Jim Graham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Geospatial Science
I love maps and I am very concerned with the decisions we are making in how we interact with the earth. I have combined these interests into using spatial data and software to analyze how we are impacting the earth and to model how our decisions may influence future generations.
I teach introductory to advanced GIS classes including programming and modeling. The introductory classes focus on the ArcGIS software that is popular within the United States but I also inform students of the growing body of GIS software, including my own.
For more information, please see my web site.
Specialty Area
Spatial analysis, habitat suitability modeling
Education
Courses Taught
Research
Jim researches appropriate methods for applying spatial analysis to a wide variety of natural resource management issues. He specializes in habitat suitability modeling.
Current Graduate Students
Name | Thesis |
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Jordan Adair | A comparison of Unmanned Aerial Systems and traditional Remove Sensing Methods to Monitor Vegetation Responses to Dam Releases into Rush Creek on Mono |
Melissa Kobetsky | Analysis of Sediment Deposition and Erosion Dynamics in Response to Channel Reconstruction in Salt River |
Ethan Luckens | Calculating the Channel Forming Flow of Hall Creek, Humboldt County, California with Flow Modeling Software and LiDAR data |
Aaron Taveras | Evaluating the performance and preference for 2D and 3D maps for tsunami evacuation |
Portia Saucedo | Habitat Suitability Modeling for Canary Rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) along the Northern California Coast |
Melissa Kimble | Mapping Uncertainty for Habitat Suitability Models of North American Tree Species |