John A. Harrington, Jr.

Title: Professor

Curriculum Vitae: JH CV Jan 2012.pdf

Address:	Phone:

Department of Geography 23 Seaton Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-2904	(785) 532-3405 = Office Phone (785) 532-6727 = Department Phone (785) 532-7310 = Department Fax

Degrees:

Ph.D. (Geography) Michigan State University (1980), Advisor: Dr. Jay Harman
M.A. (Geography) University of Minnesota (1974), Advisor: Dr. Richard Skaggs
B.S. (Geography) Michigan State University (1972)

Research Interests:

Synoptic Climatology and Meteorology
Precipitation Climatology
Climate Variability
Climate Classification
Ecological Climatology and Biogeography
Natural and Human Dimensions of Global Change
Remote Sensing of Vegetation
Water Quality Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing of Changing Rural Landscapes
Natural Resource Applications of Geographic Information Systems
Applied Geography
Geographic Education

Selected Courses Taught:

Climatology (GEOG 535)

Human Dimensions of Global Change (GEOG 460)
Environmental Geography I (GEOG 221)
Human Impact on the Environment (GEOG 760)
Topics in Climatology (GEOG 735), topics have included: Climate of the Great Plains, Climate Change, Impacts of Climate Change
Geographic Thought (GEOG 820)
Adv Environmental Geography (GEOG 850), topics have included: Global Environmental Change, Local Expression of Global Change

Selected Awards and Special Appointments:

2011
2011
2011
2010
2007-
2007
2005-2007
2004-2007
2003
2002-03
2002
2000-2003
2000-2002
1998-2001
1995-97
1994-97
1992-96
1992
1987-95
1986-88
1985
1984-1985
1983-1984
1982-85
1981-82
1981

Member, AAG Committee on the Status of Women in Geography
Member, LTER 2012 All-Scientist Meeting, Program Planning Committee
Kansas NSF EPSCoR Program Manager
Member, AAG Research Awards Committee
Coordinator, Kansas Geographic Alliance

Professorial Performance Award, Kansas State

Co-coordinator, Kansas Geographic Alliance

Chair, All-University GIScience Steering Committee, Kansas State

Member, National Academy of Science Workshop Steering Committee
Chair, Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the AAG
Member, Assoc. of American Geographers Nominating Committee
Member, Assoc. of American Geographers Commission of College Geography
Climatology Editor, Physical Geography
Director, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Secondary Major, Kansas State
Director, Climate Specialty Group, AAG
Board of Directors, Applied Geography Conferences
Member, Remote Sensing Committee, Society for Range Management
Associate Director, Colorado Geographic Alliance Summer Institute
Honors Committee, Climate Specialty Group, AAG (Chair 87-93)
Director, Digital Mapping Laboratory, New Mexico State University
Remote Sensing Specialist, Conservation and Survey, University of Nebraska
Committee on Faculty Compensation, Oklahoma
Faculty Senate, Oklahoma
Chair, Vice-Chair, Geography Section - Oklahoma Academy of Science
Program Committee - 1982 AAG Meeting
Summer Research Scientist, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Distinguished Faculty Award Committee, College of Social Sciences, Michigan State

Graduate Advisees - Ph.D.

2009 Bowles, Erik H., Ph.D. Dissertation: "Classifying Heatwaves in the United States."

2009 Ndyiae, Ramatoulaye., Ph.D. Dissertation: "Geographic Information Science: Contribution to Understanding Salt and Sodium Affected Soils in the

Senegal River Valley."

2001 Leathers, Nancy J., Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Furnace Wind Climatology for the Central United States.”

2001 Marzen, Luke J., Ph.D. Dissertation; “An Analysis of Vegetation Change and Rehabilitation Approaches after the 1980 Eruption of

Mount St. Helens ” (L.M.B. Harrington, Co-advisor)

2000 Hutchinson, J.M. Shawn, Ph.D. Dissertation: “Estimating Tallgrass Prairie Soil Moisture Using Active Satellite Microwave Imagery

and Optical Sensor Inputs.”

