A little about me... :

As an associate professor of landscape architecture here at Rutgers, I thought it might be good to put together a page explaining a little of what I do and who I am.



Generally speaking, I am interested in large landscapes, how we shape them, how we use them, and we protect them. I am particularly interested in the information and technologies that we use to engage in these activities.
	However, small spaces and features in the landscape can be fairly intriguing and vital to understanding larger spaces.
As a member of the faculty I get to hang out with people like this all of the time. You know...smoking our pipes and discussing the merit of various patterns for tweed jackets. We ponder weighty questions about great landscapes and important shapers.

Not that it is all that important, but on my way to New Jersey I made a few stops along the way. I got my BSLA at the University of Kentucky, my MLA at Louisiana State University, and my PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
 

My Research...

I perform my research at the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA). CRSSA is a unit within the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station here at Cook College, Rutgers.

My research projects include analysis of a national Framework Data Survey and interviews about Data Sharing in Local Governments. I am interested in Public Participatory GIS and Institutional GIS. I am currently working on a landscape change research program. Recent papers include Access and Participation and local government results from the Framework Data Survey (A longer report is available online).

Oh, I'll Teach Them All Right...

	One of the most important things that I do in my life is to teach...Even though it'll probably make me prematurely gray. My rotation of classes includes The Fundamentals of Environmental Planning and Intermediate Environmental Geomatics.
I have also taught Advanced Environmental Geomatics and Jr/Sr. Colloquium and the Junior L.A. studio. In addition, I have taught a Graduate Seminar in GIS History, once with Dr. Rick Lathrop, once without. We keep hoping to revisit that efort.

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