Curriculum Vitae
JOHN E. HASSE
abqjon@r.postjobfree.com
Department of Geography and the Environment
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701
voice 856-***-**** x4812
fax 856-***-****
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Geography, May 2002
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Dissertation: Geospatial Indices of Urban Sprawl in New Jersey
Master of Science in Urban Planning
Edward J. Bloustein School Planning and Policy Development
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 1999
Master of Science, Geography
Department of Geography
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 1998
International Space University Summer Session Program
Vienna, Austria, summer 1996
BA, Geography, 1995
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, May 1995
Graduated Summa cum laude GPA 3.96
EXPERIENCE
current position: Associate Professor. Department of Geography and Anthropology, Rowan University,
Glassboro NJ, 2001 present
Instructor. Geographic Information Systems, Department of Geography, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ 1997 2001
Instructor. Geography of Public Lands of the American West, Department of Geography, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ Summer 2000 and Summer 1999 [Designed and created field course with
innovative use of teaching technologies and internet while traveling through the American West]
GIS Instructor / mentor. Woodrow Wilson Institute, Princeton, NJ, - Summer 2000 and Summer 1999
[Designed and created instructional environmental GIS laboratories for national group of teachers]
Instructor. Geographic Information Systems, County Environmental Commission training sessions,
Camden County Library, Voorhees, NJ, 1997 2000
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Courses Taught: (at Rowan)
GEOG 06.328 Environmental / Sustainable Planning
GEOG 06.327 New Jersey Planning Practice
GEOG 06.310 Land Use and Resource Development
GEOG 06.355 Metropolitan and Regional Planning
GEOG 06.193 Introduction to Mapping and Geographic Information Science
GEOG 06.360 Geographic Information Systems I
GEOG 06.415 Geographic Information Systems II
GEOG 06.111 World Regional Geography
GEOG 06.100 Introduction to Geography and Earth Studies
GEOG 06.493 Senior Research Seminar
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Land use geography, spatial metrics of urban sprawl and smart growth, transportation and land use
interface, GIScience, Land-use and environmental planning, sustainable development, geographic
education, the interface of land use, environmental planning and spatial analysis.
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
$455,000 Geospatial Facilities Mapping Internship., (2009 2016), New Jersey Army National Guard,
Project PI. multi-year contract to map New Jersey s National Guard Readiness Centers.
$19,249 Analyzing County Zoning Patterns in New Jersey for Buildout., (2010), Fair Share Housing
Center, GIS contract project to estimate affordable housing capacity of two New Jersey counties.
$2,000 Web Mapping Application Development for Rowan Card ., (2009), Rowan University office of the
Bursar, GIS contract project to develop a web map
$5,400 Geospatial Land Use Modeling of New Jersey under Various Buildout Scenarios for Sprawl, Smart
Growth, Open Space Preservation and Carbon Footprint., (2008-2011), Non-Salary Financial Support
Grant, Rowan University
$5,000 SeaGirt Wind Turbine Siting Analysis Mapping., (2008), New Jersey Army National Guard., GIS
contract project to develop mapping for a wind power potential study.
$2,000 Cape May Preliminary GIS Wind Study and Mapping., (2008), Integrated Systems INC., GIS
contract project to develop mapping for a wind power potential study.
