Curriculum
Vitae
College
of Arts & Sciences
Eastern
Kentucky University
NAME: Donald M. Yow PHONE: 622-1420
E-MAIL: don.yow@eku.edu
ADDRESS: 220 Savanna Drive; Richmond, KY 40475
EDUCATION
Ph.D,
Geography, University of South Carolina, 2003.
M.S.,
Geography, University of South Carolina, 2000.
B.S. with
honors, Geography, University of Florida, 1997
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor,
Department of Geography, Eastern Kentucky University
August
2003 – present
Instructor, Department of
Geography, University of South Carolina
2002
- 2003
Teaching Assistant/Lab
Instructor, University of South Carolina
2000
– 2001
OTHER POSITIONS
Climate Intern, Southeast
Regional Climate Center, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
May
1998 – June 2000
Research and Development
Specialist, South Carolina Geographic Alliance, University of South Carolina
August
1997 – May 1998
Cartographic Assistant,
Department of Geography, University of Florida
Summer
1997
Course
Prefix Title Times
Taught
and
Number ______________
Geo 210 Introduction to Physical Geography (lecture) 19
Geo
210 Introduction to
Physical Geography (lab) 13
Geo
215 Introduction to Meteorology 13
Geo
300 Geography of Southeast Kentucky 1
Geo
300 Environmental Hazards
1
Geo
315 Meteorology
1
Geo
351 Geographic
Techniques
1
Geo
450 Field Methods (as
an independent study) 1
Geo
495 National Weather
Service Practicum
1
Geo
501/701 Advanced Climatology
1
Geo
701 Geographic
Teaching Methods
1
PUBLISHED WORKS
Refereed
Journal Articles:
Yow, D.M. 2007, “Urban Heat Islands: Observations, Impacts, and
Mitigation,” under
review in Geography
Compass.
Yow, D.M., and G.J. Carbone, 2006,
“The Urban Heat Island and Local Temperature
Variations
in Orlando, Florida,” Southeastern Geographer 46(2) 117-141.
Refereed
Chapters in Books:
Carbone, G., M. Brown, and D.
Yow, 2000, Climatology chapter in: Characterization of
the
Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin, South Carolina CD-ROM. South Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Coastal Services Center.
SC Marine Resources Center Special Scientific Report Number 17.
NOAA/CSC/20010-CD. Charleston, SC: NOAA Coastal Services Center.
Refereed
Proceedings/Transactions:
“Florida’s
Wild and Wonderful Shrimp Program: Contesting Globalization by Constructing
Markets,” Grimes, J. R. and D.M. Yow, Southeast Division of the Association of
American Geographers Annual Meeting, November 2006, Morgantown, WV, Session 25.
“Increasing
Our Knowledge of Richmond’s Urban Heat Island Using the Kentucky Mesonet,” D.M.
Yow, Kentucky Academy of Science Annual
Meeting, November 2006, Morehead, KY.
“Urban Influences on
Degree-Day Totals” D.M. Yow, Southeast Division of the Association
of
American Geographers 58th Annual Meeting, November 2003, Charlotte,
NC.
Yow, D., 2002, Mapping
Environmental Indices in a Metropolitan Area, In: Bulletin of the
South
Carolina Academy of Sciences 2002 Meeting Program, Volume LXIV, 2002.
Carbone, G. J. and D. Yow,
2000, “Orlando, Florida’s Urban Heat Island,” In: 10th
Conference On Satellite Meteorology and
Oceanography, The American Meteorological Society, 80th Annual Meeting, January 2000, Long Beach, CA.
469-470.
Other published works
Yow, D., 2005, Text review of
The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology, Tenth
Edition , by Lutgens, Frederick K., and Tarbuck, Edward, J.,
Prentice Hall.
Yow, D., 2001, Instructor’s
Manual with Tests for The Atmosphere: An Introduction to
Meteorology, Eighth
Edition , by Lutgens, Frederick K.,
and Tarbuck, Edward, J., Prentice Hall.
ORAL PAPERS PRESENTED/ INVITED LECTURES
“Increasing Our Knowledge of Richmond’s Urban
Heat Island Using the Kentucky Mesonet,” D.M. Yow, Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting,
November 2006, Morehead, KY.
“Global Climate Change and Energy Resources”
D.M. Yow, Invited Lecture in CNM 800 - Environmental Science Issues, EKU
College of Education / Environmental Education Program, spring 2006.
“Investigating Richmond, Kentucky’s Urban
Climate with a Student-Centered Field Project” D.M. Yow, National Council for
Geographic Education Annual Meeting, October 2005, Birmingham, AL.
“Geographic Sleuthing
Provides New Insights Into the Debate About Alexandra David-
Neel’s
Journey to Lhasa” D.M. Yow, Association of American Geographers 100th
Annual Meeting, March 2004, Philadelphia, PA.
