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Academic PreparationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Individual Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Physical Geography and Marine Geology
Advisor: Dr. Raymond C. Smith
Dissertation Title: "From Pattern to Process on the Deep Ocean Floor: A Geographic Information System Approach"
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Oceanography
Advisor: Dr. William W. Sager
Thesis Title: "The Nature of the Northern Terminus of the Tonga Trench, Southwest Pacific"
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Geology (cum laude)
CertificationGISP - Certified GIS Professional (GISP), GIS Certification Institute, #00022933, Certification 8/25/04 to present
Research InterestsGEOGRAPHY - Geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis; marine geography; informatics and cyberinfrastructure; geographic information science (GISci) in higher education.
MARINE GEOLOGY - Benthic terrain characterization of coral reefs; processing, production, visualization, and interpretation of seafloor maps based on multibeam bathymetry, sidescan sonar, towed camera imagery, and submersible observations; marine data modeling and ocean metadata, ontologies, vocabularies, informatics, cyberinfrastructure.
Awards and Honors2008: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2007: U.S. Professor of the Year, for the state of Oregon, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
2007: Commencement Speaker, UCSB Division of Science and Mathematics, June 16th
2007: Raymond C. Smith Distinguished Alumni Award, UC-Santa Barbara Department of Geography
2007: Role Model for OSU Athletes and Young Women in Oregon, OSU Athletics Department and University Advancement, January 19th
2007: Finalist, Loyd Carter Award for Outstanding and Inspirational Undergraduate Teaching, College of Science, OSU
2006: OABA Education Award, Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs
2006: Web Award of Excellence, to GEO/OC 103, Exploring the Deep..., by StudySphere.com
2005: Milton Harris Award for Excellence in Basic Research, OSU College of Science
2004: Fulbright Grant to Ireland, Senior Specialists Program in Information Technology, University College Cork, Coastal and Marine Resources Centre.
2002: Web Award, Listing of GEO 465/565, Geographic Information Systems, as "Best GIS Site" by About.com
2001: Excellence in Mentoring Award, OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
1999: Biography featured in Portraits of Great American Scientists, edited by 1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Leon M. Lederman, and Judith Scheppler of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, published by Prometheus Books.
1999: Woman of the Year in Education; selected by Clarity Magazine, a Guideposts publication for women.
1999: Outstanding Professor Award, OSU University Honors College.
1999: Invited presentation at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), a prestigious, "wildly eclectic conference of remarkable thinkers and doers," Monterey, CA.
1998: Excellence in Mentoring Award, OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
1997: U.S. Fellow, RIDGE/Nordic Volcanological Institute Summer School on Active Processes at Mid-Ocean Ridges, Lake Myvatn, Iceland.
1996: U.S. Fellow, International Young Scholar's Summer Institute in Geographic Information, Berlin, Germany.
1995: Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER; formerly the Presidential Young Investigator Award), National Science Foundation.
1995: UCSB Graduate Division Commencement Speaker Competition, Finalist.
1993-1994: Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, National Research Council.
1990-1993: University of California President's Fellowship.
1991: Environmental Systems Research Institute Student Assistantship.
1987: Phi Kappa Phi.
1983-1985: Texas A&M University Minority Merit Fellowship.
1980-1984: American Geological Institute Scholarships & American Geophysical Union "Sea Scholar" Designations.
1983: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Honorable Mention.
1982: National Dean's List.
1982: Wheaton College Alumni Association Senior Scholarship for "Outstanding Christian Character, Citizenship, Contribution to Campus Life and Grade Point Average."
1979: Robert H. Ogle Scholarship, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, for "Outstanding Proficiency in Athletics Combined with Excellence in Scholarship."
Professional ExperienceProfessor
Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Sabbatical #2, 12/17/08 to 12/15/08.
Associate Professor
Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Indefinite Tenure granted 9/16/99
Sabbatical #1, 12/16/00 to 12/15/01.
Assistant Professor
Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Post-doctoral Research Associate
NOAA-Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon.
Graduate Student Researcher
Marine Science Institute and National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
Marine Laboratory Specialist (Marine Technician)
Logistics and Technical Support, Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University.
Graduate Research Assistant
Science Operations, Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University.
TeachingGeography, Geographic Information Systems & Science (Intro. and Intermediate GIS), Instructor, every winter, 1996-present.
Geography, Advanced Applications of GIS in the Geosciences, Instructor, every spring, 1997-present.
Geography, Special Topics Seminars in Geographic Information Science, Instructor, occasional, 1998-present.
Geography, GIS Practicuum, Instructor, every fall, 1996-2003.
Geography, ProSeminar in Geography, Instructor, every winter, 2004-2006.
Geology/Geography, Exploring the Deep: Geography of the World's Oceans, Instructor, every spring, 1997-present.
Geography, Remote Sensing, occasional Guest Lecturer.
Oceanography, Ocean Research Frontiers, occasional Guest Lecturer.
Geography/Geology, Great Women of Science, Instructor, Fall 2002, 2003.
Geography, Virtual Seminar in Geographic Information Science, Instructor, Fall 1998, Fall 2002, & Fall 2005.
First Year Experience Program, OSU Odyssey, Instructor, Fall 1998.
Geography, Seminar: Geographic Research, Instructor, Spring 1997 and 1998.
Geography, Earth Information Sciences & Technology Seminar, Instructor, Winter 1996.
Geology, General Oceanography, Co-Instructor, Fall 2001.
General Science, Women in Science: An Interdisciplinary Seminar, Instructor, Fall 2001.
Geology, Introduction to Oceanography, Teaching Assistant, Winter 1994.
Geography, Navigation, Teaching Assistant, Spring 1992.
Geography Physical Geography of the World's Oceans, Teaching Assistant, Fall 1991.
SEA-GOINGR/V KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA - Hawaii Undersea Research Lab (HURL) Cruise KOK0510, Benthic Habitats of American Samoa - Pisces V submersible investigation of deep corals on Taema Bank and Fagatele Bay and Canyon, Tutuila, American Samoa. Chief-Scientist and Pisces science observer on Dives P5-648 and P5-650.
R/V REVELLE - Drift Expedition Leg 10 - EM 120 shallow- and deepwater multibeam bathymetric survey of flanks surrounding Tutuila, American Samoa. Co-PI.
Survey boat (30-ft) of the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources - Kongsberg/Simrad EM-3000 multibeam bathymetric surveys of the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary (FBNMS) and Pago Pago Harbor, island of Tutuila, American Samoa, funded by NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program, NOAA National Ocean Service Office of Special Projects, and bathymetric surveying services contracted to Professor David Naar's group, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida.
R/V MELVILLE - Sojourn Leg 2 - ARGO II and AMX/DSL 120 survey of the axial zone of the superfast-spreading East Pacific Rise, 17° to 18°S. Watchleader.
R/V MELVILLE - Boomerang Leg 8 - Dredging, Sea Beam 2000, magnetics, gravity, and single-channel seismics at the Tonga Forearc and Trench, 14° to 28° S. ODP Site Survey. Co-chief scientist in charge of Sea Beam processing and interpretation, underway geophysics.
R/V ATLANTIS II. ALVIN submersible investigation of the 1993 eruption site on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, 45-46° N. ALVIN science observer on Dive 2990 to the Flow site of the CoAxial segment and GIS specialist in charge of producing pre-dive maps of fine-scale seafloor features and post-dive maps of ALVIN dive tracks.
R/V ATLANTIS II. ALVIN submersible investigation of the hydrothermal vent fields and 1993 eruption site on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, 45-46° N. ALVIN science observer on Dive 2591 to the Floc site of the CoAxial segment and GIS specialist in charge of producing pre-dive maps of fine-scale seafloor features and post-dive maps of ALVIN dive tracks and sample stations.
R/V MELVILLE - Sea Beam 2000, MR-1 side-scan sonar, and gravity investigations of the Southern East Pacific Rise, 16° to 23° S, including off-axis "gravity rolls" at 16° to 19° S. Watchleader.
R/V ATLANTIS II - ADVENTURE II. ALVIN submersible investigation of hydrothermal vent fields and 1991 eruption site on the Northern East Pacific Rise, 9° to 10° N. GIS technician in charge of producing pre-dive maps of fine-scale hydrothermal and biological features and post-dive maps of ALVIN dive tracks and sample stations; general computer technician in charge of data archiving and electronic mail transfer.
R/V ATLANTIS II - ADVENTURE I. ALVIN submersible expedition to the Northern East Pacific Rise, 9° to 10° N, in support of Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) bare-rock drilling. Hydrothermal vent field investigation, discovery of fresh lava eruptions. ALVIN observer on Dive 2370 and GIS technician in charge of producing pre-dive maps of fine-scale seafloor features and post-dive maps of ALVIN dive tracks and sample stations.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 128. Evolution of the Japan Sea. Marine Technician (XRF/XRD, core lab). Also in charge of training new yeoman and new x-ray technician.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 126. Origin and evolution of Izu-Bonin Arc-Trench system, NW Pacific. Yeoman (shipboard science editor/administrator) and Marine Technician.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 124E. Philippine Sea. Deployment and testing of the diamond coring system. Yeoman/Marine Technician.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 123. Argo Abyssal Plain and Exmouth Plateau, NW Australian margin. Final stages of rifting and the formation of volcanic basement and early oceanic sediments. Yeoman/Marine Technician. Presiding Queen over Equator Crossing Proceedings.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 121. Drilling of Broken Ridge and Ninetyeast Ridge, Western Indian Ocean. Yeoman/Marine Technician. Presided as Davey Jones over Equator Crossing Proceedings.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 119. Prydz Bay, Antarctica. Late Cretaceous to Holocene paleoclimatic history of East Antarctica and Late Mesozoic rifting history of Indian plate from East Antarctica. Yeoman/Marine Technician.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 117. Oman Margin, Northern Indian Ocean. Origin, evolution, and variability of the Indian Ocean Monsoon and effects on Western Arabian Sea and bordering land masses. ODP record for most core recovered and sites drilled. Yeoman/Marine Technician.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 115. Mascarene Plateau and Maldive Islands, NW Indian Ocean. Investigation of regional hotspot volcanism and paleoceanography. Yeoman/Marine Technician. Decreed a "Shellback" by Royal Order of King Neptune.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 113. Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Vertical water-mass stratification, climatic evolution, and oceanographic history of Antarctica and the surrounding ocean during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Yeoman/Marine Technician.