$35,000 A Municipal Report Card on Urban Growth in New Jersey, (2007), Co-PI, analysis of
development patterns in NJ utilizing the digital land use/land cover dataset. Center for Remote Sensing
and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University, funded by the Geraldine Dodge Foundation,
$5,739 Characterizing Sprawl and Facilitating Smart Growth in New Jersey Communities, (2005),
Separately Budgeted Research, Rowan University faculty grant
$240,000 Water Reuse for Gloucester County: Sustainable Solutions for Smart Growth, (2005), Co-PI and
team coordinator for geospatial analysis and modeling, funded by US EPA,
$250,000 Bridging Environmental Information to the Local Community, (2004), US Environmental
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Protection Agency, community outreach project. Co-PI and team coordinator for Geographic
Information System (GIS) development
$3,200 Spatial Patterns of Tobacco Usage on Three New Jersey Campuses. Rowan University Center for
Addiction Studies, 2002-2003
$4,200 "The New Jersey Digital Land Dataset Comparison and Integration Analysis" New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, Co-PI from Rutgers University Center for Remote Sensing and
Spatial Analysis, 2001-2002
$6,000 Public Access Geographic Information for Camden County New Jersey" Camden County
Environmental Commission
$12,000 "Multi-Media/GIS-based Natural Resource Inventory and Protection Plan for South Harrison
Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey" New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Watershed Management Public Education and Outreach Grant, 1998
ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL GRANTS SUBMITTED
[Favorably Reviewed but Not Funded]
Evaluating an Impervious Surface-Based TDR Program Using Agent-Based Modeling of Land-Use/Land-
Cover Change with Geospatial Indicators., National Science Foundation, project PI, $293,180 submitted
August 2010
Buildout Modeling an Impervious Surface-Base TDR Program for Smart Growth and Sustainability,
National Science Foundation, project PI, $224,697 submitted January 2010
CDI-Type I: Cyber-Mining Geospatial Gold from Digital Earth Databases: Utilizing cyber-mapping
technologies to model, analyze and inform urban spatial form for sustainable growth., National Science
Foundation, project PI, $406,139 submitted May 2009
Buildout Modeling an Impervious SurfaceBased TDR for Smart Growth, Open Space Preservation, and
Carbon Footprint., National Science Foundation, project PI, $135,390 submitted January 2009
An integrated risk assessment and disaster response strategy for tsunami affected coastal communities.,
National Science Foundation, project Co-PI $74,957 submitted January 2005
Integrating Landscape Change and Socioeconomic Geospatial Tools for Community Growth Analysis and
Support., National Science Foundation, project Co-PI $492,575 submitted March 2004
Development of the Mantua Creek Experimental Watershed., National Science Foundation, project Co-PI
$124,958 submitted December 2002
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Hasse, John E. and Dornish, Vanessa, 2009, Integrating Impervious Surface Management and Smart
Growth Development in New Jersey, Middle States Geographer, Vol 49
Hasse, John E. and Knee, Andrew, 2007, Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Pinelands Management
Plan, Middle States Geographer, Vol 40
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Hasse, John E. and Charles Colvard, 2006, Inverse Distance Learning: Digitally Enhancing a Geography
Field Course, Journal of Geography, 105:167-174
Moffett, Donna and John E. Hasse, 2006, Looking for the Relationship Between Sprawl and Water
Quality: a Case Study of Gloucester County, NJ, Middle States Geographer, Vol 39
Hasse, John E. and Andrea Kornbluh, 2004, Measuring Accessibility as a Spatial Indicator of Sprawl,
Middle States Geographer, Vol 36
Hasse, John E. 2004, A Geospatial Approach to Measuring New Development for Characteristics of
Sprawl, Landscape Journal: Design, Planning and Management of the Land.
Hasse, John E., John Reiser, and Jenifer Misner, 2003, Characterizing the Land Use/Land Cover
Conditions of Two New Jersey Watersheds, Middle States Geographer. Vol 35
Hasse, John E. and Richard G. Lathrop, 2003, Land Resource Impact Indicators of Urban Sprawl,
Applied Geography, Vol 23/2-3 pp.159-175
Hasse, John E. and Richard G. Lathrop, 2003, A Housing Unit Approach to Characterizing Residential
Sprawl, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing: Journal of The American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol 69, No 9 pp. 1021-1029
Tulloch, David, Myers, J., Hasse, J., Parks, P., and Lathrop, R., 2003, Integrating GIS Into Farmland
Preservation Policy and Decision Making, Landscape and Urban Planning, 63 (2003) 33-48
BOOK CHAPTERS
Hasse, John E., 2009, Final Harvest in the Garden State: New Jersey s Struggle with Suburban Sprawl in
Earthcare: An Anthology in Environmental Ethics, editors David Clowney and Pat Mosto, Rutledge Press
Hasse, John E., 2007, Using remote sensing and GIS integration to identify spatial characteristics of
sprawl at the building-unit level, book chapter in Integrating Remote Sensing and GIS, edited by Victor
Mesev, John Wiley & Sons, London
Lathrop, Richard G. and John E. Hasse, 2006, Tracking New Jersey s Changing Landscape, book chapter
in New Jersey s Environment: Past, Present and Future, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New
Jersey
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Hasse, John E. and Richard G. Lathrop, 2011, Two Possible NJ Landscapes in the Year 2021, NJ Monthly
Magazine. January 2011
Hasse, John E. and Richard G. Lathrop, 2010, Changing Landscapes in the Garden State: Urban Growth
and Open Space Loss in New Jersey from 1986 to 2007. Report published by the Rowan Geolab.
