September 15
Zev Trachtenberg, Department of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma
"Stakeholders and Scientists: "Understanding Their Roles in Legitimating Environmental Policy"

Monday, October 11
Mark Monmonier, Department of Geography, Syracuse University
"Writing the History of Cartography in the Twentieth Century: Goals, Challenges, and Management Plan"

Tuesday, October 12
Mark Monmonier, Department of Geography, Syracuse University
"Mapping the Atmosphere: The History, Multiple Objectives, and Ergonomic Challenges of Meteorological Cartography"

Wednesday, October 13
Mark Monmonier, Department of Geography, Syracuse University
"Risk Maps: New Genre, New Hope, New Problems"

Friday, October 15
Kamlesh P. Lulla, Chief, Office of Earth Sciences, NASA/Johnson Space Center
"Dynamic Earth Environments: 35 Years of Earth Science from NASA Low-Earth Orbit Missions"

Wednesday, October 20
Karen Kemp, Executive Director, Geographic Information Science Center, University of California, Berkeley
"Helping Old and New Geographies Converge: Integrating Traditional Spatial Models of the World With GIS"

Wednesday, October 27
Eleanor Weinel, College of Architecture, University of Oklahoma
"The Number of My Days: Cemeteries and the Topography of Time"

Friday, November 5
Richard Francaviglia, Department of History, University of Texas at Arlington
"The Cross Timbers: Landscape, Imagination, and the Creation of Regional Identity"

Wednesday, November 10
Corinne A. Pernet, Department of History and International Academic Programs, University of Oklahoma
"The Latin American City Model: Geographical Lessons in History"

Friday, November 17
Jeanne M. Schneider, Research Meteorologist, USDA-ARS Grazinglands Research Laboratory
"An Example of Interdisciplinary Opportunity: The Development of Soil Water Networks in the Southern Great Plains"

Friday, November 19
Marco Micozzi, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma
"The Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity and Environmental Gradients on Vegetation Patterns:
The Black Mesa, Cimarron County, Oklahoma"

Wednesday, February 2
Blake Gumprecht, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma
"The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth"

Wednesday, February 9
Scott Greene, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma
"Climatic Impacts on Winter Wheat in Oklahoma and Potential Applications to Climatic Prediction and Policy Response"

Wednesday, March 1
Pauline A. Dibi, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma
"Rainfall Variability/Crop Output Relationships in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali During Recent Decades (1930-1992/97): Implications for Socioeconomic Development" 

Friday, March 3
Douglas A. Hurt, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma
"The Shaping of a Creek (Muscogee) Homeland in Indian Territory, 1828-1907"

Wednesday, March 8
Gary C. Heathman, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma
"Estimating the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Profile Soil Moisture using Microwave Remote Sensing Data"

1998-99 Colloquia Series

1997-98 Colloquia Series