D/V JOIDES RESOLUTION - ODP Leg 109. Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Kane Fracture Zone. Bare-rock drilling in zero-age crust. Marine Technician.
R/V GYRE - Texas A&M Department of Oceanography student cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Physical and geological oceanographic techniques.
Major advisor for 2 doctoral students, and 1 M.S. student.
Serving additionally on 1 M.S. and 3 doctoral committees.
Involved in completion of: 19 Doctoral students (1 as major professor, 4 as minor professor), 71 M.S./M.A. students (27 as major professor, 23 as minor professor), 1 Honors B.S. student.
Grant & Contract SupportGRADD: Global Research Alliance for Digital Data: A DataNet to Support Complex Systems Problem Solving, NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure, Data Interoperability Networks (DataNet), P.I.s: Lizabeth Wilson, Timothy Ahern, Tim Nyerges, Linda Shapiro, Stuart Weibel (U. Washington); OSU Senior Personnel: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Jeremy Frumkin (Valley Library), 10/01/08 to 9/30/13, $19,999,541 ($650,151 to OSU Geosciences).
Increasing Diversity in the Earth Sciences (IDES) – A Track 2 Project, NSF Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG), Track 2, P.I.s: Shan De Silva (OSU Geosciences), Bob Duncan (COAS), Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 06/01/09 to 05/31/14, $1,304,832.
Departments and Underrepresented Students ALIGNED: Addressing Locally-tailored Information Infrastructure & Geoscience Needs for Enhancing Diversity, NSF Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG), Track 1, P.I.s: Patricia Solis (AAG), Ines Miyares (Hunter-CUNY); Senior Personnel: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Michael Solem and Rachel Franklin (AAG), Christine Rodrigue (Cal State-Long Beach), 09/01/09 to 09/30/12, $199,276.
The Wisconsin Coastal Web Atlas: Building a Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructure for Wisconsin,Wisconsin Sea Grant, P.I.s: David Hart (U. of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute), Steve Ventura and Nancy Wiegand (U. of Wisconsin-Madison), 02/01/10 to 01/31/13, $120,000, ($12,000 subcontract to OSU Geosciences).
Identifying Consequences of Sea Level Rise and Developing Management Technologies for Coastal Regions of Bangladesh, US Department of Agriculture Center of Excellence Program (COE/USDA), P.I.s: M.A. Salam (Bangladesh Agricultural University), M. Al Amin (Chittagong University), Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 01/01/09 to 12/30/11, $219,345.
Data Management for Marine Geological and Geophysical Datasets (GeoDI - Extension of Arc Marine), National Development Plan (of IRELAND) 2007-2013, Marine Institute Science, Technology & Innovation Programme, SeaChange Initiative, P.I.: Yassine Lassoued (Coastal & Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork, IRELAND), 1/24/08 to 1/23/11, $65,200, subcontract to D. Wright (OSU Geosciences).
Collaborative Research: Graduate Ethics Seminars for Future Geospatial Technology Professionals, National Science Foundation Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, P.I.s: David DiBiase (Penn State), Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Francis Harvey (U of Minnesota), Michael Solem (AAG), 9/1/07 to 8/31/09, $230,330 ($122,151 to OSU Geosciences).
Geospatial Decision Support Tools for Coastal Resource Management: Vulnerability Mapping of Regional Climate Variability and Change Impacts to Coastal Oregon , NOAA Sector Applications Research Program (SARP), Climate and Coastal Resource Management , P.I.s: Tim Nyerges (UW), Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Robert Aguirre (independent scholar), 03/01/08 to 12/31/09, $286,098 ($103,981 to OSU Geosciences).
Collaborative Research: Marine Metadata Initiative, NSF Ocean Sciences Division, Ocean Technology & Interdisciplinary Coordination, P.I.s: John Graybeal (MBARI), Karen Stocks (SDSC), Bob Arko (Lamont), Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Andrew Maffei (WHOI), Matthew Howard and Stephanie Watson, (Texas A&M), and Philip Bogden (GoMOOS), 7/1/06 to 9/30/09, $2,297,626, ($98,559 to D. Wright, OSU Geosciences).
Extension of the Marine Institute's Marine Data Repository to Include Biological Data and Development of Supporting Tools, Strategic Marine Research, Technology, Development and Innovation (RTDI) Programme 2005, National Development Plan, IRELAND, P.I.: Val Cummins (Coastal & Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork, IRELAND), 1/09/06 to 12/31/07, $332,480 total, $32,250 to D. Wright, OSU Geosciences.
The Use of Data Mining Techniques for the Quality Control of Scientific Data, Strategic Marine Research, Technology, Development and Innovation (RTDI) Desk Studies Programme, National Development Plan, IRELAND, P.I.s: Val Cummins, Declan Dunne (Coastal & Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork, IRELAND), 5/01/06 to 5/15/07, $83,350 total, $6000 subcontract to D. Wright, OSU Geosciences.
TransAtlantic Workshops on Coastal/Marine Mapping and Informatics, NSF International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops, P.I.: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Foreign counterparts Val Cummins and Liz O'Dea (CMRC, University College Cork, Ireland), 12/15/05 to 12/31/07, $45,000.
Public Education and Outreach Materials for the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, Grant #NA05NMF4631048, P.I. Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 10/1/05 to 9/30/07, $32,586.
Blade Servers or Server Farm for Geosciences E-Courses, OSU Technology Resource Fee Committee, P.I.s: Mark Meyers, Dawn Wright and Jon Kimerling (OSU Geosciences), 7/01/05 to 9/15/05, $49,793.
Refurbishing Digital Earth Teaching Classroom and Laboratory; OSU Technology Resource Fee Committee, P.I.s: Mark Meyers, Dawn Wright, and Laurie Becker (OSU Geosciences), 1/31/05 to 9/30/05, $95,495.
Collaborative Research: Marine Metadata Interoperability Project, National Science Foundation Cyberinfrastructure, P.I.s: John Graybeal, Francisco Chavez, and Stephanie Watson (MBARI), 10/1/04 to 12/30/05, $35,000 subcontract to Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences).
Collaborative Research: A Distributed Data Management System to Support Arctic Geology and Geophysics Programs, National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, P.I.s: Margo Edwards (University of Hawaii), and Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 1/1/05 to 12/31/08, $320,745.
Mapping Benthic Habitats of the Eastern Samoan Islands: Submersible Dives , NOAA-NURP Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), P.I.s: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences) and David Naar (U. of S. Florida College of Marine Science), 1/1/05 to 9/30/05 ~$213,500 (no indirect or salary to OSU or USF - field costs only).
Minority Fellowships for Education and Research Opportunities in Applying GIS and Remote Sensing to Coastal Resource Management , NOAA Coastal Services Center, Grant # NA04NOS4730181, P.I.s: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Jim Good (COAS), 06/01/04 to 06/30/07, $124,891.
Development and Implementation of a GIS Curriculum for Current and Future Marine Resource Managers, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Integration & Development, Grant # NA04NOS473007, P.I.s: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 03/01/04 to 2/28/06, $99,988.
Handheld PDA/GPS Units to Fully Optimize GIS Practicuum Courses; OSU Technology Resource Fee Committee, P.I.s: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences) and Richard Ash (Global Mapping Technologies), 01/5/04 to 6/18/04, $14,350.
Extending the Oregon Coast Geospatial Clearinghouse to Support the OGC Web Mapping Standard 1.0, FGDC Cooperative Agreements Program, NSDI, Grant #03HQAG0133, P.I.: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 9/1/03 to 12/30/04, $24,978.
Marine GIS and Satellite Remote Sensing for Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Oceanic Research and Applications Division via the Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies, Grant #NA03NES4400001, P.I.: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 09/01/03 to 12/15/04, $371,984.
Development of the Virtual Oregon Natural Resources Data Clearinghouse, Interagency Agreement with Oregon Department of Administrative Services (Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse), P.I.s: Tim Fiez (OSU Valley Library, Willamette Basin Project), Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 06/11/03 to 06/18/04, $60,000.
Spatial Technology Development and Educational Modules for the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA Coastal Services Center Integration & Development Initiative, Grant #NA03NOS4730014 P.I.: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 03/03 to 03/06 (w/ no cost extension), $64,917.
Benthic Habitat Characterization for Coastal Management and Marine Protected Areas: American Samoa, NOAA Coastal Services Center Outreach--Special Projects for the Pacific Islands Initiative, Grant #NA03NOS4730033 P.I.: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 04/01/03 to 03/31/05, $49,384.
Web GIS for Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO), Contract from J.H. Robinson Associates, Santa Barbara, CA, P.I: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 12/15/02 to 03/16/03, $9226.
Data Projection for the Digital Earth Enhanced Classroom; OSU Technology Resource Fee Committee, P.I.s: Dawn Wright and Mark Meyers (OSU Geosciences), 07/02-07/03, $14,499.
EM120 Multibeam Survey off Tutuila, American Samoa: Supplemental Ship Time for the R/V Revelle; National Science Foundation, Ocean Sciences Division and NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program. P.I.s: David Naar (University of South Florida) and Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 03/02, $22,000.
Visiting Professorship to Wheaton College; Office of the Provost, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. P.I.: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 8/19 to 11/30, $16,340.
ITR/IM/Digital Government: Infrastructure for Data Sharing, Spatial Analysis, Resource Decision-Making, and Societal Impact: The Oregon Coastal Atlas; National Science Foundation, Information Technology Research. P.I.: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences). Senior non-PIs: Tanya Haddad and John Marra (Oregon Coastal Management Program/DLCD), and Paul Komar (OSU COAS), 9/1/01 to
2/28/05, $507,964.
NOAA CSC Supplement
ITR/ACS: Computational Environment Infrastructure with Applications to Mid Ocean Ridge Research: The "Virtual Research Vessel" Prototype; National Science Foundation, Information Technology Research. P.I.s: Janice Cuny (U of O Computer & Information Science), Douglas Toomey (U of O Geological Sciences), Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), and Judy Cushing (Evergreen State College Computer Science), 9/1/00 to 2/28/05, $498,765.
POWRE: New Collaborative Research with the Sustainable Seas Expeditions at the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary (American Samoa); National Science Foundation, Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education. P.I.: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 12/16/00 to 02/28/02, $67,723.
