Thursday, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Afternoon Workshop (Schnabel Hall, Room 34)

Geography and the Internet: An Introduction to the WWW and HTML. Jon T. Kilpinen, Valparaiso University

Thursday, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Social Gathering & Registration (Strongbow Inn, Charles Room)

Register and enjoy hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks, a cash bar, and good company at Valparaiso's unique Strongbow Inn, located just east of the Fairfield Inn on U.S. 30.

Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Retired Geographers Organization (Shoney's Restaurant)

An informational meeting for retired geographers; across from the Fairfield Inn on U.S. Hwy 30. Organized by: Robert A. Harper, Carbondale, IL

Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Registration -- 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Urschel Hall, 2nd Floor Lobby)

Medical Geography (Urschel Hall, Room 109)

Planning for the Social Implications of HIV/AIDS/STD's in India: The Naz Calcutta Project, A Case Study. Debanuj Dasgupta,The University of Akron

International Health Care Refugees of the U.S.-Mexico Border. Patricia J. Schwarz, University of Minnesota

Availability of Teaching Hospitals and Clinics to Low-Income Patients in Ohio. Killian P. Ying, California State University, and Joan F. Ying, University Hospitals of Cleveland

Chair: Curtiss Stevens, Valparaiso University

Agriculture (Urschel Hall, Room 111)

The Family Farm in Latvia: Diversity Against Difficulty. Paul R. Sando, Valparaiso University

A Commodity Chain Analysis of Agro-Industry: The Example of Corn Production in the U.S. Deanna Trinidad, Bishop Noll Academy, and Daniel C. Knudsen, Indiana University

Spatial Characteristics of Farm Program Lands in South Central Minnesota. Nicole Bailey, Nancy Moritz, Martin Mitchell and Richard Kimmel, Mankato State University

Chair: Paul R. Sando, Valparaiso University

Weather and Climate (Urschel Hall, Room 117)

A Climatological Analysis of the Köppen Dfa/Dfb Boundary in Eastern North America, 1901-1990. Martin Mitchell and Jeffrey Kienholtz, Mankato State University

Rain Water Types in Illinois. Henry J. Zintambila, Illinois State University

Bahamian Newspaper Records as Sources of Historical Weather Data: 1812-1837. Ronald V. Shaklee, Youngstown State University

Chair: Waltraud Brinkman, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Biogeography (Urschel Hall, Room 120)

Some Aspects of the Biogeography of Islands in Large Lakes. Robert J. Liebermann, Western Michigan University

An Improved Biophysical Parameterization of Canopy. Jie Song, Northern Illinois University

Influence of Environmental Stress on Treeline Dynamics in the Huerfeno Valley, Colorado. Thomas M. Gushue, Indiana State University

Chair: Jie Song, Northern Illinois University

Friday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

Urban Geography I (Urschel Hall, Room 109)

Planning Evaluation for a Metropolis: A Case Study for Delhi. Sudhir Thakur, Ashok Dutt, and Frank J. Costa, University of Akron

Feeding Urban Populations in Latin America: A Survey of Distribution Systems. M. David Meyer, Indiana State University

Computer Simulation of Metropolitan Evolution. Ilya Zaslavsky, Western Michigan University

Evaluating Urbanization and Development Models in an Asian Context. George M. Pomeroy, University of Akron

Chair: Mehmet Aritan, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse

Historical Geography of the United States I (Urschel Hall, Room 117)

Mitchell Makes a Map: John Mitchell's 1755 Cartographic War against the French. Stephanie Abbot Roper, University of Kansas

Development of a Cartographic Animation: Population Density of the United States, by County, from 1790 to 1960. Jill Hallden, Michigan State University

Government Land Sales in the Ellington Quadrangle of Tuscola County, Michigan. Morris O. Thomas and Arlene M. Anderson, Lansing Community College

The Evolution of Local Governments in Minnesota Territory. Rod Squires, University of Minnesota

