OU Department of Geography http://geography.ou.edu/ Copyright 2008 AGS Scott has made many contributions to the integration of teaching and scholarship during his service to the University. He is Director of the Environmental Verification and Analysis Center (EVAC). Under his leadership, the Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative was recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy as the best program of this type in the United States. He is currently teaching a Dream Course on Sustainability in the Southern Plains, and is pursuing other initiatives involving the integration of research and teaching on sustainability in Oklahoma and nearby states. Scott is also active in the development of clickers technology in the classroom. http://ags.ou.edu/article.php?AnnID=285 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:27:06 CDT http://ags.ou.edu/ags-new/article.php?AnnID=285 Dr. Sakakibara's dissertation was titled "Cetaceousness and Global Warming Among the Iñupiat of Arctic Alaska," and was written under the supervision of Dr. Robert Rundstrom. Chie has also accepted a two-year post-doctoral position with the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York, beginning September 1, 2008. Her major responsibility will be to pursue her research on impacts of global climate change on indigenous communities in the Arctic. http://ags.ou.edu/article.php?AnnID=284 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:02:07 CDT http://ags.ou.edu/ags-new/article.php?AnnID=284 Matthew Collier won the Student Poster Competition at the South Central Arc Users Group (SCAUG) conference in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, October 9. Matthew's poster was entitled "Mapping with Recreational Grade GPS." The purpose of his poster was to outline some considerations for using recreational grade global positioning systems (GPS) to acquire location and mapping data effectively, using a case study of Mount Scott in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. Matthew is a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Dr. May Yuan. http://ags.ou.edu/article.php?AnnID=278 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:14:51 CDT http://ags.ou.edu/ags-new/article.php?AnnID=278 by Prof. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, next Tuesday, October 30, at 8:00 p.m. in the Regents and Associates Room of the Union. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a writer, teacher, historian, and social activist, is Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at California State University East Bay, and author of many articles and books, including a historical-memoir trilogy, Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie; Outlaw Woman: Memoir of the War Years, 1960-1975; and Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War. Her scholarly books include The Great Sioux Nation; Indians of the Americas; and Roots of Resistance: A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico. http://ags.ou.edu/article.php?AnnID=281 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:12:48 CDT http://ags.ou.edu/ags-new/article.php?AnnID=281 Department of Geography, Ohio State University, "Demographic Reconquista? Understanding Indigenous Population Recovery in Lowland Latin America," Nov. 13, 3:30 pm. http://ags.ou.edu/article.php?AnnID=280 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:52:42 CDT http://ags.ou.edu/ags-new/article.php?AnnID=280 Dr. Kendra McSweeney, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, "Doing Fieldwork: Strategies for getting out there," Nov. 13, 12:00pm http://ags.ou.edu/article.php?AnnID=279 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:53:28 CDT http://ags.ou.edu/ags-new/article.php?AnnID=279 Dr. Linda Allegro, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, "Borders in the Heartland: Assessing the Impact of HB 1804 on Mexican Migration in Oklahoma," Oct. 12, 12 pm. http://ags.ou.edu/article.php?AnnID=277 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:10:56 CDT http://ags.ou.edu/ags-new/article.php?AnnID=277 Dr. Rebecca Sheehan of Oklahoma State University will speak on "Square Stories: Public Space, Identities, and Everyday Life in New Orleans' Place d'Armes" on Friday, September 21 at 3:30 p.m. in the Sarkeys Energy Center, Room 202A. http://ags.ou.edu/article.php?AnnID=276 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:18:02 CDT http://ags.ou.edu/ags-new/article.php?AnnID=276