Curriculum Vitae
CHERIE NORTHON, Ph.D.
Department of Geomatics
University
of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage,
Alaska 99508
(907)
786-6434
E-Mail: afcan@uaa.alaska.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University
of California 1987 Geography
Berkeley, California
M.A. University
of California 1982 Geography
Berkeley, California
B.A. University
of California 1980 Anthropology
Berkeley, California with
Honors
B.A. University
of California 1980 Geography
Berkeley, California
PRESENT ACADEMIC POSITION:
2000 present Department of Geomatics Associate
Professor
1999 2000 Department of Geomatics Associate
Professor
DIRECTORSHIPS:
2003 Alaska
Space Grant Program (NASA) UAA
Affiliate Director
2001 present GINA Training
Node Director
University
of Alaska Anchorage
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITION:
19871999 Department
of Geography Lecturer/Department
University
of California Cartographer
Berkeley,
CA
PRIVATE INDUSTRY:
1983 Present Mapping Solutions Principal
Anchorage,
Alaska
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2003 UAA Career Services Center Appreciation Award for GIS Internship
Support
2002 Chancellors Award for
Exemplary Collaboration Between/Among Programs, Colleges or MAU (Major
Academic Units) for GIS unit
2002 First place, UAA
Technology Innovation Grant Award for
Enhancing Geomatics Instruction,
Learning, and Research Through Virtual Reality Panoramas and Other Photographic
Technology
2001 Election as a Fellow to the
Royal Geographical Society (UK)
2001 Special Achievement
Award in GIS from ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) 2001
User Conference
2001 American
Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) travel award for presentation of paper
at International Cartographic Conference ICC 2001, Beijing, PRC
1994 Elected to the Society of
Woman Geographers
1992 Recognition of Innovative
Teachingfor University of California Regents meeting
1991 University of California
Special Performance Award
1988 Association of American
Geographers--Cartography Specialty Group, Second Place in Student Honors
Competition, annual meeting at Phoenix
1986 Award in essay competition
Role of Geography as a Discipline and How to Revitalize Geographic Curriculum
Metropolitan St. College, Denver
1984-85 UC Berkeley COT (Committee on
Teaching) Award for Distinguished Teaching
1980 Graduation with Honors in
Anthropology, UC Berkeley
1980 Graduation with Great Distinction
in General Scholarship, UC Berkeley
1980 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
COURSES TAUGHT AT UAA:
GEO A137Principles of Mapping
GEO A158Geomatics Computer Fundamentals
GEO A290Select Topics in GeomaticsGIS
for Anthropology
GIS A 268Elements of Geographic
Information Systems (GIS)
GIS A295Internship in Geographic
Information Systems I
GIS A366Spatial Information Analysis and
Modeling
GIS A369Land Information Systems
GIS A458Design and Management of Spatial
Data
GIS A460GIS Senior Project
GIS A468Integration of Geomatic
Technologies
GIS A470GIS for Facility Management and
Transportation Systems
GIS A495Internship in Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) II
COURSES TAUGHT AT UC Berkeley:
GEOG 4Introduction to Cultural Geography
GEOG 142Moorea Field Course (co-taught
with other faculty)
GEOG 179CTravel: the how, where, what and why
GEOG 182Rural Field Geography
GEOG 183Cartographic Representation
GEOG 186Map Reading, Interpretation and
Analysis
GEOG 187Advanced Cartography
OTHER SHORT COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to GIS for Teachers,
Anchorage, Alaska
Introduction to GIS and Community
Resource Mapping, Ninestar Enterprises and Alaska Job Corps, Anchorage, Alaska
Maps, Compass and GPS, Matanuska-Susitna
College, Wasilla, Alaska
GRANTS AND FUNDED RESEARCH:
2003 UAA Center for Community
Engagement and Learning Community
Resource Mapping and Analysis of Youth Resources in Anchorage and Palmer
2003 National Weather Service Alaska Aviation Weather Enhancement
Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
2002 UAA Center for Community
Engagement and Learning Travel to
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, March 2003 for presentation
of paper and for funding of student meeting participation
2002 Alaska Space Grant Program
(NASA), Enhancement of Geospatial
Training for Work Force Development in Alaska, Student Stipends and Tuition
Assistance
2002 International Nuclear Safety
Program/Department of Energy Research funding for Enhancement of U.S. (Alaskan) Portions of the Circumpolar Map of
Resources at Risk from Oil Spills in the Arctic, Subtask 3 (Radioactivity)
2002 Alaska Space Grant Program
(NASA), Preparation of GIS and Remote
Sensing Short Course
2002 UAA Faculty Development
Grant, North America 1: Looking North Todaythe Book
2001 UAA Faculty Development
funds Acquisition of Digital Map Files of
Alaska
2001 UAA TIG (Technology
Improvement Grant) Enhancing Geomatics
Instruction, Learning, and Research Through Virtual Reality (VF) Panoramas and