Pre-Railroad Townsites of Southwestern Michigan. William D. Walters, Jr., Illinois State University

Chair: Ronald A. Janke, Valparaiso University

Wildlife Management and Sustainability (Urschel Hall, Room 120)

Scale, Landscape Fragmentation and Avian Patterns in Wildland Complexes of the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. Robert J. Milne, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Paul J. Harpley, South Lake Simcoe Naturalists

Use of Process Models and Multiple Data Bases in Assessment of Landscape Dynamics for Biological Integrity and Sustainability. Chansheng He, Western Michigan University

Beyond Sustainability: Bioregions and Bioregionalism. Richard H. Harrill, University of Akron

Spatial and Temporal Trends inWildlife Complaint Inquiry Logs and Cooperative Damage Management Agreements. Jane M. Mueller, Mankato State University, and Jay B. McAninch, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Chair: Jeffrey J. Gordon, Bowling Green State University

Posters

Using GIS to Identify Potential Wind Power Sites in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Robert B. Douglas, Gustavus Adolphus College

Resources for Introductory Human and Physical Geography Courses on the World Wide Web. Sonja Duelberg and Catherine Souch, Indiana University-Indianapolis, and Sue Grimmond, Indiana University -Bloomington

Great Lakes Environmental Education Initiative. Wayne E. Kiefer, Central Michigan University, and Ian D. Sims, Michigan State University

Trends in GIS Componentware. Yu Luo, Indiana State University

Genetically Finding Homogenous Spatial Units. James Wilfong, Michigan State University

Friday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.

Urban Geography II (Urschel Hall, Room 109)

Temporal Patterns of Wage Differentials Among Planners, 1950-1995: A Study in Feminist Geography. Vandana Wadhwa, University of

What's in a Frame? Depictions of African and African-American Youth in the U.S. News Media. Yvette L. Pye, Chicago State University

Spatial Patterns of Domestic Violence in Indianapolis. Sonja Duelberg and Molly Ryan, Indiana University at Indianapolis

Chair: Ramesh Dhussa, Drake University

Place and Landscape in America (Urschel Hall, Room 117)

Hispanic Landscape Markers in a Rust Belt City. Robert B. Kent, University of Akron, and Augusto Gandia-Ojeda, Universidad de Puerto

Struggling for Cultural Stakes: A Two-Place Study in the US Civil Rights Movement. Jeremy J. Brigham, University of Iowa

The "Finished Place": New England as America's Europe, 1900-1935. Scott Roper, University of Kansas

Dearborn and Warren, Michigan: Contrasts and Comparisons in Reading Landscapes of Automobility. Craig S. Campbell, Youngstown State University

Sense of Place and the Defeat of Riverboat Gambling in Jefferson County, Indiana. Thomas W. Paradis, University of Illinois

Chair: John C. Hudson, Northwestern University

Remote Sensing and Land Use (Urschel Hall, Room 120)

Indiana GAP: Vegetation Mapping and K-12 Utilization. Susan M. Berta, C. Mark Cowell, Jeffrey Wilson, Dion Wiseman, Kelly Roberts, and William Kane, Indiana State

Neural Networks for Environmental Monitoring Using AVHRR NDVI Data Sets: A Preliminary Assessment. James K. Lein, Ohio University

Assessing Landscape Pattern Change in the Castanhal Region, Eastern Amazon. Nelson W. Dias and Paul W. Mausel, Indiana State University, and Emilio F. Moran, Indiana University

Remote Sensing of Freshwater Coastal Wetland Changes in Tuscola County, Michigan: An Evaluation of NOAA'S C-CAP Program. Theodore S. Krumbach, Western Michigan University

Chair: David Block, Carroll College

Severe Weather I (Urschel Hall, Room 202)

Analysis of the WSR-88D Storm Total Accumulation Product: Indianapolis, Indiana. William Robert Wasson, Indiana State University

Spatial Patterns of Severe Weather Alert Systems in Ohio. Ute J. Dymon and Michael S. Hart, Kent State University

Lightning Data Inaccuracies in Michigan. Kathleen M. Shearman, Eastern Michigan University

Teaching the Meteorology Behind the Edmund Fitzgerald Shipwreck. John A. Knox, Columbia University--NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Steven A. Ackerman, University of Wisconsin

Chair: Bart J. Wolf, Valparaiso University

Friday, 3:30 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.