Integrated Web Mapping - Serving and Integration of GIS Data from Distributed Sources on Distributed Map Servers; NOAA Office of High Performance Computing and Communications. P.I.s: Tiffany Vance (NOAA-PMEL, Seattle), Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), and Andra Bobbitt (NOAA-PMEL, Newport), 6/00 to 6/01, $67,500.
Virtual Oregon: Web-Based Access to Oregon's Environmental Data; Northwest Academic Computing Consortium. P.I.s: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Cherri Pancake (NACSE), Phil Sollins, Theresa Valentine (OSU College of Forestry), Karyle Butcher (Valley Library), and Greg Gaston (Geosciences), 5/15/00 to 5/14/02, $60,000.
Campus-Wide Idrisi GIS Upgrade; OSU Technology Resource Fee Committee. P.I.s: Dawn Wright and Jon Kimerling (OSU Geosciences), 1/00 to 3/00, $6000.
Multi-level, "Humane" Interfaces to Improve the Usability of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse; University Consortium for Geographic Information Science/Federal Geographic Data Committee. P.I.s: Cherri Pancake (OSU Computer Science and Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering) and Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 11/99 to 10/00, $63,000.
Integration of Historical Groundfish Habitat Data With New, High-Resolution, Remotely-Sensed Data at Heceta Bank, Oregon; Oregon Sea Grant. P.I.s: Mark Hixon (OSU Zoology), Bob Embley (NOAA-PMEL), & Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), 1/99 to 12/99, $21,193.
Student Assistance for the UCGIS Communications Committee; University Consortium for Geographic Information Science. P.I.: Dawn Wright, 01/99 to 01/01, $2500.
A National Geospatial Clearinghouse for the Oregon Coast; Federal Geographic Data Committee (USGS). P.I.s: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences), Greg McMurray (Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems Regional Study), Jim Guyton (Tillamook Coastal Watershed Resource Center), Steve Barnett (State Service Center for GIS), Sam Doak (Interrain Pacific); 9/98 to 9/99, $40,000.
The Three-fold Path to Spatial Enlightenment: Student-Centered, Resource-Based GIS Exercises; Northwest Academic Computing Consortium Faculty Incentive Award. P.I.s: Greg Gaston and Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences); 8/98 to 9/99, $3000.
Exploring the Deep: Geography of the World's Oceans for OSU Statewide; OSU Office of Distance and Continuing Education. P.I.: Dawn Wright; 5/98 to 9/98, $3622.
Video Delivery of Exploring the Deep: Geography of the World's Oceans for OSU Statewide; OSU Instructional Development and Technology Committee. P.I.s: Martin Fisk, Paul Komar, Robert Duncan (OSU College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences), Vicki Osis (Oregon Sea Grant), & Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences); 7/98 to 9/98, $6000.
A Scientific Information Management Schema for the Endeavour Portion of the Juan de Fuca Ridge Observatory; National Science Foundation, OCE-9633609; P.I.s: Dawn Wright (OSU Geosciences) & Russ McDuff (UW Oceanography), 4/97 to 3/99, $180,265.
Environmental Services Data and Information Management Program; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 43ABNR601442; P.I.: Dawn Wright; 7/96 to 10/96, $5000.
Crustal Cracking Along Multi-Segment Portions of the Juan de Fuca Ridge and its Relation to Ridge Segmentation; National Science Foundation, OCE-9521039; P.I.: Dawn Wright; 9/95 to 9/99, $79,958.
Dynamics of Extensional Convergent Margins & the Origin of Supra-Subduction Zone Ophiolites: Hypothesis Testing in the Tonga Forearc; National Science Foundation, OCE-9521023; P.I.'s: Sherman Bloomer & Dawn Wright; 9/95 to 9/98, $429,205.
Patterns and Processes on the Deep Ocean Floor: A GIS Approach to Mapping and Modelling Fissures on the Crest of the East Pacific Rise; Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, National Research Council; P.I.: Dawn Wright; 9/93 to 9/94, $18,000.
Quantitative Geomorphology of the East Pacific Rise: Applications to Geologic/Acoustic Natural Laboratory Swath Bathymetry; Department of Defense Augmentation Award for Science and Engineering Research Training, Office of Naval Research; P.I.s: Ken Macdonald and Dawn Wright; 6/92 to 5/95, $124,000.
Development of a Study Guide for a New Course: Physical Geography of the World's Oceans; UCSB Teaching Assistant Instructional Grant; P.I.: Dawn Wright; 6/91 to 4/92, $1530.
Service to the University / Profession / CommunityDirector, Geographic Information Science Certificate Program
ESRI Site License Campus Coordinator
Annual campus co-organizer of OSU GIS Day, since 1999
Faculty panelist, Black CONNECT student orientation
Editorial Board, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Taylor & Francis
Editorial Board, Transactions in GIS, Blackwell Scientific Publishers
Editorial Board, Journal of Coastal Conservation: Planning and Management, Springer
Editorial Board, The Professional Geographer, Routledge
Editorial Board, Geography Compass, Earth Observation Section, Wiley-Blackwell
Editorial Advisory Board, Geospatial Solutions, Questex Media
National Academies Ocean Studies Board
Committee on Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
Chair of Research Committee, UCGIS
Member of Communication, Education, and Membership Committees, UCGIS
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS
Association of American Geographers (AAG) National Councillor, Chair of the National Council
Board of Directors, AAG Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group
Oregon Territorial Seafloor Mapping Task Force
Marine Mapping Task Force, an advisory group reporting to the Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) on issues of marine reserve designation and planning
Steering Committee and Technical Team, Marine Metadata Interoperability initiative, funded by NSF and led by MBARI
Data Management Task Force, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Management International.
Advisory Board, Places & Spaces: Cartography of the Physical and the Abstract
Board of Advisors, Ocean Explorers, Information Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students Program, Center for Image Processing in Education (CIPE) and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS).
Program Committee, 9th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2008), Montreal, Canada.
External consultant, MAPS-GIS, Mapping, Analyzing & Problem Solving using Geographic Information Science, Lane Community College
Guest editor with Will Heyman of Texas A&M Geography, special issue on marine and coastal GIS for marine geomorphology, habitat mapping and marine reserve design, Marine Geodesy, 31(4).
Guest editor with Will Heyman of Texas A&M Geography, special issue on marine geomorphology as a determinant for essential life habitat and marine reserve networks, The Professional Geographer, Vol(Issue).
Guest editor with Shaowen Wang of U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Cyberinfrastructre and Geospatial Information Laboratory, special issue on geospatial cyberinfrasture, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (in prep.).
OSU Geosciences Graduate Committee
Coordinator of Joint Geosciences Seminar Series on Geovisualization, Winter '07
Director, Geographic Information Science Certificate Program
ESRI Site License Campus Coordinator
Annual campus co-organizer of OSU GIS Day, since 1999
Faculty Senate Computing Resources Committee, Co-Chair
OSU Information Technology Coordination Committee
Field trip leader, Oregon Coast, OSU's inaugural
Bridge to Encourage Scholars in Transition (BEST) Program, with
a focus on freshman and transfer athletes, OSU Center for Academic Success, Student Affairs and the Educational Opportunities Program, September 9, 2006
Black Cultural Center Advisory Board
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Presentation to the OSU College of Busines Women's Empowerment Exchange, at the invitation of Dean Ilene Kleinsorge, January 15, 2007
Editorial Board, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Taylor & Francis
Editorial Board, Transactions in GIS, Blackwell Scientific Publishers
Editorial Advisory Board, Geospatial Solutions, Questex Media
Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
Vice-Chair of Research Committee, UCGIS
Member of Communication, Education, and Membership Committees, UCGIS
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS
Association of American Geographers (AAG) National Councillor
Board of Directors, AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group
Oregon Territorial Seafloor Mapping Task Force (coordinator with Chris Goldfinger of COAS and Mark Hixon of Zoology)
Steering Committee and Technical Team, Marine Metadata Interoperability initiative, funded by NSF and led by MBARI
Data Management Task Force, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Management International.
Advisory Board, Places & Spaces: Cartography of the Physical and the Abstract
Board of Advisors, Ocean Explorers, Information Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students Program, Center for Image Processing in Education (CIPE) and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS).
Science advisor, Oceana
Organizing Committee, Oceans 2007, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Program Committee, 8th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2007), Philadelphia, PA.
OSU Geosciences Promotion & Tenure Committee (Chair)
Search Committee, Distance Education/REU/Geohazards Program Coordinator
Director, Geographic Information Science Certificate Program
Faculty Senate Computing Resources Committee
Faculty panelist, Black CONNECT student
orientation
Editorial Board, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Taylor & Francis
Editorial Board, Transactions in GIS, Blackwell Scientific Publishers
Editorial Advisory Board, Geospatial Solutions, Advanstar Communications
Advancing Physical Geography Working Group, AAG
Board of Directors, AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group
Vice-Chair of Research Committee, UCGIS
Member of Communication, Education, and Membership Committees, UCGIS
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS
Advisory Board/Contributor, Phase II of the Model Curricula Project, GIScience Body of Knowledge
Steering Committee, Technical Team, Marine Metadata Interoperability initiative, funded by NSF and led by MBARI
Data Management Task Force, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Management International
Advisory Board, Places & Spaces: Cartography of the Physical and the Abstract
Board of Advisors, Ocean Explorers, Information Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students Program, Center for Image Processing and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Program Committee, 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2006), San Diego, CA.
Keynote speaker and VIP Guest, Intel FIRST Lego League State Tournament, Ocean Odyssey (ages 9-14), Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program (ORTOP). FIRST = For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
Oregon Territorial Seafloor Mapping Task Force (coordinator with Chris Goldfinger of COAS and Mark Hixon of Zoology)
Profiled by the Minority Environmental Leadership Development Initiative (MELDI), University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Annual campus co-organizer of OSU GIS Day, since 1999
GIS and seafloor mapping exhibit table for Corvallis daVinci Days, July 15-16, 2006, as part of Discover OSU!
Editorial Board, Transactions in GIS, Blackwell Scientific Publishers
Editorial Advisory Board, Geospatial Solutions, Advanstar Communications
Guest editor with David DiBiase of Penn State Geography, Arena Symposium (special issue) on distance education in geographic information science, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 29(1), 91-158.
