Ronald Eastman, Clark Labs, Clark University
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $31
Room: Lincoln Room 3
This workshop explores earth system monitoring using the Earth Trends Modeler (ETM) software system. ETM provides a range of space/time analysis and modeling tools. Topics to be covered include Trend Analysis, Seasonal Trend Analysis, Principal Components/EOF Analysis, Fourier PCA, Wavelets, Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnections, Linear Modeling and Deseasoning/Denoising procedures. The workshop will be conducted as a live demonstration using a selection of environmental series such as Sea Surface Temperature and NDVI Vegetation Index data.
Tuesday, April 13, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Instructor: David DiBiase, The Pennsylvania State University, Dawn Wright, Oregon State University, Francis Harvey, University of Minnesota
Organizer: Michael Solem, AAG
Workshop Capacity: 18
Cost/person: $20
Room: Lincoln Room 1
This half-day workshop will prepare current and aspiring faculty members in graduate Geography programs to help students develop stronger moral reasoning skills. The workshop will draw on the NSF-funded project “Graduate Ethics Education for Future Geospatial Professionals” (http://gisprofessionalethics.org) but will not be limited to GIS-specific issues. Participants will gain experience in applying a systematic approach to ethical decision-making. They will discuss cases arising from AAG’s Statement of Professional Ethics and the ethics statements of participants’ home institutions. Finally, participants will consider responses to University-wide mandates requiring formal ethics training for all graduate students.
Tuesday, April 13, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Instructors: Stefano Crema, Clark Labs, Clark University, Florencia Sangermano, Clark Labs, Clark University, Marc Steininger, Conservation International
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $31
Room: Lincoln Room 3
The implementation of REDD projects requires a best estimate of the deforestation and/or degradation baseline. The baseline is derived from the spatial modeling of the expected future trends of deforestation using maps of historical deforestation and biomass estimates.
Land Change Modeler (LCM) is a robust modeling tool that allows calibration, validation and the creation of maps of expected future deforestation trends. Clark Labs, in conjunction with Conservation International, has designed a REDD tool within LCM which guides the user through the steps of baseline development and directly produce tables and graphics necessary in the reporting process.
This workshop will cover the complexity of REDD baseline creation using real case studies to illustrate the process.
Wednesday, April 14, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Instructor: Angela Lee, ESRI
Organizer: Geri Pepe and Joseph Kerski, ESRI
Workshop Capacity: 15
Cost/person: $120
Room: Park Tower 8218
This workshop introduces modeling techniques that are used for advanced spatial analysis with ArcGIS. The workshop will enable the user to perform a variety of GIS analysis tasks where attendees will learn how to build advanced geoprocessing models using ModelBuilder. Emphasis will be placed on the Analysis Tools toolbox in ArcGIS utilizing the extract, overlay and proximity toolsets. In addition, the workshop will teach the Spatial Statistics tools that are available with ArcGIS to measure distributions of geographic phenomena, map clusters of these phenomena and analyze the patterns of their occurrence. Intermediate knowledge of GIS is required.
Wednesday, April 14, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Instructor: Iain Hay, School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Flinders University
Organizer: Michael Solem, AAG
Workshop Capacity: 20
Cost/person: $23
Room: Lincoln Room 1
Sadly, it can be more difficult to conduct ourselves ethically in our research than we might like because we do not: have the philosophical training to negotiate sometimes difficult ethical terrain; recognize ethical challenges when they appear; have the time to make the best decisions; or because we have not anticipated problems that may arise in our work. In this workshop we take some steps to help address these ethical issues.
This workshop is sponsored by the AAG’s Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education (EDGE) in Geography project and is based on the EDGE book Aspiring Academics. Participants will receive a copy of the book.