Available at http://gis.rowan.edu/projects/luc/
Hasse, John E., 2010, contributor to Protecting Water Quality in the Barnegat Bay Watershed,
sponsored by the Pinelands Alliance
Hasse, John E. and Richard, G. Lathrop, 2007, Tracking New Jersey's Dynamic Landscape: Urban Growth
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and Open Space Loss 198*-****-****, Research Report, Published by the Rowan Geospatial Research
Laboratory
Hasse, John E., 2007, Educating Environmentally Friendly Planners, Field Notes: Environmental
Education in America, Issue XIV US Fish and Wildlife Service
Hasse, John E., 2006, A Geographic Evaluation of Gloucester County Commuter Rail Options, Research
Report, Published by the Rowan Geospatial Research Laboratory. Available at
http://users.rowan.edu/~hasse/glocorail/
Lathrop, Richard G., and John E. Hasse, 2003, Tracking New Jersey s Changing Landscape, proceedings
of the New Jersey Environmental Sustainability Conference, Trenton New Jersey p.23
Davis-LaMastro, and Hasse, John E., 2003, Optimal Tobacco Polices for Collegiate Institutions: Content
and Rationale, a Publication of the New Jersey Higher Education Consortium, New Jersey Collegiate
Tobacco Control Initiative, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Hasse, John E., 2002 Encyclopedia of New Jersey, Contributing Author entry on SPRAWL, Rutgers
University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Hasse, John E., 1999 Introducing Environmental Geographic Information to the Public: The Camden
County, (NJ) Public Access GIS, Camden County Environmental Commission
Hasse, John E., 1999 RU 2000: Campus Master Plan for Rutgers University in the 21st Century, Masters
Project, Bloustein School of Planning, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
New Jersey Task Force on Transfer Development Rights, invited expert for task force to reevaluate New
Jersey TDR planning mechanisms, Trenton, NJ, December 2009 - August 2010
Salem County Task Force on Transfer Development Rights, invited expert for task force to develop
regional TDR planning mechanisms, Salem, NJ, January 2010 - 2011
US Green Building Council, LEED ND Correspondence Committee, providing expert advice on design of
LEED-ND smart growth rating system. 2008
Expert Witness, testified as land development expert to the Millville Planning Board, Spring 2006
NJ Network documentary, The Race for Open Space in New Jersey. Expert interview regarding sprawl in
New Jersey.
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP), peer
review committee for New Jersey's Landscape Project GIS map for endangered and threatened species.
Garden State Greenways Technical Advisory Committee, New Jersey Conservation Foundation
New Jersey Atlas, development committee, Rutgers University Press.
Media Coverage (selected)
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Builders Move Beyond McMansions in New Jersey, New York Times, October 5th, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/realestate/06density.html
Down to Its Last Million Acres, New York Times, August 29, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/realestate/29Njzo.html?_r=1
OP-ED, John E. Hasse and Richard G. Lathrop, Is New Jersey Running Out of Space? August 29, 2010
The Star Ledger, http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/landlocked_082910.html
Radio Interview, about the Continual Growth of South Jersey, A Community Affair with host Rachael
Burgess, Rowan Radio, August 23, 2010
http://www.rowan.edu/onthego/player.php?podcast=http://www.rowan.edu/today/data/cast/CA2010
0823.mp3
Crunch Hits Open Space Funds, The Wall Street Journal, August 6th, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411690085797942.html?KEYWORDS=d
e+avila
Report Says NJ Saw Record Sprawl Over Two Decades, The Princeton Review, August 5, 2010
http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2010/08/11/the_princeton_packet/news/doc4c5b7be2643ab205
242790.txt
Rowan, Rutgers study says N.J. is Running Out of Open Space, Renews Urban Sprawl Debate, The Star
Ledger, July 28, 2010
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/rowan_rutgers_study_says_nj_is.html
"A Fight for Farmland in S. Jersey," FRONT PAGE Philadelphia Inquirer, Aril 25, 2004
"The 'Green' House Effect: Making home environmentally friendly is also economically rewarding,"
Courier Post, April 2, 2004.
