Thursday, October 5
7:00 am - 7:00 pm	Registration Continental breakfast (included with registration)

• Field Trips - Note times of departure and return! All return times are approximate. All trips depart from and return to the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel.   Additional details are provided on pp.12-13.

  Field Trip 1  (full day).  Changing Agricultural Landscapes of Eastern Nebraska
  Leaders: Keith Glewen and Don Rundquist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Departs: 8:00am, returns: 5:00pm

• Field Trip 2  (full day).  Nebraska City: A Historic Missouri River Community 
  Leader: Robert Stoddard, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Departs: 8:30am, returns: 4:30pm

• Field Trip 3  (full day).  Old and New Ethnic Landscapes of Small Town Nebraska
  Leaders: Ezra Zeitler and Melvin Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Departs: 8:30am, returns: 4:00pm

• Field Trip 4  (half day – morning).  The Planning and Development of a Prairie Capital: Lincoln, NE  1867-2006
  Leader: Ed Zimmer, Lincoln Planning Department
  Departs: 8:30am, returns: noon

• Field Trip 5  (half day – morning).  Spring Creek Prairie and Endangered Saline Wetlands
  Leader: Richard Sutton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Departs: 8:00am, returns 12:30pm

• Field Trip 6  (half day – afternoon).   The USDA National Soil Survey Center
  Leader: Robert Ahrens, USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service
  Departs: 1:45pm, returns: 4:30pm

    

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Opening Reception and Conference Registration (Museum of Natural History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) – cash bar and snacks.  Admission, snacks and continuous van shuttle service are included with conference registration.

Friday, October 6, 2006
7:00 am	Registration (posters & exhibits set-up)
7:30 am	Continental breakfast (included with registration)
Plenary Session
8:30 - 8:45	Introductory remarks David Wishart, Chair, Department of Anthropology and Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
8:45 – 9:00	WelcomeHarvey Perlman, Chancellor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
9:00 - 10:00	Keynote Address Would Dorothy Come Home This Time?  The Struggle to Repopulate the Great Plains James R. Shortridge, University of Kansas
10:00 - 10:30	Break (refreshments)
10:30 - 12:00	Concurrent Sessions I
I-A	Healthy Departments Chair: Richard Marston, Kansas State University

 

This panel of Healthy Departments brings together current and future department leaders with geographers who are administrators from across the country. The focus will be on aligning department goals with those of their institutions, finding effective ways to position geography departments within institutions, and identifying challenges and opportunities for geography in the context of the current political and budgetary climate.  Kansas State University Dean of Arts and Sciences, Steve White, and A&S Dean at Valparaiso, Jon Kilpinen, will discuss a dean's perspective of what comprises a healthy department and how to align department goals with those of the administration. University of Nebraska Geography Department Chair David Wishart will discuss special issues with merged departments.  Kavita Pandit, AAG President and A&S Associate Dean at the University of Georgia, will discuss mentoring faculty and advising international students.  KSU Geography Department Head and AAG Past President, Richard Marston, will discuss strategic planning, engaging faculty and program development.

I-B       U.S. Climate
Organizer and Chair: Dagmar Budikova, Illinois State University

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of the Heat Index across the Contiguous United States, 1961-2005.
Thomas B. Williams and Jongnam Choi, Western Illinois University

Temporal Trends and Spatial Pattern of Snowfall Events in North America
Noriyuki Sato, Indiana University

Interannual Variation of Air-Soil Temperature Coupling in a Region with a Large Seasonal Cryosphere Gradient.
Paul E. Todhunter, University of North Dakota

Impact of the Northern Annular Mode on ENSO-related Precipitation Regimes
Dagmar Budikova, Illinois State University

I-C       Wildlife and Recreation
Chair:  Ken Cannon, National Park Service

Expansion of Pheasant Hunting in South Dakota
Chris Laingen, Kansas State University

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Deer-Vehicle Accidents in Illinois
Keisuke Nozaki, Western Illinois University