Wednesday, April 14, 12:30pm – 4:30pm
Organizer/Instructor: Patricia Solis, AAG, Osvaldo Muniz, Texas State University, San Marcos
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $15 (includes beverages)
Room: Cleveland 2
Studies reveal a relatively rich landscape of international research collaboration among Geographers of the Americas, however, joint authorship in scholarly publications is quite low. Co-written journal articles turns out to be a very poor measure of collaboration by a full degree of magnitude less than other indicators. These data point to the need for encouraging greater co-authorship of research that is being conducted in collaborative ways. This workshop thus seeks to support Latin American and collaborating scholars in understanding how to publish their collaborative research in academic journals, and explores best practices for joint publication across borders.
Los estudios revelan un paisaje relativamente rico en la colaboración internacional entre Geógrafos de las Américas, sin embargo, la autoría conjunta en publicaciones académicas es bastante reducida. Artículos coescritos en revistas científicas resultan ser una pobre medida de colaboración comparada con otros indicadores. Este taller por lo tanto busca dar asistencia a académicos Latinoamericanos y en colaboración para entender como publicar sus investigaciones trabajadas en conjunto en revistas académicas, y explorar mejores prácticas para publicaciones conjuntas por sobre las fronteras. Este taller es copatrocinado por la AAG, con relación a sus programas, Geografía en las Américas y Mejorando los Departamentos para la Educación de Postgrado (EDGE), con financiamiento de la National Science Foundation de los Estados Unidos.
Wednesday, April 14, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Instructors: Susan Gallagher, AAG
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $0
Room: Cleveland 1
The workshop will introduce geography faculty to the TeachingWithData.org resource for locating and sharing quantitative data, lesson plans, and instructional resources. The TeachingWithData.org web site organizes and shares a wide-range of instructional resources. Links to raw data sources as well as lesson plans, teaching materials, and visualization tools are included in this online resource for instructors. Learn how to use and also contribute materials to the TeachingWithData.org web site.
Wednesday, April 14, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Instructor: Angela Lee, ESRI
Organizer: Geri Pepe and Jim Herries, ESRI
Workshop Capacity: 15
Cost/person: $120
Room: Park Tower 8218
This workshop will give a broad overview of how GIS concepts are being applied in everyday business problem solving. We will introduce core concepts around site selection, market analysis, customer analysis, supply chain and risk assessment and address other broad application areas within business. We will then take a look at modeling of Trade Areas for Business Optimization. This workshop will introduce the full trade area capabilities of Business Analyst, and discuss the benefits of models such as the Huff Model and Location/Allocation to these processes. A hands-on review of Business Analyst Online will demonstrate the modern tools that can be used to make better business location decisions.
Wednesday, April 14, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Organizer/Instructor: Percy Dougherty, Kutztown University Emeritus
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $42
Room: Lincoln Room 1
Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are popular new areas for the production of fine wines. Malbecs from Mendoza, Carmenere from Chile, and Tannat from Uruguay are great values and are often better than the wines produced in their homelands in France. In addition, Torrontes, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and even bubbly wines emulating Champagne are well represented in South America. Join us as we sample wines from each of the previous grapes and investigate the terroir and determine how different areas are suitable for the production of specific types of grapes and wine.
Thursday, April 15, 8:00am – 9:40am
Organizer: Scott M. Freundschuh, National Science Foundation
Instructors: Thomas J. Baerwald, Ezekiel Kalipeni, National Science Foundation
Workshop Capacity: 25
Cost/person: free
Room: Cleveland 1
This is a one-hour workshop intended for faculty members and professional geographers (not graduate students) who engage in research in geography and who wish to learn how to prepare proposals for a regular research grant. Program officers from the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program at the National Science Foundation will highlight ways to improve the quality and competitiveness of a proposal. They will also discuss the review process, including intellectual merit and broader impacts, plus additional funding possibilities at NSF. Presentations will be followed by a question and answer opportunity.
This workshop is also offered Friday, April 16, at 3:00pm.
