VITAE

Erick Howenstine
Professor Dept. Geography and Environmental Studies
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis, Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 442-5647

I. ACADEMIC DEGREES

  • Ph.D. 12/89 Geography University of Washington
  • M.A.5/85 Geography Southern Illinois University
  • M.A.5/85 Journalism Southern Illinois University
  • B.S. 1/80 Journalism  Southern Illinois University

II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Geography and Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago Illinois
      • Professor (2003-present)
      • Graduate Coordinator (1993-present)
      • Associate Professor (1993-2003)
      • Assistant Professor (1990-1993)
      • Visiting Lecturer (1989-1990)
    • Graduate Assistant Instructor, World Geography, University of Washington( 1985-1989)
    • Graduate Assistant Instructor, News Reporting (1983-1985)
    • City Editor, Richmond Gazette (1980-1983)

    COURSES REGULARLY TAUGHT

    • G&ES 104 World Geography
    • G&ES 312 Economic Geography
    • G&ES 362 Population Geography
    • G&ES 377 Computer Cartography (Corel Draw, Surfer, FTP)
    • G&ES 391 Research with GIS (ArcGIS 8.1, Maptitude 4.1, TransCad, GeoDat, IDRISI)
    • G&ES 446 Population Geography Graduate Seminar


    Graduate Theses chaired (incomplete)

    • Elizabeth Sanders*: Breeding Birds in Cook County 1985-1997: An analysis of monitoring data Fall 2001
    • Jan Wolf:  Ethnic Surnames and Ethnic Population Distribution: The Hispanic Population in Chicago in 1990 Spring 2002
    • Jan Stache:  Using GIS to Identify Potential Mine Level Instabilities in Abandoned Coal Mines in Southern Illinois, Fall 1996
    • Pat Togher:  Location of Open Space Using Digital Orthophyoto Quadrangles, Summer 1996
    • Libby Hill:  Hazardous Waste Sites and Percentages of Minority Populations in Suburban Cook County, Illinois, Spring 1994
    • Jack Giles*:  Suggestions for new uses of the Minisum (Weber's Problem on the Sphere in Location Analysis, Spring 199

      • * NEIU’s submission for Midwestern Association of Grad Schools Distinguished Master's Thesis Award
    Ongoing advisee of approximately 40 graduate students and 8 undergraduate students, 2 research papers
     

    III. PUBLICATIONS

    • * “Grassland Birds: The Cook County Nesting Season Bird Census,” to the Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society Sanders, Elizabeth and Erick Howenstine Fall 2003
    • Expectations and Reality: A Case Study of Mexican Migration to Eastern Washington. Migration World* No.1 / 2: 1996 pp 16-19.
    • The View From the Podium: A review of Version 6 for Windows, American Association of Geographers Microcomputer Specialty Group Newsletter June 1996 Vol 12:2 pp 3-6.
    • "Suburbanization and Segregation in Chicago" Chapter, In EthniCity. (1996). C. Roseman, G. Thieme, and H. D. Laux, eds. Rowman and Littlefield p. 31-50
    • Geographic Information Systems and their Socioeconomic Applications, Martin, D. 1991 Review published in The Professional Geographer, 47:4 (Nov. 95) 477-478
    • Using GIS to Reduce Automobile Traffic: A Case Study of University Commuters, Proceedings. Metropolitan Conference on Public Transportation Research. June 17, 1994
    • *"Measuring Demographic Change: The Split Tract Problem," The Professional Geographer November, 1993.
    • "Faculty and Staff Commuting Patterns: Further analysis of Chicago Area Transportation Study Employee Commute Options Data." For Northeastern Illinois University. Summer 1994.
    • *"Market Segmentation for Recycling", Environment and Behavior, January, 1993. 25:1, 86-102.
    • "Towards a Schematic Model of Communications Media and Development in Latin America" In Collapsing Space and Time: Geographic aspects of communication and information. S. Brunn and T. Leinbach, eds. London: Harper Collins 1991 pp 278-301 (chapter 13)
    • *"20 Years of Media and Development in Latin America: Trajectories by Canonical Correlation". Gazette: International Journal of Mass Communication Studies: Amsterdam Feb. 1991.
    • Misperception of Destination Encouraging Migration of Mexican Labor to Yakima Valley, Washington. Dissertation, University of Washington 11/3/89.
    • *"Applications of a Poster Assignment as a Teaching Device in Geography," Journal of Geography in Higher Education, October 1988: E.  Howenstine, I. Hay, E. Delaney, J. Bell, F. Norris, A. Whelan, M. Pirani, T. Chow and A. Ross. pp 139-147
    • *"Environmental Reporting: Shift from 1972 to 1980" Journalism Quarterly, January 1988. pp 842-845

