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Dr. Dooley's teaching interests are in cartography, GIS, applied remote sensing, field methods, and quantitative methods. His research interests are mainly in thematic cartography, map animation, applied remote sensing, and hunter-gatherer land use. Currently, Dr. Dooley teaches Introduction to Cartography and GIS (GEOG 250), GIS: Theory and Methods (GEOG 360), and Animated and Interactive Cartography (GEOG 455).
Dr. Heppen's teaching and research interests are in the human, political, and historical geography of the United States. He also likes to teach courses on Latin America and Asia. His primary research interests lie in changing electoral geographies as the result of new social and economic geographies due to the periodic restructuring of the American economy. He also has a research interest in the historical geography of the United States and past regional, political, and economic geographies. His major research methods include the statistical and spatial analysis of political, social, economic, and demographic data. He has conducted research at national and local scales including Louisiana, California, and the Midwest. Dr. Heppen enjoys mentoring students in their own research and working with them in exploring a wide range of geographic pursuits. He also has an interest in geographic education and serves as the faculty sponsor of the Student Geography Organization. In his spare time he enjoys sports, sports memorabilia, comic books, and railroads.
Ian Muehlenhaus specializes in geopolitics, cartographic design, GIS, and European geography. His research interests and publications have covered (a) the utility of different types of cartographic manipulation for political endeavors; (b) map symbolization techniques; (c) the potential role of computer hacking in international politics; and (d) the significance of post-Soviet NATO expansion. Ian is currently wrapping up his dissertation (on propaganda maps) at the University of Minnesota. Research and data crunching aside, Ian's primary passion is teaching geography and cartography. He works as a consultant and part-time faculty member for the National Geographic Society, specifically on issues of geographic education. When work is done, Ian enjoys playing German boardgames, watching sports, tackling independent mapping projects, and playing the Nintendo Wii.
Dr. Petzold's teaching and research interests include weather and climate, climate-vegetation interactions (with a focus on sub-arctic lichens), northern environments and urban climates. He has spent several summers conducting research in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Canada and has authored over 20 journal articles. He teaches courses primarily in physical geography including Physical Environments, Weather and Climate, Landforms, Advanced Climatology, Physical Environments of Urban Areas, the Geography of Plant and Animals and the Geogaphy of Canada. Dr. Petzold serves on a number of University and College committees. He is the coordinator of the Department's chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (the International Geography Honor Society), and is Department Library Liaison and Program Assessment Coordinator. He was awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2005. He is currently revising a book on thuderstorm development for children.
Dr. Rader specializes in teaching Cartography and Geographic Information Systems. He also teaches courses in Quantitative Techniques, Geoprocessing Techniques, Advanced Map Design and Production, Human Geography, Africa, and Senior Colloquium in Geography. He has directed the GIS Lab and the Internship Program since 1993. He has been involved with the International Studies Program and has been a faculty member in the Wisconsin in Scotland Program and the International Traveling Classroom Program (ITC). Spring 2006 he was the group leader for the ITC, teaching and traveling with students for the semester throughout Europe. Dr. Rader's research has focused on issues of cartographic representation and the use of GIS in groundwater vulnerability modeling. His other research has examined GIS and cartographic education. In 2003, he was a Wisconsin Teaching Scholar involved in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and he has been active in mentoring undergraduate research projects.
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