Thursday, April 15, 8:00am – 12:00 noon
Organizer/Instructors: Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine, Deanna van Dijk, Calvin College, Dale Splinter, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Julio Rivera, Cathage College
Workshop Capacity: 20
Cost/person: $10 (includes pastries and beverages)
Room: Lincoln Room 1
This workshop is focused on developing a successful research program involving undergraduate participants and on inquiry-based courses and teaching practices that are effective in preparing students to pursue research. The course is designed to serve the needs of early-career faculty and others considering academic careers. The workshop facilitators are all current officers in the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) who have extensive experience in working successfully with undergraduate students in their research enterprises.
Thursday, April 15, 9:00am – 12:00 noon
Organizer: Angela Lee, ESRI
Instructors: Toni Fisher and Geri Pepe, ESRI
Workshop Capacity: 15
Cost/person: $120
Room: Park Tower 8218
ArcGIS Server provides a conduit for GIS data and functionality to be disseminated to others in a cost effective, efficient manner. This workshop will establish the foundation for a conceptual understanding of what ArcGIS Server is and what it can do for you. Having become familiar with key terminology and architectural elements, attendees will proceed to work with the software to author, publish and use web services and applications. Educators who want to use ArcGIS Server to teach their courses, as well as being able to provide students with a visual and analytic tool to explore their course data, will benefit from exploring this platform.
Prerequisite - basic knowledge of ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap and ArcCatalog)
Thursday, April 15, 10:00am – 11:40am
Organizer: Scott M. Freundschuh, National Science Foundation
Instructors: Thomas J. Baerwald, Ezekiel Kalipeni, National Science Foundation
Workshop Capacity: 25
Cost/person: free
Room: Cleveland 1
This is a one-hour workshop intended for geography graduate students at the doctoral level who wish to learn how to prepare proposals for a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) grant. These grants may be written to request up to $12,000 and are meant to assist doctoral candidates with their research needs. Program officers from the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program at the National Science Foundation will highlight ways to improve the quality and competitiveness of a proposal. They will also discuss the review process, including intellectual merit and broader impacts, plus additional funding possibilities at NSF. Presentations will be followed by a question and answer opportunity.
Thursday, April 15, 12:40pm – 2:20pm
Instructors: Phil Klein, University of Northern Colorado, Michael Solem, Association of American Geographers
Workshop Capacity: 25
Cost/person: $10
Room: Maryland Suite A
The AAG Center for Global Geography Education (CGGE) is a set of online modules that promote global learning about contemporary global issues. The goal is to internationalize the teaching of geography by linking undergraduates in different regions or countries in collaborative learning projects. This workshop presents two modules: National Identity and Population & Natural Resources. The National Identity module presents geographic perspectives on the concepts of nation and national identity and how these concepts are socially constructed. The Population and Natural Resources module presents contrasting models on the relationship between population growth and sustainable use of natural resources. Participants must bring a laptop computer with WiFi connectivity.
Thursday, April 15, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Organizer: Angela Lee, ESRI
Instructors: Toni Fisher and Geri Pepe, ESRI
Workshop Capacity: 15
Cost/person: $120
Room: Park Tower 8218
We know how to create basic services for our users, but how should they best be assembled? What choices should be considered in their compilation so as to make best possible use of the resources? This workshop will focus on an in depth exploration of kinds of services and best practices surrounding their creation. ArcGIS Server provides and powerful, efficient approach to sharing data and maps. Educators will increase their skills so as to provide the best possible vehicle for their data and enhance the success of their students.
Prerequisite - basic knowledge of and/or experience using ArcGIS Server
Thursday, April 15, 2:40pm – 4:20pm
Instructors: Waverly Ray, Texas State University – San Marcos, Michael Solem, Association of American Geographers
Workshop Capacity: 25
Cost/person: $10
Room: Maryland Suite A
The AAG Center for Global Geography Education (CGGE) is a set of online modules that promote global learning about contemporary global issues. The goal is to internationalize the teaching of geography by linking undergraduates in different regions or countries in collaborative learning projects. This workshop presents two modules: Water Resources and Global Climate Change. The Water Resources module analyzes water resource management issues in the US, UK, and Middle East. The Global Climate Change module examines the anticipated environmental and economic impacts of global warming using case studies from the US, Singapore, and Australia. Participants must bring a laptop computer with WiFi connectivity.
