R. J. Rowley

Office: 143 Sequoyah Hall, Haskell Indian Nations University
Phone: 785-843-0773
Email: rjrowls@ku.edu

B.S., Geography, Brigham Young University, 2002
M.A., Geography, University of Kansas, 2005
Thesis: "Insuring the Range: Toward a Crop Insurance Program for Rangeland and Pasture"

Publications/Presentations

Research Interests

Publications - Peer-reviewed

Li, Xingong, Rex J. Rowley, John C. Kostelnick, David Braaten, Joshua Meisel, and Kalonie Hulbutta. Accepted, April 2008 (In Press). GIS Analysis of Global Inundation Impacts from Sea Level Rise. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing.

Kostelnick, John C., Rex J. Rowley, David McDermott, and Carol Bowen. Accepted, March 2008 (In Press). Developing a GIS Program at a Tribal College. Journal of Geography.

Rowley, Rex J. 2008. "Extending the Security Net: The Impact of Rangeland Insurance on Ranching Economy and Culture." Great Plains Quarterly 28, no. 2: 91-104.

Rowley, Rex J ., Kevin P. Price, & Jude H. Kastens. 2007. “Remote Sensing and the Rancher: Linking Rancher Perception and Remote Sensing.” Rangeland Ecology & Management 60, no. 4: 359-368.

Rowley, Rex J. , John C. Kostelnick, David Braaten, Xingong Li, & Joshua Meisel. 2007. “Risk of Rising Sea Level to Population and Land Area.” Eos Transactions 88, no. 9 (27 February 2007): 105, 107 .

Publications - Other

Anderson, Temashio, Kalonie Hulbutta, Josh Meisel, Lee Meisel, Carol Bowen, Lou Hara, John Kostelnick, Dave McDermott, and Rex Rowley. 2008. Project Management: University Adds an Important Element to GIS Curriculum. ESRI Educator, Summer 2008, 3.

Kostelnick, John, Rex Rowley, avid McDermott, and Carol Bowen. 2008. "Sea Level Rise Modeling with GIS: A Small University's Contribution to Understanding a Global Dilemma." Earthzine, April 6.

Rowley, Rex J. 2007 Review of: Chicago: A Geography of the City and Its Region By John C. Hudson. Cultural Geographies 14, no. 4: 628-29.

Presentations

Rowley, Rex J. 2008. Techniques for GIS Instruction: The Haskell Experience. Access Native America 11th Annual Technology Conference, Lawrence, Kansas, June 3-5, 2008.

Rowley, Rex J. 2008. Neon Beyond the Neon: Landscapes of Neighborhood Casinos in Las Vegas. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, Massachusetts, April 15-19, 2008.

Rowley, Rex J. 2007. The Other Side of Las Vegas: A Local’s Sense of Place. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 17–21 April 2007; San Francisco, California.

Rowley, Rex J., John Kostelnick, & Carol Bowen. 2006. Developing a GIS Program at a Native American University. Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, 5–8 October 2006; South Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Rowley, Rex J. 2006. A Changing Las Vegas Community: The Coming of Hoover Dam. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 7–11 March 2006; Chicago, Illinois.

Li, Xingong, Rex J. Rowley, Joshua Meisel, John Kostelnick, & David Braaten. 2006. GIS Analysis of Global Risk Area and Population Affected by Sea Level Rise. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 7–11 March 2006; Chicago, Illinois.

Kostelnick, John, & Rex J. Rowley. 2005. GIS Activities at Haskell Indian Nations University. 4th Annual KU GIS Day Symposium, 16 November 2005; Lawrence Kansas.

Price, Kevin P., Jude H. Kastens, & Rex J. Rowley. 2005. National Rangeland Drought Damage Assessment. 4th Annual KU GIS Day Symposium, 16 November 2005; Lawrence Kansas.

Rowley, Rex J., Kevin P. Price, & Jude H. Kastens. 2005. Remote Sensing and the Rancher: Linking Rancher Perception of Drought and Remote Sensing. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 5–9 April 2005; Denver, Colorado.

Rowley, Rex J. 2004. Rangeland Remote Sensing and the Rancher. 3rd Annual KU GIS Day Symposium, Student Research Competition, 17 November 2004; Lawrence, Kansas.

Rowley, Rex J. & Matthew E. Ramspott. 2003. Object-based Classification of Rural Northeast Kansas Grassland Cover Types Using High-resolution Aerial Imagery. Annual Meeting of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers, 4 October 2003; Manhattan, Kansas.

Sense of Place, Historical/Cultural Geography, Urban Geography, GIS and Remote Sensing, Human-environment Interactions.

KU Geography Department