“Urban Influences on
Degree-Day Totals” D.M. Yow, Southeast Division of the Association
of
American Geographers 58th Annual Meeting, November 2003, Charlotte,
NC.
“Don’t Drink That! Pollution in South Carolina Waters” D.M. Yow,
South Carolina
Geographic
Alliance Summer Geographic Institute, Columbia, SC.
“Musical World Tour” D.M. Yow
and S.H. Yow, South Carolina Geographic
Alliance
Summer Geographic Institute, Columbia, SC.
“Mapping Environmental
Indices in a Metropolitan Area,” D.M. Yow, South Carolina
Academy
of Sciences, Annual Meeting, April 2002, Aiken, SC.
“Dynamics of Orlando,
Florida’s Urban Heat Island and Predicting Its Intensity” D.M. Yow,
The
Association of American Geographers, 98th Annual Meeting, March
2002, Los Angeles, CA.
“Orlando, Florida’s Urban
Heat Island,” D.M. Yow and G.J. Carbone, The Association of
American
Geographers, 96th Annual Meeting, April 2000, Pittsburgh, PA.
POSTERS PRESENTED
“Investigating the Urban Heat Island Effect
in a Small Central Kentucky Town” D.M. Yow, Association of American Geographers
Annual Meeting, March 2006, Chicago, IL.
“Orlando, Florida’s Urban
Heat Island,” G.J. Carbone and D.M. Yow, 10th Conference On
Satellite
Meteorology and Oceanography, The American Meteorological Society, 80th
Annual Meeting, January 2000, Long Beach, CA.
Presenter and Session Organizer: Kentucky Academy of
Science Annual Meeting, November 2006, Morehead, KY.
Presenter
and Geography Bowl Judge: Association
of American Geographers 102nd Annual Meeting, March 2006, Chicago,
IL.
Presenter and Session Organizer: National Council for Geographic Education
Annual Meeting, October 2005, Birmingham, AL.
Attendee:
Applied Geography Conference, Fall 2004, St. Louis, MO.
Presenter and Geography Bowl Judge: Association of American Geographers 100th
Annual Meeting, March 2004, Philadelphia, PA.
Presenter and Geography Bowl Judge: Southeast Division of the Association of American
Geographers 58th Annual Meeting, November 2003, Charlotte, NC.
Presenter (2 workshops): South Carolina Geographic Alliance Summer Geographic
Institute, June 2003, Columbia, SC.
Presenter: South
Carolina Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting, April 2002, Aiken, SC.
Presenter: Association
of American Geographers 98th Annual Meeting March 2002, Los Angeles,
CA.
Presenter: Association
of American Geographers 96th Annual Meeting, April 2000,
Pittsburgh,
PA.
Presenter: 80th
Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, January
2000,
Long Beach, CA.
Attendee: Association of American Geographers 94th
Annual Meeting, April 1998, Boston, MA.
GRANTS & CONTRACTS
Funded
Projects as PI
Investigating
Richmond, Kentucky’s Urban Heat Island. Donald
M. Yow. Junior Faculty Summer Research
Award funded by Eastern Kentucky University College of Arts and Sciences. Total Budget: $4000.00. Grant Period: May-August 2006.
Local-Scale
Climates at Two Appalachian Forest Sites.
Donald M. Yow. Funded by Eastern
Kentucky Environmental Research Institute.
Total Budget: $8677.00. Grant
Period: May 15, 2006 – May 2008.
Investigating
Richmond, Kentucky’s Urban Climate With a Student-Centered Field
Project. Donald M. Yow. Funded by Eastern Kentucky University
Research Committee. Total Budget:
$4061.00. Grant period: May 2005-May
2006.
Orlando,
Florida’s Urban Heat Island. Donald M.
Yow. Funded by the National Climatic
Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
Total Budget: $6,600.00. Grant
period: February 1, 2000 – April 30, 2000.
Calibrating
NOAA AVHRR’s Thermal Band with in situ Temperature Observations In
Orange County, Florida. Donald M.
Yow. Funded by the National Climatic
Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
Total Budget: $17,353.15. Grant
period: February 1, 1999 – February 1, 2000.
Non-funded
Grant Proposals
Exploring Southeastern Kentucky’s Unbridled Spirit. (Yow, D.M. and F.T. Huffman CoPIs) Submitted to Eastern Kentucky University Foundation. Total requested budget: $21,865.00. Grant period: January 2007 May 2007.
STUDENT SUPERVISION (Scholarly/Creative Activities)
R. Hernandez, R. Burns, and
J. Minor, 2005, “How Effective Are Deforestation
Mitigation Strategies? Case Studies in Three Rainforests,” 4th
Annual Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Presentation (UP) Showcase;
Richmond, Kentucky; April 15, 2005.