Other Photographic Technology
2001 UA Presidents Natural
Resources Grant Creation of a Web-Based
Natural Resources Atlas of Alaska Communities for K-12 Students (www.uaa.alaska.edu/naturalresourceatlas/
)
2001 International Nuclear Safety
Program/Department of Energy Research funding for Enhancement of U.S. (Alaskan) Portions of the Circumpolar Map of
Resources at Risk from Oil Spills in the Arctic
2001 UAA Center for Community
Engagement and Learning Creation and
Implementation of GIS-Modules for High School Students
2001 UA Core Funding for the Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA),
an Integrated System-wide Proposal to the Data Analysis Initiative
2001 UAA Research Travel Grant, Travel to the Association of Pacific Coast
Geographers annual Meeting, UC Santa Barbara
2001 UAA Research Travel Grant, Travel to Beijing, PRC, to present paper at
International Cartographic Conference ICC 2001
2000 UAA
Center for Community Engagement and Learning Creation of GIS-Modules for
Middle School Students Design and Management of Spatial Data
2000 UAA TIG (Technology
Improvement Grant), Acquisition of
Computer Hardware and Software to Support Student Field Research in Geomatics
and Anthropology
2000
UA
Presidents Natural Resources Grant, Purchase
ERDAS Imagine, Computers
2000
UAA Faculty
Development Grant, Complete Repeat
Photography of the Area Between Dawson Creek, B.C., and Delta Junction, Alaska,
and Fairbanks and Circle City, Alaska
2000
UAA
Research Travel Grant, Presentation of
paper at the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Annual Meeting, Humboldt
State University
2000 UAA
Research Travel Grant, Travel to Nome for
acquisition of historical photos
1999 UAA Research Travel Grant, Consultation with colleague at UC Berkeley
regarding preservation of Partula snail reserve on Moorea, French
Polynesia
1999
UAA Faculty
Development Grant, A Geomatic Assessment
and GIS Modeling of Beaver (Castor canadensis) Activity and Damage Along
Campbell Creek, Municipality of Anchorage
1999 Co-P.I. on Alaska Digital Sea Ice Atlas funded by MMS (Minerals Management
Service), the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation, Cominco, and others
1997 UC Berkeley OED (Office of
Educational Development) Instructional Mini-grant Purchase desktop mapping softwareMapInfo
1997 UC Berkeley OED (Office of
Educational Development) Instructional Mini-grant Tuition for ARC/INFO Course
1996 UC Berkeley OED (Office of
Educational Development) Instructional Mini-grant Geo-Images ProjectPublication on the Internet of Slides of Moorea.
F.P., Aerial Western North America and Floating Homes on San Francisco Bay
1995 UC Berkeley OED (Office of
Educational Development) Instructional Mini-grant Develop Cartography Component for students at Gump Biological Station
in Moorea, French Polynesia
1983 UC Berkeley COT (Committee
on Teaching) Mini-grant Creation of
Cartographic Slide Collection
1982 ASUC
(Associated Students of UC Berkeley) Mini-grant Student Project in Color Cartography
POSITIONS HELD IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2004 U.S. Representative to the
International Cartographic Association Committee on Education and Training
2000-present Membership Committee, Association of
Pacific Coast Geographers
2000-2001 Co-Chair of the Alaska Arc User Group
Conference Committee
1990-92 President, California Map Society
(First and only woman president)
1988/89 Treasurer, California Map Society
PUBLICATIONS:
2003 Integrating
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into Secondary Education: A
Community-based Learning Experience, Social Studies Development Center of
Indiana University
2002 The
Geography of the Russell Fence The Geographical
Review
2002 Beavers
Go to College in Beaversprite, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 4-5, Summer
2001
Geography
Undercover co-authored with Thomas Eley, in The Geographical Review
2001 "The
Great Jesuit Surveys of China, 1705-1759." Proceedings of the
International Cartographic Conference ICC 2001
2001-02 Response
to Evaluation of EPPR Circumpolar Map of Resources at Risk from Oil Spills,
United States Department of Energy
1997 Living on the Water: Floating Homes on San Francisco Bay
(http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/)
1997 Life in French
Polynesia: Tahiti, Moorea and Tetiaroa
(http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/)
1996 Aerial
Geography of Western North America
(http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/)
1994 Images
of Life in Hong Kong and Environs
(http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/)
1992 Paper-Worlds: Maps vs. Reality. Finding Your WayThe
Exploratorium
1990 "Maps: From Quill to Computer." Cartographic Perspectives
1988 Mapping
the Unknown: Jesuit Cartography in
China, 1583-1773, AAG's Cartography Specialty Group Occasional Paper #1
PUBLICATIONS FOR DEGREES:
1987 Ph.D.
Dissertation, Mapping the Unknown: Jesuit Cartography in China, 1583-1773,
Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley.
