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Jamison Fisher Conley

Curriculum Vitae, Oct 2015

Department of Geology & Geography 330 Brooks Hall 98 Beechurst Ave. West Virginia University Morgantown, WV, 26506 Phone: E-mail:

(304) 293-6352 [email protected]

Education 2004-2008

Ph.D, Geography, The Pennsylvania State University Dissertation: Automated Hypothesis Generation of Processes Causing Clusters in Geographic Datasets: advisor Mark Gahegan

2002-2004

M.S. Geography, The Pennsylvania State University Thesis: A Genetic Approach to Automatic Cluster Detection in Point Datasets: advisor Mark Gahegan.

1998-2002

B.A. (summa cum laude) Honors Geography and Computer Science majors, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota: advisors Colleen Keen (geography) and Barbara Kaiser (computer science).

Employment 2014-present Associate Professor of Geography Department of Geology and Geography West Virginia University 2008-2014

Assistant Professor of Geography Department of Geology and Geography West Virginia University

Summer 2007 Intern, Geographic Information Science and Technology Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Research computational and statistical methods for interpreting geographic processes from spatial patterns. Summer 2006 Intern, National Visualization and Analytics Center, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Research potential impacts of an avian influenza pandemic on the United States’ energy system.

2003-2005

Research assistant, GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University. Design and build computer interface to enable interactive visualization of cartographic data.

Edited Book Forensic GIS: The Role of Geospatial Technologies for Investigating Crime and Providing Evidence. (2014) Editors: Gregory Elmes, George Roedl, Jamison Conley. Springer.

Publications (Peer Reviewed) Stein, R.E., J.F. Conley, and C. Davis. (in press) “The differential impact of physical disorder and collective efficacy: A geographically weighted regression on violent crime.” In press with GeoJournal. DOI: 10.1007/s10708-015-9626-6. DeWitt, J.D., T.A. Warner, and J.F. Conley. (2015) “Comparison of DEMS derived from USGS DLG, SRTM, a statewide photogrammetry program, ASTER GDEM and lidar. GIScience and Remote Sensing. 52(2):179-197. Maxwell, A.E., T.A. Warner, M.P. Strager, J.F. Conley, and A.L. Sharp. (2015). “Assessing machine learning algorithms and image- and LiDAR-derived variables for GEOBIA classification of mining and mine reclamation. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 36(4):954-978. Conley, Jamison, Rachel Stein, 2014. “A Spatial Analysis of the Neighborhood Scale of Residential Perceptions of Physical Disorder”, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 7:183-201. Baker, Benjamin, Tim Warner, Jamison Conley, Brenden McNeil, 2013. “Does spatial resolution matter? A multi-scale comparison of object-based and pixel-based methods for detecting change associated with gas well drilling operations”, International Journal of Remote Sensing. 34(5): 1633-1651. Wilson, Bradley, Jamison Conley, Trevor Harris, Frank LaFone, 2012. “New Terrains of Taste: Spatial Analysis of Price Premiums for Single Origin Coffees from Central America", Applied Geography. 35:499-507. Hendryx, Michael, Jamison Conley, Evan Fedorko, Juhua Luo, Matthew Armistead, 2012. “Permitted water pollution discharges and population cancer and noncancer mortality: toxicity weights and upstream discharge effects in US ruralurban areas”, International Journal of Health Geographics. 11:9. (15 pages)

Ahern, Melissa, Michael Hendryx, Jamison Conley, Evan Fedorko, Alan Ducatman, Keith Zullig, 2011. “The Association between Mountaintop Mining and Birth Defects among Live Births in Central Appalachia, 1996-2003”, Environmental Research. 111:838-846. Conley, Jamison F., 2011. “Estimation of exposure to toxic releases using spatial interaction modeling”, International Journal of Health Geographics. 10:20. (12 pages) Conley, Jamison F., 2011. “Using Moment Invariants to Analyze Cluster Shapes and Hypothesize Potential Causes”, International Journal of Geographic Information Science. 25(4):657-680. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.496369. Conley, Jamison F., 2011. “Sample size and spatial cluster detection power”, Emerging Health Threats Journal. 4:s13. DOI: 10.3134/ehtj.10.013. (2 pages) Conley, Jamison F., Mark N. Gahegan, James R. Macgill, 2005. “A Genetic Approach to Detecting Clusters in Point Data”, Geographical Analysis. 37:286-314. Publications (Not Peer Reviewed) Essam, T., B. McCusker, and J. Conley (2014). “Geospatial Analysis of Household Vulnerability in Niger: Background Study Prepared for 2014 USAID Development Game.” Technical Report for United States Agency for International Development. Hendryx, Michael, Cynthia Persily, Jamison Conley, Evan Fedorko, 2013. “Rates of Black Lung Disease in Relationship to Black Lung Treatment Centers.” Technical report published by West Virginia Rural Health Research Center. (10 pages) Hendryx, Michael, Cynthia Persily, Jamison Conley, Evan Fedorko, Johnna Beane, Matthew Armistead, 2013. “Promotion and Protection of Rural Miner Health: Are the Resources in Place?” Technical report published by West Virginia Rural Health Research Center. (23 pages)

Presentations *Zullig, K.J., M. Hendryx, and J. Conley. “Geographic Variation in the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in US Counties”. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. November, 2014.

