Education

• PhD, 2008, Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington Dissertation: Spatial and Compositional Variability Associated with Forest Fire Severity in a Ponderosa Pine Forest of Northeastern New Mexico
• MA, 2001, Geography, Indiana State University, Terre Haute Thesis: Forest Dynamics and Light Regime at Kieweg Woods, Indiana
• BA, 1999, Geography, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

Courses Taught

• G101: The Physical Environment
• G459: Environmental Impact Studies
• G630: Landscape Ecology

Selected Publications and Presentations

Publications

Cowell, C.M. and J.J. Hayes.  2007.  Structure, History, and Dynamics of a Mature Oak-beech Forest in Western Indiana.  Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134:215-222.

Kaye, M.W., Speer, J.H., Allen, M., Brose, P., DeRose, R.J., Guetersloh, E., Gutierrez-Garcia, G., Hayes, J.J., Halofsky, J., Phillip, K.C., Shatford, J.P.A., Toeneiet, M. 2007. A Ridge Top Fire History in the Blue River Watershed, West-central Cascades, Oregon. In: Speer, J.H. (ed.) Final Report of the 16th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF). Indiana State University.

Hayes, J.J., and S.M. Robeson. Spatial Variability of Landscape Pattern Change Following a Ponderosa Pine Wildfire in Northeastern New Mexico, USA. Physical Geography. Accepted pending submitted revisions.

Hoch, S., and J.J. Hayes.  Geolinguistics: The Incorporation of Geographic Information Systems and Science.  Geographical Bulletin. Accepted pending submitted revisions.
Bein, F.L., J.J. Hayes, and T. Jones.  2009.  Fifteen-Year Follow up Geography Skills Test Administered in Indiana, 1987-2002.  Journal of Geography 108:30-36.

Presentations

Hayes, J.J., S.D. Donnelly, C. Greer, and J. Rickly-Boyd. The Role of Aggregate Complexity in an Energy-based Framework for Comprehensive Landscape Study. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV. March, 2009.

Greer*, C., S.D. Donnelly, J.J. Hayes, and J. Rickly.  2007.  Landscape as Embodied Energy: Ecosystem Perspectives on the Human-Environment Relationship.  Emerging Energies, Emerging Landscapes: Revisioning the Past, Constructing the Future.  European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop.  Paris, France.  June 2007.

Hayes, J.J.  2007.  Spatial Variation in Landscape Pattern Change Following a Ponderosa Pine Forest Fire.  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.  San Francisco, CA.  April, 2007.

Odland*, J. and J.J. Hayes.  2005.  Concentration of Periodical Cicadas in Human-modified Environments.  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO.  April 2005.
*Presenting author

Research and Interests

My research interests are broadly in human-environment interaction which I study using a variety of approaches from biogeography and landscape ecology. My projects employ GIScience, field methods, dendroecology, and quantitative tools which I try to use in innovative ways to gain new insights on biogeographic and landscape ecology problems.  I am particularly interested in understanding the effects of human land use and natural disturbance regimes on ecological processes, seeing the landscape as a potential recorder of environmental change.  I am also increasingly interested in the landscape approach and better understanding how human-built and non-built parts of the landscape interact to affect ecological functioning.  I plan to focus future research on the historical ecology of ecosystems in southern California and northern New Mexico. 

Current Projects:

Historical Change of Valley Oak Population Structure and Disturbance Conditions.  In cooperation with the US National Parks Service. This project will analyze population dynamics of valley oak (Q. lobata) with respect to land use history at three sites in the Santa Monica Mountains, the southern limit of this endemic California oak.

Landscape Ecology and Institutional Analysis for Understanding Historical Environmental Change. This project will analyze the role of changing political institutions, from pre-European Native cultures to 20th Century American society, in influencing landscape patterns and processes in the San Fernando Valley, California.