Curriculum Vitae

 

DAVID N. ZURICK

 

301 Wolf Gap Road

Berea, KY 40403

(859) 986-9491            

david.zurick@eku.edu

 

 

Personal Data

 

      Date of Birth:        August 7, 1955

 

      Current Position:    Foundation Professor, Department of Geography, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky

 

Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington,   Kentucky

 

Education and Degrees

 

      Ph.D., 1986

      University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii and East-West Center, Honolulu

      Geography

 

      M.A., 1981

      Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

      Geography

 

      B.A., 1978

      Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

      Geography (high honors)

 

      A.A., 1975

      St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, Michigan

      Business Administration

 

Teaching Experience

 

           

      College:

 

      1987-Present           Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond  (Foundation Professor)

 

                                    Taught Introduction to Geography (101), World Travel and Tourism (205), Cultural Geography (220), Environment and Conservation (302), Political Geography (322), Regional Geography of Asia (347), Cultural Ecology (300), Field Studies (450), Senior Seminar (490), World Regional (345), Research Methods (351)

 

      2004- present          University of Kentucky, Lexington (Adjunct Faculty)

                                   

                                    Taught GEO 712: Global Transformations

 

      2001                       Academic Director, School for International Training Nepal Program (semester intensive field study in Nepalese Himalaya for American college students)

 

      1999                       Kentucky Institute for International Studies Visiting Faculty

 

                                    Taught field course in Ecuador covering geographic aspects of conservation and sustainable development.

     

      1995                       Visiting Professor, Department of Geography, University of Hawaii

 

                                    Taught graduate seminar on the Himalaya, and advised Ph.D. students on dissertation research.

 

      1993                       Academic Director, School for International Training

                                    Western Samoa Program (6-week field studies)

 

      1986                       Lecturer, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu

 

                                    Taught Introduction to Physical Geography (Geo 101)

 

      1983, 1987              Instructor, University of Hawaii at Manoa

 

                                    Taught Conservation and Resource Management (Geo 363), Geography and Contemporary Society (Geo 151)

 

      1982-1983               Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University

 

                                    Taught Airphoto Interpretation (lab instructor), Remote Sensing (lab instructor), Economic Development, Current Issues in South Asia

     

      1978-1979               Social Studies Teacher, Port Huron Area School District

 

 

Awards and Grants

 

      2006               National Outdoor Book Award (for Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya)

 

      2006               Finalist Award, Banff International Mountain Book Award (for Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya)

 

      2005               Banff Centre Mountain Grant Award ($3000)

 

      2005               Alpine Alpine Club Research Award, Gilkey and Bedayn Fund  ($800)

 

      2004               Smithsonian Institution, Council of American Overseas Research Council/Multi Country Research Fellowship Program Alternate                                                                                               

 

2003                     EKU/SGA Distinguished Educational Leader Award: Exceptional Classroom Teaching

 

2002                Distinguished Service Award, Association of American Geographers, Asian Geography Specialty Group

 

      2001               The American Geographical Society McColl Family Travel Fellowship Award ($1000)               

 

      2001               Faculty Research Grant, Eastern Kentucky University ($4900)

 

      2000               College Research Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University

 

      2000               Visual Artist Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council  ($5000)

 

      2000               CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Title  (for Himalaya: Life on the edge of the world)

 

      1998               University of Hawaii Research Corporation, Ethnic Fracture Zones Project (South Asia Component), ($8,000)

 

      1998               Hollowfill Inventory Project, Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet (co-P.I. with J. Pacheco) ($25,000)

 

      1998               City of Richmond GIS Project (co-P.I. with W. Walker and J. Pacheco) ($105,360)                   

 

      1997-1999       Kentucky Department of Highways, Transportation Cabinet (co-Principal Investigator), for Interstate travel and tourism study ($16,945)

 

      1997               City of Richmond GIS Project (co P.I. with R. Marrionneux and J. Pacheco) ($74,000)

 

      1996               National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant (co-P.I.)  ($31,459).

 

      1996               National Science Foundation Supplemental Grant (for London study) ($5,000)

 

      1996               Finalist Award, Banff International Mountain Book Award

 

      1993-1996       National Science Foundation Research Grant, for Himalaya Project (SBR-9300017) ($89,962)  (with P.P. Karan, University of Kentucky)

 

