EDUCATION
AREAS OF INTEREST • Urban Geography
• Applied Geographic Information Systems
• Public Facilites (Higher Education and Sporting)
• Population and Demographics
• United States / American South
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Oklahoma State University, July 2002 - Present.
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Oklahoma State University, August 1996 - June 2002.
Research Associate, Transportation Research Center
The University of Tennessee, July 1995 - May 1996.
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Geography
The University of Tennessee, August 1989 - July 1993.
Systems Specialist, Administrative Information Systems
The University of Tennessee, October 1984 - July 1993.
PUBLICATIONS Comer, Jonathan C. and Finchum, G. Allen. “All Roads Lead to Oklahoma City: Small Towns, Big Business, and Highway Bypasses.” The Southwestern Geographer, Volume 9, 2005, pp 42-64 (reprinted Volume 10, 2006, pp 52-74 to correct proof errors). PR
Comer, Jonathan C. and Finchum, G. Allen. “Modeling the Influence of Highway Bypasses and Population on Business Activities”, Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference, Volume 27, 2004, pp 420-429. PR Mapemba, Lawrence, Adam, Brian D., and Finchum, G. Allen. “The Low-Tech Costs of High-Tech Alternatives for Poultry Litter: A GIS Approach to Measuring Transportation Costs”. Working paper #AEJ-262, Oklahoma State University, Department of Agricultural Economics, 2007. Comer, Jonathan C. and Finchum, G. Allen. “Socioeconomic Impacts of Highway Bypasses in Oklahoma”. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference, Volume 26, 2003, pp 58-67. PR Wikle, Thomas A., and Finchum, G. Allen, “The Emerging GIS Degree Landscape”, Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, Volume 27, 2003, pp 107-122. PR Tas, Halil I., and Finchum, G. Allen. “Status of GIS Education at 4-Year College and Universities in the United States”, Research in Geographic Education, Volume 4(2), 2002, pp 64-77. PR Finchum, Tanya D., and Finchum, G. Allen, “Celebrating the Library Spirit: A Look Back at the Carnegie Libraries in Oklahoma”, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume LXXIX, Number 4, Winter 2001-02, pp 454-475. Comer, Jonathan C. and G. Allen Finchum. "Business Impacts of Highway Bypasses". Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference, Volume 24, 2001, pp 235-243. PR Finchum, G. Allen, Tas, Halil I., and Wikle, Thomas A., “The Status of Professional Certification in GIS”, Proceedings of the 2001 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, 9-13 July, 2001. Comer, Jonathan C., Finchum, G. Allen, and Coleman, Amanda K., “A Methodology Using Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate Socioeconomic Data Concerning Impacts of Highway Bypasses in Oklahoma”, Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Volume 80, 2000, pp 79-89. PR Finchum, G. Allen, and Seig, Joseph, “Evaluating Environmental Risks of Petroleum Pipeline Product Spills: The Case of Oklahoma Lakes and Rivers”, Proceedings of the 1999 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, 26-30 July, 1999. Rooney, J.F., Finchum, G.A., and White, H.J., "Closing the U.S. Golf Facility Supply Gap: A Geographic Analysis of Metropolitan Change, 1988-1997", in Cochran, A.J., and Farrally, M.R., (eds.), Science and Golf III, Human Kinetics(Champaign, IL), 1998. PR Finchum, G. Allen, "Alcoa, Tennessee: 20th Century Industrial Placemaking", Small Town, Volume 28, Number 5, March-April 1998, pp 22-29. PR PR: Peer Reviewed
GRANTS & CONTRACTS RECEIVED The Renewable Edge
Stadler, Stephen J, and Finchum, G. Allen
Oklahoma Economic Development Generating Excellence, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. January 2009 – December 2010.Amount Awarded: $285,518. Oklahoma Landmark Inventory Location Enhancement Project
G. Allen Finchum and Michael P. Larson
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
October 2008 - September 2009. Amount: $83,695 Oklahoma Landmark Inventory Database Webhosting and Maintenance
G. Allen Finchum
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
October 2008 - September 2009. Amount: $29,456 Digital Atlas of Oklahoma Mammals:
Data Capture and Georeferencing of OSU Collection of Vertebrates
Karen McBee, William L. Fisher, and G. Allen Finchum
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City, OK
Fall 2007 - Spring 2009. Amount: $92,092 Oklahoma Landmark Inventory Database Webhosting and Maintenance