Advancing Physical Geography Working Group, AAG
Board of Directors, AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group
Member of Communication, Education and Membership Committees, UCGIS
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS
Steering Committee, Technical Team, Marine Metadata Interoperability initiative, funded by NSF and led by MBARI
OSU Geosciences Advisory Committee
OSU Geosciences Search Committee (Chair), Resource Geography/Land Use Assistant Professor
Promotion & Tenure Committee
Working Group, Distance Education/GeoHazards Search
Director, Geographic Information Science Certificate Program
John Byrne Distinguished Lecture Series Committee, College of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Sciences
Interview team, Marine Resource Management Director Search, College of Oceanic
and Atmospheric Sciences
Invited Panelist, When Students Graduate with a Bachelor's Degree from OSU, What Skills and Areas of Expertise do we Expect Them to Have, Regardless of Major?, OSU Student Learning and Assessment Symposium
Program Committee, Coastal GeoTools '05, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Program Committee, 6th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2005), Atlanta, Georgia
Board of Advisors, Ocean Explorers, Information Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students Program, Center for Image Processing and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Profiled in and science reviewer for Life on an Ocean Planet, new high school textbook, Current Publishing Corporation, in collaboration with COSEE (Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence), to be published in 2005.
"Exploring Creatures of the Deep and Calamities on the Coast with GIS," OSU GIS Day Keynote, LaSells Stewart Center, Nov. 17th.
"Exploring the Deep: Cracks, Creatures, and a Career in Earth Science," OSU College of Science Science Connections Lecture Series (to high school students and teachers), Cleveland High School, Portland, Dec. 9th.
Profiled in What do you Want to Be? Explore Earth Sciences, Sally Ride Science, San Diego, CA.
Editorial Board, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Taylor & Francis
Editorial Board, Transactions in GIS, Blackwell Scientific Publishers
Editorial Advisory Board, Geospatial Solutions, Advanstar Communications
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Nominating Committee
Board of Directors, AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group
Board of Directors, University Consortium for Geographic Information
Science (UCGIS)
Vice-Chair of Communications, Education Committee, Membership Committee, UCGIS
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS
Program Committee, UCGIS Geospatial Visualization and Knowledge Discovery Workshop, funded by ARDA and the USGS, Lansdowne, Virginia
Board of Advisors, Ocean Explorers, Information Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students Program, Center for Image Processing and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Steering committee, Marine Metadata Initiative, Marine Mapping Users Group
Board of Advisors and Mentor, Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, OSU
OSU Geosciences Advisory Committee
OSU COAS/Geosciences Search Committee for Electron Microprobe Laboratory Director
OSU Geosciences Long-Range Planning Committee
OSU Geosciences Winter Seminar Committee: Special Joint Series, Formulating Policy for an Uncertain Earth
International Organizing Committee, Littoral 2004, University of Aberdeen and Cambridge Publications, Scotland, UK, www.littoral2004.org
Corvallis Branch of the NAACP 2004 Youth Awards, Corvallis Public Library, May 8th
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, six, live 45-minute shows, each to an audience of over 1000 middle and high school students, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, May 13-14th
Lead College of Science Marshall, OSU Commencement Exercises, June 13th
"Exploring the Deep: Cracks, Creatures, and a Career in Earth Science," Keynote address and Natural Resources workshop speaker, Discovering New Horizons (to 256 middle and high school girls and 60 parents), sponsored by Linn-Benton Lincoln Education Service District, Oregon Department of Education, and many others, Oregon State University, February 1, 2003.
Editorial Board, Transactions in GIS, Blackwell Scientific Publishers.
Editorial Advisory Board, Geospatial Solutions, Advanstar Communications.
National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting Committee, National Research Council, Ocean Science Board, National Academy of Sciences.
Association of American Geographers (AAG) GIS Specialty Group Immediate Past Chair.
AAG Nominating Committee.
Board of Directors, AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group.
Immediate Past Chair, AAG GIS Specialty Group.
Board of Directors, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).
Vice-Chair of Communications, UCGIS.
Education Committee and Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS; Chair of Distance Education Working Group, UCGIS.
Board of Visitors, Wheaton College, Illinois.
Steering Committee Member, OSU Association of Faculty for the Advancement of People of Color (AFAPC).
Board of Advisors, Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, OSU.
Editorial Board, Transactions in GIS, Blackwell Scientific Publishers.
Editorial Advisory Board, Geospatial Solutions, Advanstar Communications.
National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting Committee, National Research Council, Ocean Science Board, National Academy of Sciences.
Association of American Geographers (AAG) GIS Specialty Group Chair.
Board of Directors, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).
Vice-Chair of Communications, UCGIS.
Education Committee and Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS; Chair of Distance Education Working Group, UCGIS.
Chair, AAG GIS Specialty Group.
External reviewer, Wheaton College (Illinois) Department of Geology & Environmental Science 10-year review.
Board of Visitors, Wheaton College, Illinois.
Steering Committee Member and Web Goddess, OSU Association of Faculty for the Advancement of People of Color (AFAPC).
Geosciences Search Committee: New physical geography/remote sensing tenure-track faculty position, Geography Program.
Geosciences Search Committee: New chair of Geosciences.
Geosciences Search Committee: New world regional/human geography tenure-track faculty position, Geography Program.
Featured in the Science Section of The Oregonian, January 30, 2002, pp. D9-D10.
Board of Advisors, Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, OSU.
Keynote addresses and discussion facilitation for the Conservation and the Coral Reef World online workshop, sponsored by the Sustainable Seas Expeditions and the College of Exploration.
Keynote address, "Exploring the Deep: Cracks, Creatures, and a Career in Earth Science," Saturday Academy Blueprints for Success (for middle and high school girls), Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Mathemetics, Portland State University, April 13th.
Panel presenter, "Women in Science and Technology," 2002 Conference on Gender and Culture, OSU Women's Center, April 17th.
Profiled in Minorities in the Aquatic Sciences (MAS), American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Vice Chair, AAG GIS Specialty Group.
Board of Visitors, Wheaton College, Illinois.
Board of Directors, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) - 3-year term.
Education Committee, UCGIS; Chair of Distance Education Working Group, UCGIS.
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS.
Steering Committee Member and Web Goddess, OSU Association of Faculty for the Advancement of People of Color (AFAPC).
Organizing Committee, Marine Geology & Geophysics Database Management Workshop, May 14-16, 2001, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research.
Profiled in Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 2002 Science textbook series, "People in Science: Marine Geology."
Subject of the chapter "Dawn Wright - Mapping the Abyss," authored by Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy student Mike Stukel, for the book Portraits of Great American Scientists, edited by Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman and Judith Scheppler, published by Prometheus Books, 2001.
Featured in the "Oceans" volume of the National Geographic publication Reading Expeditions: Science, for grades 3-6, to be published in 2002.
"Setting Myself Up for Success," panel for new graduate students, BLACK Connect '99, Orientation program for new African-American students, OSU Ujima Education Office, September 20, 1999.
OSU Connect orientation for new students from Hawaii, Asian/Pacific American Education Office, September 26, 1999.
OSU campus organizer for the first annual, worldwide GIS Day 1999, November 19th, sponsored by ESRI, AAG, and the National Geographic Society: lab tours, GIS demos, map galleries, lab reception, and presentations to Corvallis area secondary schools.
Featured in the OSU President's Report 2000.
OSU Geosciences Facilities/Equipment Committee.
OSU Geosciences Long-Range Planning Committee.
OSU Geosciences Web Editor.
AAG Affirmative Action and Minority Status Committee.
Consortium for Geographic Information Steering Committee, AAG Representative.
Program Committee,
Board of Directors, AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group.
Board of Visitors, Wheaton College, Illinois.
Chair of Communications, UCGIS.
Education Committee, UCGIS.
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS.
Member, OSU AFAPC.
Profiled in The Earth Below, a new mathematics textbook for 4th graders, published by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).
Profiled in a new science textbook for secondary schools, published by the Houghton Mifflin Company.
Profiled on Black Entertainment Television's career web site.
Judge and timer for the Oregon regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, for high-school students.
Profiled on Remarkable Careers, an NSF-funded web site about women oceanographers for middle and high-school students.
Local Arrangements Chair, UCGIS Summer Assembly, near Mt. Hood, Oregon: arrangements for registration, participant lodging and meals, meeting rooms, audio-visual, conference packets, student travel, student poster session, recreation, and conference web site (attendance of 120).
OSU Geosciences Graduate Committee.
OSU Geosciences Facilities/Equipment Committee.
OSU Geosciences Long-Range Planning Committee.
OSU Geosciences Web Editor.
AAG Affirmative Action and Minority Status Committee.
Consortium for Geographic Information Steering Committee, AAG Representative.
Board of Directors, AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group.
Board of Visitors, Wheaton College, Illinois.
Chair of Communications, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).
Education Committee, UCGIS.
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS.
Workshop Presenter, "Career Planning for Graduate Students," Preparing for the 21st Century Professional Development Conference, February 13, 1999.
"A Glimpse of African-Americans in Science," presentation as part of the "Beyond Black History Month" series sponsored by the Bahai'i s of Corvallis, Corvallis Public Library, April 10, 1999.
Profiled in the "Faces of Science" exhibit, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), for grade school students, opened June 1999.
Profiled in "Marine Science Careers: A Sea Grant Guide to Ocean Opportunities," for middle and high school students.
Tour leader for Earth Sciences Open House, 1999 da Vinci Days, Wilkinson Hall, OSU.
"Ocean Floor Mapping," presentation for the "Cavalcade of Art, Science, and Technology," 1999 da Vinci Days, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU.
OSU Geosciences Graduate Committee.
OSU Geosciences Facilities/Equipment Committee.
OSU Geography Seminar Coordinator.
OSU Geosciences Web Editor.
AAG Affirmative Action and Minority Status Committee.
GIS/LIS Steering Committee, AAG Representative.
Board of Directors, AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group.
International Committee, GIS Planet '98, International Conference and Exhibition on Geographic Information, Lisbon, Portugal.
Lead OSU Delegate, UCGIS.
Chair of Emerging Technologies for GIScience Working Group, UCGIS.
Panel Moderator for Symposium on Graduate Study in Science for Undergraduate Women, OSU, November 14-16, 1997.
Lead delegate for Oregon State, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).
Keynote Speaker and workshop leader, 8th Annual South Coast Women in Science Careers Day, South Coast Saturday Academy of the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Coos Bay, OR, February 7, 1998.