Thursday, April 15, 4:40pm – 6:20pm
Instructors: Osvaldo Muniz, Texas State University – San Marcos, Michael Solem, Association of American Geographers
Workshop Capacity: 25
Cost/person: $10
Room: Maryland Suite A
The AAG Center for Global Geography Education (CGGE) is a set of online modules that promote global learning about contemporary global issues. The goal is to internationalize the teaching of geography by linking undergraduates in different regions or countries in collaborative learning projects. This workshop presents two modules: Migration and Global Economy. The Migration module analyzes the social and economic dimensions of international and internal migration through case studies from Chile, Europe, and the US. The Global Economy module examines transnational economic integration and global value chains with case studies from New Zealand, Chile, and Peru. Participants must bring a laptop computer with WiFi connectivity.
Thursday, April 15, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Organizer: Kamal Alsharif, PhD, University of South Florida
Instructors: Dr. Dave Soballe, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $15
Room: Cleveland 2
This course continues to be updated. It is a full-day, problem-oriented, introduction to a suite of simpler tools from the Army Corps of Engineers that are used to assess lake and reservoir water quality in a watershed context. We use the remodeled FLUX32 mass tranport software as a basis for discussing watershed delivery, stream transport, and load estimation. FLUX32 is a Windows® application with a user friendly interface and continuing enhancements. Both new and experienced FLUX users will want this new version. From FLUX and mass transport, we move to a discussion of in-lake trophic response using the Windows version of the Bathtub model. Finally, we will use the new software package called TASTR (Trophic Assessment Screening Tool for Reservoirs), to illustrate an integrated watershed-reservoir assessment. TASTR uses the Bathtub model, simple watershed models and a self-contained GIS capability to put the reservoir (or lake) water quality into a watershed context. TASTR lets the user quickly (but with low resolution) and easily explore a lake's potential trophic response to changing conditions or operations. TASTR's capabilities also let it serve as a convenient "front end" for Bathtub modeling and as a license-free, stand-alone, GIS tool for performing basic geospatial tasks.
A CD will be distributed that includes all course notes and copies of the software. Participants should bring a laptop to the workshop. Software will be provided to registrants prior to the conference (via FTP, or CD) and MUST be installed and tested by the participant prior to the workshop (simple instructions included).
The instructor (Dave Soballe, Ph.D.) is a senior researcher with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory in Vicksburg, MS. Dave has taught versions of this course at NALMS for the last four years and has over 25 years of experience with reservoir and watershed processes and assessments.
This workshop is sponsored by the Water Resources Specialty Group.
Thursday, April 15, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Organizer/Instructor: Jason Davis, The Ohio State University
Workshop Capacity: 20
Cost/person: $22
Room: Park Tower 8211
As the International Polar Year draws to a close, there has been a surge in polar research interest, as evidenced by the cryosphere specialty group sessions and the triple "Critical geopolitics of the polar regions" sessions at this AAG. This workshop aims to bring together experienced researchers into a panel to discuss current "hot topics" in the colder regions, opportunities for early career researchers (particularly graduate students), and how to integrate the physical and human geographies involved in these regions.
Friday, April 16, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Organizer/Instructor: Michael Solem, AAG
Workshop Capacity: 20
Cost/person: $23
Room: Park Tower 8211
Time management, collegiality, professional ethics, academic publishing, course design, interdisciplinary collaboration, career planning, and teaching diverse student are among the topics that, although central to academic careers, are rarely discussed systematically in doctoral programs.
This workshop will demonstrate some of the ways these and other topics can be introduced to aspiring academics in the early stages of their professional development. Participants will review a AAG faculty development website that can be used with graduate students and faculty in a variety of settings: courses, seminars, workshops, brown-bags, colloquia, as well as independently. The website supports two books, Aspiring Academics and Teaching College Geography, produced for the AAG’s Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education in Geography (EDGE) project with support from the National Science Foundation. Participants will receive copies of both books.