Conley, J. “Estimation of Community Exposure to Toxic Releases: A Perspective from the Geography of Public Health”. Invited Webinar sponsored by Dillard University and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. Online. September, 2014. McCusker, B. and *J. Conley. “Spatial Analyses of Malawian Livelihoods at the Village and National Scale”. presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Tampa FL, April 2014. *Conley, J. and B. Wilson. “Tasteful Decisions: Using decision trees to examine the spatial patterns of taste profiles in single origin coffees”. presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Los Angeles CA, April 2013. *Conley, J., R. Stein, and C. Davis. “Contrasting Physical Disorder and Collective Efficacy Theories of Crime Using Geographically Weighted Regression”. presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, New York NY, February 2012. *Conley, J., R. Stein, and C. Davis. “The Spatial Extent of Neighborhood Influence on Residential Perceptions of Physical Disorder”. presented at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) annual meeting, Savannah GA, November 2011. *Conley, J. and R. Stewart. “Using Fine Resolution Population Data and Spatial Interaction Modeling to Estimate Risk from Airborne Toxic Releases” presented at the Eleventh International Conference on GeoComputation (GeoComputation 2011), London, United Kingdom, July 2011. Conley, J. “Sample size and spatial cluster detection power” presented at the Ninth Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance (Syndromic 2010), Park City UT, December 2010. *Conley, J., B. Wilson, F. LaFone, and T. Harris. “Taste, Place and Coffee: Using Decision Tree Mapping to Study Coffee Terroir in Central America”, presented at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) annual meeting, Birmingham, AL, November 2010. Conley, J. “Assessing the Ability to Detect Cluster Shapes Under Data Sampling: How Much Accuracy Is Lost?” presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Washington DC, April 2010. Conley, J. “An Evaluation of the Extended Power of Cluster Detection Methods Under Sampling Strategies” presented at the Tenth International Conference on GeoComputation (GeoComputation 2009), Sydney, Australia, December 2009 Conley, J. “Detecting the Shape of Spatial Clusters: Challenges from the Use of Samples” Invited talk at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defense

Force Academy PEMS (Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences) Seminar Series, Canberra, Australia, November 27 2009. Conley, J. “Analyzing the Shape of Disease Clusters to Hypothesize Processes of Their Spread” presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Las Vegas, March 2009. Conley, J. “Automated Generation of Hypotheses of Processes Causing Clusters” poster at the Seventh Annual Syndromic Surveillance Conference (Syndromic 2008), Raleigh, NC, December 2008. *Hardisty, F., and J. Conley. “Interactive Detection of Spatial Clusters”, presented at the Seventh Annual Syndromic Surveillance Conference (Syndromic 2008), Raleigh, NC, December 2008. Conley, J. “Using Moment Invariants to Analyze Cluster Shapes and Hypothesize Potential Causes” presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Boston, April 2008. Conley, J. “Automated Hypothesis Generation of Processes Causing Clusters in Geographic Datasets” Invited talk at University of Auckland, Auckland NZ, March 12 2008. *Conley, J., I. J. Turton, and M. N. Gahegan. “Using Image Moment Invariants to Distinguish Classes of Geographical Shapes” presented at the Ninth International Conference on GeoComputation (GeoComputation 2007), Maynooth, Ireland, September 2007. Conley, J. “A New Graph-Based Method for Detecting Clusters in Point Data Sets with Variable Background Populations” poster at the Fourth International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2006), Muenster, Germany, September 2006. Conley, J. “Spatial Analysis in GeoVISTA Studio: Implementation and Application to Cancer Data” presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Chicago, March 2006. Conley, J. “Evolving Boids: Using a Genetic Algorithm to Develop Boid Behaviors” presented at the Eighth International Conference on GeoComputation (GeoComputation 2005), Ann Arbor, MI, August 2005. Conley, J. “A Genetic Approach to Automated Cluster Detection in Point Datasets” poster at the Third International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2004), Adelphi, MD, October 2004.

Conley, J. “Genetic GAM: A Genetic Algorithm for Automated Cluster Detection” presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Philadelphia, March 2004.