OHV club members of the Intermountain West
Paul D Schilke, University of Wyoming

I-D       Remote Sensing
Chair:  Brian Wardlow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Detection of Seagrasses in Case I and Case II Waters Using Classification Via Synthesized Spectra
Arthur I. Zygielbaum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Hydrologic Modeling  in Modified Landscapes of the Prairie Pothole Region
Janet H. Gritzner, South Dakota State University

In-Situ Sensing for Non-destructive Estimation of Leaf Chlorophyll Content in Grapevines
Mark R. Steele, Anatoly Gitelson and Donald Rundquist, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

I-E       Topics in Culture and Society
Chair:  Douglas Amedeo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Reflections on the Tragic Landscape of Nebraska’s 1913 Easter Storm
Troxl D.N. Miner, University of  Nebraska at Omaha

Branding Anxiety: Food Scares and the Construction of Organic Dairy Brands
Alisa S. Zlotoff, University of Colorado

Cyanide Bin Architecture in the Northern Black Hills
Carrie Gray-Wood, Black Hills State University

I-F       Public Health Issues
Chair:  Chris Chalmers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Re-Emergence of Tuberculosis in Russia
Jennifer P. MacNeil, Illinois State University

Sun, Sea, Sand and the Scalpel: Medical Tourism in Thailand
Jerry Gerlach, Winona State University

The Geography of Clandestine Methamphetamine Manufacturing in Kansas
Max Lu, Kansas State University

 

 

12:00 - 1:30                   Lunch (on your own)

           
1:30 - 3:00                     Concurrent Sessions  II

 

 

II-A     Exploring Indigenous Geographies
Organizers and Chairs: Jay Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Laura Smith, Macalester College

Understanding Sacred Lands
Roxanne T. Ornelas, University of Minnesota

Bear Butte as Ritual Center in a Rites of Passage Ceremony
Kari Forbes-Boyte, Dakota State University

Native Land Acquisition and Development: An Economic Transformation of the Northern Plains.
Laura J. Smith, Macalester College

Facing Future: Encouraging Cartographic Literacy in Indigenous Communities Jay T. Johnson, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

II-B     Modeling Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes
Chair:  Jie Song, Northern Illinois University

Detecting Tropical Circulation Responses to Land Cover Change in a Global Climate Model
Alexandra K. Jonko, University of Kansas

Observing a Changing Climate in the Onset of Spring Across the Central Great Plains
Geoffrey M. Henebry, South Dakota State University and Douglas G. Goodin, Kansas State
University

Integrating Vegetation Dynamics into a Land Surface Model
Guan Song and Jie Song, Northern Illinois University

Root Dynamics Module for Land Surface Modeling
Jie Song and Guan Song, Northern Illinois University

II-C     Place Perspectives and the Cultural Landscape
Chair: Tom Schmiedler, Washburn University

Settlements of Holt County, Nebraska: A Historical Geography of Failed and Successful Towns
Rebecca A. Buller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Greetings from Main Street! Postcards as Tools for Geographic Interpretation.
Karen J. De Bres and Jacob Sowers, Kansas State University

Frontier Urban Planning on the Central Plains: Power and Politics in the Creation of County Seats
Tom. L. Schmiedeler, Washburn University

Small Hometowns and Cities of Students in Introductory Human Geography Course: An Exploration of Place Theme
Bimal K. Paul, Kansas State University

II-D     Examinations in Ethnicity and Population Change
Chair: Ezra Zeitler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Measuring and Mapping Ethnic Residential Segregation:  An Analysis Of Residential Patterns in Wichita, Kansas From 1960 to 2000
Kenny French, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Politics of (Polka) Dancing: Promoting Heritage and Preserving Czech Culture in Wilber, Nebraska
Ezra J. Zeitler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

In what sense is the United States a multiethnic country?: Comparisons with selected Old World countries
Charles W. Abbott, University of Iowa

Changing Population Dynamics of Rural Regions of the United States: Taking a Closer Look at the Great Plains
Holly R. Barcus and Laura Meinke, Macalester College

