Past University Visiting Scholars

 

 

Robert W. Christopherson, "The Power of Geographic Science in a Time of Global Change."
September 28, 2006 7:05-8:20 p.m. Seaton 63

Dawn Wright, "Spatial Reasoning at Sea and Ashore:  Progress and Challenges of Ocean Informatics."
October 25, 2006 1:30-2:20 p.m. Little Theater, KSU Student Union (VPAST Geospatial Technology Lecture Series)

Dr. Ruth DeFries, "Land Use Dynamics in Tropical Landscapes."
September 20, 2007 3:30 p.m. Fiedler Auditorium (Provost Lecture on Excellence in Scholarship)

Jack Dangermond, "GIS Vision and Enabling Technology."
March 8, 2007 1:30-3:00 p.m. Fiedler Auditorium (Provost Lecture Series)

 

List of Past Colloquia and Other Presentations

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Dr. Matthew Rice, "Haptic and Auditory Design Guidelines for Multimodal Map Interfaces."
November 30, 2006 4:00-5:00 pm Union 207

Patricia Solis, "Heuristics, Serendipity, and Enlightened Opportunism: Making a Difference through Geography."
November 17, 2006 3:30-4:20 pm Little Theater KSU Student Union

Dr. Isaac Brewer, "Exploring the Intersections of Emergency Management, Intelligence Analysis and GIScience: A Cognitive Systems Engineering Approach Using Nightmare Scenarios."
November 14, 2006 4:00-5:00 pm Union 207

Rhett Mohler, "Historical Channel Change of Vermillion Creek, Kansas, 1857-2002."
November 10, 2006 3:30-4:20 pm Seaton 132

Dr. Xuwei Chen, "Agent-based Microsimulation of Evacuation Strategies."
November 6, 2006 4:00-5:00 pm Union 212

Peg Margosian, "Connectivity of the American Agricultural Landscape:  A Graph Approach."
October 27, 2006 2:30-3:20 pm Seaton 132

Jacob Sowers, "An Exploration of Jackrabbit Homesteading."
September 15, 2006 2:30-4:00 pm Seaton 132

Matthew Gerike, "Rethinking Historiographies of Geography:  Notes on the Continuous Construction of Geographical Knowledge."
September 1, 2006 2:30-4:00 pm Seaton 132

Dr. Lary Dilsaver, "The Evolution of Management of the California Desert."
October 12, 2007 3:30 pm Seaton 132

Ben Champion, "Spaces, Places, and Geographies of Local Food in Eastern Kansas:  Uneven Landscapes of Development."
September 26, 2007 1:00 pm Seaton 164H (Geography Seminar Room)

Craig Beech, "The Role of GIS in Transfrontier Conservation." 
September 20, 2007 11:30 am Seaton 164H (Geography Seminar Room)

Dr. Milton D. Rafferty, "Henry Schoolcraft's Tour of the Wilderness Ozarks, 1818-1819."
September 14, 2007 4:00-5:00 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dr. Maureen Reed, "The Geography of Environmental Care:  Management Regimes in Canadian Biosphere Reserves."
February 1, 2008 3:30-5:00 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Ms. Antoinette Satterfield, "Tutorial on the KSU Online Catalog."
February 15, 2008 3:30-5:00 pm Seaton 132

Dr. Kavita Pandit, "Building a Globally Engaged University:  A Vital Role for Geographers."
February 29, 2008 3:30-5:00 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dr. Larry Rodgers, "Reading the Dustbowl:  Other Views from Literature, Art, Photography."
March 7, 2008 3:30-5:00 pm Seaton 132

Dr. Stephen Walsh, "Land Use Dynamics and Drivers of Change along the Equator:  Examples from the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Galapagos Islands."
March 28, 2008 3:30-5:00 pm Little Theater, KSU Student Union

Dr. Paul Cloke, "Rural Turns:  The Search for New "Rurals" in Geography."
April 22, 2008 4:00-5:30 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dr. Paul Starrs, "On Transhumance."
May 1, 2008 2:30 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dan Fieselmann, "Strategies for Safeguarding American Plant Resources."
September 4, 2008 3:00 pm KSU Student Union

Dr. Melinda Daniels, "Perceptions of Wood in River Landscapes:  Implications for Geomorphology, Ecology, and Future Research in Fluvial Systems."
September 5, 2008 3:00 pm Room 132 Seaton Hall

Dr. Animesh Halder, "Planning and Development of Slums in Kolkata, India." 
September 20, 2007 11:30 am Seaton 164H (Geography Seminar Room)

Dr. George Malanson, "Feedback and Complexity in Responses to Global Change."
September 19, 2008 2:30 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dr. Phil Gersmehl, "Geography Education as if Students Mattered:  Spatial Thinking and Modern Neuroscience."
September 20, 2008 11:00 am Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dr. Dallen Timothy, "Tourism and Political Boundaries:  Stagnation and Change in a Transforming World."
February 29, 2008 3:30-5:00 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dr. Bradley Rundquist, "From Texas to North Dakota:  My Journey along the 96th Meridian."
October 24, 2008 4:00 pm Room 132 Seaton Hall

Dr. David Zurick, "Landscape and Imagination in the Himalaya."
October 31, 2008 3:00 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dr. Marcellus Caldas, "Settlement Formation and Land Use/Land Cover Change:  A Case Study in the Brazilian Amazon."
April 22, 2008 4:00-5:30 pm Big 12 Room, KSU Student Union

Dr. Kevin Price, "Using Multitemporal Vegetation Indices to Characterize Agro-Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Variation."
November 14, 2008 3:30 pm Room 132 Seaton Hall

Dr. C. Emdad Haque, "Public Policy Discourse and Planning toward Energy and Climate Securities:  The U.S. and Canadian Perspectives."
November 20, 2008 3:30 pm Room 207, KSU Student Union

Dr. Ben Champion, "Early Days in the Sustainability Transition at K-State."
November 21, 2008 3:30 pm Room 132 Seaton Hall

Dr. Bimal Paul, "Modeling Evacuation Behavior:  The Case of 207 Cycline Cidr, Bangladesh."
December 5, 2008 3:30 pm Room 132 Seaton Hall

Dr. Thomas Baerwald, "Geography and Interdisciplinarity."
January 23, 2009 3:30 pm Room 132 Seaton Hall

Dr. Subash Das, "Climate Change:  Vulnerability and Adaptation in Bangladesh."
January 23, 2009 3:30 pm Room 132 Seaton Hall

Dr. Don Mitchell, "Labor's Geography:  Capital, Violence, Guest Workers, and the Post-World War II Landscape in California."
March 6, 2009 3:30 pm Room 101 Bluemont Hall

Dr. Blake Gumprecht, "The American College Town."
March 28, 2009 1:30 pm Manhattan Public Library

Mr. James D. Harlan, "Back to the Future:  A View through the Lens of the Missouri Historic Landscape Project."
April 23, 2009 3:00 pm Room 207 KSU Student Union