      • *juried

    REPORTS

    • Map Series -- Legislative Districts, County Boundaries, 5-digit Zip Codes for Seven Northeastern Illinois Counties, for Campaign For Better Health Care, 3/13/98
    • Pre- and Post- Test of the Effectiveness of Gaia Theater's Environmental Children's Play: One fish, Two Fish, Dead Fish, Blue Fish, Summer 1996
    • Add the analysis of effectiveness of the other GAIA play.
    • "Faculty and Staff Commuting Patterns: Further analysis of Chicago Area Transportation Study Employee Commute Options Data." For Northeastern Illinois University. Summer 1994.
    • "Multifamily Recycling in Chicago: Phase I Report" for Department of Planning and Development, City of Chicago May 1992. 60 pp
    • "Encouraging Recycling in Multi-Unit Buildings in the City of Chicago: Phase II Report," with educational and promotional materials for Department of Planning and Development, City of Chicago August 1992. 60 pp.

    IV. PRESENTATIONS

    • “Discovering and preventing plagiarism,” Center for Teaching and Learning, March 13 2003
    • Member, panel review board, Northside College Prep session on International Population Policy, 2002.
    • Breakout session "Teaching and Learning on the Worldwide Web: Best practices," Fall Technology Day Nov. 4 1999
    • "Podium Workshop for Enhanced Teaching and Learning with Technology" (NEIU's ETLT) 3/12/98
    • "Multimedia in a Gen Ed course, World Geography -- 1,200 files". NEIU Technology Round Table 2/2/98
    • "Introducing GIS in an Internet course," GIS in Illinois 1977 Conference, Oak Brook Dec. 4,5, 1997
    • "Multimedia for General Education Geography and Internet based GIS," poster presentation for the Institutional Faculty Summer Institute on Learning Technologies, May 19-23, 1997 Urbana IL.
    • Interviewed on multimedia and web for instruction for PBS series Educate. Aired for first time 9/13/96
    • "A Web-Based Course on Geographic Information Systems," for Computer Technology Exhibit, Northeastern Illinois University, March 1996
    • "Demonstration of Teaching in Smart Classroom," NEIU Multimedia Special Interest Group 11/14/95
    • "Using Computers Teaching Geography," NEIU/Urals State Pedagogical University Partners in Education Conference. A Humanistic Approach to Pedagogical Education. Yekaterinburg, Russia May 15-17, 1995
    • "Residential Patterns of Ethnic Subgroups in the Chicago Area" Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago IL March 18, 1995.
    • "An Introduction to the Internet," sponsored by the Math Club and the department of Geography & Environmental Studies 2/7/95
    • Demonstration of Smart Classroom for NEIU president and Russian guests 1/12/95, 2/16/95, and 2/22/95
    • Vantage Point interview, aired 11/6/94. "Recycling in Apartment Buildings."
    • Breakfast speaker to the Peterson/Pulaski Business and Industrial Council, on two recent Commuter Studies 10/25/94.
    • "Can You Come to Campus Without Your Car?" Tuesday Faculty Lecture Series 10/18/94
    • "Traveling Modes of NEIU Students," G&ES Brown bag network colloquium  10/13/94
    • yy"The Clean Air Act and How it Will Affect NEIU and You," G&ES Brown bag network colloquium  1/27/94
    • "Using GIS to Meet Clean Air Standards Goals: Eco-Demonstration at Northeastern Illinois University," Mobility in the Mature Metropolis, Metropolitan Conference on Public Transportation Research, University of Illinois, Chicago 6/17/94.
    • "Commuting to Campus: Perceptions of Non-Auto Options," 90th Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California, 3/30 - 4/2 1994.
    • Keynote speaker. "Encouraging Recycling in Multi-Unit Buildings in Diverse Communities," Multi-Family Recycling: Dinner meeting of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County. 12/3/93.
