Richard J. Hoch, Ph.D., AICP CEP

1099 University Drive

Dunbar, PA 15431

(724) 787 - 0486

rhoch@iup.edu

8/99 - 12/05     Ph.D. Geography (Planning and Regional Development), West Virginia University (WVU).

8/97 - 6/99       M.A. Geography (Geographic Information Systems & Remote Sensing), WVU.

8/91 - 12/92     B.A. History (Environmental & Industrial), University of Pittsburgh.

8/88 - 5/91       Penn State University.

08/07 – present   Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Regional Planning,   Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)

12/05 – present   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geography, WVU.

10/05 – 5/06       LiDAR – Remote Sensing Program Manager / Research Associate, Canaan Valley Institute.

3/05 – 10/05       Geospatial Manager, Canaan Valley Institute.

7/04 – 3/05         Geospatial Coordinator, Canaan Valley Institute.

12/03 – 6/04       Strategic Planner / GIS Analyst, Schwan’s Food Company.

5/99 – 8/03         Land-use Planner / GIS Specialist, Skelly & Loy, Engineers and Consultants.

8/00 – 12/01       Graduate Instructor, Department of Geology and Geography, WVU.

8/98 - 4/00          Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology and Geography, WVU.

 - American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP - #020887).

 - Certified Environmental Planner (CEP)

 - Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM - #761054), Association of State Floodplain Managers.

Hanham, R., Hoch, R. J, Spiker, J. S. 2008.  “The Spatially Varying Relationship between Local Land-Use Policies and Urban Growth: A Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis” in Geotechnologies and the Environment:  Socioeconomic and Planning Applications.  Ed. Gatrell, J. and Jensen, R.  Springer-Verlag Heidelberg.

·         Colcom Foundation.  Pittsburgh, PA.  2011.  Co-awarded with the Center for Coalfield Justice.  Landscape Today Initiative.  $60,000.

·         Center for Coalfield Justice (Hulpits / Sierra Club grant).  Washington, PA.  2009.  A Unified Geographic Information System Project.  $9,000.

·         US EPA Office of Environmental Information.  2005.  Landscape assessment approach for the Mid-Atlantic Highlands.  Canaan Valley Institute.  $6,715,600.  Grant preparation team contributor.  # X-82832801-0.

·         US EPA Office of Environmental Information.  2005.  Decision Support for Mid-Atlantic Highland Sustainability.  Canaan Valley Institute.  $1,690,000.  Grant preparation team contributor.  # X-83213201-0.

·         Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Growing Greener Program Grants:

o   2002 – 4 projects, total grant awards:  $150,000

o   2001 – 2 projects, total grant awards:  $87,000

o   2000 –2 projects, total grant awards:  $86,000

Hoch, R. J. and B. Begg. 2008.  Ethics in Planning.  American Planning Association, Pennsylvania Chapter Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

Begg, B. and R. J. Hoch. 2008.  Economic Analysis:  Right Numbers, Right Results.  American Planning Association, Pennsylvania Chapter Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

Hoch, R. J. 2006. An Analysis of Fragmented Land-use Policy and Land-use Change: The Case Study of Metropolitan Pittsburgh.  Session titled: ‘Planning and Urban Sprawl:  Local and Regional Variations in the US sponsored by Regional Development and Planning group.  Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL. 

Hoch, R. J. 2005.  LiDAR Acquisition and Application.  ASPRS sponsored session.  The Pennsylvania Geographical Society, Greensburg, PA.

Hoch, R. J. 2005.  Panelist in session titled: ‘Making Your Own Way: Grant Proposal Writing for Graduate School and Beyond’, sponsored by the Jobs in Geography Committee.  Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado.

Hoch, R. J.  2004.  Assessing the Relationship between Local Land-use Policy and Land-use Change in Metropolitan Pittsburgh.  Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA.

Hoch, R. J.  2000.  Uneven Development of Nature: An Historical Geography of Ohiopyle State Park. Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA.

Hoch, R. J.  2000.  Panelist in session titled: ‘Developing Geographies, Graduate Research on Regional Development and Planning’, sponsored by Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group. Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA.

Hoch, R. J.  1999.  Producing a Nature Landscape: A Case Study of Ohiopyle State Park.  Annual meeting of the Middle States Division of the American Association of Geographers, West Chester, PA.

