Presentations

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Rowley, Rex J.  2016.  “Landscapes of Recovery: Shifting Senses of Place Attachment in Kesennuma, Japan.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California, March 29–April 2, 2016.

Francis, Andrew K., Eric W. Peterson, Toby Dogwiler, and Rex J. Rowley. 2016. “Evaluating Variation in Lithology as an Erosional Control on a Fluvialkarst System Located in Carter Caves State Resort Park, Northeastern Kentucky.”  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 25-28, 2016.

Rowley, Rex J 2016.  “Learning Geography in Japan: A Study Abroad Field Experience.” GGGeo Colloquium Series, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, February 5, 2016.

Rowley, Rex J 2015. “A Conversation with the Author of Everyday Las Vegas,”  Guest Speaker in College of Southern Nevada American Studies course “Reading Las Vegas,” October 8, 2015. (Invited)

Rowley, Rex J.  2015.  “Sense of Place Research Today.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, April 21–25, 2015.

Rowley, Rex J.  2015. “A Conversation with the Author of Everyday Las Vegas,”  Guest Speaker in College of Southern Nevada American Studies course “Reading Las Vegas,” April 1, 2015. (Invited)

Rowley, Rex J.  2014.  “Emerging World Cities: A Discussion About Dilemmas and Possibilities.” International Studies Seminar: World Cities, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, October 15, 2014. (Invited)

Rowley, Rex J, J. Elmo Rawling, Ben Gultch, John W. Attig, and Carol McCartney.  2014.  “Rebooting Devil’s Lake Fieldtrips With Mobile GIS, Apps, and Maps.” GGGeo Colloquium Series, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, September 10, 2014. (Invited)

Rowley, Rex J.  2014.  “Neighborhood Casinos in Illinois.”  Annual Meeting of the Illinois Geographical Society, Metropolis, Illinois, June 19-21, 2014.

Rowley, Rex J.  2014.  “Evoking Las Vegas Place Particularity and Typicality through Popular Music.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, Florida, April 8–12, 2014.

Rowley, Rex J.  2014.  “Discussion and Q&A for Everyday Las Vegas.”  Brandeis University Las Vegas Chapter, Book and Author Series, Las Vegas, March 9, 2014.  (Invited)

Rowley, Rex J.  2013.  “Reading from Everyday Las Vegas and Q&A Discussion.”  UNLV Libraries Author Series, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 6, 2013.  (Invited)

Rawling, J. Elmo, Rex J. Rowley, Ben Gultch, Carol McCartney, and John W. Attig.  2013. “Devil’s Lake Fieldtrips Rebooted: Mixing Tradition and Technology.” North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2–3, 2013.

Rowley, Rex J
.  2013. “Coming and Going in Las Vegas: Transience, Rootedness, and Sense of Place.”   Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, April 9–13, 2013.

Rowley, Rex J. 2013. “Mapping Insiders in an Outsider Town: Las Vegas and Qualitative GIS.” University of Dubuque, Department of Natural and Applied Sciences Seminar Series, Dubuque, Iowa, February 15, 2013.  (Invited)

Rowley, Rex J. 2013. “Mapping Everyday Las Vegas: Urban Sense of Place and Qualitative GIS.” GGGeo Colloquium Series, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, February 18, 2013. (Invited)

McCartney, Carol, J. Elmo Rawling, Rex J. Rowley, John W. Attig, and Ben Gultch. 2012. “Devil’s Lake State Park Geology — Mobile Website and Mobile App.” UW-Extension, Infusing Technology Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, November 1, 2012.

Rowley, Rex J.  2012. “Mapping Urban Identity: GIS and Local Sense of Place in Las Vegas.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, February 24–28, 2012.

Kostelnick, John, Dagmar Budikova, Rex J. Rowley, Jonathan Thayn, Kushal Panchal, Ji Zheng, Mark McCleary, Shreeti Banerjee, and Laura Hanna. 2011. “A Web-Enabled Mapping System for Hazards and Disasters in Illinois.”  GGGeo Colloquium Series, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, December 2, 2011.

Rowley, Rex J.  2011. “Saints in Caesars Palace: Religious Adaptation and Mutability in Las Vegas.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 28–30, 2011.

Rowley, Rex J.  2011. “The Other Side of Las Vegas: Local Identity, Ethnography, and GIS.” Ideas for a New Century: College of Liberal Arts and Education Faculty Forum Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI.  October, 6, 2011.

Rowley, Rex J.  2011. “Neon Beyond the Neon: The Geography of Locals Casinos.” Gaming Research Colloquium, UNLV Center for Gaming Research.  January 25, 2011. (Invited)

Rowley, Rex J.  2010. “When Water Flows Uphill: Growth and Water Sustainability in Las Vegas.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 14–18, 2010.

Kostelnick, John, Dave McDermott, and Rex J. Rowley.  2009. “Cartographic Methods for Visualizing Sea Level rise.”  International Cartographic Conference, Santiago, Chile, November 15–21, 2009.

Rowley, Rex J.  2008. “Techniques for GIS Instruction: The Haskell Experience.”  Access Native America 11th Annual Technology Conference, Lawrence, Kansas, June 3–5, 2008.

Rowley, Rex J.  2008. “Neon Beyond the Neon: Landscapes of Neighborhood Casinos in Las Vegas.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, Mass., April 15–19, 2008.

Rowley, Rex J.  2007. “The Other Side of Las Vegas: A Local’s Sense of Place.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California, April 17–21, 2007.