Keynote Speaker, 3rd Annual Math, Science, & Technology Conference for Middle School Girls in Washington County, NW Regional Education Service District, Washington County Fairgrounds, Hillsboro, OR, March 18, 1998.
Panelist for "Women in Graduate School: Challenges & Opportunities," OSU Graduate School, April, 1997.
OSU Geography Seminar Coordinator.
OSU Geosciences Undergraduate Committee.
OSU Geosciences Web Editor.
Appointed to presentation team for UCGIS congressional briefing of members and staffers of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., February 1, 1997.
Lead delegate for Oregon State, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).
"Women go to Sea Too!" - Presentation to OSU Women in Archeology, February 13, 1997.
Guest Coach - OSU Women's Basketball Team - OSU versus Arizona State, January 25, 1997.
Search Committee - New structural geology/active tectonics tenure-track faculty position, OSU Geology program.
Saturday Academy, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology - listed in "Directory of Minority and Bilingual Science and Math Practioners: Role Models for Students."
OSU African-American Graduate Students - Faculty advisor.
OSU Geosciences Web Editor.
Director of the AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group.
Steering committee for the 1997 Symposium on Graduate Study in Science for Undergraduate Women, OSU.
Presentation to OSU undergraduate students of color in the PROMISE (Professional and Managerial Internships in State Employment) program, Aug. 13, 1996.
Appointed to the AGU Information Technology Committee, July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1998.
Coordination of a Site License Agreement between ESRI and the OSU campus through OSU Information Services. The agreement involves the OSU Colleges of Science, Forestry, Engineering, Agriculture, Oceanographic & Atmospheric Sciences, and the Hatfield Marine Science Center, and each year saves the campus ~$40,000 in maintenance fees and at least $200,000 in new software purchases.
Appointed to the National Education Committee of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).
Official voting delegate for Oregon State, UCGIS.
OSU National Society of Black Engineers - Faculty Advisor.
OSU Cycling Team - Faculty Advisor.
Resource scientist for The Earth and Sea Investigators Program, a pilot distance learning experience for 4th to 8th grade teachers and students. Oregon Dept. of Education and OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center.
Presentations to high school students at the OSU "Kaleidescope of Colleges and Cultures" Open House for prospective students of color, Jan. 20, 1996.
Presentation to high school students and teachers in science and math at the OSU Spring Showcase, Visual Cascade of Sciences, Apr. 20, 1996.
Selection committee for Christian John Hunt Memorial Fund to deserving undergraduate Geosciences majors, OSU Dept. of Geosciences.
Presentation to Philomath Rotary Club, entitled "Hot Thermal Vents in the NE Pacific," Apr. 23, 1996.
Appointed to the National Research Committee of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science.
Participant in Linn, Benton and Lincoln County "Job Shadow" Program, where high school students "shadow" a worker for 2-6 hours to get a first-hand perspective of what adults do in the world of work and to better understand the process of career exploration.
Resource scientist for The Earth and Sea Investigators Program, a pilot distance learning experience for 4th to 8th grade teachers and students. Oregon Dept. of Education and OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center.
Steering committee for the 1996 Symposium on Graduate Study in Science for Undergraduate Women, OSU.
Faculty Oversight committee for NSF Landscape Studies Fellowship, OSU Depts. of Geosciences, Forest Science, and Forest Resources.
Director of the AAG Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group.
National Geography Awareness Week. Presentations to local elementary school groups on behalf of UCSB Geography Department.
Graduate Representative to Faculty Meetings Black Graduate Students Association.
Transition House for the homeless, downtown Santa Barbara, CA. Coordinator for Santa Barbara Community Church for the provision of weekend evening meals.
Member of Colloquia Committee, UCSB Geography Department Black Graduate Students Association.
Graduate Representative to Faculty Meetings and Member of committee to revamp curriculum for "Introduction to Geographic Research" series of courses, UCSB Department of Geography.
Graduate Partnership Association. Mentor to minority undergraduates majoring in physical sciences.
Professional SocietiesAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) - SIGSPATIAL (Spatial Special Interest Group).
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Geology & Geography Section.
American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Earth & Space Science Informatics Section, Tectonophysics Section.
Association of American Geographers (AAG) - Geographic Information Science & Systems Specialty Group, Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group, Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group.
Geological Society of America (GSA) - Geoinformatics Division.
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI).
International Geographical Union (IGU) - GIScience Commission, Coastal & Marine Geography Commission.
Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS).
Papers, Book Chapters, and Books in Press, in Review, or SubmittedWright, D.J., Duncan, S.L., and Lach, D.H., Social power and GIS technology: A review and assessment of approaches for natural resource management, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, in press, 2009.
Wright, D.J., GIScience, in Warf, B., James, A., and Jankowski, P. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Geography , Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, 13 manuscript pages, in review, 2009.
Dobson, J.E., Caplan, A., DiBiase, D., Downing, T.E., Harvey, F., and Wright, D., Communications arising: Human subjects research, Nature, in review, 2009.
Heyman, W.D., and Wright, D.J., Marine geomorphology in the design of marine reserve networks, The Professional Geographer, submitted, 2008.
Heyman, W.D., and Wright, D.J. (eds.), Special focus section: Marine geomorphology in the design of marine reserve networks, The Professional Geographer, submitted, 2008.
Valavanis, V.D., Wright, D.J., Georgakarakos, S., and Kitsiou, D., Marine Geographical Information Systems: Theory and Applications, Advances in Geographic Information Science Series, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, under contract, 2009.
Wright, D.J., Dwyer, E., and Cummins, V. (eds.), Handbook of Research on Coastal Informatics: Web Atlas Design and Implementation, Hershey, PA: IGI-Global, under contract, 2009.
PublicationsWright, D.J., Blongewicz, M.J., Halpin, P.N., and Breman, J., 2007. Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet, Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 202 pp. (ISBN 978-1-58948-017-9), plus 2 companion web sites.
Wright, D.J. and Scholz, A.J. (Eds.), 2005. Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation and Management in the Pacific Northwest, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 305 pp., (ISBN 0-87071-057-5), plus companion web site.
Mayer, L., Barbor, K., Boudreau, P., Chance, T., Fletcher, C., Greening, H., Li, R., Mason, C., Metcalf, K., Snow-Cotter, S., and Wright, D., 2004. A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone: National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting, Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 149 pp., (ISBN 0-309-09176-4).
Wright, D.J. (Ed.), 2002. Undersea with GIS, Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 253 pp., plus companion CD-ROM, (ISBN 1-58948-016-3).
Wright, D.J. and Bartlett, D.J. (Eds.), 2000. Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems, London: Taylor & Francis, 320 pp. (ISBN 0-7484-0862-2).
Wright, D.J., Spatial data infrastructures for coastal environments, in Yang, X. (ed.), Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Coastal Ecosystem Assessment and Management, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-88183-4_5, 91-112.
2008:
Wright, D.J. and Heyman, W.D., Marine and coastal GIS for geomorphology, habitat mapping, and marine reserves, Marine Geodesy, 31(4): 1-8.
This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by
permission of Taylor & Francis LLC for personal academic use, not for mass
redistribution.
The definitive version was published in Marine Geodesy October 2008 at doi:10.1080/01490410802466306.
Hogrefe, K.R., Wright, D.J., and Hochberg, E.J., Derivation and
integration of shallow-water bathymetry: Implications for coastal terrain modeling and subsequent analyses, Marine Geodesy, 31(4): 299-317.
This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by
permission of Taylor & Francis LLC for personal academic use, not for
mass redistribution. The definitive version was published in Marine Geodesy October 2008 at
doi:10.1080/01490410802466710.
Wright, D.J. and Heyman,W.D. (eds.), Sixth special issue on marine and coastal geographical information systems: Marine and coastal GIS for geomorphology, habitat mapping, and marine reserves, Marine Geodesy, 31(4): 223-371.
Dwyer, N. and Wright, D.J., Report of International Coastal Atlas Network Workshop 3 on Federated Coastal Atlases: Building on the Interoperable Approach, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark, 65 pp.
Lufafa, A., Bolte, J., Wright, D., Khouma, M., Diedhiou, I., Dick, R.P., Kizito, F., Dossa, E., and Noller, J.S., Regional carbon stocks and dynamics in native woody shrub communities of Senegal's Peanut Basin, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 127(3-4): doi:10.1016/j.agee.2008.04.013.
Wright, D.J., The Arc Marine data model: Process and product [invited feature article], GEOInformatics, 11(3), 36-39, 41.
Lassoued, Y., Wright, D.J., Bermudez, L., and Boucelma, O., Ontology-based mediation of OGC Catalogue Service for the Web requests: A virtual solution for integrating coastal web atlases, Proceedings of ICSOFT 2008, the 3rd International Conference on Data and Software Engineering, Berlin: Springer. [pdf]
2007:Wright, D.J., Data integration, in Kemp, K. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, 78-80.
Falloon, T.J., Danyushevsky, L.V., Crawford, T.J., Maas, R., Woodhead, J.D., Eggins, S.M., Bloomer, S.H., Wright, D.J., Zlobin, S.K., and Stacey, A.R., Multiple mantle plume components involved in the petrogenesis of subduction-related lavas from the northern termination of the Tonga Arc and northern Lau Basin: Evidence from the geochemistry of arc and backarc submarine volcanics, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), 8, Q09003, doi:10.1029/2007GC001619.
Wright, D., Diving into ocean and coastal GIS: Progress and challenges [invited article for AAG section], Directions Magazine, www.directionsmag.com
Wright, D.J., Exploration in the age of Digital Earth [invited cover article], ArcNews, 28(4): 1, 8-9.
Reprinted in September 2008 as a chapter in ESRI's GIS Best Practices: Essays on Geography and GIS
O’Dea, L., Cummins, V., Wright, D., Dwyer, N. and Ameztoy, I., Report on Coastal Mapping and Informatics Trans-Atlantic Workshop 1: Potentials and Limitations of Coastal Web Atlases, University College Cork, Ireland, 75 pp.
Wright, D.J., Watson, S., Bermudez, L., Cummins, V., Dwyer, N., O'Dea, L., Nyerges, T., Benoit, G., Berman, M., Helly J., and Uhel, R., Report on Coastal Mapping and Informatics Trans-Atlantic Workshop 2: Coastal Atlas Interoperability, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 43 pp.