G. Allen Finchum
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
October 2007 - September 2008. Amount: $53,526 Oklahoma Landmark Inventory Database Webhosting and Maintenance
G. Allen Finchum
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
October 2006 - September 2007. Amount: $27,268 Oklahoma Landmark Inventory Database Webhosting and Maintenance
G. Allen Finchum and Brad A. Bays
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
October 2005 - September 2006. Amount: $44,035 Oklahoma Landmark Inventory Database Webhosting and Maintenance
G. Allen Finchum and George O. Carney
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
October 2004 - September 2005. Amount: $64,808 Oklahoma Landmark Inventory Database Webhosting and Maintenance
George O. Carney and G. Allen Finchum
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
October 2003 - September 2004. Amount: $41,951 Analyzing Impact of Highway Construction Activities in Oklahoma
Phase II: Business Impacts
Jonathan C. Comer and G. Allen Finchum
Oklahoma Transportation Center, Stillwater, OK
January 2003 - September 2003. Amount: $39,014 Oklahoma Landmark Invnetory Database Webhosting and Maintenance
George O. Carney and G. Allen Finchum
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
October 2002 - September 2003. Amount: $43,426 Wind Power Assessment Initiative: Phase II
Steve J. Stadler and G. Allen Finchum
University Center for Energy Research, Stillwater, OK
July 2002 - June 2003. Amount: $24,354 Analyzing Impact of Highway Construction Activities in Oklahoma
Phase I: Socioeconomic Impacts
Jonathan Comer and G. Allen Finchum
Oklahoma Transportation Center, Stillwater, OK
May 2002 - September 2002. Amount: $33,044 Development of a Web Based Information Retrieval System for
National Register Sites in Oklahoma
G. Allen Finchum
State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
September 2001 - August 2002. Amount: $48,074 Modeling of Population and its Relationship with Water Resources
Avdhesh Tyagi and G. Allen Finchum
City of Enid, Enid, OK
September 1999 - December 2000. Amount: $23,874 GIS for Evaluating Socioeconomic Data of Small Communities in Oklahoma
G. Allen Finchum and Jonathan C. Comer
Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma City, OK
January 1999 - December 2000. Amount: $96,469 OSU Instructional Improvement Grant for World Regional Geography
Brad A. Bays, Jonathan C. Comer, G. Allen Finchum, Reuel Hanks, and Joseph Seig
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
January 1998 - August 1998. Amount: $9,910 An Investigation of the Application of GPS and GIS for the Creation and
Management of Highway Signage Inventories
G. Allen Finchum and Joseph Seig
Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma City, OK
June 1997 - October 1997. Amount: $66,260 Development of a Geographic Information System for Rapid Response to
Oil Pollution Hazards Along Rivers
G. Allen Finchum and Thomas A. Wikle
Conoco Pipe Line Company, Incorporated, Ponca City, OK
January 1997 - December 1998. Amount: $93,31
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Association of American Geographers
- Urban Geography Specialty Group
- Geographic Information Systems Specialty Group
- Applied Geography Specialty Group
Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers
American Planning Association
Gamma Theta Upsilon; Inducted: 1978
Phi Delta Kappa; Inducted 1988 OSU University Athletic Council - August 2007 - Present
OSU Arts and Sciences Faculty Council - May 2003 - April 2005
- Chair, Planning and Policy Committee; May 2005 - April 2005
OSU Academic Appeals Board; August 1998 - July 2002 and August 2003 - July 2005 City of Stillwater, Mayor's Task Force on the 2010 Census; May 2006 - Present
Stillwater Public Schools-Demographer and Redistricting Consultant; May 2001 - Present
AWARDS Outstanding Teacher
Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University;
1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Regents Distinguished Teaching Award
Oklahoma State University; 2004
Robert G. Long Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee; 1994-95 Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges
East Tennessee State University; 1979-80 Outstanding Student, Department of Geography and Geology
East Tennessee State University; 1979 Sons of the American Revolution Award
Army ROTC, East Tennessee State University; 1979
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