Rowley, Rex J., John Kostelnick, and Carol Bowen.  2006. “Developing a GIS Program at a Native American University.”  Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, October 5–8, 2006.

Rowley, Rex J.  2006. “A Changing Las Vegas Community: The Coming of Hoover Dam.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, March 7–11, 2006.

Li, Xingong, Rex J. Rowley, Joshua Meisel, John Kostelnick, and David Braaten.  2006.  “GIS Analysis of Global Risk Area and Population Affected by Sea Level Rise.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, March 7–11, 2006.

Kostelnick, John, and Rex J. Rowley.  2005. “GIS Activities at Haskell Indian Nations University.”  4th Annual KU GIS Day Symposium, Lawrence, Kansas, November 16, 2005.

Price, Kevin P., Jude H. Kastens, and Rex J. Rowley.  2005.  “National Rangeland Drought Damage Assessment.” 4th Annual KU GIS Day Symposium, Lawrence, Kansas, November 16, 2005.

Rowley, Rex J., Kevin P. Price, and Jude H. Kastens.  2005.  “Remote Sensing and the Rancher: Linking Rancher Perception of Drought and Remote Sensing.”  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado, April 5–9, 2005.

Rowley, Rex J. 2004. “Rangeland Remote Sensing and the Rancher.”  3rd Annual KU GIS Day Symposium, Student Research Competition, Lawrence, Kansas, November 17, 2004.

Rowley, Rex J. and Matthew E. Ramspott.  2003.  “Object-based Classification of Rural Northeast Kansas Grassland Cover Types Using High-resolution Aerial Imagery.”  Annual Meeting of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers, Manhattan, Kansas, October 4, 2003.

DIRECTED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (Poster Presentations)

Eggert, Michael, Rex J. Rowley, and Eric Peterson. 2015.  “Chloride Levels in Illinois Rivers and Streams.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, April 21–25, 2015.

Gultch, Ben, Rex J. Rowley, J. Elmo Rawling, John W. Attig, and M. Carol McCartney. 2013. Interactive, GIS-based App and Map of Devil’s Lake State Park, Wisconsin.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, April 9–13, 2013.

Gultch, Ben, Matthew Hubbard, Sarah Scott, Jennifer Trantow, Aaron Wallerstedt, and Rex J. Rowley.  2012.  “Building and Interactive Fieldtrip Map for Students with Disabilities Using Mobile GIS Technologies.” Annual Meeting of the West Lakes/East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, DeKalb, Illinois, October 25–27, 2012.

Hubbard, Matthew and Rex J. Rowley.  2012.  “GIS Mapping of Casino Expansion in American Culture.” Annual Meeting of the West Lakes/East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, DeKalb, Illinois, October 25–27, 2012.

Nick Flinner, Magdalene Kniep, Sara Allen and Rex J. Rowley.  2011.  “Creating a Base Map of Sinsinawa Mound Using Mobile GIS.” Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, November 10–12, 2011.

Abbie Lehman, Nick Flinner, and Rex J. Rowley.  2011.  “Mapping Invasive Plant Species in the Platte River Watershed.” Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, November 10–12, 2011.

Kirk, Deborah and Rex J. Rowley.  2009. “The Trail Where They Cried: Re-mapping the Cherokee Trail of Tears Through Tennessee.” 2009 Joint Annual Meeting, National Science Foundation Division of Human Resource Development, Washington DC, June 8–11, 2009.

Fusco, Audrey, Joshua Meisel, Kalonie Hulbutta, RaeLynn Butler, Myron Shield, Vernon Dempsey, Lee Meisel, John Kostelnick, David McDermott, and Rex J. Rowley. 2008. “Project-based GIS Learning at Haskell Indian Nations University.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, Massachusetts, April 15–19, 2008.

Dempsey, Vernon, Rex J. Rowley, John Kostelnick, and Joel Plummer.  2007.  “Using GIS to Map Polar Ice Sheet Data.” American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1–3, 2007.

OTHER POSTER PRESENTATIONS

O’Hare, Alicia, Catherine O’Reilly, Kevin Kothe, Rex J. Rowley, and John C. Kostelnick. 2014. “Determining Effects of Physical Characteristics of Storm Sewer Sheds on Water Quality of an Urban Streams in Bloomington, IL.”  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 19–22, 2014.

Braaten, David, Rex J. Rowley, John C. Kostelnick, Xingong Li, Joshua Meisel, and Prasad Gogineni.  2011.  “Global Inundation Maps For Sea Level Rise Increases Between One and Six Meters.” IUGG 2011, Melbourne, Australia, June 28–July 7, 2011.

McDermott, Dave, John Kostelnick, Kalonie Hulbutta, Joshua Meisel, Rex J. Rowley, Xingong Li, David Braaten, and Nathaniel Haas.  2007.  “Visualizing Sea Level Rise.” Annual Meeting of the North American Cartographic Information Society, St. Louis, Missouri, October 10–13, 2007.

Rowley, Rex J.  2005.  “Decision Support for Rangeland Crop Insurance.”  KU Graduate Research Competition, Lawrence, Kansas, March 1, 2005.

Rowley, Rex J.  2005.  “Remote Sensing and the Rancher: Linking Rancher Perception and Satellite Remote Sensing.” Graduate Research Summit – Kansas State Capitol Building, Topeka, Kansas, March 2, 2005.