BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH––STEPHEN E. WHITE  
Email: sewhite@ksu.edu 

Degrees

  B.S. (1969), M.A. (1972), Ph.D. (1974) University of Kentucky

Professional Appointments

Professional Activities

     1) Teaching

  *Association of American Geographers Outstanding Teacher-Scholar, 1995-2000
  *National Council for Geographic Education Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award, 1991
  *William L. Stamey Teaching Award, Kansas State University, 1989
  *Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Kansas State University, 1988 
  *Supervised 29 graduate students, Served as committee member for 78 other M.A. and Ph.D. students

     2) Research

*John Fraser Hart Award for Research Excellence, Contemporary Agriculture and Rural Land Use Specialty
        Group, Association of American Geographers, 2001
*Kansas State University Presidential Lecturer, 1992-96
*Kansas Academy of Sciences Distinguished Lecturer, 1991-92
*Mid-America State Universities Association (MASUA) Honors Research Lectureship, 1988-89
*National Council for Geographic Education, 1987 Journal of Geography Award for Best Content Article

     3) Service

University Level - Rural Activities Council Advisory Board, Kansas Center for Rural Initiatives Leadership Council, Graduate Council, Social Sciences Sub-committee (Chaired 1989-90), Faculty Grievance Board, Faculty Senate.

            College Level - Dean's Advisory Committee, College Core Group, College Committee on Planning.

National - President of the Association of American Geographers Population Specialty Group, National Council for Geographic Education Teaching Awards Task Force, National Council for Geographic Education Journal of Geography Awards Task Force.

Research Interests

Five Relevant Publications

“The Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: What Do We Learn from Local Case Studies?” Local Environment, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1998), (Co-authored with David R. Angel, Sam Attoh, David Kromm, Jennifer Dehart, and Rachel Slocum).

"Migration Trends in the Kansas Ogallala Region and the Internal Colonial Dependency Model," Rural Sociology, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1998), pp. 263-277.

"Changing Patterns of Irrigation in the American High Plains," Arid Ecosystems, (Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1996), (Co-authored with David E. Kromm).

"Appropriation and Water Rights Issues in the High Plains Ogallala Region", The Social Science Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4 (1996), pp. 437-450.  (Co-authored with David E. Kromm).

"Local Groundwater Management Effectiveness in the Colorado and Kansas Ogallala Region", Natural Resources Journal, Vol. 35 (Spring, 1995), pp. 275-307 (Co-authored with David E. Kromm).

Other Publications

Chapters in Global Change in Local Places: Estimating, Understanding, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases, Cambridge University Press, Ronald Abler, Robert Kates, and Thomas Wilbanks, editors.

“Southwest Kansas: Local Emissions and Non-local Determinants”,  (Co-authored with Douglas Goodin, Lisa M.B. Harrington, John A. Harrington Jr., and David E. Kromm) (forthcoming 2002).

“Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Learning from Analogs”, (Co-authored with Gregory Knight and 7 others) (forthcoming 2002).

"Explaining Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Local Places", (Co-authored with David Angel, Samuel Attoh, Jennifer DeHart and David Kromm) (forthcoming 2002).

“Regional Change in the American Ogallala High Plains” in Developing Sustainable Rural Systems, (eds. K. Kim, I. Bower, and C. Bryant), (Pusan, Korea: PNU Press 2001), pp. 67-74, (with David E. Kromm).

"Who Should Manage the High Plains Aquifer?  The Irrigators' Perspective," Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 4, (August, 1995), pp. 715-727, (Co-authored with David E. Kromm).

"Ogallala Oases: Water Use, Population Redistribution, and Policy Implications in the High Plains of Western Kansas, 1980-1990", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 84, No. 1, (1994), pp. 29-45.

Groundwater Exploitation in the High Plains, (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1992) (Co-authored with Davide E. Kromm).

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