Friday, April 16, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Organizer/Instructor: Fausto Sarmiento, University of Georgia
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $0
Room: Lincoln Room 1
Dr. Fausto Sarmiento, Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Georgia, will discuss the professional and personal outcomes of his experience as a Fulbright International Education Administrator Scholar in Japan. He will be accompanied by a representative of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, the administering agency of the Fulbright Scholar Program.
The session’s focus will be an interactive discussion of the resources available to prospective applicants, including online webinars and social media networks. The format will include time for a discussion of the variety of Fulbright Scholar grants available and tips for successful applications.
Friday, April 16, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Organizer: Jan Rabern, ITT Visual Information Solutions
Instructor: Amanda O’Conner, ITT Visual Information Solutions
Workshop Capacity: 25
Cost/person: $23
Room: Cleveland 2
Today’s GIS professionals can benefit from adding imagery into GIS workflows to take advantage of the additional, important information it can provide. This session will provide an overview of how imagery can be used for GIS applications including local planning, forestry, agriculture, mining, oil & gas, and defense and intelligence and an introduction to the ENVI Product Family. This session will be a combination of presentations and demonstrations.
You will
- Learn about the popular applications for imagery including classifying land cover, detecting change over time, and extracting features of interest.
- Learn how ENVI EX’s automated workflows and wizards allow you to get accurate results without needing an image science background.
- See how easily ENVI EX integrates into ArcGIS, allowing you to seamlessly work with both applications at once.
- Learn about the rich set of image processing tools and extensibility options in ENVI.
- Learn how imagery can provide additional, important information for GIS applications including land use planning, forestry management, natural resource assessment, exploration and more.
Friday, April 16, 12:40pm – 2:20pm
Instructors: Janice Monk, University of Arizona, Beth Schlemper, University of Toledo, Michael Solem, AAG
Workshop Capacity: 20
Cost/person: $18
Room: Park Tower 8211
This workshop draws on research findings by the AAG’s Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education in Geography (EDGE) project with regard to how graduate students perceive issues related to departmental climate, such as intellectual qualities of the curriculum; social relationships among students and faculty; openness to diversity; mentoring and advising relationships; and experiences with the overall working environment. When viewed in aggregate, geography graduate students have mostly favorable impressions of their graduate programs. However, there are significant differences in students’ perceptions of departmental climate when they are compared on the basis of gender, race, program type, and other variables.
In this workshop, participants will review a sample of EDGE research findings and consider ideas for taking actions that might enhance practices, solve problems, or otherwise result in improvements and change at the departmental level. Participants will also discuss what further actions and research the EDGE project might undertake that would result in data and materials that would be helpful for graduate programs.
This workshop is particularly suited for department chairs and graduate program coordinators, but anyone with an interest in departmental climate issues is encouraged to attend. Participants will receive copies of EDGE-related publications.
Friday, April 16, 12:40pm – 2:20pm
Organizer: Scott M. Freundschuh, National Science Foundation
Instructors: Thomas J. Baerwald, Ezekiel Kalipeni, National Science Foundation
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: free
Room: Lincoln Room 1
This is a one-hour workshop intended for geography faculty members at the Assistant Professor rank who are in tenure-track positions and who are interested in submitting a proposal for a CAREER grant. Program officers from the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program at the National Science Foundation will highlight ways to improve the quality and competitiveness of a proposal. They will also discuss the review process and the rules associated with this particular grant type. Presentations will be followed by a question and answer opportunity.
