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Vice-President – 2 year appointment (vote for one candidate)

¨ Steve Graves – CSU Northridge
      BA, Ohio State University;  BSEd, Ohio University;  MA, Miami University;  PhD, University of Illinois
   Steve Graves came to California State University, Northridge six years ago after five years in Louisiana.  Steve’s been on the CGS board almost since arriving, most of the time working as webmaster.  Steve did the tour of universities in Ohio (Ohio State, Ohio University, Miami University) before venturing to Illinois to get a Ph.D.  Recent publications include law pieces on payday lending and a chapter on rap music (what?).  At CSUN, Steve is a “utility infielder” teaching whatever he’s told to teach.  One horse, two kids, three dogs…no partridge, but a pear tree.

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CGS Board of Directors – 3 year appointment (Vote for up to FOUR candidates)

Candidate 1: Scott Crosier – Cosumnes River College
      BA, UC Santa Barbara; MA, UC Santa Barbara
      Scott Crosier is a professor or Geography and GIS at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. Before teaching full time, Scott worked at an engineering firm in Santa Barbara where he was the GIS manager, developing and maintaining GIS applications for a variety of clients and taught GIS on a part-time basis at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria and Ventura College. Prior to this, Scott worked with ESRI in Redlands, developing a wide range of user’s manuals including Editing in ArcMap and Geocoding in ArcGIS.

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Candidate 2: James Hayes – CSU Northridge
     BA, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; MA, Indiana State University; PhD, University of Indiana
     James Hayes began teaching at CSUN last fall after completing his PhD last summer.  He teaches courses in physical, environmental, and conservation geography.  He also advises the Geography Council, CSUN’s student geography club.  His research interests include vegetation dynamics, disturbance ecology, remote sensing, and quantitative spatial analysis. 
    New to California and eager to work in his ngew state, Jim began two projects in the Santa Monica Mountains examining valley oak population dynamics, and remote sensing of fire severity in chaparral and coastal sage scrub.  He likes to spend time hiking, camping, and driving with his spouse Beth, and son Joe. 

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Candidate 3: Greg Shaw – CSU Sacramento
     BS, Georgia Institute of Technology; MS, CSU Sacramento; PhD, UC Davis
     Greg Shaw is an assistant professor in the Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, and approaches geography from a multi-disciplinary background that includes a Bachelor in Architecture, a Master’s in Recreation Administration and a Doctorate in Geography. Greg is also an undergraduate General Education advisor for the university. Greg holds an Associate with the American Institute of Architects, and also has a multi-subject teaching credential, and had taught elementary school for nine years before becoming a professor. Tourism and geography are interrelated sciences, and Greg is committed to expanding geographical concepts to students of other disciplines. Greg’s research interests include several topics related to urban geography and tourism geography, including tourism and urban design, urban parks and open space, museums and tourism, urban wineries, and urban brownfields. Greg is looking forward to the opportunity to serve on the CGS Board.

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Candidate 4: Jodi Titus – Irvine Valley College
      BA, CSU Fullerton; MA, CSU Fullerton
       Jodi has been a full-time instructor at IVC for four years. Her positive experiences attending CGS conferences and interest working with fellow geography instructors and students are the main reasons why she is running for a board position.  Her professional interests include field study classes and developing a service learning program.  Born and raised in California, she has a love of learning about the state and teaches California geography every spring.  She looks forward to the opportunity to give back and serve on the CGS board.

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