Invited Op Ed - "Recognizing the Value of Regional Planning: The Growth Agenda Needs to Preserve a
Rural Landscape," NJ Neighbors section of the Philadelphia Inquirer September 28, 2003
Invited Op Ed - "Revisiting the Glassboro Commuter Light Rail" NJ Neighbors section of the Philadelphia
Inquirer August 3, 2003.
Invited Op Ed - "Responsible Growth Key for New Jersey," NJ Neighbors section of the Philadelphia
Inquirer March 16, 2003
Interviewed Expert on Sprawl - New Jersey Network Documentary, "The Race for Open Space," NJN
Public Television & Radio, Trenton, NJ. aired April 25 & April 26, 2003
"NJN Spells it Out: A Call to End Urban Sprawl," Garden State Press, June 4, 2003
"Towns Offered Help In GIS Technology For Future Planning," The SandPaper, March 19th 2003
"Governor promises reforms for sprawl," The Star-Ledger, October 23, 2002
"New Jersey Facing an Era of Maximum Sprawl," FRONT PAGE Philadelphia Inquirer, August 25, 2000
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PUBLICATIONS PENDING
Impervious Cap and Trade: a Conceptual Framework for an Alternate TDR, for submission to the
Journal of the American Planning Association.
Finding the Right Track for Smart Growth in Southern New Jersey: evaluating commuter rail extension
route alternatives for achieving goals of the State Plan, for submission to Transportation and Land Use
Analyzing Accessibility of Alternate Rail Corridor Routing in Southern New Jersey, for submission to
Transport Geography
An Open Source Approach to Animating Web-based Maps for submission to Cartographica
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Two Decades of Land Use Change in the Pinelands invited presentation to the NJ Pinelands
Commission, December 12, 2010
Creating Animated Web Mapping for the NJ Changing Landscape Project, Invited presentation, NJ
Geospatial Forum, September 24, 2010
New Jersey s Changing Landscape: 1986 2007 invited presentation by the Delaware Valley Regional
Planning Commission for a workshop on Open Space Preservation held at Stockton State College,
September 10, 2010
The Importance of Land Use for Transit Functionality, invited presentation for the New Jersey State
Transportation Conference & Expo, April 30, 2010, Atlantic City
Integrating LEED-ND with Impervious Surface TDR for Smarter Growth, Association of American
Geographers Annual Conference, April 2010 in Washington DC
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Pilot
Projects, NJ Chapter of the Congress for New Urbanism, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, April, 18 2010
LEED for Neighborhood Design, Evaluation of Glassboro Central Business District Redevelopment,
Green Paradigm Forum, Pedricktown, NJ, March, 2010
Land Use Strategies for Protecting Water Quality in the Pinelands and Coastal Estuaries: Reversing the
Barnegat Bay Crisis, the Pinelands Science-Policy Forum, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Joint Base, Lakehurst,
NJ, March, 2010
Using GIS for Environmental Protection in the Delaware Bayshore, Association of New Jersey
Environmental Commissions, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, March, 2010
Finding the Right Track to Smart Growth in New Jersey, invited key note speaker, Delaware Valley
Geographic Association, West Chester, PA, November, 2009
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Integrating Impervious Surface Management and Smart Growth Development in New Jersey, Middle
States Association of American Geographers Conference, New Paltz, NY, November, 2009
Web-based GIS Applications for Planners, New Jersey American Planning Association, New Brunswick,
NJ, November, 2009
Sprawl and Smart Growth in New Jersey: The US Green Building Council LEED for Neighborhood
Development, Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,
February, 2009
A Geographic Evaluation of Gloucester County Commuter Rail Corridors, Underwood Hospital,
Woodbury, NJ, February, 2009
A Geographic Evaluation of Gloucester County Commuter Rail Corridors, NJ Department of
Transportation Headquarters Ewing, NJ, January, 2009
A Geographic Evaluation of Gloucester County Commuter Rail Corridors, NJ Association of Rail
Passengers, Teaneck, NJ, October 2008,
A Geographic Evaluation of Gloucester County Commuter Rail Corridors, NJ State Planning
Commission, Trenton, NJ, October 2008
