Ph.D. - University of Cincinnati, 2001

A native of Huntington, West Virginia, I became a member of the Marshall geography faculty in the Fall of 2001. My areas of teaching and research interest are North America, West Virginia, geographic education, cultural geography (religion, social issues), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I am the director of the interdisciplinary GIScience certificate programs at Marshall University. I am also director of the Geography Department GIS Lab in Harris Hall 202. I regularly teach (click for draft syllabus):

• GEO 305 North America
• GEO 317 World Regional Geography
• GEO 426/526 Principles of GIS
• GEO 429/529 Vector Analysis GIS
• GEO 440/540 Quantitative Methods

• Canadian Embassy, Faculty Enrichment Grant, 2007 ($3,000). This grant supported the creation of the Annotated Atlas of Canada student learning GIS project. Free to download (82 mb .zip) and use.
• WV Higher Education Planning Commission, Improving Teacher Quality Grant, "GIS Summer Academies for Lincoln and Mingo County High School Teachers," 2005-2006 ($44,453)
• WV Development Office, Mapping Project, 2002-2003 ($4,200)
• Cabell County Commission, Redistricting Project, 2001 ($28,500)