Vance, T.C., Merati, N., Mesick, S., Moore, C., and Wright, D., GeoModeler - Tightly linking spatially-explicit models with a GIS for analysis and geovisualization, Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS 2007), Seattle, WA. [pdf]
2006:Lundblad, E., Wright, D.J., Miller, J., Larkin, E.M.,Rinehart, R., Battista, T., Anderson, S.M., Naar, D.F., and Donahue, B.T., A benthic terrain classification scheme for American Samoa, Marine Geodesy, 29(2): 89-111. [pdf]
2005:Wright, D., Watson, S., Graybeal, J., and Bermudez, L., Making scientific data sets easier to find, access, and use, Eos, Transactions AGU, 86(5): 522, 525. [pdf]
Haddad, T.C., Wright, D.J., Dailey, M., Klarin, P., Marra, J., Dana, R., and Revell, D., The tools of the Oregon Coastal Atlas, in Wright, D.J. and Scholz, A.J. (Eds.), Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation and Management in the Pacific Northwest, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 134-151. [pdf]
Wright, D.J. and Halpin, P.N., Spatial reasoning for Terra Incognita: Progress and grand challenges of marine GIS, in Wright, D.J. and Scholz, A.J. (Eds.), Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation and Management in the Pacific Northwest, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 273-287.
Wright, D.J. and Halpin, P.N., Progress and grand challenges of marine GIS, GIS Development Weekly, August 22nd, [invited application paper], gis.development.net.
Wright, D.J. and DiBiase, D., Distance education in geographic information science: Arena Symposium and an informal survey, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 29(1), 91-100, 2005. [pdf]
Kinzel, M., Brown, W., Moore, S., and Wright, D., Ocean explorations from Davey Jones Locker, GIS Educator, Spring 2005, p. 3. [pdf]
Wright, D.J., Data management a top priority?, Sea Technology, 46(2): 93 [invited editorial]. [pdf]
Wright, D.J., Report of HURL Cruise KOK0510: Submersible Dives and Multibeam Mapping to Investigate Benthic Habitats of Tutuila, American Samoa. Technical Report (non-refereed), NOAA's Office of Undersea Research Submersible Science Program, Hawai'i Undersea Research Lab. [pdf]
Wright, D.J., Contribution to special issue on women in oceanography [pdf], Oceanography, 18(1), 240. (non-refereed)
Wright D.J., Coastal mapping and charting, Geospatial Solutions, 14(9): 20.
Hepner, G., D.J. Wright, C.J. Merry, S.J. Anderson, and S.D. DeGloria. Remotely-acquired data and information in GIScience, in McMaster, R. and Usery, L. (eds.), A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press LLC, 351-364.
Psuty, N.P., Steinberg, P., and Wright, D.J., Coastal and marine geography, in Gaile, G.L. and Willmott, C.J. (Eds.) Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century , New York: Oxford University Press, 314-325.
Wright, D.J., Marine geography in support of "reefs at risk," in Warf, B., Janelle, D., and Hansen, K., (eds.), WorldMinds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems, New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 325-330.
Wright, D.J., O'Dea, E., Cushing, J.B., Cuny, J.E., and Toomey, D.R., Why Web GIS may not be enough: A case study with the Virtual Research Vessel, Marine Geodesy, 26(1-2), 73-86.
Wright, D.J. Internet GIS at Oregon State University, in Peng, Z.R. and Tsou, M.H., Internet GIS: A Distributed Geospatial Information Service for Wired and Wireless Networks, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 198-199.
Wright, D.J., Review of Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries by V.D. Valavanis, London: Taylor & Francis, 209 pp., ISBN 0-415-28463-5, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 17(6): 599-600.
Wright, D.J., Haymon, R.M., White, S.M., and Macdonald, K.C., Crustal fissuring on the crest of the southern East Pacific Rise, 17° 15'-40'S, Journal of Geophysical Research, 10.1029/2001JB000544, 2002.
Rub, M.W., D. Wright, and J. Jones, A novel landscape ecology approach for determining microhabitat correlations and faunal patchiness in extreme environments: Pilot study for the southern East Pacific Rise at 17-18° S, CBM-Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 43: 307-311.
Wright, D.J., Introduction, in D.J. Wright (Ed.), Undersea with GIS, Redlands, CA, ESRI Press, xiii-xx. [pdf]
Wright, D.J., B.T. Donahue, and D.F. Naar, Seafloor mapping and GIS coordination at America's remotest national marine sanctuary (American Samoa), in D.J. Wright (Ed.), Undersea with GIS, Redlands, CA, ESRI Press, 33-63. [pdf]
Wright, D.J., Selected bibliography and Internet resources, in D.J. Wright (Ed.), Undersea with GIS, Redlands, CA, ESRI Press, 245-253. [pdf]
Wright, D.J., Mapping the Seafloor in American Samoa, Geospatial Solutions, 12(7): 24-25.
Wright, D., D. DiBiase, C. Pancake, R. Wright, and K. Foote. Challenges and opportunities in distance education for geographic information science, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science Special White Paper, 20 manuscript pages.
Wright, D.J., Towards a data management infrastructure for MARGINS: Examples from Boomerang 8 and the Virtual Research Vessel [pdf], MARGINS Newsletter, 9:34-36, 38.
Breman, J., D. Wright, and P. Halpin, The inception of the ArcGIS marine data model, in Breman, J. (ed.), Marine Geography, Redlands, CA, ESRI Press, 3-9.
Nasby, N., Embley, R., Hixon, M., Merle, S., Tissot, B., and Wright, D., Integration of submersible transect data and high-resolution sonar imagery for a habitat-based groundfish assessment of Heceta Bank, Oregon, Fisheries Bulletin, 100: 739-751.
Walsh, K., C. Pancake, D.J. Wright, S. Haerer, and J. Hanus, "Humane" interfaces to improve the usability of data clearinghouses, in Egenhofer, M. and Mark, D. (eds.), GIScience 2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2478, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 333-345.
Smith, D., S. Carbotte, S. Cande, S. Miller, D. Wright, and W. Ryan, Data Management for Marine Geology and Geophysics: Tools for Archiving, Analysis, and Visualization [pdf], NSF/ONR Workshop Report, Geosciences Professional Services, Inc., Washington, D.C., 32 pp.
Wright, D.J., Bloomer, S.H., MacLeod, C.J., Taylor, B., and Goodliffe, A.M., Bathymetry of the Tonga Trench and forearc: A map series, Marine Geophysical Researches, 21(5): 489-512, 2000.
Wilson, J.P., Mitasova, H., and Wright, D.J., Water resource applications of GIS, Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 12(2): 61-79.
Tivey, M.K., Bemis, K., Bradley, A.M., Butterfield, J., Delaney, J.R., Ding, K., Dziak, R.P., Fisher, C., Fox, C.G., Hautala, S., Jackson, D., Jannasch, H.W., Johnson, H.P., Juniper, S.K., Kadko, D., Kelley, D.S., Lilley, M., McDuff, R.E., Rona, P., Sarrazin, J., Schultz, A., Seyfried, W.E., Jr., Thomson, R.E., Wheat, C.G., Wilcock, W., Wright, D., and Yoerger, D., The RIDGE Endeavour Segment seafloor observatory: Recent successes and an overview of coordinated experiments for Y2K, RIDGE Events, 11(1): 10-17, 2000.
Wright, D.J., Down to the sea in ships: The emergence of marine GIS, in Wright, D.J. and Bartlett, D.J. (eds.), Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems, London: Taylor & Francis, 1-10.
Wright, D.J., Spatial reasoning for marine geology and geophysics, in Wright, D.J. and Bartlett, D.J. (eds.), Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems, London: Taylor & Francis, 117-128.
Bartlett, D.J. and Wright, D.J., Epilogue, in Wright, D.J. and Bartlett, D.J. (eds.), Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems, London: Taylor & Francis, 295-315.
Wright, D.J. and Bartlett, D.J., Preface, in Wright, D.J. and Bartlett, D.J. (eds.), Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems, London: Taylor & Francis, xvii-xviii.
Wright, D.J., Getting to the bottom of it: Tools, techniques, and discoveries of deep ocean geography, The Professional Geographer, 51(3): 426-439.
Wright, D. J., Semantic modelling for oceanographic data in Craglia, M. A and Onsrud, H. (Eds.), Geographic Information Research: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives, London: Taylor and Francis, 405-414.
Wright, D.J., "Virtual" seminars in GIS: Academic future or flash in the pan? Geo Info Systems, 9(3): 22, 24-26.
White, S.M., Macdonald, K.C., Haymon, R.M. and the Sojourn-2 Science Party (S. Baron, B. Bezy, E. Birk, L. Crowder, G. Levai , L. Magde, J. O'Neill, D. Schierer, P. Sharfstein, S. Sudarikov, D. Wright), 1999, Volcanoes of the southern East Pacific Rise: A new view of crustal accretion and ridge segmentation at super-fast spreading rates, RIDGE Events, 10(2): 16-22.
Wright, D.J., Formation and development of fissures at the East Pacific Rise: Implications for faulting and magmatism at mid-ocean ridges, in Buck, W.R., Delaney, P., Karson, J. A., and Lagabrielle, Y. (Eds.), Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geophysical Monograph 106, Washington, D.C: American Geophysical Union, 137-151.
Wright, D.J., Wood, R., Sylvander, B., ArcGMT: A suite of tools for conversion between Arc/INFO and Generic Mapping Tools (GMT), Computers and Geosciences, 24(8):737-744.
Clift, P.D., MacLeod, C.J., Tappin, D.R., Wright, D.J., and Bloomer, S.H. Tectonic controls on sedimentation in the Tonga Trench and Forearc, SW Pacific. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 110(4):483-496 + Front Cover.
Wright, D.J. and McDuff, R., A geographic information system for the Endeavour Segment, RIDGE Events, 9(1):11-15, 1998.
Wright, D.J., Creatures of the deep and maps of the ocean floor, Association for Women in Science Magazine, 27(2):10-12.
Wright, D.J., Goodchild, M.F., and Proctor, J.D., Demystifying the persistent ambiguity of GIS as "tool" versus "science," (pdf) The Annals of the AAG, 87(2): 346-362.
Wright, D.J., Goodchild, M.F., and Proctor, J.D., Still hoping to turn that theoretical corner, The Annals of the AAG, 87(2): 373.
Wright, D.J., Fox, C.G., Bobbitt, A.M., A scientific information model for deepsea mapping and sampling, Marine Geodesy, 20(4): 367-379.