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Institute of Geography.  LiDAR data applications for identifying and quantifying physical and anthropogenic risks to cultural resources in Bulgaria.  Funded by the European Union.  Sofia, Bulgaria.  2009.

IUP Geosciences Department Colloquium Series.  LiDAR data applications and acquisition process.  2009.

VerySpatial.com. Podcast #42 titled High resolution elevation data with Rick Hoch.  May 27, 2006.  http://veryspatial.com/?p=844

2^nd Annual Appalachian Remote Sensing Conference.  Developed and coordinated presentation titled LiDAR Operations, Processing and Applications. 2005.

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.  Presentation titled, Stormwater Management and Asset Assessment Utilizing Geographic Information Systems:  Preparing for the EPA MS4, Phase II Requirement.  2003.

Connellsville Area High School – Teacher in-service day.  New Methods in Teaching Ecology in the Classroom:  A GIS Approach.  2003. 

Endowed Doctoral Teaching Fellowship. Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, 2001.

Endowed Doctoral Teaching Fellowship. Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, 2000.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Department of Geography, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, 2000.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Department of Geography, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, 1999.

REALM Survey Suite and ALTM Digital Aerial Camera, Remote Sensing (LiDAR) Data Processing Training Program.  Optech Incorporated.  March 2005.

Natural Stream Channel Design / Applied Fluvial Geomorphology (Rosgen I), Wildland Hydrology Consultants.  June 2005.

Presenting Data and Information, Edward Tufte.  September 2004.

GPS for Foresters – WVU Dept. of Forestry, 2001.

International Watershed Remote Sensing Workshop sponsored by the European Union
and the US Department of Education; held in Xanthi, Greece.  May 2001.

Josh Steiner.  M.S.  Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Department of Geography and Regional Planning.  2010 – present.  Committee Chairperson.

Eric Scrivner.  M.S.  Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Department of Geography and Regional Planning.  2010 – present.  Committee Chairperson.

Christopher Livengood.  M.S.  IUP.  Department of Geography and Regional Planning.  2010 – present.  Committee Chair.

Nicholas Holzdkom.  M.S.  IUP.  Department of Geography and Regional Planning.  2008 – present.  Committee Chair.

Jacquelyn J. Core.  (graduated)  Ph.D.  WVU, Department of Geology and Geography (Geography).  2009 – 2010.

Sara Fortnam.  (graduated)  M.S. IUP.  Department of Geography and Regional Planning.  2008 -2010.

Janis Hardin.  (ABD) Ph.D.  WVU, Department of Geology and Geography (Geography).  2009 – present.

James H. Bowers, Jr.  (ABD) Ph.D.  IUP, Department of Criminology.  2009 – present.

Christopher Schaney.  (graduated)  Ph.D.  WVU, Department of Geology and Geography (Geography).  2009 – 2010.

Sandra Lange.  (graduated) M.A.  WVU, Department of Geology and Geography (Geography).  2008 – 2009.

Larry Kleitches.  M.A.  (graduated)  WVU, Department of Geography and Regional Planning.  2007 – 2008.

Denyese Wyskup.  (ABD) Ph.D.  WVU, Department of Geology and Geography (Geography).  2007 – present.

Michael Mandeville, M.A.  (graduated).  WVU, Department of Geology and Geography (Geography).  2006 – 2008.

Thomas A. Page, M.S. (graduated).  WVU, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (Fisheries).  2004 – 2006.

LEED Advisory Group (committee for new college facilities).  IUP College of Humanities and Social Science.  2011.

Graduate Program Coordinator, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of Geography and Regional Planning.  2010 - present.

Peer Reviewer, Geocarto International.  2011.

Faculty Mentor, McNair Scholars Program – Rosamaria Ponciano.  2010-2011.

Judge, Graduate Scholars Forum.  Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  2011.

Faculty Supervisor, Service Learning and Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania (SISPA) Program – Greg Kuckuck.  2010.

Plan Reviewer, Mountain Area Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan for the communities of Stewart Township (grantee), Wharton Township, Henry Clay Township, Springfield Township, Saltlick Township, Ohiopyle Borough, Markelysburg Borough.  Fayette County, PA.  Mackin Engineering.  [Plan winner of The Excellence in Township Planning Award by the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (2010)].

