Department of Geography Graduate Students

• B. S. in Geography from Eastern Illinois University in 2006
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: Land Use Planning, Urbanization, Transportation Planning, and Cultural Geography

Thesis: Downtown redevelopment for Las Cruces.

Teaching Abilities: Taught Weather and Climate at EIU & starting as a TA here at NMSU

• B.A. in Theater, Minors in Philosophy and Fine Arts from Indiana State University, 1996
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Research Interests: Global Change Geography, Human and Environmental Systems

• B.S. in Urban and Regional Planning from NMSU 2001
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: Interests include climbing on things and riding anything with two wheels

• B.S. in Biology from University of Texas at San Antonio
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: Combining my field biology experience while increasing my GIS skills. Substitute teaching and work/study experience

• B. A. in Business Computer Systems from NMSU 1984
• Certified TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), Barcelona, Spain, 2003
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: Medical Geography,especially health issues related to the environment and climate change, GIS & Cartographic Design

Teaching Abilities: Adult EFL, Barcelona Spain 2004

• B. S. in Agricultural Engineering with Honors, May 1983 NMSU
• Commercial Drivers License (CDL), American Truck Driving School of Texas, Elm Mott, TX, September 1988
• Norsk Yrkesdykkerskole, Fagerstrand, Norway, Certificate Class I, Professional Diver, May 1991
• TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), Barcelona, Spain Teacher Certificate, January 2003
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: Sustainability and Resource Management, Demography and Human Migration

• B. S. in Geography (Physical Environmental Studies): Brigham Young University-Provo, 2008
• Minor in History: Brigham Young University-Provo, 2008
• Currently working on a Master of Applied Geography at New Mexico State University

Interests: Ecological & Geological Geography, Pedagogical Geography, Philosophical Geography, Methodological Geography, & Museology.

• B.A. in Geography (with Honors), emphasis in Environmental and Natural Resources from San Diego State University, 2006
• Currently working on a Master of Applied Geography at New Mexico State University

Interests: Recreation of past environments (pre-colonization), Landscape Ecology, Biogeography, GIS, Assessibility of GIS via the Web and other technologies.

Teaching Abilities: TA for Geog 111 lab (Physical Geography), Geog 481 (Geographic Information Systems), Geog 326 (U.S. National Parks)

Skills / Specialties: GIS, Cartographic Design, Internet technologies (PHP, Perl, Phyton, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc).

Other: Lab Coordinator for Geospatial Teaching Laboratory (Breland 192)

• B. S. in Elementary Education with a Social Studies teaching field from NMSU in 2005
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: Environmental Science and Geography, Biogeography, GIS

Teaching Abilities: Currently teaching Geography 111 labs

• B. A. in History from NMSU in 2006
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: History, Historical/Cultural Geography

Teaching Abilities: TA for lower division Geography courses and labs

• A.D. Science Laboratory Technology from Mohawk Valley Community College in 1983
• B. S. in Biology from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1985
• M. A. in Secondary Education from University of New Mexico-Albuquerque in 1990
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: GIS, Land Use, Urban Planning-Bicycle Routes and Facilities

Thesis: Bicycle Transportation

Teaching Abilities: BRL 192-Computer Lab technician (SPR 08); TA for GEOG 521, 481, 381, 111 Labs; TransCAD 5.0

• B. S. in Geography w/ minor in GIS from Utah State University, Aug 2006
• Currently working on a Masters of Applied Geography at NMSU

Interests: Border region issues and land use planning

Skills / Specialties: GIS & Cartographic Design