II-E     Water Resources
Chair:  Stephen Lavin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Missouri River Water Levels:  Populations Blessed or Damned?
Nicole L. Siebrasse, South Dakota State University

Prairie Turf: Amenity Allocation and Usage Practices for Water Resources in Kansas
Laura M. Moley, Kansas State University

The Value of Irrigation in the Republican Watershed Based on Site-Specific Details of Sold Agricultural Land (2000-2005)
Steve Shultz and Nick Schmitz, University of Nebraska at Omaha

II-F      Tourism
Chair:  Deborah Che, Kansas State University

Pedaling the Past: Tourism and Regional Identity in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
Sean D. Pummill, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Amish Tourism Promotion in East-Central Illinois
Jim Davis and Michael Cornebise, Eastern Illinois University

Family Businesses and Michigan Agritourism Development
Deborah Che, Kansas State University, Gregory Veeck, Western Michigan University and Ann Veeck, Western Michigan University

Canadian Equi-Culture: Tourism and Geography
Kenneth B. Beesley, Brandon University

 

 

3:00 - 3:30                     Break  (refreshments)

3:30 - 5:00                     Concurrent Sessions III

 

 

III-A    Land Use and Land Cover
Chair:  Darrell Napton, South Dakota State University

Flood Plain Development and Considerations for Better National Policies
Pamela S. Anderson, South Dakota State University

Trends in Land-Use Change in the Southern Illinois and Interior River Lowlands.
Dalia Varanka, U.S. Geological Survey

Central High Plains Agriculture: A Century of Change.
Lisa M.B. Harrington, Kansas State University

Grassland Cover Change: Regional Dynamics in the Western Great Plains.
Mark A. Drummond, U.S. Geological Survey

III-B    Urban Growth and Development
Chair:  J. Clark Archer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Changing Face of Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN
Peter J. Tufigno, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Pulaski, Iowa: Then and Now
Jason Combs, Arkansas State University

Siting Public Schools and Urban Growth: A Report of Findings from Interviews with School District Officials and City Planners in Four Midwestern Cities
Lesli M. Rawlings, University of  Nebraska-Lincoln

The contribution of amenities to metropolitan growth in the prairies:  Differences between the 1980s and 1990s
Richard P. Greene, Northern Illinois University and Peter M. Piet, City of Elmhurst, IL

III-C    Sense of Place
Chair:  Kevin Blake, Kansas State University

Desert Dimensions: Expressing a Sense of Place
Tyra A. Olstad, University of Wyoming 

How Thai Restaurants in the United States Represent Place and  Space of Thailand
Angela Pochanasomburana, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Busch Stadium as a Sacred Place
L. Scott Deaner, Kansas State University

Western Film Settings from Monument Valley to the Open Range
Travis W. Smith and Kevin S. Blake, Kansas State University

III-D    Political and Electoral Geography
Chair:  Paul Burger, University of Nebraska at Kearney 

Electoral geography of suburban and exurban places in the recent presidential elections.
John Heppen, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Does Geography Matter?  A Regional Analysis of Variance Using ACU and ADA Indexes for U.S. Senators, 1980 – 2004
Ryan Weichelt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Place of Latinos in Kansas Politics
Henry Way, University of Kansas

“I’m sorry, but I don’t suppose I could…”: Geographical Research of Political Elites
Henry Way, University of Kansas

 

III-E    Asia and Africa
Chair:  TBA

Bethsaida and Cultic Bull Iconography in the Levant
Ashley J .Barnett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Competing Livelihood Strategies in the Rukwa Valley Landscape?
Benjamin C. Yanda, University of Wyoming

Britain’s De-Civilizing Mission: The Political Geography of Violence in Colonial Kenya
Andrew Linke, University of Colorado

 

 