R. Burns, J. Minor, R.
Hernandez, and S. Smith, 2005, “How Effective Are Deforestation
Mitigation Strategies? Case Studies in Three Rainforests,” 4th
Annual Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort Kentucky, February 3, 2005.
Research associates supervised, dates
·
Jay Mitchell Fall
2005-Spring 2006
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
University Committee, dates
·
Faculty Senate
Alternate (2006-2007)
·
CAS
Representative, EKU Regents Scholarship Committee (2003-2006)
College Committee, dates
·
Representative,
CAS Assessment Committee (2004-2007)
·
Representative,
CAS Sabbatical Leave Committee (2004-2005)
·
Member, CAS
Research Award Committee (2004-2005)
·
Representative, CAS
Academic Practices Committee (2003-2004)
Department Committee, dates
·
Member, Geosciences
Graduate Committee (continually since 2006)
·
General Education
Coordinator (continually since 2006)
·
Member,
Curriculum Committee (2007-2008)
·
Chairperson,
Assessment Committee (continually since 2004)
·
Faculty Advisor,
Geography Club (2004-2005)
·
Member, Academic
Practices Committee (2004-2005)
·
Member, Technology
Committee (2004)
·
Chairperson,
Academic Practices Committee (2003-2004)
·
Sponsor,
Geography Club (2003-2004)
·
Co-chair, Public
Relations Committee (2003-2004)
·
Member, Geography
Awareness Week Committee (2004)
·
Member,
Foundation Assessment committee (2003-2004)
·
Chairperson, Geography
Awareness Week (2003)
Other
institutional service, dates
·
Attended final student presentations and helped
evaluate student portfolios from the senior seminar course [GEO 490] (2005,
2006).
·
Supplying
temperature data to Arlington Golf Course Superintendent Jim Cox (continually
since summer 2005)
·
Participated
in the Geography Department’s first annual Iron Kettle Faculty Cook-off, April
2006
·
Was a
guest speaker for Alice Jones’ GEO 210 (spring 2005) and 490 classes (spring
2005, 2006)
·
Organized
a colloquium titled, “Living as a Muslim in America: Post 9/11” (March 2005)
·
Organized
an interdisciplinary colloquium about the Tsunami Disaster that raised money
for the American Red Cross (January 2005)
·
Represented
the Department of Geography at EKU commencement (December 2005)
·
Helped prepare food for the International
Student Banquet on (November 2004)
·
Helped
out with the geography department’s GIS Lab open house (September 2004)
·
Organized a visit
by Dr. Howard Johnson from Jacksonville State University to come to EKU to give
the geography department strategies to improve our program and increase the
number of geography majors at EKU (April 2004).
·
Participated in
Saturdays for Service Community Clean-Up (Spring 2004)
·
Participated in
the Lambda Sigma Pie Throw (October, 2003)
·
Participated in
EKU’s White Ribbon Campaign (October, 2003)
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Manuscript
reviews, dates
·
“Urban Heat Island: A
Review on its Generation, Determination, and Mitigation“ Theoretical and Applied Climatology (September 2006)
Other
professional service
·
Session
Organizer:
o
Kentucky
Academy of Science Annual Meeting, November 2006, Morehead, KY
o
National Council for Geographic Education Annual
Meeting, October 2005, Birmingham, AL.
·
World Geography Bowl National Committee Member:
o
Question
writer - Association of American Geographers 103rd Annual Meeting, April
2007, San Francisco, CA.
o
Judge - Association
of American Geographers 102nd Annual Meeting, March 2006, Chicago,
IL.
o
Judge - Association
of American Geographers 100th Annual Meeting, March 2004, Philadelphia,
PA.
o
Judge - Southeast Division of the Association of
American Geographers 58th Annual Meeting, November 2003, Charlotte,
NC.
o
Question
writer - Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers
58th Annual Meeting, November 2003, Charlotte, NC.
PROFESSIONALY RELATED COMMUNITY SERVICE
·
Judge, Kentucky
State Science Fair, (2004, 2005, 2006)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Scholarly Award: Graduate Education and
Research Scholar’s Community Award, 2006-2007, Eastern Kentucky University
Graduate School, Richmond, KY
Scholarly Award: Junior Faculty Summer Research Award, 2006, Eastern
Kentucky University College of Arts and Sciences, Richmond, KY
Scholarly Award: 3rd place, Climate Specialty Group student
paper competition, 2002, Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA
Scholarly Award: 2nd place, Climate Specialty Group student
paper competition, 2000, Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching Award:
Chappie James Most Promising Teacher Award/Scholarship, 1993, Florida
Department of Education, Neptune Beach, FL
Teaching Award:
French FLES Teaching Award, 1992, Duncan U. Fletcher High School, Neptune
Beach, FL