1994 Yan, Yuk. Y., Ph.D. Dissertation: "Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Weather Stress Indicies of Indiana." (J.E. Oliver, Co-advisor)

1993 Repic, Randall L., Ph.D. Dissertation: "An Assessment of Spectral Response Curves for Coal Strip Mine Lakes in Southwestern Indiana."

Graduate Advisees - M.A.

2011 Tabor, Lisa K. "Using Geography to Help Teach History: Dual-Encoding History Lesson Plans."

2011 Wilson, Iris. Perceptions of Climate and Environmental Change in Northcentral Kansas."

2011 Walterscheid, Steven. "Climate Classification for the Earth's Oceanic Areas using the Köppen System."

2010 Robichaux, Rex. "Correlating Climate with Late-Winter Wetland Habitat in the Rainwater Basin, South-Central Nebraska."

2009 Burkitt, J. Beau. "Alternative Futures for the Northern Flint Hills: Scenarios Provided by Hydrologic Modeling."

2008 Patterson, Judd. "An Analysis of Spring Bird Migration Phenology in Kansas."

2008 Peterson, Rorik. "GIS-based Scenarios for the Reorganization of Kansas Counties."

2006 Rice, Charlene. "Analysis of Growth and Land Use Changes in Topeka, Kansas."

2004 Bowles, Erik H., “An Applied Climatology of Heat Stress Events in the Central United States: A Spatial and Temporal Assessment Using the

Temperature-Humidity Index.”

2003 Zimney, Michael S., “Hierarchical Diffusion of Geographic Information Systems in Kansas”

2002 Kroemer, Ryan M., “Assessing Aquifer Vulnerability in Phelps County, Nebraska and Finney County, Kansas Using DRASTIC and LPI Indicies”

2002 Wood, M. James, “Spatial and Statistical Analysis of Palmer’s Climatic Instability Index”

2001 Frank, Katrina L., “Potential Effects of Warm Season Climate Change on Livestock Production in the United States ”

1999 Guinotte, John, “A Model for Predicting Coral Reef Habitats in the Tropical Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific”

1999 Blocker, James, “An Examination of Remotely Sensed Derived Vegetation Indexes and Maneuver Damage at Fort Riley, Kansas”

1998 Holden, Gerold, I., Jr., “Impact of Increased Atmospheric CO2 on the Greening of the Sand-Sage Prairie, Finney County Kansas”

1997 Hutchinson, J.M. Shawn, “RADAR Backscatter - Soil Moisture Relationships over Tall Grass Prairie”

1997 Wardlow, Brian D., “Temporal Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Patterns Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery -

A Study of Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas”

1994 Doering, David. E., "Geographic Perspectives of Sand Dune Stability at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore"

1994 Peters, W. Ted, "An Evaluation of Special Transforms for Improving the Vegetation Classification for the Gap Analysis Project in Indiana."

1994 Foster, Scott P., "The Utilization of Two Raingauge Networks for Modeling Flooding Along the Little Washita River, October 17-21, 1983."

1992 Bierly, Gregory D., "A Climatology of Transition Season Colorado Cyclones: 1961-1990."

1991 Johnson (DeSmidt), Amy M., "Principal Component Analysis of Landsat TM Data for Water Quality Assessment."

1984 Walsh, Michael F., "Spatial and Temporal Transfer of Classification Algorithms Developed for Landsat MSS Digital Data.

1984 Cartin, Kevin F., "The Digital Image Analysis System: Microcomputer Software For Digital Processing of Landsat Data."

1984 Brown, Brock J., "A Synoptic Climatology of Bimodality in Warm Season Precipitation Profiles From Central North America."

1981 Barrios, Eduardo A., "A Multivariate Statistical Taxonomy of the Climate of Venezuela."

1981 Cantwell, Hal D., "The Changing Phytosociology of the Oak-Hickory Forest of the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma."

1980 Dunn, Charles W., Jr., "Identifying the Prairie-Forest Transition Using Remote Sensing: A Comparative Analysis."

Last Updated: January, 2012