A Geographic Evaluation of Gloucester County Commuter Rail Corridors, Southern New Jersey
Economic Development Council, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, March 2008,
Evaluating Alternate Commuter Rail Corridors in Southern New Jersey, Annual Conference of the
Association of American Geographers, San Francisco CA, April 2007
Analyzing Commuter Rail Options in Gloucester County, Southern New Jersey Economic Development
Council, November, 2006 and Delaware River Port Authority, December, 2006
Looking for the Relationship between Sprawl and Water Quality, Middle States Association of
American Geographers Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October, 2006
Tracking New Jersey's Wetland Loss, 7th Coastal and Estuarine Shallow Water Science and
Management Conference, Wetlands Group: US EPA, Atlantic City, NJ, September, 2006
Geospatial Land Impact Analysis of Wawa Tract Development Proposal, Citizens United to Protect the
Maurice River, Inc., Millville Public Library, May, 2006
"Is it Sprawl or Smart Growth? An Accessibility Approach to Grading Urban Form," Annual Conference of
the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, March, 2006
Environmental Literacy in College Education, Genesis Farm Environmental Learning Center,
Blairstown, NJ, October, 2005
Land Planning for Ecological and Community Integrity Genesis Farm Environmental Learning Center,
Blairstown, NJ, April, 2005
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"Integrating Watershed Protection with Transfer of Development Rights to Achieve Smarter Growth,"
Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO, March, 2005
New Paradigm Needed for Urban Geospatial Analysis, Invited position paper author, Population-
Environment Research Network, Cyber Seminar on Urbanization and Environment, Colombia University,
December, 2004
"Integrating Watershed Protection with Transfer of Development Rights to Achieve Smarter Growth,"
Centennial Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA, March, 2004
"Measuring Accessibility as a Spatial Indicator of Sprawl," Middle States Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers, Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA, October, 2004
"Integrating Watershed Protection with Transfer of Development Rights to Achieve Smarter Growth,"
USEPA Watershed Summit on the Delaware, Wilmington, DE, September, 2004
Characterizing Two New Jersey Watersheds, Middle States Conference of the Association of American
Geographers, Albany, NY, October, 2003
A Multimedia Approach to Delivering Environmental Information to Local Stakeholders, Middle States
Conference of the Association of American Geographers, Albany, NY, October, 2003
Princeton University - Invited speaker on Remote Sensing and GIS tools and Their Application,
Conference on Migration, Urbanization, and Health, Princeton University, Program in Urbanization and
Migration: Center for Health and Wellbeing, September, 2003
Bridging Environmental Information to the Local Community, Conference on Community Outreach, US
Environmental Protection Agency, Philadelphia, July, 2003
GIS Approaches to Measuring Sprawl, invited presenter, Science of Sprawl Conference, sponsored by
the New Jersey Center for Environmental Indicators, Trenton New Jersey, May, 2003
Utilizing Geographic Information Systems for Community Involvement, Camden, Waterfront South
Redevelopment Plan presentation, April, 2003
Identifying and Measuring Urban Sprawl in New Jersey, invited speaker, the Jacques Cousteau
National Research Reserve, Tuckerton, NJ, March, 2003
A Housing Unit-Level Approach to Characterizing Sprawl with Geospatial Technologies, Annual
Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA, March, 2003
Analysis of Urban Sprawl in New Jersey, invited speaker, New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection:, Blueprint for Intelligent Growth (BIG) map introductory meeting, Trenton, New Jersey,
January, 2003
Analytical Approaches to Measuring Urban Sprawl, guest lecture, Research Methods class, Rutgers
University Department of Geography, December, 2002
A Dozen Measures in Search of Reality: Geospatial Indicators of Urban Sprawl, moderated paper
presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Baltimore, MD,
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November, 2002
Integration of Land Cover Mapping, seminar presentation for the New Jersey Center for