Friday, April 16, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Organizers/Instructors: Denyse Lemaire, Rowan University, Greg Jones, Southern Oregon University
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $40
Room: Cleveland 2
There are 156 wineries located in 9 regions and 6 American Viticulture Areas in Virginia. In the four centuries since Virginians first began producing wine, the quality of their product has been increasing so steadily that Virginia wine has now gained national and international recognition. Come to our wine tasting workshop and discover the hidden (wine) jewels of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Friday, April 16, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Organizers/Instructors: Denyse Lemaire, Rowan University, Greg Jones, Southern Oregon University
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $40
Room: Cleveland 2
France’s complicated classification system of wines is based on a detailed evaluation of the “terroir” of wine regions. Bordeaux is subdivided into 6 large regions which are subdivided into 57 sub-regions. The workshop will allow you to test the validity of this notion of terroirs by tasting some of the most famous wines of the region (Saint-Emilion, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien in Médoc, Sauterne, Côte de Blaye, and others) and comparing them to their North American counterparts.
Friday, April 16, 2:40pm – 4:20pm
Instructors: Janice Monk, University of Arizona, Beth Schlemper, University of Toledo, Michael Solem, AAG
Workshop Capacity: 20
Cost/person: $18
Room: Park Tower 8211
This workshop draws on research findings by the AAG’s Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education in Geography (EDGE) project related to the job prospects and career preparation of graduate students. Although many graduate students still aspire toward careers in higher education, there is considerable and growing interest in careers in business, government, and non-profit organizations by both masters and doctoral students. However, students’ career aspirations do not always overlap with the current orientation of graduate curricula, nor do they often mesh with the professional interests of their advisors.
In this workshop, participants will review a sample of EDGE research findings and consider ideas for taking actions that might enhance practices, solve problems, or otherwise result in improvements and change at the departmental level. Participants will also discuss what further actions and research the EDGE project might undertake that would result in data and materials that would be helpful for graduate programs.
This workshop is particularly suited for faculty advisors in masters and doctoral programs, but anyone with an interest in student advising and careers is encouraged to attend. Participants will receive copies of EDGE-related publications.
Friday, April 16, 2:40pm – 4:20pm
Organizer: Scott M. Freundschuh, National Science Foundation
Instructors: Thomas J. Baerwald, Ezekiel Kalipeni, National Science Foundation
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: free
Room: Lincoln Room 1
This is a one-hour workshop intended for faculty members and professional geographers (not graduate students) who engage in research in geography and who wish to learn how to prepare proposals for a regular research grant. Program officers from the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program at the National Science Foundation will highlight ways to improve the quality and competitiveness of a proposal. They will also discuss the review process, including intellectual merit and broader impacts, plus additional funding possibilities at NSF. Presentations will be followed by a question and answer opportunity.
This workshop is also offered Thursday, April 15, at 8:00am.
Saturday, April 17, 8:30am – 11:30am
Organizer/Instructor: Ashok Wadwani, Applied Field Data Systems, Inc.
Workshop Capacity: 20
Cost/person: $23
Room: Cleveland 1
Have you always wanted to start using a Global Positioning System (GPS) in your GIS projects but felt you needed some fundamentals and hands-on experience with the latest tools? Now is your chance! Join us as we explain the theory, history, development, and current trends surrounding GPS technology. You will have the opportunity to collect coordinates and features/attributes, take photographs with GPS coordinates, use laser range finders, and discuss different methods of integrating field data within GIS.
Saturday, April 17, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Organizer/Instructor: Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr., Clark University
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $40
Room: Cleveland 2
This course provides hands-on training in GIS-based land change modeling. Participants learn how models work and how to quantify a model’s ability to forecast land change. The workshop uses the modules Geomod, Validate, and ROC in the GIS software Idrisi. Prior experience with GIS is helpful, while prior experience with Idrisi is not necessary. Each participant must bring a laptop computer in order to participate in the exercises for which software will be supplied for free for the duration of the workshop. Participants who complete the course are entitled to a 50 percent discount on purchase of an Idrisi license.