    • Panel discussant. "GIS Educators' and Students' Discussion on Program Needs and Policy Directions." At the GIS in Illinois 1993 conference, sponsored by Northern Illinois University, Arlington Heights. 11/09/93.
    • Moderator, "Training Perspectives," GIS in Illinois 1993 conference, sponsored by Northern Illinois University. 11/09/93, Arlington Heights.
    • "Expectations and Reality: Mexican Migration to Eastern Washington State," Department of Geography Friday Colloquium Series, University of Illinois, Urbana. 9/17/93.
    • "Ethnic change and Segregation in Chicago, 1980-1990" 89th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Atlanta April 6-10(10), 1993
    • Interviewed with Chicago Tribune's Cable TV network on "Environmental Racism." Broadcast 4/12/93.
    • "Mapping ethnic change in Chicago with a geographic information system," Northeastern Illinois University Tuesday Faculty Lecture Series 2/16/93
    • "GIS Analysis of Change: The Split Tract Problem" GIS in Illinois 1992, Arlington Heights Oct. 21-22 1992
    • "Measuring Demographic Change" GIS in Illinois 1992 Arlington Heights Oct. 21-22 1992 (poster session)
    • "Recycling in Chicago Apartments" G&ES Brown Bag Seminar, Oct. 12, 1992.
    • "Dealing With Decades: Census Tracts Across Time" 43rd Annual meeting of the Westlakes Division, Association of American Geographers, Columbia, MO, 10/9-11/1992.
    • "Segregation and Ethnic Change in Chicago, 1970-1990" International Geographic Union Population Geography Symposium, Los Angeles 8/5-9/92
    • "Race, Ethnicity, and Hazardous Waste." Fourth North American Symposium on Society and Resource Management, May 17-20 1992 Madison (poster, with Libby Hill).
    • "Is Ecology Profitable?" Breakfast Business Seminar, L.C. Williams & Associates, Northeastern Illinois University, the 410 Club. Chicago, 4/22/92.
    • "Computer Cartography & Geographic Information Systems" Technology in Education Conference and Exposition, Northeastern Illinois University, April 3, 1992.
    • "Public Attitudes and Motivations for Recycling" Panel discussant, Resource Center, North Park Nature Center 10/19/91.
    • "Migration of the Formally Educated but Uninformed, 87th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Miami 4/15-18/91.
    • "Computers in Geography" Illinois Geographic Alliance, Northeastern Illinois University 6/25/91
    • Discussant for International Migration session at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Miami: April 1991
    • "The Bughouse connection: An online bulletin board for students," NEIU University Day March 1 2001"Energy, Efficiency, Environment, Security and Development" Panel discussant, Symposia on Environmental Issues: The New Environmentalism. Northeastern Illinois University 3/5/91.
    • "Cluster Analysis in Planning For Recycling Initiatives" 41st Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, DeKalb: 10/25-27/90.
    • "Individual Action for Environmental Protection" Discussant for three-part series at the Park Ridge Community Church 10/1/90, 10/15/90
    • "Great Expectations Among Mexican Immigrants to Washing­ton State: How Communication Distortions Encourage Mobility". Western Social Science Association 32nd Annual Conference April 1990 Portland, Oregon.
    • "Tracing Media Availabil­ity and Develop­ment Efforts in Latin America, 1960-1980: Canoni­cal Correlations," Western Washington Association of Geographers. Olympia, 10/88.
    • "Poster Assignment as a Teaching Device," Canadian Association of Geographers, Western Division. With I. Hay, E. Delaney, J. Bell, F. Norris, A. Whelan, M. Pirani, T. Chow, and A. Ross. March 1988