5:00 - 6:00	Poster session /cash bar/snacks  (Poster presentations are listed separately – see below)
6:00 – 8:00	Banquet (included with registration) Remarks from Doug Richardson (AAG Executive Director) and Kavita Pandit (AAG President) Featured speaker: Joel Sartore, photographer for National Geographic magazine
8:15 - ?	Student social (arranged by UNL Geography Student Organization)
Saturday, October 7
7:00 am	Continental breakfast (included with registration)
	A=Breakfast with a Mentor @ - for students (special room) Students are invited to have an informal breakfast with prominent geographers.
	Division officers’ meetings/continental breakfast (separate rooms for each Division)
8:00 – 9:30	Concurrent Sessions IV

 

IV-A   Breaking into Publishing
Organizers and Chairs: Ezra Zeitler and Lesli M. Rawlings, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Panelists:         

• Deborah Che, Kansas State University
• Karen Falconer Al-Hindi, University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Douglas Hurt,  University of Central Oklahoma
• Jay Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Richard Marston, Kansas State University

Breaking into publishing is crucial for job security and career advancement in academia.  The panelists will share their experiences with the publishing process (writing, submitting, reviewing, editing, etc.) as well as provide insight on other pertinent topics, including common reasons why articles are rejected, co-authoring a paper with someone outside the department, and publishing outlets for students. The audience will be invited to pose questions and participate in discussion.

IV-B    Geographic Education
Chair:  Melvin Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

By the Book: Changing Presentations of Geography in Introductory Human Geography Textbooks.
Matthew J. Gerike, Kansas State University

The Rural Alliance for Improving Science Education:  Helping Students Improve Their Communities Through GIS and GPS.
Brett R. Chloupek and  Steven O’Connell, Oklahoma State University

Location-based Educational Services (LBES) for Geography
Jerry Mount, David Bennett, and Marc Armstrong,  University of Iowa

The First Bowman Expedition: Developing Geographic Knowledge through Foreign Field Research
Jerome E. Dobson, Peter H. Herlihy, Miguel Aguilar Robledo, Derek A. Smith, John Kelly, and Aida Ramos Viera, University of Kansas

IV-C   Sports Geography
Organizer and Chair: Ted Goudge, Northwest Missouri State University

Hoop Dreams Too: A Spatial Analysis of Men’s Div II College Basketball Player Origins
Andrew T. Dowis, Northwest Missouri State University

Signing Day, 2006: College Football Recruiting
Theodore L. Goudge, Craig D. Frisby and Anthony L. Stiens, Northwest Missouri State University

Digging It Too:  A Geographical Analysis of Women’s NCAA Div. II Volleyball
Caleb E. Hopkins, Northwest Missouri State University

The Golf Belt: A Geographical Analysis of Men’s NCAA Div. I Golfer Origins
Adam J. Schultz, Northwest Missouri State University 

The Cradle of Coaches:  The Geography of Professional (NFL) Football Coach Origins
Dennis E. VanAusdal II, Northwest Missouri State University

IV-D    Topics in Biogeography
Chair:  Deborah Paulsen, University of Wyoming

A Floristic Resurvey of Bass Lake, Northeastern Minnesota
Chad R. Otto, Forrest D. Wilkerson, and Ginger L. Schmid, Minnesota State University

Photographic records of tree plantations on Pikes Peak, Colorado
Steven A. Jennings, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Silica Phytolith Deposition in Modern Minnesota Lakes: a Preliminary Assessment
Mikhail S. Blinnikov and Chad L. Yost,  St. Cloud State University

The Loss of Biodiversity and their Social Effects in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Kristen E. Coperine, University of Minnesota

IV-E    Issues in Historical Geography: Settlement of the Prairies and Plains
Chair:  Jon Kilpinen, Valparaiso University

Portrayals of Plains Indians and US Army along the Oregon Trail
Patrick Abbott, Kansas State University

Making the Map: A Methodology for Assessing Cartographer Bias or the Real Historical Significance of Cities in Northwest Missouri, 1820-1880.
David P. Fox, Park University

