John E. Benhart, Jr.,
Professor
Department of Geography and Regional Planning
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705-1087

Phone: (724) 357-7652

E-mail: jbenhart@iup.edu

  EDUCATION

• 1990-1995, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, KNOXVILLE, TN
  Ph.D., Geography, August 1995.
  
• 1988-1990, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, MIAMI, FL
  Master of Arts, Geography, December 1990.
  
• 1984-1988, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, PITTSBURGH, PA
  Bachelor of Arts, Urban Planning, May 1984.
  

  TEACHING PROFILE

    Professor, Dept. of Geography and Regional Planning, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

    Courses Taught:

• Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (GEOG/RGPL 316/516)
  
• Technical Issues in GIS (GEOG/RGPL 417/517)
  
• Spatial Analysis Techniques (GEOG 680)
  
• Environmental Planning (GEOG 625)
  
• Conservation: Environmental Analysis (GEOG 440/540)
  
• Quantitative Techniques (GEOG 612)
  
• Field Techniques in Geography (GEOG 617)
  
• Geography of the Non-Western World (GEOG 104)
  

  RECENT GRANTS, CONTRACTS, and PROJECTS

• 2002-2003, Co-Investigator, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science Programme Collaborative Linkage Grant Number EST.CLG 978637: Assessing Bulgarian Deforestation Using Remote Sensing , GIS and Survey Techniques ($25,000)
  
• 2001-2003, Principal Investigator, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Grant Award: Phase II Watershed Assessment and Watershed Restoration Plan for the Upper Two Lick Creek Watershed ($52,718)
  
• 2000-2003, Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant Number 1R15ES10371-01: Well Water Nitrate and Associated Health Effects ($122,790)
  
• 1997-2000, IUP Project Director, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and PA Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Digital Soil Survey Mapping of the Counties of Pennsylvania. ($46,665).
  
• 1998-1999, Principal Investigator, Center for Rural Pennsylvania Grant Award Grant Number 99-1: Developing A Geographic Information System Methodology for Acid Mine Drainage Site Remediation Prioritization ($33,290).
  
• 1996-1998, Project Director, Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County GIS Development Initiative. ($23,767 per year).
  
• 1997, Co-Investigator (GIS Consultant), National Science Foundation Grant Number SBR-9515244: Democratization, Regional Change and Ethnicity in the Southern Balkans: The Case of the Rhodope Region of Bulgaria.
  

  REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

• Benhart, Jr. John E. “A GIS Approach to Environmental Decision Support for Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Planning.” in Ed. Mariana Nikolova, Problems of Geography, Volume II. Sofia, Bulgaria: Bulgaria Academy of Science, 2003.
  
• Benhart, Jr. John E. “An Approach to Teaching Applied Geographic Information Systems: GIS Implementation for Local Organizations.” Journal of Geography. Vol. 99. Number 6. 2000.
  
• Benhart, John E. and John E. Benhart, Jr. “Landscapes in Transition: The Geography of Economic Restructuring in the Pittsburgh Region.” in K. Patrick and J. Scarpaci, Eds. A Geographic Perspective of Pittsburgh and the Alleghenies: From Pre-Cambrian to Post-Industrial. (Washington, D.C.: Association of American Geographers, 2000).
  
• Benhart, Jr. John E. “Applying Geographic Information Systems to Historical Geographical Analysis: Reconstructing an Urban Place from the Past.” Pennsylvania Geographer, Vol. 37. Number 1. Spring/Summer 1999.
  
• Benhart, Sr., John E. and John E. Benhart, Jr. “Wetlands Distribution and Remediation Techniques in Pennsylvania.” in E. Willard Miller et. al. Eds., Ecology of Wetlands and Associated Systems (State College: Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, 1998).
  
• Benhart, Jr., John E. “Low Wage Manufacturing in Southern Appalachia: Economic Development or a Temporary Stage of the Product Life Cycle?” in V.P. Miller, Ed., Technology, Landscape, and Arrested Development: Essays on the Geography of Marginality (Indiana: Gazette Publishers, 1997).
  
• Benhart, Jr., John E. “Industrial Suburbanization and Residential Segregation in the Upland South: The Lonsdale Suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee -- 1890-1914.” Historical Geography. Vol. 24 (1&2) 1995.
  

  TECHNICAL REPORTS

• Benhart, Jr., John E., and Thomas W. Simmons. 2001. Building a GIS for Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Planning. Funded by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. (www.ruralpa.org/acid_mine_manual.pdf)
  
• Benhart, Jr., John E. and Thomas W. Simmons. 2001. “Developing an Acid Mine Drainage Methodology for Remediation Planning” in Acid Mine Drainage – Studies in Remediation. Funded by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. (www.ruralpa.org/acid_mine_remediation.pdf)
  
• Benhart, Jr., John E., and Thomas W. Simmons. 1999. Developing a Geographic Information Systems Methodology for Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Prioritization. Funded by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
  
• Benhart, Jr., John E., and Thomas W. Simmons. 1999. Building A Manual for Non-Profit Groups on How to Build a Geographic Information System (GIS) for Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Planning. Funded by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
  

  CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED

• March 2004, “Assessing Deforestation and its Impacts in the Velingrad Region of Bulgaria: Developing Geospatial Methodologies for Sustainability Planning.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA .
  
• February 2003, “Spatial Risk Assessment for Nitrate and Other Contaminant-Related Diseases Within a Rural Amish Community.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA.
  
• October 2002, “Watershed-based Planning Initiatives in Pennsylvania: A Discussion and Analysis.” Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  
• February 2001, “A GIS Approach to Environmental Decision Support for Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Planning.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY.
  
• April 2000, “The Spatial Results of Economic Restructuring and Deindustrialization: The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area, 1980-1990.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA.
  
• October 1999, “A Geographic Information Systems Approach to Watershed –Level Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Planning.” Pennsylvania Geographical Society Meeting, Indiana, PA.
  
• March 1998, “Teaching Geographic Information Systems Through Applied Project Work With Grassroots Organizations.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA.
  

  THESIS/DISSERTATION SUPERVISION AND COMMITTEES

     Supervision

• Dominik Medved. December 2002. Stormwater Management Geographic Information System (GIS) for White Township, Pennsylvania Municipality. Master of Science in Geography Thesis. Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
  
• Jason M. Fazekas. May 1999. A Geographic Information Systems Methodology to Prioritize Acid Mine Drainage Mitigation for Watershed Planning. Master of Science in Geography Thesis. Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
  

      Committee Member

• Susanne Marie Haney. May 2003. Prehistoric Site Distribution in the Allegheny National Forest: A View from the Upper Clarion Watershed. Master of Arts Thesis. Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
  
• Scott R. Myers. May 1997. The Impact of Contrasting Demographics on Partisan Electoral Behavior in the Core South: A Case Study of Modernization Versus Traditionalism in Georgia, 1980-1996. Master of Arts in Geography. Indiana University of Pennsylvania.