Faculty and Staff Information

Joel W. Helmer

Visiting Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2005

Address:
Oklahoma State University
Department of Geography
Stillwater, OK 74078-4073

Office: 208 Scott Hall
Phone: 405/744-2864 or 405/744-6250
Fax: 405/744-5620

Email: joel.helmer@okstate.edu

 

Personal Homepage

AREAS OF INTEREST

Cultural Ecology

Environmental History

Geographic Education

Natural Resource Management & Conservation

EDUCATION

2005-Present, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University.

2004-2005, Faculty Research Associate, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University.

2000-2003, Teaching Associate, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University.

1994-2000, Teacher, Cleveland Middle School, Cleveland Public Schools.

1992-1994, Graduate Assistant, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Akron.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Helmer, Joel W. and Wikle, Thomas A. 2005, "Lessons Learned from Intergrating GISci Technology in Rural Schools," Proceedings of t he Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences.

 

Steinbrink, John E. and Helmer, Joel W. 2004, "Intervention: Simulating the War on Global Terrorism," Journal of Geography, November/December, vol. 103, pgs. 239-248.

 

Myers, Michael D., Wikle, Thomas A., Pipkin, Leigh, Downing, Jessica, Helmer, Joel W., Demers, Brian D. 2003, "Applied Geography Instruction and Research Through GPS Tools for Geographers," Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, vol. 26, pgs. 195-204.

 

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 GRANTS RECEIVED

National Science Foundation, Award # DGE-0336934, Rural Alliance for Improving Science Education, Co-PI, October 2003, $1,832,496.

National Geographic Society Award #2005-0551, Oklahoma Geography Education Fund, Institute for Teaching GIScience, Co-PI, June 2005, $16,872.

Dissertation Research Funding:

     Southern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers, Conservation Grant, April 2005, $1,000.

     Southern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers, Education Grant, October 2004, $1,000.
           
     Southern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers, Conservation Grant, January 2004, $1,000.

     Mid-South Fly Fishers, Conservation Grant, April 2004, $636.83.

Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, Graduate Student Travel Grant, March 2003, $500.

University of Oklahoma, Windows on the World, GIS teacher workshop, 1998, $3500.

Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education, Curriculum Development Grant, 1997, $500.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

          Member, Association of American Geographers.

          Member, National Council for Geographic Education.

          Member, National Geographic Society.

          Member, Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education.

Last Modified: 29 July 2005

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Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma