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Programs

Geography B.S.
Extended Geography; Geographic Education; Geographic Information Management (GIS);
Remote Sensing

Public Planning B.S.
Land Use Planning;
Environmental Planning; Tourism & Recreation Planning; GIS & Planning; American Indian Planning

Parks & Recreation Management
B.S. & Certificate

MA in Rural Geography

MS in Applied Geographic Infomation Science

GIS Graduate Certificate

Park Ranger Training Program

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Graduate Students
M.A. in Rural Geography

CURRENT STUDENTS (not a complete list):

Nicole P. Antonopoulos (B.A., Anthropology, 1993, University of Kansas)
Cultural Geography

Andrea Bartz (B.S. Environmental Conservation, 2005 Northern Michigan University) M.A. Rural Geography Thesis topic: A Comparison of Three Rapid Site Inventories in the Superstition Mountains Wilderness Area
Advisor: Dr. Pam Foti

Gregory Bunce (B.S., Geography, 2003, University of Utah)
Thesis Topic: Gentrification and Neighborhood Change
Advisor: Tom Paradis

John A. Cannella (B.S., Biology, 1998, St. Lawrence University)
Thesis Title: Tracking the Movement of P-J Woodland Dominants Over the Last 40,000 Years
Advisor: Dr. Arundel

Julia K. Haas (B.S., Geology, 2003, Northern Arizona University)
MS Applied Geographic Information Systems and MS Geology
Thesis Topic: "Utilizing a GIS in geothermal energy exploration"
Advisor: Dr. Dexter

Kerstin Haslinger (B.A., Geography, 2001, California State University, Stanislaus)
Thesis Topic: Soil texture prediction using ASAR technology
Advisor: Dr. Dexter, Dr. Berlin

Natasha M Kramer (BA, Geology, 1999, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; MS, Geology, 2004, Northern Arizona University)
Practicum Topic: Volumetric Analysis of Tight Gas Sands Using a GIS

Paul "Zeke" Lauck (B.S., Geography, 2000, Northern Arizona University)
Thesis Topic: GIS Applications in Ecological Assessment for Canyon 
Environments
Advisor: Dr. Dexter

Jill Manion-Farrar (B.A., Environmental Studies, 1998, Ramapo College of NJ)
Thesis Topic: Water Conservation Policy in Northern Arizona: Implementation
Successes and Limitations
Advisor: Dr. Hawley

Kathleen McBride (B.S., Geography, 2003, Southern Illinois University)
Thesis Topic: A Synoptic Climatology of Desert Dust Deposition in the San Juan
Mountains, CO, USA
Advisor: Dr. Leland Dexter

Olivia Markham (B.S., Geography, 2004, Southern Illinois University)
Thesis Topic: Snow Quinzee Efficiency in Backcountry Terrain Travel
Advisor: Dr. Leland Dexter

Stephanie Wyse Mietz (B.A., History and Linguistics, 1992, University of Michigan)
Advisor: Dr. Arundel

Kristy Stefan (B.S., Land Use Planning, 1995, NAU)
Thesis Title: Using GIS to quantify historic riparian vegetation along the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Emily Waddy (B.A., Cultural Anthropology, 2003, NAU)
Thesis Topic: Perceptions of place and place attachment for tourists in Ireland's Pubs
Advisor: Dr. Hawley

Alisa Wenker (B.S., Geology, 1999, University of North Dakota)
Thesis Topic: Place attachment and sense of place of the Yellowstone National
Park area as represented by textile quilts.
Advisor: Dr. Hawley

GRADUATED STUDENTS (not a complete list):

Melissa C. Aldrich (B.S., Geography, Worcester State College) "Use of GIS to map and analyze a 1900 logging regime" - Graduated Fall 2000

Terence R. Arundel (B.S., Geography, 1989, Northern Arizona University) "Using General Land Office survey records to determine the species composition and spatial distribution of the presettlement forest in North-Central Arizona, 1878-1879" - Graduated Fall 1998

Anthony Ayers (B.A., Geography, 1970, University of California, Los Angeles) "Cluster analysis of weather related general aviation accidents in Arizona" - Graduated Fall 2000

Jennifer Beltz (B.S., Recreation Resources Administration, N. Carolina St. University) "Interaction between visitors, park employees, and park guides, Chapada de Veadeiros National Park, Goias, Brazil" - Advisor: Dr. Lew - Graduated Fall 1996

Liz Boussard – "Motorized River Ranger Patrls in the Grand Canyon: Are they the Minimum Required for the Administration of Wilderness?" - Advisor: Dr. Hawley - Graduated Spring 2002

Karen L. Clum (B.S., Animal Science, 1997, Cornell University) "A Qualitative Model of Rural Economic Diversity: The Cast of a Southwestern Mining Community" - Advisor: Dr. Daugherty - Graduated Fall 2004

Haydee M. Hampton (B.S., Environmental Resources Engineering, Humboldt State University; M.S., Civil/Environmental Engineering, Stanford University) "Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Statistics, and Physical Geography" - Graduated Fall 1998

Sarah R. Jacobs (B.S., Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, 1995, University of California at San Diego) "Conservation Planning, Gap Analysis Program, Geographic Information Systems" - Graduated Spring 1999

Lisa Kennaway (B.S., Recreation/Planning, Arizona State University) "GPS and GIS in wilderness impact monitoring, a case study in the Kanab Creek Wilderness, Arizona." - Graduated Fall 1998

Alvin Brent Kempton, "A conditional computer simulation model to construct paleotopography using the Afton, California study area." Graduated 2001.

Joseph K. Palermo (B.A., Geography, 1990, University of Arizona) "Preserving Mining Heritage in Tourism Economies: Case Studies of Former Mining Towns in Arizona" - Advisor: Dr. Lew - Graduated Fall 1999

Max Partl (B.S. Geography, 1996, Universitaet Freiburg) "Environmental perception and expectations of international students and their possible change over a one semester period" - Graduated Fall 2000

Karen Peters – "Visual and Verbal Preferences and Perceptions in the Rural Residential Environment" - Advisor: Dr. Hawley - Graduated Spring 2002

David B. Simeral (B.S., Geography, 1994, Arizona State University)
"Spatial Variability of New Snow Density Across an Elevational Gradient in the Park Range of Northwestern Colorado" - Advisor: Dr. Dexter - Graduated Fall 2005

Ellen Soles (B.A., American Studies, 1991, University of Texas at Austin) "Where the River Meets the Ditch 20th Century Change of the Gila River and Its Use in the Cliff/Gila Valley, New Mexico" - Advisors: Dr. Kennedy & Dr. Dexter - Graduated Summer 2003

Jeffrey S. Wilkerson (B.S., Applied Geography, 1989, Northern Arizona University) "Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Modelling Solar Radiation on Complex Three Dimensional Surfaces" - Graduated Fall 1996

Joy Wolf (B.A., Applied Sociology, 1995, Northern Arizona University) "Biogeography, Forest ecology, and Fire dynamics" - Graduated Spring 1997 

Steve Yoder (B.A., Social Ecology, UC Irvine) "Navajo environmental values and attitudes" - Graduated Spring 1997