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New Mexico State University

Department of Geography

Carol L. Campbell, Assistant Professor

 

Phone # (575) 646-5461

Office: Breland Hall 106

E-mail: geobird@nmsu.edu

EDUCATION:

  • B.S. Wildlife Humboldt State University, 1998
  • M.A.G. Geography New Mexico State University, 2002
  • Ph.D. Geography University of California, Los Angeles, 2005

AWARDS:

  • 2007 Teaching Academy "Distinguished Member"
  • 2006 Teaching Academy "Distinguished Member"
  • 2006: NMSU, College of Arts & Sciences Mini-Grant ($2,168.00)
  • 2004: UCLA Graduate School, Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship ($2,000.00)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Biogeography
  • National Parks
  • Avian Ecology and Conservation
  • Remote Sensing of Natural Resources
  • Field Methods

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Campbell, Carol L. 2008. Book Review, The Ribbon of Green: Change in Riparian Vegetation in the Southwestern United States. Geographical Review, 98(1): 143-145.
  • Wright, John B., and Carol L. Campbell. 2008. Landscape Change in Hispano and Chicano Villages of New Mexico. Geographical Review, 98(4): 551-565.
  • Wright, John B., and Carol L. Campbell. 2008. Moorish Cultural Landscapes of Las Alpujarras, Spain. Focus on Geography, 51(1): 25-30.
  • Campbell, Carol L. 2008. Managing Riparian Habitats of the American Southwest: Birds of the Gila Lower Box, New Mexico. Southwestern Geographer, 12: (In press).
  • Campbell, Carol L. 2008. Circle of Geographers: The History of the Geography Department at New Mexico State University. Southwestern Geographer, 12: (In press).
  • Campbell, Carol L. 2009. Report on wintering birds along the Gila River, New Mexico. New Mexico Botanist, (In review).
  • Campbell, Carol L. 2005. A Biogeographic Benchmark to the Grinnell/Storer Cross-section of the Sierra Nevada. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles (181 pages).
  • Campbell, Carol L. 2002. The Avian Community of a Riparian Landscape in a Semi-Arid Region. Thesis, New Mexico State University, (174 pages).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

  • March 22-27, 2009, Title: Bird diversity and forest structure along an elevational gradient. Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • October 23-25, 2008, Title: Managing riparian habitats of the American Southwest: Birds in the Lower Gila Box, New Mexico. Southwestern Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. San Marcos, Texas.
  • October 16-17, 2008, Title: Avian community composition in the Gila Lower Box in winter. Second Natural History of the Gila: A symposium. Silver City, New Mexico.
  • September 22-26, 2007, Title: Seasonal differences in avian community composition of a riparian landscape in a semi-arid region. The Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference; Community Ecology Poster Session, Tucson, AZ.
  • October 3-8, 2006, Title: Avian community composition variation in time across the Sierra Nevada. IV North American Ornithological Congress: Community Ecology Session, Veracruz, Mexico.
  • March 7-11, 2006, Title: Quantifying Temperate Coniferous Forest Structure from Space. Association of American Geographer’s Annual Conference: Landscape Ecology Session. Chicago, IL.
  • February 24-28, 2004, Title: A Comparison of Avian Community Composition and Forest Structure Relationships in the Footsteps of Grinnell and Storer in Yosemite. The Western Section of the Wildlife Society’s, 2004 Annual Conference. Rohnert Park, California.
  • March 4-8, 2003, Title: Comparisons of a Riparian Avian Community in Summer and Winter. The Association of American Geographers, 99th National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • September 25-29, 2001, Poster Title: The Effects of Riparian Landscape Difference on Avian Species Diversity in the Gila Lower Box Wildlife Habitat Area, New Mexico. The Wildlife Society's 8th Annual Conference, Reno/Tahoe, Nevada.

TEACHING INTERESTS:

  • Culture and Environment (GEOG 120)
  • World Regional Geography (GEOG 112G)
  • U.S. National Parks (GEOG 326G)
  • Biogeography (GEOG 351/557)
  • Digital Image Processing (GEOG 482)
  • Desert Ecology (Team taught with W. G. Whitford) (GEOG 491)
  • Fundamentals of Biogeography (GEOG 557)
  • Field Methods

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Board Member Mesilla Valley Auduborn Society
  • Association of American Geographers
  • International Society for Biogeography
  • Society for Conservation Biology
  • American Ornithologist' Union
  • Cooper Ornithological Society
  • The Wildlife Society
  • Audubon

The NMSU Geography Department would like to hear from you. We welcome your comments