      1992               Travel Grant (for Fiji), Kentucky Council for International Education ($500)

 

      1991               O le Siosiomaga Research Award (Government of Western Samoa), for Survey of Endangered Environments, Samoan Archipelago  ($5000)

 

      1990               NSF-EPSCoR Regional Universities Visiting Scholars Grant ($9,450)

 

      1989, 1990,     Faculty Research Grant, Eastern Kentucky University (various amounts)

 

      1987-Present   Fellow, The Explorer's Club, New York

 

      1987               Post Doctoral Research Award, East-West Center Resource Systems Institute, Honolulu

 

      1986               Centerwide Conference Scholarship, East-West Center, Honolulu

 

      1986               Travel Grant for Conference Presentation, Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa

 

      1986               First Place Prize - Best Student Paper, Joint Arctic and Pacific Divisions, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 67th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia

 

      1985               East-West Resource Systems Institute Field Study Grant for Research in Nepal ($7,000)

 

      1985               National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (#SES-8413172) ($1,790)

 

      1984               American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Fellowship for Research in India (8,000; declined)

 

      1982-1986       Graduate Degree Scholarship, Resource Systems Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu ($40,000)

 

      1979-1981       Teaching Assistantship, Department of Geography, Michigan State University

 

      1979-1981       Graduate Assistantship, Center for Asian Studies, Michigan State University

 

      1975-1978       Michigan Competitive Scholarship

 

      1975-1977       Honors Scholarship, Michigan State University

 

 

Research Experience

 

 

2006              Shangri La in the geographical imagination, Yunnan and Tibet, China

 

2004              Landscape and sacred geography, Zanzkar and Ladakh, India.  (funded)

 

2002              Classical gardens, literary tradition, and idealized landscapes in the lower Yangtze Delta, China  (funded)

 

2001-2002      Atlas of the Himalaya.  Research and Atlas compilation in collaboration with and funded by the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)/United Nations 2002 Year of the Mountain.

 

2001               Landscape change in Bhutan (funded)

 

2001              Parks and People Conflicts in the Chitwan National Park Buffer Zone, Nepal.  Fieldwork sponsored by the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation in collaboration with the Department of National Parks, Nepal.

 

      2000-2001      Ideology, Landscape, and Environmental Change in Tibet.  Research proposal submitted to National Science Foundation, $97,091  (funding denied)

 

      2000-2001     The Soul of the Garden: Cosmology and the Design of Intimate Space.  Research in Bali and India.

 

      1997              Funded Participant in International Workshop on Dynamics of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 20-25th, 1997 (funded under grant from the National Science Foundation and the International Geosphere/Biosphere Program-LUCC (Land Use and Cover Change Project).

 

      1997-2001      Southern Crossings: Where geography and photography meet (under contract with The Center for American Places)

     

      1997-2006      Director, Geographic Studies and Research Center, Eastern Kentucky University

 

1997-1999        Transportation Analyst, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Research Project on Interstate Travel and Rest Area Usage.

     

      1998              South Asia: Ethnic Fracture Zones Project (in collaboration with G. Fuller, University of Hawaii and A. Murphy, University of Oregon).  Study of regional autonomy and separatist movements in South Asia.

 

      1998              Temple Gardens and Balinese Cosmology, Bali, Indonesia.

 

      1993-96          Regional Assessment of Environmental Change in the Himalaya (NSF-funded 3-year project in collaboration with P.P. Karan, University of Kentucky). Various periods of fieldwork in Indian Himalaya, Nepal, Sikkim.

 

      1991              Ecotourism Research in Samoa and the South Pacific.

 

      1990              EPSCoR Research in Nepal (human dimensions of land cover change).

 

       1988             Adventure Travel Study Project (Asia region)  (funded)

 

      1987              Sustainable Agriculture in Nepal Study (Institute of Sustainable Agriculture, Kathmandu)

 

      1986-1987      Post Doctoral Research, East-West Resource Systems Institute (Rural Transformation Project), Honolulu  (funded)

 

      1985              Research Analyst, Rapti Regional Assessment Project (HMG/USAID-Nepal), Kathmandu  (funded)

 

      1984-1985      Dissertation Field Research in Nepal (funded)

 

      1980              Biogeography Field Camp, Smokey Mountains, Tennessee

 

      1980              M.A. Thesis Research in Nepal