The Origins of the ‘Unfortunate Child’:  A First Progress Report from A New Study of the Resettlements of Oklahoma
Joseph Swain and Robert Rundstrom, University of Oklahoma

The Origins of the ‘Unfortunate Child’:  Preliminary Results from a New Study of the Resettlement of Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907
Robert Rundstrom and Joseph Swain, University of Oklahoma

 

                                   
9:30 - 10:00                   Break (refreshments)

10:00 - 11:30                 Concurrent Sessions V

 

V-A      Creating Place and Making Space for a Difference
Chair: Karen Falconer Al-Hindi, University of Nebraska at Omaha

The country is still very young”: A Female Perspective of Montana, 1917 
Katie Haselwood, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Feminist Geography as Minoritarian Project
Karen Falconer Al-Hindi, University of Nebraska at Omaha and Pamela Moss, University of Victoria

"That's Different": Bringing Deaf Culture and New Urbanism in Rural South Dakota
Alexis J. Annes, South Dakota State University

Aging in Place: Initiatives for Today and Tomorrow
Melissa K. Dougherty-O’Hara, Illinois State University

 

V-B      Issues in Rural Geography
Chair:  TBA

Discourse, Socioeconomic Realities, and Community Transition in Four Small Kansas Towns
Gina K. Thornburg, Kansas State University.

An Exploration of The Jackrabbit Homestead Landscape
Jacob Sowers, Kansas State University

Impacts of Changing Attitudes Toward Abandoned Mine Land in Southeast Kansas
Catherine A. Hooey and Timothy J. Bailey, Pittsburg State University

The Conservation Reserve Program’s Impact on the Population of the Northern Great Plains
Dallas Diehl, Western Illinois University

V-C      Impacts of Energy Production
Chair: Kenneth C. Dagel, Missouri Western State University

Environmental Inequity: Nuclear Power Plant Location and Race Composition
Amy Fox, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Documenting Wind Energy Potential for Illinois
Jongnam Choi and Roger Brown, Western Illinois University

The Politics of Ecology – Deception in ANWR
Thomas M Gearing, University of Denver

Renewable Energy and Ethanol Production Scenarios
Kenneth C. Dagel, Missouri Western State University

V-D      Topics in Physical Geography
Chair: John (Jack) F. Shroder, Jr., University of Nebraska at Omaha

Meadville Landslide Complex Revisited.
John (Jack) F. Shroder, Jr., University of Nebraska at Omaha

Shoreline Erosion Trends, Charleston Side-channel Reservoir, Illinois 1989 - 2006
Vincent P. Gutowski, Steven M. DiNaso and Brian Crisman, Eastern Illinois University

The Significance of Leaf Water Repellency in Semi-arid Environments
Curtis D. Holder, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

V-E      Geographic Information Systems
Chair: Rex G. Cammack, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Locating the Buffalo Commons: Using Spatial Filtering to Site Large-Scale Preserves
Paul Lorah, University of Saint Thomas

A Crop-centric Agro-ecoregionalization using Spatial Autoregression and Multivariate Geographic Clustering: the Case of Iowa, U.S.A.
Carol L. Williams, Iowa State University,  Jode Edwards, USDA/ARS and William Hargrove, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A GIS-based Model of Optimal Dairy Manure Transportation for Use in Crop Production
Keshav Bhattarai and Krishna P. Paudel, Central Missouri State University

What is this *ML.? How XML has Altered Geospatial Technology
Rex G. Cammack, University of Nebraska at Omaha

 

11:30am – 1:00pm	Luncheon (included with registration); Division business meetings Awards presentations – Student Awards Coordinator Mike Shambaugh-Miller, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Divisions will have joint luncheon, then groups will adjourn to separate rooms for short meetings; dessert will be served at business meetings)
1:30 - 5:00	Geography Bowl Coordinator:Robert Watrel, South Dakota State University

 

Poster Presentations

The Impact of Human Landscape Features and Associated Predator Influences on Duck Nest Survival in the Prairie Pothole Region
Scott A. Abel and Bradley C. Rundquist, University of North Dakota