Teaching GEOG 150: Digital Earth: Fall 2008 - 2014, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University GEOG 300: Geographical Data Analysis: Fall 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University GEOG 453: GIS Design & Implementation: Spring 2010-2012, Fall 2013 Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University GEOG 494M: Geodemographics: Spring 2009, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University GEOG 494N: GIS, Marketing & Geodemographics: Spring 2010, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University GEOG 594: Geographical Data Analysis: Fall 2009, Spring 2011, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University GEOG 651: GIS Technical Issues: Spring 2009-2012, Fall 2013 Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University GEOG 701: Advanced Research Methods: Spring 2012-2014, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University GEOG 040: World Regional Geography: Spring 2008, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University Grants Co-Investigator for “Geostatistical Analysis for Development Programming”. PI: Dr. Brent McCusker, West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography. United States Agency for International Development Requisition order REQ-OST-14000009. Task amount: $22,470.00. Total project amount: $148,000.00. Co-PI for “A Spatial Analysis of Neighborhood Disorder and Crime” with Rachel Stein, West Virginia University, Division of Sociology and Anthropology.

Awards for Research Team Scholarship, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. $21,031.00. Co-Investigator for the “G&G Sponsored Research” task within the year three component of the West Virginia Rural Health Center project. PI: Dr. Michael Hendryx, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Department of Community Medicine. Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, PHS Grant No. 1 U1CRH10664-01-00. Task amount: $32,748.09. Total project amount: $660,000.00. Co-Investigator for the “G&G Sponsored Research” task within the year four (AY 20112012) component of the West Virginia Rural Health Center project. PI: Dr. Michael Hendryx, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Department of Community Medicine. Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, PHS Grant No. 5 U1CRH10664-04-00. Task amount: $36,738. Total project amount: $659,962.00.

Honors and Awards First place (tie), Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group student paper competition. Paper title: “Using Moment Invariants to Analyze Cluster Shapes and Hypothesize Potential Causes”. Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2008. Centennial Award, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007 Academic Computing Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University Graduate School, 2005-2008 Arnulf I. Muan Graduate Fellowship, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2004-2005 University Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University Graduate School, 2002-2003 Wilson Research Award, The Pennsylvania State University Graduate School, 2002-2003 Phi Beta Kappa, Gustavus Adolphus College, inducted Spring 2001 Graduate Student Committees Andrey Fomil, MA, Geography, Adviser, in progress Tyler Wylie: MA, Geography, Adviser, 2012-2014, unfinished

Clinton Davis: MA, Geography, Adviser, graduated December 2013 Xiannian Chen: PhD, Geography, in progress Marvin Davis: MA, Geography, in progress Lindsay Deel: PhD, Geography, in progress Frank LaFone: PhD, Geography, in progress Cynthia Barnett-Ryan: PhD, Geography, in progress Aaron Maxwell: PhD, Geology, in progress Matthew Purtill: PhD, Geography, in progress Alex Dye: PhD, Geography, in progress Daniel Farcas: PhD, Human and Community Development, in progress Park Muhonda: PhD, Geography, in progress Ahmed Maazouzi: MA, Geography, in progress Fang Fang: PhD, Geography, in progress Rogelio Andrada II: PhD, Forest Resource Science, graduated August 2015 Nazia Arbab: PhD, Resource Economics, graduated December 2014 Andrew Anesetti-Rothermel: PhD, Public Health Sciences, graduated December 2014 Ishwar Dhami: PhD, Forest Resource Science, graduated May 2014 Ryan Stanley: MA, Geography, graduated May 2014 Benjamin Baker: MA, Geography, graduated May 2012. Cassidy Rhea: MA, Geography, graduated May 2012. Tom Saladyga: PhD, Geography, graduated December 2011. Arthur Elmes: MA, Geography, graduated December 2010.

Service 2013-present: Chair of the Geography undergraduate program committee, Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University 2013: Member of the Faculty Evaluation Committee, Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University 2012-present: Member of the Student Instruction Committee, West Virginia University 2011-present: Chair of the World Geography Bowl Committee for the Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers. 2008-present: Question writer and judge (2008 & 2010) for the World Geography Bowl at annual meetings for the Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers, and the national meeting for the Association of American Geographers. 2008-present: Geography undergraduate program committee, Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University

2010-present: Undergraduate advising coordinator for the geography program, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University 2008-2010: Faculty advisor for undergraduate geography club, West Virginia University 2007-2008: Department of Geography representative to College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Graduate Student Council 2007-2008: Planning committee for No Boundaries Graduate Student Conference hosted by The Pennsylvania State University Department of Geography Peer Review Reviewed manuscripts for: AIMS Public Health African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy Computational Statistics & Data Analysis Computers and Geosciences Computers, Environment & Urban Systems Future Internet International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research International Journal of Geographical Information Science International Journal of Health Geography Journal of Applied Geography Journal of Rural Health Transactions in GIS Reviewed journal proposal for: Taylor & Francis, Inc. Memberships 2008–2010 2008–2011 2003–present

Member of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society Member of the International Society for Disease Surveillance Member of the Association of American Geographers