1982 Master's
Thesis, A Dragon on Water, A Worm on
Shore: A Study of Hong Kong's Boat
Population, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley.
1981 Honors
Thesis (Department of Anthropology), Analysis of an Acheulian Collection from
Peera Nullah, Narmada Valley, India, in Man
and Environment, Vol. V, 1981, pp. 13-31.
CONFERENCE PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS:
2003 Engaged
Learning: Initiating and Maintaining Community-based Learning and Research
Projects for the Symposium on the Engaged University, University of Alaska
Anchorage
2003 Urban Beavers for the Alaska Natural History
Symposium, Alaska Pacific University
2002 Researchers
Discover Hidden Lives of Beavers, KTUU two-part Assignment Alaska by
Rhonda McBride
2002 Women
of Science and Technology Maps and Map Reading workshop presented to the Girl
Scouts Susitna Council
2001 The
Great Jesuit Surveys of the Peoples Republic of China, 1705-1759, presented
at the 20th International Cartographic Conference, Beijing, PRC
2001 Developing
a Digital Sea Ice Atlas of Alaska, presented at the annual meetings of the
Association of American Geographers, New York
2001 Being
a Flat Map in a Round World a one-day workshop on map projections at the
Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference, Anchorage
2001 Community-Based
Learning at the University of Alaska Anchorage video
2000 North
American Beaver in a Northern Urban Environment, presented at the annual
meetings of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Humboldt State
University, Arcata, September
1998 Cultural
Value of Maps colloquia presented at the Geography Department, Humboldt State
University, Arcata, CA.
1996 Teaching
Real World Cartography presented at the annual meetings of the Association of
Pacific Coast Geographers, Sacramento, CA.
1996 Moorea: Geographical Research Possibilities in a
Tropical Setting Geography colloquia, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
1995 The
European Cartographic Heritage in China presented to the Society of Woman
Geographers, Oakland, CA.
1994 Sausalito: The Evolution of a Waterfront Community
presented at the annual meetings of the Association of American Geographers,
San Francisco, CA.
1993 Sausalitos
Fluid Lifestyle presented at the annual meetings of the Association of Pacific
Coast Geographers, Berkeley, CA.
1988 Mapping
the Unknown: Jesuit Cartography in
China, 1583-1773 presented at the annual meeting of the Association of
American Geographers, Phoenix, AZ.
1985 Fr.
Matteo Ricci: First Missionary
Cartographer to China paper presented to CMS-SUC'85, an international meeting
of the California Map Society and the Society of University Cartographers (UK),
California State University at Northridge, CA.
1985 University
Geography at the Secondary School Level Worksand It Might Make a Difference
paper presented to Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, 50th Anniversary
meetings, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
CONFERENCE AND EVENT ACTIVITIES:
2002-04 Final
Judge for the National Geographic Alaska Bee
2001 Organizer
of GIS Day at UAA, Department of Geomatics in conjunction with ESRI and
National Geographic Society,
2001 Co-organizer
of GIS Jam sponsored by the Alaska Arc Users Group, Alaska Surveying and
Mapping Conference, Anchorage
2000 Organizer
of GIS Day at UAA, Department of Geomatics in conjunction with ESRI and
National Geographic Society
1999 Organizer
of GIS Day at UAA, Department of Geomatics in conjunction with ESRI and
National Geographic Society, November
1996 Inservice
leader for the Children's Discovery Museum of San Joses Take Another Look
mapping exhibit
1990 Organizer
and convener of the California Map Society's Twenty-six General Meeting held in
the Geography Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
1990 Organizer
of University of California, Berkeley, Geography Department's Inservice Day for
Social Science faculty in the Richmond and Albany Unified School Districts.
1988 Organizer
of University of California, Berkeley, Geography Department's Inservice Day for
the Social Science faculty of El Cerrito High School.
1986 Conference
Coordinator for People and Places:
Geographer's World View, a symposium sponsored by UC Extension,
Berkeley, CA.
PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY AFFILIATIONS:
Association of American Geographers
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
California Map Society--Life Member
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
(ECAI) Circumpolar Representative
International Cartographic Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Royal Geographical Society--Fellow
Society of Woman Geographers