Post-Centennial Contests: The American Presidential Elections of 1804, 1904 and 2004
J. Clark Archer and Stephen J. Lavin, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Detecting Coastal Marsh Species Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
Dan Becker, Deepak R. Mishra and Donald Rundquist, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Land Cover Change in the Platte River, Nebraska.
Michelle A. Bouchard, W. Carter Johnson and Bruce V. Millet, South Dakota State University

Spatial Variation Among Nebraska Voters in the 2006 Republican Gubernatorial Primary
Paul R. Burger and John T. Bauer, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Using Landsat and MODIS Datasets to Monitor Forest Change in Mato Grosso, Brazil
Adam G. J. Case and Andrew G. Hopp, South Dakota State University

Roadside Religious Monuments in Southern Moravia and Their Role in Moravian Identity
Brett R. Chloupek, Oklahoma State University

From Whence They Came, and Some of What They Left on the High Plains of North Dakota
Johnny Coomansingh, Minot State University

How Much Do Geographers Collaborate?
Anne Donovan, David Koch, Chris Laingen, Sumanth Reddy, Jacob Sowers, and Richard Marston, Kansas State University

Passive Microwave Products can Reveal the Land Surface Phenology of Moisture Stress in Great Plains Landscapes.
Marcela Doubková and Geoffrey M. Henebry, South Dakota State University

African Immigrants in the Twin Cities: A Study of Residential Patterns.
Sophia H. Giebultowicz, Macalester College

Synoptic Influences on Winter Precipitation in Western Montana
Sunday D. Goshit and George P. Malanson, The University of Iowa

The Population of North Dakota
John C. Hudson, Northwestern University

Geographic Variables Affecting Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Nesting in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota
Joshua J. Johnston and Gregory S. Vandeberg, University of North Dakota

Assessment of Land-Cover Changes Related to Mining using Remotely Sensed Data: A Case Study in Goa, India
Lisa M. Kuchy, Bradley C. Rundquist and Santhosh K. Seelan, University of North Dakota

Demographic Stress of the Frontier
Eric J. Langsev and Collin Pearson, University of St. Thomas

Preserving and Accessing USDA Aerial Photographs of Kansas  
Linda Marston, Debora Madsen and Marty Hartford, Kansas State University, and Thomas M. Edmondson, Heugh-Edmondson Conservation Services, LLC

Enhancing the Detection and Classification of Coral Reef and Associated Benthic Habitats using AISA Eagle Hyperspectral Data
Deepak R. Mishra, Sunil Narumalani, Donald Rundquist and Merlin Lawson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Developing a Medium Resolution Land Cover Map of Africa
Eugene A. Ochieng and Matthew C. Hansen, South Dakota State University

Tracing Snow Accumulation layers in the Summit region of Greenland
Thomas B. Overly, University of Kansas

Air Flow and Sediment Transport Dynamics in a Coastal Blowout, Jockey’s Ridge State Park, North Carolina, USA
Patrick Pease, University of Northern Iowa, and Paul Gares, East Carolina University

Changing Agriculture in the West
Chad J. Riding, Brigham Young University

Single-Family Housing Price Trends in Omaha
Steve Shultz and Nick Schmitz, University of Nebraska at Omaha.
A Synopsis of Nebraska-Wide Real Estate Research at the University of Nebraska-Omaha
Steve Shultz and Nick Schmitz, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Modeling the Spread of Dreisenna polymorpha Into the Platte River Using Genetic Algorithm Rule-Set Prediction, and GIS
Mitchel J. Stimers, Kansas State University

Rapid Thinning of the Harding Icefield and Surrounding Glaciers, Alaska, 1950 – 1999
Jeffrey A. VanLooy; Richard R. Forster; and, Andrew L. Ford, University of Utah

Thyroid Cancer Patterns in Relation to Pesticide Use in Nebraska
Nicole Vanosdel, University of Nebraska at Omaha