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

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)

* 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

"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

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