Environmental Indicators, New Brunswick, NJ, October, 2002
Preserving Open Space in the Garden State, invited keynote speaker for the Annual Meeting of the Old
Pine Farm Natural Lands Trust, October, 2002
Inverse Distance Learning: Using the Internet in a Geography Field Course, professional paper
presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Educators, Philadelphia, PA,
October, 2002
Measuring Spatial Characteristics of Urban Sprawl Versus Smart Growth, Annual meeting of the
American Association of Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
Landscape-Level Indices of Urban Sprawl in New Jersey, Annual meeting of the American Association
of Geographers, New York, NY, 2001
Race to Save the Garden: New Jersey s Urban and Open Space Future, Middle States Association of
American Geographers, Wilkes Barre, PA, 2000
Urban Sprawl: Land Use and the Implications for Global to Regional Scale Environmental Change,
Woodrow Wilson Institute, Princeton, NJ, 2000
New Jersey s Race for Open Space Preservation, Camden County Library, Voorhees, NJ, 2000
"Farmland Fragmentation in the Garden State: Patterns of Urbanization and Farmland Loss in New
Jersey, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000
"Camden s Public Access Geographic Information System," Annual Conference on GIS, Urban Regional
Information Systems Association, Rutgers University, 2000
The Garden State s Vanishing Harvest: Patterns of Land Development and Farmland Loss in Southern
New Jersey," Middle States Geographer s Conference, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 1999
"Public Access Geographic Information System for Camden County, New Jersey, Annual Meeting of the
Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Urban Regional Information Systems Association, 1999
Using GIS for Open Space Planning in Camden County, Camden County Environmental Commission
workshop, 1999
"The Value of Green in the City: Correlating Housing Values to the Urban Forest Complex, Congress of
the International Association of Landscape Ecology, Snowmass, CO, 1999
"Patterns of Farmland Loss in Southern New Jersey, Keep America Growing Conference, Philadelphia,
PA, 1999
"Comparison of GIS updating techniques in New Jersey," Annual Meeting of the Middle States
Association of American Geographers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1998
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Protecting the Environment with a Computer: Geographic Information Systems in Camden County NJ,
Camden County Library, NJ, 1998
Adding Good LUCC to GIS: a Logical Land Use / Cover Change Method for Updating GIS with Remote
Sensing, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, 1998
A Logical Progression Method for Updating GIS with Remote Sensing, North East Arc / INFO Users
Conference, poster presentation
The Story of New Jersey s Changing Landscape; the Geologic Past up through Modern Urban Sprawl,
Genesis Farm Environmental Center, Blairstown, NJ, 1997
Using GIS to Monitor Farmland Loss in Gloucester County, NJ, NJ Historic Preservation Annual
Conference, Haddonfield, NJ, 1997
It Really Does Take a Village: Community Involvement in Local Zoning, Genesis Farm Environmental
Center, Blairstown, NJ, 1997
Mapping Farmland Loss in New Jersey From Outer Space, poster presentation, Space Technologies
Conference, Int'l Space University, Vienna, Austria, 1996
Multi Media in Geography Education, Department of Geography, Rutgers University, 1996, colloquium
address
Report of the Ad-hoc Committee for Land Use Zoning Changes to Preserve Open Space, South
Harrison Twp. zoning board of adjustment, Gloucester Co., 1996
PEER REVIEWER
the Professional Geographer
Environment and Planning B
Landscape and Urban Planning
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Journal of Geography
the National Science Foundation
Hunter College Internal Grant Program
several manuscripts for book chapters
CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES
Architect for the integration of the Environmental Studies program with the Department of Geography,
to become the Department of Geography and the Environment, 2010
Designed and sponsored the curriculum for a new Bachelor of Science degree in Planning, Rowan
University, 2010
Co-designed and sponsored the curriculum for a new Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information