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr is Associate Professor in the School of Geography at Clark University. His research compares land change models and quantifies their predictive abilities. He created the land-use change model Geomod and several new statistical techniques to compare maps at multiple resolutions. He is active in the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) and Human Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) programs. Gil holds a Master of Applied Statistics from The Ohio State University and a doctorate from the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He has been creating, researching, and evaluating land change models for two decades. To see the products of his activity, please visit his web site at www.clarku.edu/~rpontius.
Saturday, April 17, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Organizer/Instructor: Jennifer Holland and Sara Mishler, US Census Bureau
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: $18
Room: Lincoln Room 1
Learn the tips & tricks for downloading data and shapefiles from the US Census Bureau. Find out how to navigate through the wealth of data available from the American Community Survey, Decennial Census, and numerous other surveys and censuses on the Census Bureau’s American FactFinder website. Learn about the various options for accessing and downloading the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. We will walk through examples demonstrating how all of the pieces of the puzzle fit together quickly and easily. Spend less time putting it all together and more time analyzing the results.
Saturday, April 17 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Instructor: Stan Brunn, University of Kentucky
Organizer: Michael Solem, AAG
Workshop Capacity: 25
Cost/person: $5
Room: Cleveland 1
Aspiring professionals in the academy as well as those entering the public and private sectors are usually expected to be able to initiate or collaborate with others on research projects that advance a field or subfield. While a good first step in reporting findings and getting feedback is to present to appropriate audiences at workshops and conferences, the major method of communication with colleagues is through publication. This workshop is designed to address some of the nuts and bolts of publishing in the academy, specifically the preparation of manuscripts for the peer review process.
This workshop is sponsored by the AAG’s Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education (EDGE) in Geography project and is based on material developed for the book Aspiring Academics. Priority will be given to graduate students and early career faculty. Participants will receive a copy of the book.
Saturday, April 17, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Organizers/Instructors: Susan Gallagher, AAG
Workshop Capacity: 20
Cost/person: $20
Room: Park Tower 8211
The workshop will assist K-16 geography faculty (including undergraduate and preservice instructors) in identifying examples of geography content instruction which engage students in modes of spatial thinking. Examples from the 80 multi-media instructional units on the Teaching Geography CD-ROM (developed with funding from FIPSE) will be introduced. Participants will receive instruction on how to access and use the wide range of resources included on the CD. Each participant will receive a free copy of the Teaching Geography book and CD.
Saturday, April 17, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Organizer: Veronica Armour, John Wiley & Sons
Instructor: Mike Kuby, Arizona State University
Workshop Capacity: 30
Cost/person: TBD (considering options due to expensive internet)
Room: Lincoln Room 1
John Wiley & Sons authors Michael Kuby and John Harner lead this hands-on workshop showing professors the best way to utilize WileyPlus for live and online classes using their interactive textbook, Human Geography in Action (HGIA). The HGIA WileyPlus interface seamlessly integrates an online version of the textbook (in color) with the interactive activities for which HGIA is known, plus automated grading of many questions, and grades that flow automatically into a grade book. All assignments and animations (ethnic mapping, culture region layers, AIDS diffusion, migration gravity model spreadsheet, etc.) are online and the authors have taken advantage of WileyPlus’s capabilities by adding entirely new sequences of questions to some of the activities, for example:
- Particular combinations of layers and what they say about the core/domain/sphere of the Middle East or the American Southwest in Ch. 2
- The economic ratios of particular states and particular regions in Ch. 6
- Theoretical definitions of nations, states, ethnonationalism, and irredentism in Ch. 13, in order to make sure that students
understand the concepts before applying them to Iraq or Yugoslavia.
WileyPlus is an ideal platform for developing an online human geography course. Mike Kuby is now in his third semester teaching it online. This semester he has 215 students doing 13 of the 14 chapters, with only one TA to help with grading the written answers. Mike and John are giving a workshop at the AAG to teach users how to use WileyPlus and show them the new features of HGIA. While Wiley has developed an impressive set of online tutorials, and the Help Desk is very helpful, we believe in “learning by doing!” Participants of the workshop will need to bring a laptop computer that can access the internet.
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