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    V. SERVICE

  • G&ES Graduate Coordinator, 1993 – present
  • Web author Prentice Hall's Introduction to Geography (Bergman & Renwick) 1998 – present
  • Member Search & Screen Committee, Executive Director University Computing 2003 - 2004
  • Coauthor of Bughouse II, NEIU community discussion board, with Cameron Rex 2003- present
  • Member, COR grant committee 2003, 2004
  • Instructor GIS workshop ArvGIS 8.1 Chicago Botanical Garden, Bureau of Land Management 5/02, 5/03, 5/04
  • Manage G&ES Computer Cartography Lab and Advanced GIS computer laboratory ( S-252 and S-246) 1991 - present
  • Author, Bughouse I campus on-line bulletin board 2001
  • Data Quality Advisory Committee, Metro Chicago Information Center Solar Project Feb, 1998-1999
  • Department Personnel Committee Chair, 1996 - present
  • Member, Science Building Advisory Group 1997 - present
  • Chair, Science Building Advisory Group, 1999 - present
  • Science Building Coordinator 1999 - present
  • Supervise NEIU vegetation GIS project 1999 - present
  • Member, Gamut replacement committee 2003 - present
  • Major refurbishing of two G&ES computer laboratories, with Bob Easton 2002
  • Secretary, Search & Screen 2002
  • Member, Grade Appeals Committee 2000- 2002
  • Chair Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee (1994-1997)
  • Vice Chair A&S AAC 1993-1994
  • Representative A&S AAC 1990-1997
  • Member/Secretary Science Building Advisory Group 1998-2000
  • Secretary Faculty Council on Academic Affairs (FCAA) 1997-1998
  • Member Faculty Council on Academic Affairs (FCAA) 1996-1999
  • Member Fine Arts Smart Classroom Design Steering Committee 1998
  • Vice chair, Faculty Advisory Committee on Instructional Technology (FACIT) 1996-1998
  • Map Series: for Data for Marketing Committee, University Relations NEIU 10/21/97
  • Member, University-wide assessment committee 7/17/97
  • Provided maps for College of Education's Abbott Project 1997
  • Chair, Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee 1994 - 1996
  • Member Program Review Committee 1996
  • Representative Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee1989-1996
  • Chair, Committee on Organized Research 1996
  • Member, Committee on Organized Research 1995
  • Member Program Review Committee 1995
  • Member, Search Committee for Program Associate in the Office of Sponsored Programs 1994
  • Map Series: Demographic maps for Sponsored Programs 2/15/94
  • Chair, Academic Computer User's Group 1993-1994
  • Wrote New Course: G&ES 387: Interactive Cartography 5/2002
  • Secretary, Search and Screen 2000-2001 G&ES faculty member
  • Chair, Retention committee Thomas Simpson 2000
  • Chair, Retention committee, Dennis Grammenos 2000
  • New Course Proposal (approved) G&ES 41Computer Techniques and Spatial Data Analysis 1999 (coauthor)
  • New Course Proposal (approved) G&ES 416 GIS for Natural Systems Management 1999 (coauthor)
  • New Course Proposal (approved) G&ES 417 Urban Information Systems 1999 (coauthor)
  • Chair, Retention committee Thomas Simpson 1999
  • Chair, Retention committee, Dennis Grammenos 1999
  • Chair, Search and Screen 1998-99 G&ES faculty member
  • Map Series -- Legislative Districts, for Seven Northeastern Illinois Counties, for Campaign For Better Health Care, 3/13/98
  • Member Data Quality Advisory Committee for Open Lands/ MCIC SOLAR Project Metropolitan Chicago Information Center 1998 - 1999
  • Chair, Retention committees Thomas Simpson and Kirk Gregory 1997, 1998
  • Chair, Retention committee Kirk Gregory 1997
  • Chair, Committee on Organized Research, 1996
  • Member of BUGHOUSE advisory group 2001-2002
  • Map Series: 2 2 mile radius for Peterson Bank. Nov 1, 1996 for University Relations
  • Vice Chair, College of Arts & Sciences Committee on Academic Affairs
  • Member, Tier II Group for evaluation of Action Plans, Budget Requests and Expanded Program Requests, Summer 1991.
  • Member, Environmental Working Group (College of Arts & Sciences)
  • Chair, Behavioral Geography session, 90th Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California, 3/30 - 4/2 1994.
  • Member, Permanent Task Force on Recycling, Northeastern Illinois University 1990 – 1994
  • Vice Chair, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee, 1992-1994
  • Elected Member of core faculty for International/Intercultural Studies 1990-1992
  • Elected Member, Faculty Council of Development and Public Affairs 1992
  • Member, Permanent Task Force on Recycling
  • Member, Faculty Elections Committee 1989 – 1992
  • Chairperson of UWW Review Board 1991
  • Minority Mentor Program, 1989 - 1992
  • Department Secretary, 1990 to 1997
  • G&ES Library Liaison 1989 - present
  • Invited detailed reviews for the following textbooks:
  • The World Economy: Resources, Trade, Location, Development Stutz and Warf Prentice Hall
  • The World Economy: Global Forces and Local Diversity Rubenstein: Prentice Hall
  • The World Economy. 3rd Ed. Frederick P. Stutz and Anthony R. de Souza: Prentice Hall. May 1999.
  • Introduction to Geography, ed. 6, Getis, Getis, and Fellmann; Brown and Benchmark, Jan 1998
  • Introduction to Geography, ed. 0, chapters 8-13 Bergman and Renwick; Prentice Hall, Dec 1997
  • Introduction to Geography, ed. 0, chapters 1-7 Bergman and Renwick; Prentice Hall, Nov 97
  • Cartography: Thematic Map Design, ed. 4, Dent; William C. Brown, May 1997
  • Introduction to Geography, ed. 1, by Renwick and Rubenstein; Prentice Hall, March 1997

