Faculty News

PROF. FOGT RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Prof. Fogt was chosen as an Ann Campbell Brown Distinguished Service Award winner during the annual Celebration and Appreciation Program and Reception for Office of Nationally Competitive Awards (ONCA) and the U.S. Fulbright Programs. He was one of three Ohio Univ. faculty members to be chosen for his dedication, commitment and service to the ONCA office and the students it serves. Click here to read full story in Compass. Congratulations, Ryan!

PROF. WHITSON PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Professor Risa Whitson has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.   Congratulations, Risa!

DEPARTMENT MOURNS THE DEATH OF EMERITUS PROFESSOR HUGH BLOEMER
Associate Professor Emeritus of Geography Dr. Hubertus L. “Hugh” Bloemer died on March 10, 2011, at the age of 71 after a courageous year-long battle with cancer.  Hugh will be sadly missed and will be fondly remembered by students and colleagues for his passion, generosity, and commitment to Ohio University, the Department of Geography, and its faculty and students throughout a professional career that spanned over 30 years. 

A memorial service and celebration of Hugh’s life was held on Saturday, April 9, from 1:30-3:00 pm at Galbreath Chapel on Ohio University's main campus. In accordance with his wishes, Hugh’s body was donated to the College of Osteopathic Medicine at OU.  In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to two scholarships through the Office of Development, Ohio University: the Regina L. Bloemer Scholarship for geography majors, and the Hugh Bloemer Scholarship for geography majors in cartography and geovisualization.

PROF. JIM DYER TO PRESENT “NEW PROFESSOR LECTURE” MARCH 9TH

Professor Jim Dyer, who was recently promoted to Full Professor, will present “Looking to the Past to Understand the Future: Two Hundred Years of Change in Eastern U.S. Forests” on March 9th at 4:10 p.m. in Baker 242.  Dr. Dyer’s lecture is part of a series of lectures presented by faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences who have recently been promoted to Full Professor. This talk will be available via streaming video at: http://streaming.cns.ohiou.edu/CAS/

PROFESSORS SACK AND BUCKLEY RECOGNIZED AS “TRANSFORMATIVE FACULTY”

Professors Dorothy Sack and Geoff Buckley of the Department of Geography were recently named as “transformative faculty” by Executive Vice-President and Provost Pam Benoit.  Benoit allocated $100,000 for the colleges to identify and reward transformative faculty across campus with this prestigious honor that recognizes excellence in the area of teaching.  In the College of Arts & Sciences more than 100 nominations for this award were received.  Approximately 40 winners were selected by a committee of faculty members from the College.  This is not the first time that both Professor Sack and Buckley have been recognized for their excellence in the classroom: both are recipients of the College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award in previous years.  In addition, Prof. Buckley’s “field-driven geography” teaching style was highlighted in the “Vision in Action” section of the university’s Compass web site: http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/10-11/1/vision-in-action-transformative-teachers.cfm. Congratulations to both Dorothy and Geoff!

PROF. YEONG KIM AWARDED SHORT-TERM RESEARCH TRAVEL TO KOREA

The Association of Asian Studies and the Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) has awarded Prof. Yeong Kim with one of its Fall 2010 Korean Studies Grants. This short-term travel award is for her research, titled "Spatial Stories of Exclusion and Belonging: Filipino Street Market on University Boulevard in Hyehwa, Seoul." The NEAC Korean Studies grant programs are made possible by the generous support of the Korea Foundation.

New Faculty Publications

Assistant Professor Harold Perkins recently published: "Capital, Subsistence, and Lakeside Violence: Walleye Wars and the Killing of Cormorants in the North Woods" in Human Geography.

"Green Spaces of Self Interest within Shared Urban Governance." Geography Compass (a peer reviewed journal that publishes papers concerning the status of certain debates in the field).

"Turning Feral Spaces into Trendy Places: A Coffee House in Every Park?" Environment and Planning.

Professor Dorothy Sack recently published: "Hemiarid lake basins: Hydrographic patterns." in Parsons, A.J., and Abrahams, A.D. (eds.). Geomorphology of desert environments. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 471-487 (with Currey, D.R.).

"Hemiarid lake basins: Geomorphic patterns" in Parsons, A.J., and Abrahams, A.D. (eds.). Geomorphology of desert environments. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 489-514 (with Currey, D.R.).

"Evidence for climate change from desert basin palaeolakes" in Parsons, A.J., and Abrahams, A.D.(eds.). Geomorphology of desert environments. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 743-756 (with Currey, D.R.).

Associate Professor Brad Jokisch recently published: “Ecuadorian International Migration," pp.350-358, The Ecuador Reader: History, Culture, Politics Edited by Carlos de la Torre and Steve Striffler, Duke University Press. (with David Kyle)

Professor James Lein recently published: "Assessing wildfire potential within the wildland-urban interface: A southeastern Ohio Example." Applied Geography 29, 2009: pp 21-34. (with Nicole Stump)

"Implementing Remote Sensing Strategies to Support Environmental Compliance Assessment: A Neural Network Application", Environmental Science and Policy.

Associate Professor James Dyer recently published: "Assessing topographic patterns in moisture use and stress using a water balance approach" Landscape Ecology 24: 391-403. 2009.