GEOG 101: Introduction to Environmental GeographyGEOG 253 (100% online): Environment and Society GEOG 322: Geography of World Plant CommunitiesGEOG 303: Water Resources and the EnvironmentGEOG 361: Geographic Measurement and Quantitative Analysis For course descriptions please visit: http://www.niu.edu/geog/courses/undergrad_two_year_schedule.shtml

GEOG 102 - Earth System Science (Lecture and Lab)Scientific study of the connection between working systems of the Earth, their characteristics, patterns and shaping processes. Topics include rocks and minerals, theory of plate tectonics, and landform created by rivers, glacier, wind and ocean processes. Tools used include topographic maps, aerial photographs, and spatial analysis software. Course includes a brief analysis of landform regions of the United States in regional approach.

GEOG 256: Maps & Mapping Lab (SP16)Introduction to maps as models of our earth, tools of visualization, and forms of graphic communication. Use of satellite and aerial imagery, land surveying, and geographic information systems in map production. Thematic maps and how they are used. Map design for informational and persuasive purposes.GEOG 360: Introduction to Remote Sensing Lab (FA15)The overall goal of this course is to introduce students to the basic theories and principles behind contemporary remote sensing and how remote sensing can be applied to solve environmental/geoscience problems, focusing primarily on the use of aerial photography and satellite imagery. GEOG 359: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Lab (FA15)This course offers an introduction to the concepts, principles, and theories behind Geographic Information Systems and Science (GIS), with emphasis on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for storing geographic information, geographic data capture, data manipulation, and simple spatial analysis and modeling techniques.GEOG 458: Geovisualization Recorded Lectures (SP15 – 100% online)Recorded lecture slides, edited slides, and managed the uploading of the slides into blackboard.GEOG 361: Geographic Measurement & Quantitative Lab (SP14)The three objectives set forth in the syllabus are 1. A basic understanding of statistical principles related to the collection, analysis and graphical presentation of geographic data. 2. Successfully learn the application of basic descriptive and inferential statistical techniques; 3. Each student will learn how to use basic statistical software packages.

Spoke to community colleges and K-12 schools, promoting geography on campus, Entertaining current majors, attending campus events as a geography representative, heightening community in geography department, recruiting new students to the major.

• Program for undergraduates to gain research experience working individually with a mentor• Remeasured pre-collected tree cores using J2X• Organized field data and core samples from previous research experiences• Created a senior capstone project from previous data• Began a manuscript which is in the process of being modified and sent for publication• Worked in the biogeography lab at Northern Illinois University 5-7 hours a week

• Field work was at Nachusa Grasslands, lab work was in the biogeography lab at Northern Illinois University• Trained to use Li-cor photosynthesis system• Sampled seedlings and honeysuckle for light curves in the field• Traveled 11 days gathering honeysuckle leaves on the west coast• Trained in spring and fall leaf phenology• Understory species identification• Assisted in field sensor set up and data collection from loggers• Assisted in white oak and honeysuckle study of department Ph.D candidate• Trained in field note taking and data organization

• Program that matches undergraduates with a mentor to work one-on-one on a research project• Aggregated field data and tree cores collected from the previous summer• Examined the impacts of invasive honeysuckle in conjunction with climate on white oak radial growth rates• Examined the impacts of invasive honeysuckle in conjunction with climate on ‘other’ tree species radial growth rates at the study site• Added to the research started in the REU program the summer prior• Worked in the biogeography lab at Northern Illinois University 10 hours a week• Met with advisor once a week, majorly self-guided research• Examined radial growth, stand attributes, used ARSTAN, COFECHA, Dendroclim, SPSS

• Field research at Nachusa Grasslands, a Nature Conservancy holding• Intensive 8 week NSF funded research program examining the growth response of invasive honeysuckle and management practices on white oaks• Worked with 2 other undergraduates coring trees and collecting honeysuckle stem cross sections• Worked 40 hours a week in the lab and field• Trained in Field measurements (i.e. DBH, coring a tree, tree identification, creating sampling plots etc) and lab methods (mounting and preparing tree cores, measuring tree rings, creating master chronologies, using ARSTAN, COFECHA, Dendroclim, SPSS etc)• Created a professional research poster and presented it at the end of the summer• Trained in research ethics and etiquette• Taught how to do an entire research project from question, methods, data collection, analysis, and conclusion• Melded three separated projects together with the other students I worked with• NIU ambassador for students from out of town that took part in the program