(portions reprinted in Wright, 1999, "Semantic modelling..." by permission of Taylor & Francis, due to the loss of my original manuscript by the editor of Marine Geodesy while the paper was supposed to be in review.)
Wright, D. J., and Goodchild, M.F., Data from the deep: Implications for the GIS community, Int. J. Geographical Information Science, 11(6): 523-528.
Wright, D.J., Rumblings on the ocean floor: GIS supports deep-sea research, Geo Info Systems, 6(1):22-29 + Front Cover.
Wright, D.J., Aboard Alvin submersible: ArcView supports sea floor exploration, ARC News, 18(1):14.
Scheirer, D. S., Macdonald, K. C., Forsyth, D. W., Miller, S. P., Wright, D. J., and Cormier, M.-H., A map series of the southern East Pacific Rise and its flanks, 15°S to 19°S, Mar. Geophys. Res., 18, 1-12.
Wright, D.J., Haymon, R.M., and Macdonald, K.C., Breaking new ground: Estimates of crack depth along the axial zone of the East Pacific Rise (9° 12'-54'N) Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 134:441-457.
Wright, D.J., Haymon, R.M., and Fornari, D.J., Crustal fissuring and its relationship to magmatic and hydrothermal processes on the East Pacific Rise crest (9° 12' - 54'N), J. Geophys. Res., 100(B4):6097-6210.
Wright, D. J., Geographic information systems for RIDGE research, RIDGE Events, 5(2):5-7, 11.
Wright, D. J., From Pattern to Process on the Deep Ocean Floor: A Geographic Information System Approach, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Califonia, Santa Barbara, CA, 341 pp.
Scheirer, D. S., K. Macdonald, D. Forsyth, R. Alexander, T. Atwater, N. Beedle, M. Cormier, K. Feldman, C. Hollinshead, D. Levitt, M. A. Lynch, S. Miller, A. Padgett, A. Sauter, K. Sayanagi, Y. Shen, C. Weiland, and D. Wright, Wide-spread volcanic and tectonic activity on the southern East Pacific Rise and its flanks, RIDGE Events, 4(1): 1-2, 8-9.
Haymon, R. M., D. J. Fornari, K. L. Von Damm, M. D. Lilley, M. R. Perfit, J. M. Edmond, W. C. Shanks III, R. A. Lutz, J. B. Grebmeier, S. Carbotte, D. Wright, E. McLaughlin, E. Smith, N. Beedle, and E. Olson, Volcanic eruption of the mid-ocean ridge along the East Pacific Rise crest at 9° 45-52'N: 1. Direct submersible observations of seafloor phenomena associated with an eruption event in April, 1991, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 109, 85-101.
Wright, D. J., Convergence and strike-slip motion at the northern terminus of the Tonga Trench, Southwest Pacific, in CRC Handbook of Geophysical Exploration at Sea, edited by R. Geyer, p. 35-79, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Wright, D. J., and R. M. Haymon, Applications of ARC/INFO to the studies of the ocean floor, in ARC/INFO Maps 1991, edited by J. Dangermond, p. 28-29, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, CA.
Haymon, R., D. Fornari, R. Lutz, K. Von Damm, M. Perfit, M. Lilley, W. C. I. Shanks, K. Macdonald, M. Edwards, D. Nelson, D. Colodner, M. Kappus, D. Wright, M. Black, D. Scheirer, H. Edmonds, E. Olson, and T. Geiselman, 1991 eruption site on the East Pacific Rise at 9° 45'-52'N is evolving rapidly: Results of AdVenture '92 dive series, RIDGE Events, 3(2), 1-2, 11.
Haymon, R. M., D. J. Fornari, M. H. Edwards, S. Carbotte, D. Wright, and K. C. Macdonald, Hydrothermal vent distribution along the East Pacific Rise Crest (9° 09'-54'N) and its relationship to magmatic and tectonic processes on fast-spreading mid-ocean ridges, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 104, 513-534.
Haymon, R. M., S. Carbotte, D. Wright, N. Beedle, F. Johnson, D. J. Fornari, K. Von Damm, J. Grebmeier, M. Lilley, E. McLaughlin, E. Olson, J. Edmond, M. R. Perfit, M. Smith, W. C. Shanks III, R. Lutz, J. Seewald, and D. Reudelhuber, Active eruption seen on East Pacific Rise, Eos Trans. AGU, 72, 505-507.
Haymon, R. M., D. Fornari, K. Von Damm, J. Edmond, M. Lilley, M. Perfit, W. C. Shanks III, J. Grebmeier, R. Lutz, S. Carbotte, D. Wright, M. Smith, E. McLaughlin, N. Beedle, J. Seewald, D. Reudelhuber, E. Olson, and F. Johnson, East Pacific Rise erupts north of Leg 142 drillsite!, JOI-USSAC Newsletter, 4, 4-12.
Papers Presented at National / International MeetingsWright, D., Dwyer, N., Haddad, T., O'Dea, L., Hart, D., LaVoi, T., Nyerges, T., and Berman, M., Building the Digital Coast with the International Coastal Atlas Network, Proceedings of Coastal GeoTools ’09, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Wright, D.J. and Heyman, W., Organized sessions on Marine Geomorphology and Mapping for an Ecosystem-Based Management Approach to Marine Reserve Design and Planning, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Sessions 7476, 7478, 7479.
Wright, D.J. and Harvey, F., Organized sessions on Geographic Information Ethics and GIScience, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Sessions 7472, 7473.
Wright, D., Dwyer, N., Lassoued, Y., and Boucelma, O., The International Coastal Atlas Network: An emerging spatial data infrastructure initiative, Proceedings of the Third INSPIRE Conference, in conjunction with the Eleventh International Conference of the GSDI (GSDI 11), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Lassoued, Y., Bermudez, L., Wright, D., and Boucelma, O., International Coastal Atlas Network: Ontology mediation for coastal web atlas interoperability, Proceedings of the Third INSPIRE Conference, in conjunction with the Eleventh International Conference of the GSDI (GSDI 11), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Lassoued, Y., Boucelma, O., Wright, D.J., and Bermudez, L., International Coastal Atlas Network: An ontology-based mediator for Catalogue Services for the Web, Proceedings of JIGOT 2008 (Journées Informations Géographiques et Observation de la Terre or Days of Geographic Information and Earth Observation), Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes (Laboratory of Information and Systems Sciences), Saint-Jérôme, Marseille, France, November 24-25, 2008.
Wright, D.J., Lassoued, Y., Bermudez, L., Nyerges, T., Haddad, T. and Dwyer, N., Semantic mediation as a gateway to interoperability, with a case study of the International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN), in Cova, T., Miller, H., Beard, K., Frank, A.U., and Goodchild, M.F. (eds.), Geographic Information Science: 5th International Conference, GIScience 2008, Park City, Utah, September 23-26, 2008, Extended Abstracts, 201-218.
Harvey, F., DiBiase, D., and Wright, D.J., Geographic information ethics and GIScience: Developing a model curriculum, in Cova, T., Miller, H., Beard, K., Frank, A.U., and Goodchild, M.F. (eds.), Geographic Information Science: 5th International Conference, GIScience 2008, Park City, Utah, September 23-26, 2008, Extended Abstracts, 242-244.
Goodchild, M., Mark, D., Raskin, R., Tao, V., Wright, D.J., and Yang C., Digital Earth plenary panel, in Cova, T., Miller, H., Beard, K., Frank, A.U., and Goodchild, M.F. (eds.), Geographic Information Science: 5th International Conference, GIScience 2008, Park City, Utah, September 23-26, 2008, Extended Abstracts, 7.
Kinzel, M. and Wright, D., Using geovisualizations in the curriculum: Do multimedia tools enhance geography education? Proceedings of the Eighth Annual ESRI Education User Conference , San Diego, CA, Paper EdUC1290.
Wright, D.J. and Oregon Territorial Seafloor Mapping Task Force, The quest for a high-resolution map of the Oregon Territorial Seafloor in the context of current west coast marine reserve initiatives, Organized Session on Marine Geomorphology as a Determinant for Essential Life Habitat: An Ecosystem Management Approach to Planning for Marine Reserve Networks, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Paper 15723.
Kinzel, M. and Wright, D.J., Using geovisualizations in the curriculum: Does multimedia enhance geography education? Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Paper 18301.
Wright, D.J., Bermudez, L., O'Dea, L., Haddad, T., and Cummins, V., A prototype ontology tool and interface for coastal atlas interoperability, Eos, Trans. AGU, 88, Fall Meet. Suppl., Poster IN53B-1211.
Graybeal, J., Neiswender, C. Wright, D.J., and Bermudez, L., Marine interoperability efforts and standards: What's missing?, Eos, Trans. AGU, 88, Fall Meet. Suppl., Paper IN44A-05.
O'Dea, L., Dwyer, E., Cummins, V., and Wright, D.J., Potentials and limitations of coastal web atlases: Outcomes of a transatlantic coastal mapping workshop, Proceedings of CoastGIS 2007, Santander, Spain.
Wright, D., Cummins, V., and O'Dea, L., U.S./European partnerships in coastal atlases and coastal/ocean informatics, Proceedings of the 27th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper UC1065 [ppt].
Lord-Castillo, B., Follet, T., Weiss, A., Mate, B., and Wright, D., Tracking the great whales: An Arc Marine case study, Proceedings of the 27th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper UC1569.
Wright, D., Haddad, T., Klarin, P., Lavoi, T., Cummins, V., and O'Dea, L., U.S./European partnerships in coastal atlases and coastal/ocean informatics, Proceedings of Coastal Zone '07, Portland, OR. [pdf]
Wright, D., Cummins, V., O'Dea, L., Haddad, T., and Lavoi, T., Trans-Atlantic partnerships in coastal/ocean informatics and an International Coastal Atlas Network, Organized Session on Distributed Geospatial Information Processing: Cyberinfrastructure, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Breman, J., Wright, D., Halpin, P., and Blongewicz, M., Arc Marine data model, Abstracts of the Pacific Geospatial Conference (PacGeo) 2006, Honolulu, HI.
Wright, D. GIScience and its roots in geography, Southwest Association of American Geographers (SWAAG) Meeting, Norman, OK.