Cartography and G.I.S. (Urschel Hall, Room 109)

Using Geographic Information Systems to Identify Potential Areas for the Land Application of Biosolids in Texas Township, Michigan. Karl Klemm, Western Michigan University

Interactive Archaeological Site Maps: A Prototype for the Athienou Archaeological Project. Jessica J. Dolanski, Michigan State University

Methodological Considersations for Designing a Spatiotemporal GIS for Modeling Land Use/Land Cover Change in Metropolitan Chicago. Joseph B. Miller, University of Illinois at Chicago

Evaluation of IRS Panchromatic Imagery for Updating Road Networks in a Rural/Town Area. Yu Zhou, Bowling Green State University

Chair: Robert B. Kent, University of Akron

Protected Lands: Wilderness Areas and Parks (Urschel Hall, Room 117)

Ohio State Parks: How Did They Evolve? Lisa M. DeChano, Ohio University

Saving the Fallen Timbers Battlefield: What Worked, What Didn't, and Why. Jeffrey J. Gordon, Bowling Green State University

An Environmental and Land Use Analysis of Human Activity at the Beulah Bog State Natural Area, Wisconsin. Renae D. Prell, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

The Historical Geography of the Fernberg Corridor in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota. Catherine L. Schmidt, Mankato State University

Chair: James Lein, Ohio University

Geography and Education (Urschel Hall, Room 120)

Children's Perceptions of an Aerial Photograph. Ami Lipschultz, Rebecca Dragon, and David Uttal, Northwestern University, and James M. Blaut, University of Illinois at Chicago

Human Dimensions of Global Change: Resources for Active Learning. James Eflin, Ball State University

Geographical Who Did What: Illustrating Geographic Thought. Miriam Helen Hill, New Albany, IN

Geo-Technology for Tomorrow's Workforce: Academic Opportunities. Charles Franklin Holley, Jr., Denis E. Mudderman, and William A. Dando, Indiana State University

Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing: Changes in Research and Education from 1965-1995. Lesha Broomes, Michigan State University

Chair: Miriam Helen Hill, New Albany, IN

Human Geography of a Changing World (Urschel Hall, Room 202)

Northwest Macedonia or Northeast Albania? Branko Colakovic, Mankato State University

The Economic Development of Romania During the Communist Era. Chelsea Morse, Valparaiso University

The Evolving Russian Soul: Landscape Changes in an Emerging Capitalist Society. William A. Dando, Indiana State University

The Contemporary Migration of Russian-Germans from Russia and Kazakhstan to Germany: A Case Study in Migration Geography. Jacquelin K. Tylzynski, Western Michigan University

Peoples of The Middle East. Mehmet T. Aritan, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Chair: Dennis Conway, Indiana University

Friday, 5:20 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.

West Lakes -- AAG, Business Meeting (Urschel Hall, Room 202)

Friday, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Banquet & Keynote Address (V.U. Student Union, Great Hall)

Fieldwork: Through the Ages, Around the Globe. Lawrence A. Brown, Ohio State University and President, Association of American Geographers

Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Registration -- 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (Urschel Hall, 2nd Floor Lobby)

Field Trip #2 -- Departs from East of Urschel Hall

The Economic Geography of Michigan City, Indiana. Curtiss Stevens, Valparaiso University (Van departs from east of Urschel Hall, outside the lower entrance.)

Field Trip #3 -- Departs from South of Urschel Hall

The Kankakee Marsh: Alfred Meyer's Sequent Occupance. Ronald Janke, Valparaiso University (Van departs from south of Urschel Hall, outside the upper entrance.)