Science, Rowan 2010
Designed and sponsored the curriculum for a new Bachelor of Arts degree in Integrated Studies in
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Geography and the Environment, Rowan University, 2010
Co-designed and co-sponsored the draft curriculum for a new Bachelor of Science in Architecture,
Rowan University, 2010
Co-sponsored a new Concentration in Geographic Knowledge, Rowan University, 2010
Co-designed and co-sponsored a new Concentration in Global Issues, Rowan University, 2010
Co-designed new Geography specialization: Anthropology / Human Geography, Rowan University,
2008-2009
Co-designed and co-sponsored a new Concentration in GIS, Rowan University, 2008-2009
Designed and sponsored a new Concentration in Planning, Rowan University, 2008 - 2009
New Courses Designed and Sponsored Through Curriculum Committee
GEOG 06.100 Introduction to Geography and Earth Studies
GEOG 06.200 Introduction to Planning
GEOG 06.316 Geography Research Clinic/Studio
GEOG 06.317 Community Planning and Site Design
GEOG 06.318 Geospatial Modeling
GEOG 06.319 Geovisualization
GEOG 06.328 Environmental / Sustainable Planning
GEOG 06.327 New Jersey Applied Planning Practice
GEOG 06.370 Water Resources Planning
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
Glassboro Rowan Boulevard, managed graduate research assistant for major project. Application
support for LEED for Neighborhood Development US Green Building Council Certification
Main Street Glassboro Downtown Revitalization, committee member
Glassboro Train Station Restoration, committee member
GIS Training Workshops at Rowan University
Encyclopedia of New Jersey, contributing author regarding sprawl
Garden State Greenways Technical Advisory Committee, a joint effort between the New Jersey
Conservation Foundation and the NJ Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Program to
develop a statewide open space master plan, 2001
Rowan University Master Planning Committee, expert analysis of sprawl, smart growth and green
building practices for campus development
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, research collaboration regarding urban growth
analysis
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, research collaboration regarding digital land use /
land cover comparison and analysis
Main Street Glassboro Design Committee, Volunteer for GIS development, Glassboro, New Jersey
Open Space Plan Steering Committee, GIS specialist - South Harrison Township Zoning / Planning Board,
Gloucester County, NJ
Oldmans Creek Watershed Association, GIS specialist and program development, watershed mapping,
outreach
CONSULTING
Designed and developed an award-winning user-friendly public access GIS system for Camden County
Environmental Commission, Voorhees, NJ http://www.crssa.rutgers.edu/people/jhasse/pagicc/
Designed and developed a municipal Electronic Natural Resource GIS CDROM for South Harrison
Township, NJ http://www.crssa.rutgers.edu/people/jhasse/enri_html/
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association of American Geographers
American Planning Association
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
National Council for Geographic Education
COMMITTEE POSITIONS
Rowan University Master Planning Committee 2007 present, Co Chair
Rowan University President s Council on Sustainability 2007 - present
Rowan Committee on Campus Environment and Aesthetics 2006 - 2009
Rowan Task Force on Exploring a new Degree in Architecture 2008 - 2010
Chair of the Subcommittee for Land Use, Building Siting and Environment 2005 - 2007
Department Committee on GIS Program Development 2006 - present
Department Senator, Rowan Faculty Senate 2005 - 2009
Department Committee on Web Page Development 2005 - present
Rowan Committee on Grants and Research 2005
Rowan Technology Committee 2004
AWARDS
Environmental Achievement Award, Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions for
development of Public Access GIS for Camden County, 1999
University Fellowship, Rutgers Graduate School, 1995
Distinguished Academic Achievement in Geography, Delaware Valley Geographical Association, 1995
Marius H. Livingston Memorial Scholarship, Rowan University, 1994- 1995
LANGUAGES
German working knowledge
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Spanish working knowledge
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