Wright, D., Geographers in charted and uncharted waters, Presidential Plenary: Geography, the Original Integrated Environmental Science, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Dailey, M.M., Wright, D., Edwards, M.H., and Johnson, P.J., Archive for geophysical research - Implementing the digital archiving and long-term preservation framework, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Critical Coasts, Sustainable Seas: A Session to Honor Dr. Raymond C. Smith, Session 1841, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Wright, D.J., Lundblad, E.R., Fenner, D., Whaylen, L., and Smith, J.R., Initial results of submersible dives and multibeam mapping to investigate benthic habitats of Tutuila, American Samoa, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 87(36), Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS12B-04.
Klarin, P., Haddad, T., Cone, J. and Wright, D., Living on the edge with the Oregon Coastal Atlas, Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2006), San Diego, CA.
Johnson, P.J., Edwards, M.H., Wright, D.J. and Dailey, M., AAGRUUK: the Arctic archive for geophysical research, Eos, Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract IN31B-1145.
Bermudez, L., Graybeal, J., Galbraith, N., and Wright, D.J., Engaging a community towards marine cyberinfrastructure: Lessons learned from the Marine Metadata Interoperability Initiative, Eos, Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract IN44A-08.
Edwards, M.H., Johnson, P.J., Wright, D.J. and Dailey, M., A Distributed Data Management System to Support Arctic Geology and Geophysics: A Resource for Extended EEZ Claims, Eos, Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T13D-0497.
Bermudez, L., Graybeal, J., Isenor, A., Lowry, R., and Wright, D., Construction of Marine Vocabularies in the Marine Metadata Interoperability Project, Proceedings of Oceans 2005 Americas, MTS/IEEE, Washington, DC.
Wright, D.J., Blongewicz, M.J., Halpin, P.N., and Breman, J., A new object-oriented data model for coasts and oceans, Proceedings of CoastGIS 2005, 6th International Symposium on Computer Mapping and GIS for Coastal Zone Management, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND.
Cooper, C. and Wright, D., Building spatial metaphors for the Catalogue of Oregon Marine and Coastal Information, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Wright, D.J., Lundblad, E., Larkin, E., Rinehart, R., and Murphy, J., Benthic terrain modeling algorithms and web distribution, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Rinehart, R., Wright, D., Murphy, J., Cary-Kothera, L., Lundblad, E., and Larkin, E., 3-D Benthic terrain mapping and modeling in American Samoa, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Bower, P., Wright, D.J., and Feldburg, M., Using Internet Map Services (IMS) and coastal remote sensing for education, Proceedings of Coastal GeoTools 2005, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Breman, J. and Wright, D., Evaluating data models and related GIS tools for marine and atmospheric applications, Proceedings of Coastal GeoTools 2005, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Rinehart, R.W., Wright, D., Murphy, J., Cary-Kothera, L., Lundblad, E., and Larkin, E., 3-D benthic terrain mapping and modeling in American Samoa (poster), Proceedings of Coastal GeoTools 2005, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Wright, D., Haddad, T., Klarin, P., Dana, R., and Dailey, M., Infrastructure for data sharing, spatial analysis, resource decision-making, and societal impact: The Oregon Coastal Atlas, Proceedings of The 5th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, Seattle, WA, pp. 131-132.
Haddad, T., Dailey, M., and Wright, D., The Oregon Coastal Atlas; A Pacific Northwest coastal information management system, Proceedings of The 5th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2004), Seattle, WA, 310-311.
Wright, D. J., Spatial reasoning for Terra Incognita -- Challenges and progress in coastal/marine GIS, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Symposium: Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation and Management, Track: Living Oceans and Coastlines, Seattle, Washington, Session 10056.
Wright, D. J., Blongewicz, M.J., Halpin, P., Breman, J., Grise, S., and the ArcGIS Marine Data Model Review and Case Study Teams, A new object-oriented data model for oceans, coasts, seas, and lakes, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Centennial Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Session 4106, online program and CD-ROM.
Rinehart, R. and Wright, D. J., Benthic habitat classification and 3-D visualizations, derived from acoustic multibeam data, for Vatia Bay, American Samoa, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Centennial Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Session 4406, online program and CD-ROM.
Rinehart, R., Wright, D., Lundblad, E., Larkin, E., Murphy, J., and Cary-Kothera, ArcGIS 8.x Benthic Terrain Modeler: Analysis in American Samoa, Proceedings of the 24th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 1433.
Aaby, A., Wright, D., and Tissot B., Case study of the ArcGIS Marine Data Model: Examining habitat utilization patterns of reef fish along the west coast of Hawaii, Proceedings of the 24th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 1458.
Lundblad, E., Wright, D., Naar, D., Donahue, B., and Miller, J., Classifying deep water benthic habitats around Tutuila, American Samoa , Proceedings of the 24th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 1208.
Larkin, E., Wright, D., and Lundblad, E., Bilingual marine data distribution using ArcIMS for coral reef conservation , Proceedings of the 24th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 1123.
Wright, D., Haddad, T., Klarin, P., Dailey, M., and Dana, R., The Oregon Coastal Atlas: A Pacific Northwest NSDI contribution, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 105.
Wright, D. J., Haddad, T., Klarin, P., Dailey, M., Marra, J., Dana, R., Revell, D., Tavakoli-Shiraji, M., and Crouse, K., Infrastructure for data sharing, spatial analysis, resource decision-making, and societal impact: The Oregon Coastal Atlas, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, Paper 827.16199, CD-ROM.
Wright, D., Breman, J., ArcGIS Marine Data Model Working Group, A New Marine Data Model, Proceedings of the Oceans 2003 Marine Technology and Ocean Science Conference, San Diego, CA, Abstract 945.
Wright, D.J., Interoperability among spatial data resources along a continuum: "Data-to-data," "data models," and "data-to-interpretation," Eos, Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS61C-09, F700.
Keon, D., Pancake, P., Wright, D.J., and Walsh, K., Virtual Oregon: A proof-of-concept for seamless access to distributed environmental information, Eos, Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS62B-0244, F706.
Wright, D., Mapping and GIS capacity building in American Samoa, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 101.
Wright, D.J. and Crouse, K., GIS capacity building for the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, CD-ROM (abstract only, no presentation due to illness).
Wright, D.J., O'Dea, E., Toomey, D.R., Cushing, J.B., and Cuny, J.E., The Virtual Research Vessel: A prototype for coupling mid-ocean ridge data, maps, and models, Geological Society of America, 2002 Abstracts with Programs, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Corvallis, OR, 34(5): A-85, P-70.
Keon, D., Pancake, C., and Wright, D., Virtual Oregon: Seamless access to distributed environmental information, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2002, Portland, OR.
Wright, D.J., O'Dea, E., Cushing, J.B., Cuny, J.E., Toomey, D.R., Hackett, K., and Tikekar, R., Developing a computational environment for coupling MOR data, maps, and models: The Virtual Research Vessel (VRV) prototype, Eos, Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS11B-0353, F590.
Wright, D. J., GIS coordination at America's remotest marine sanctuary (American Samoa), Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York, New York, Session 3.2.32, CD-ROM.
Wright, D. GIS coordination at America's remotest national marine sanctuary (American Samoa), Proceedings of the 21st Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 140.
Rub, M.W. and D. Wright, A novel landscape ecology approach for determining microhabitat correlations and faunal patchiness in extreme environments: Pilot study for the southern East Pacific Rise at 17-18°S, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Biology, Brest, France, 16 pp.
Nasby, N., Embley, R., Tissot, B., Hixon, M., Wright, D., Merle, S., and Wakefield, W. Integration of historical groundfish habitat data with new, high-resolution, remotely-sensed data at Heceta Bank, Oregon, 11th Western Groundfish Conference, Sitka, Alaska.
Wright, D., Duvall, G., and Ward, B., Metadata matters: A national geospatial clearinghouse for the Oregon Coast, Proceeedings of The Coastal Society 17th International Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Wright, D. J., A geospatial clearinghouse for the Oregon Coast: Implications for improved hazard assessment, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, Session 313.
Wright, D. J., Steinberg, P., and Psuty, N. Coastal and marine geography: More than just flotsam and jetsam, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, Session 95.
Wright, D. J., Multiscale, high resolution mapping of superfast seafloor spreading, Undersea Explorations '99, Portland, Oregon.
Wright, D.J., R.M. Haymon, K.C. Macdonald, S. White, D.S. Scheirer, and J.M.H. O'Neill. High-resolution mapping of crustal cracking at the superfast-spreading EPR at 17-18 S: Preliminary results from Sojourn II, Eos, Trans. AGU, 79(45), F811.
Wright, D., Tools, techniques, and discoveries of marine geography. Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Salem, OR, 34:24-25.
Wright, D. and Brett, M. Two years and counting: Site license adventures at Oregon State University. Proceedings of the 18th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA.
Wright, D. Marine GIS in the Eastern Pacific: Nested sampling strategies and a scientific information management schema for deepsea environments. Proceedings of GISPlanet '98, Lisbon, PORTUGAL.
Chapin, K., J. Vergun, D. Wright, Development of an aquatic habitat geographical information system for Pacific lamprey habitat in Rock Creek (Siletz), Oregon, Proceedings of Bridging Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecosystem Science, Flagstaff, AZ.
Wright, D. J., Haymon, R. and Macdonald, K., Tracking deep sea eruptive and hydrothermal activity with ArcView, Proceedings of the 17th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA.
Haymon, R.M., K.C. Macdonald, S. Baron, L. Crowder, J. Hobson, P. Sharfstein, S. White, B. Bezy, E. Birk, F. Terra, D. Scheirer, D.J. Wright, L. Magde, C. Van Dover, S. Sudarikov and G. Levai. Distribution of fine-scale hydrothermal, volcanic and tectonic features along the EPR crest, 17 15'-18 30'S: Results of near-bottom acoustic and optical surveys, Eos, Trans. AGU, 78(46), F705.
Hobson, J.M., R. M. Haymon, S. M. White, S.R. Baron, P.J. Sharfstein, K.C. Macdonald, D.J. Wright, and D.S. Scheirer. Hydrothermal vents along the Spike segment of the southern EPR (17 15-40'S), Eos, Trans. AGU, 78(46), F690.
Baron, S.R., R M Haymon, K.C. Macdonald, J.M. Hobson, D. Scheirer, D.J. Wright, and E.T. Baker. Distribution of hydrothermal plumes along the S. EPR: 17 12' - 18 35'S , Eos, Trans. AGU, 78(46), F690.
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