    • VI. GRANTS

  • Title V Minigrant: Assessing Value Added in an Introductory Course in Geography.
  • "AUsing GIS to contour commute times," Sabbatical Fall 1998
  • Curriculum Plan for Drug Prevention Infusion Dec. 1997. $500
  • Variation in Residential Preferences in the Chicago Area, University Committee on Organized Research grant, July 1997. $2,954
  • Suburbanization and Segregation of Minorities in the Greater Chicago Area, University Committee on Organized Research grant, July 1994. $2,925.
  • Faculty Research and Scholarly Project Grant, "Reducing Employee Auto Trips to NEIU." June 1994. $2,970.
  • Student Commuting Survey to Reduce Auto Traffic. Northeastern Illinois University Committee on Organized Research grant. July 1993. $2,294.
  • NEIU 10th month research grant "Mexican immigrant expectations of Chicago: How real?" January 1991.
  • Encouraging recycling among apartment dwellersin diverse neighborhoods. $49,624 Chicago’s Department of Economic Development Recycling Loan and Grant Program.

    • VII. AWARDS

  • Innovator of the Year Award, NEIU Student Senate 2001
  • Lake Michigan Tristate Award, 1994. By the Association for Commuter Transportation, Illinois Chapter.
  • Core faculty position International/Intercultural Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, 1991.
  • NEIU Faculty Excellence Awards 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
  • Distinguished Service Award, Non-traditional Degree Programs June, 1995
  • 1994 Lake Michigan Tristate Award, by the Association for Commuter Transportation, Illinois Chapter

    • Web Design By Erick Howenstine 2004 E-Howenstine@neiu.edu (773) 442-5647
    G&ES Dept. (773) 442-5640 / G&ES FAX (773) 442-5650

    		  
       
    Web Design By Erick Howenstine 2004 E-Howenstine@neiu.edu (773) 442-5647
    G&ES Dept. (773) 442-5640 / G&ES FAX (773) 442-5650