Economic Geography (Urschel Hall, Room 109)

Spatial Assessments of the Relationship between Public Capital and Economic Activity. Tim R. Strauss, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Patterns of Midwestern Newspaper Circulation Decline. Eric A. Anderson, Western Michigan University

The Geography of Telecommunications and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Gary F. Wilkinson, GTE Telephone Operations and Indiana Wesleyan University

Key Performance Measures for Industrial Technology Centers. Richard W. Janson, Kent State University

Chair: Robert Sinclair, Wayne State University

Historical Geography of the United States II (Urschel Hall, Room 117)

The Ethnic Dimensions of Housing Strategies and Evolution of Ownership: Case Study of Cambria City, PA, 1870-1910. Debra S. Alfonso, Western Michigan University

Modisett Burial Mounds Identification using Principle Component Analysis of Digital Image Data of Northern Vigo County, Indiana. James C. Wallace, II, Indiana State University

Locational Characteristics of Traditional Stoneware Potteries in the Lower Wabash Valley. John R. McGregor, Indiana State University

Historic Preservation of the Functional Lancaster Square in Indiana. Stephen E. Podewell, Western Michigan University and Indiana State University

Chair: Jon T. Kilpinen, Valparaiso University

Severe Weather II (Urschel Hall, Room 202)

Behavior of Vehicles in Strong Winds: A Case Study of the May 1996 Louisville Tornado. Thomas W. Schmidlin, Kent State University, Paul S. King, Boyce Thompson Institute, and Barbara Hammer, Kent State University

The Central Illinois Tornado Outbreak of 19 April 1996. Jennifer S. Osborn and Bryan W. Rupp, Western Illinois University

Synoptic-Dynamic Evolution of the April 19, 1996 Midwest Severe Weather Outbreak. Bart J. Wolf and John Eylander, Valparaiso University

The Superstorm of 1993. Christopher M. Killian, Western Michigan University

Chair: John Oliver, Indiana State University

Saturday, 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Field Trip #1 -- Departs from West of Urschel Hall

A Walking Tour of Valparaiso. Paul Sando, Valparaiso University (Group will gather and depart from the south entrance of Schnabel Hall, located west of Urschel Hall.)

Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

Field Trip #4 -- Departs from South of Urschel Hall

The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Renae Prell, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater (Van departs from south of Urschel Hall, outside the upper entrance.)

Geography of Urban Travel (Urschel Hall, Room 109)

Destination Choice in an Urban Environment: A Heuristic Approach. Bradley A. Shellito, Ohio State University

Determinants of the Propensity for Trip Chaining: A Case Study in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Qingyu Xiao, Northern Illinois University

Women's Travel Patterns: More Recent Findings. Bettina Aten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chair: Yu Zhou, Bowling Green State University

Urban Geography III (Urschel Hall, Room 117)

Street Barriers and the Making of Community. Dennis Grammenos, University of Illinois

The Role of Religious Organizations in the Construction of Urban Community and Neighborhood Development: Three Case Studies from Indianapolis. Susan M. Walcott, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Neighborhood Deterioration and Revitalization: Akron, Ohio. Christopher Cusack, University of Akron

Chair: James Eflin, Ball State University

Human/Environmental Interaction (Urschel Hall, Room 202)

A GIS and Classification Tree Approach to the Delineation of Landtype Associations. Catherine J. DeLain, Michigan State University

The Relationship Between Surface Soils and Cave Sediments in the Karst of West- Central Florida. Philip Reeder, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Robert Brinkmann, University of South Florida

Design with Climate and Local Resources in the Yucatan Peninsula. Royal Berglee, Indiana State University

The Earthquake Hazard and the New Madrid Seismic Zone. David M. Wamsley, University of Akron

Chair: Henry Moon, University of Toledo

Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

East Lakes -- AAG, Business Meeting (V.U. Student Union, Squire Room)

Lunch is included for ELDAAG members.

Back to V.U. GeoMet Home Page