• B.A. Geography, University of Missouri (Columbia), 1993

• M.A. Geography, University of Missouri (Columbia), 2001
  Thesis: "The Abandonment of an American Downtown: A Case Study in the Historical Geography of St. Joseph, Missouri, 1955-1995”

  
  

Publications/Presentations

Research Interests

Presentations:

Fox, D. P.  Poster: "Mapping the Midland Empire: A Missouri Vernacular Region.”  Great Plains-Rocky Mountains Regional Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (Lawrence, KS), 2010

Hoffman, B. L. and D. P. Fox.  "Distribution of the Influenza Deaths in St. Joseph, Missouri, during the 1918-1919 Pandemic." Missouri Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting (Missouri State University, Springfield), 2010

Martin J., N. Zahner, S. A. Hageman, and D. P. Fox.  Poster: "Implications of College Student Populations on Food Bank Distribution: A Case Study Using GIS.”  Missouri Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting (Missouri State University, Springfield), 2010

Hoffman, B. L. and D. P. Fox.  "Characteristics of Influenza Fatalities in St. Joseph, Missouri, during the 1918-1919 Pandemic."  Missouri Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting (Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville), 2009

Fox, D. P., S. A. Hageman, and B. L. Hoffman.  "Deep Map Project of Northwest Missouri: An Interdisciplinary Faculty-Student GIS Collaborative."  Missouri Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting (Missouri Southern State University, Joplin), 2008

Hoffman, B. L. and D. P. Fox.  "Diffusion of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 in Northwest Missouri."  Missouri Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting (Missouri Southern State University, Joplin), 2008

Fox, D. P.  “Moving Beyond the Global Warming ‘Debate.’”  Park University’s Session of the National “Focus the Nation” Annual Teach-In (Parkville, MO), 2008

Fox, D. P.  "Progress of the Park University President’s Climate Commitment Commission."  Park University International Center for Civic Engagement Session of the National “Great Decisions” Annual Forum Series (Parkville, MO), 2007

Fox, D. P.  “Energy Resource Issues in Central Asia.”  Park University International Center for Civic Engagement Session of the National “Great Decisions” Annual Forum Series (Parkville, MO), 2007

Fox, D. P.  “Making the Map: A Methodology for Assessing Cartographer Bias or the ‘Real’ Historical Significance of Cities in Northwest Missouri, 1820-1880.”  Great Plains-Rocky Mountains and West Lakes Regional Divisions of the Association of American Geographers Joint Meeting (Lincoln, NE), 2006

Fox, D. P.  “The Malling of Downtown St. Joseph, Missouri.”  Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (Boston, MA), 1998

Significant Unpublished Works:

Fox, D. P.  “‘Progress & Enterprise’: A Report on the Development of Mass Transit in St. Joseph, Missouri.”  (Prepared for the City of St. Joseph Department of Public Works & Transportation with funding provided by a $10,000 grant from the United States Department of Transportation and with student research assistance from J. Herbert and H. McCreery of the Department of History, Philosophy and Geography, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph), 2002.  Available online at: http://www.stjoemo.info/transit/St%20
Joseph%20Mass%20Transit%20History.pdf

Historical and cultural geography of North America (especially of the U.S. Midwest), sense of place and regional identity, cultural landscapes, sustainable development, postcolonial and moral geographies, geographic education.

Academic Awards:

Mary Kabelitz Outstanding Leadership Award, Geography Field Techniques Summer Camp Course, Department of Geography, University of Kansas, 2009

Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society in Education), Department of Education, Missouri Western State College (St. Joseph), 1995

Gamma Theta Upsilon (The International Geographic Honor Society), Department of Geography, University of Missouri (Columbia), 1992