Member/Partner, Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystems Unit / IUP Research Institute.  University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD.

Member/Partner, Great Lakes – Northern Forest Watershed Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit / IUP Research Institute.  Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota.  St. Paul, MN.

Expert Witness, Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board.  Testified as witness for the legal counsel hired by the Mountain Watershed Association and Youghiogheny Riverkeeper.  Submitted oral and written testimony and map titled, ‘Public water supply, environmental, and cultural considerations for the proposed Curry mine site, Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania’.  2009.

Poster Judge, Undergraduate Scholars Forum.  Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  2009 and 2010.

Department Representative, University Senate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  2008 – 2009.

Department Representative, Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  2008 – 2009.

Peer Reviewer, Applied Geography.  2008.

Text Book Reviewer, World Regional Geography, 4^th Edition.  2008. Freeman and Co.  New York.

Advisory Committee, Center for Coalfield Justice Unified GIS Project. The Center for Coalfield Justice, Washington, PA.

Education Committee, American Planning Association, Pennsylvania Chapter, Southwest Section. 2008.

Accreditation Committee,  Department of Geography and Regional Planning application preparation to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Planning Accreditation Board.  2007 – present.

Expert Witness, Pennsylvania Utility Commission Evidentiary Hearings.  Testified about the use of GISc in the Planning process of the Allegheny Power Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line (TrAIL) project.  Contacted by the Energy Conservation Council of Pennsylvania.  2008.

Steering Committee / Plan Reviewer, Mountain Area Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan for the communities of Stewart Township (grantee), Wharton Township, Henry Clay Township, Springfield Township, Saltlick Township, Ohiopyle Borough, Markelysburg Borough.  Fayette County, PA.  Contracted by Mackin Engineering to analyze tourism economic impact.  Pittsburgh, PA (ongoing).

Technical Assistance Volunteer, Youghiogheny Riverkeeper (ongoing).

Technical Assistance Volunteer, Mountain Watershed Association (ongoing).

Board of Directors (Secretary), Mountain Watershed Association (2003 – 2004).

Contact:  Beverly Braverman.

Graduate Representative, Search Committee for Geography Program GIS and Natural Resources faculty position (spring, 2002).

Volunteer, The Institute for the History of Technology & Industrial Archaeology.  Serve on an as-needed volunteer basis for GIS and RS project needs (2000– 2001).  Contact: Dan Bonenberger.

Graduate Representative, Geography Graduate Program Committee, WVU (8/98 – 5/02).

Graduate Representative, Graduate Student Council, WVU (8/98 – 5/00).

Co-Organizer of field trip (w/ Lizabeth Pyle) for national meeting of American Association of Geographers, Pittsburgh, April 5, 2000. Field trip title: Recreational Retreats and Rural Landscapes in the Laurel Highlands.

Volunteer, Ohiopyle State Park (1996 – 1998) Contact:  Barbara Drbal Wallace.

·   Environmental Impact Spatial Analysis of Marcellus Shale Development in Greene and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania – Identifying Communities At-risk.  Primary Investigator.  Ongoing.

·   A Watershed Atlas of Potential Environmental Impacts from Extractive Industries in Greene and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania – Primary Investigator.  Producer of 35 page atlas of 28 watersheds and 6 congressional districts mapping and quantifying environmental impacts.  Center for Coalfield Justice.  2010.

·   Using PAMAP LiDAR Derived Elevation Data for Local Zoning Decisions – Authored appendix to the Fayette County Mountain Area Multi-municipal Comprehensive Plan.  Mackin Engineering.  2009.  [Plan winner of The Excellence in Township Planning Award by the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (2010)].

·   Rasler Run Watershed Assessment and Analysis – Prepared maps of historic mining locations of various coal seams within watershed.  Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection by Mountain Watershed Association, Fayette County, PA.  2008.

·   The Sylvanian, Magazine of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club – Prepared map of coal-fired power plants and coal-fired power plants that burn waste coal in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.  August – October, 2008

·   The Sylvanian, Magazine of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club – Prepared map of coal-fired power plants and coal-fired power plants that burn waste coal in Pennsylvania.  April – June, 2008.

·   Morgan County, WV Comprehensive Plan – Groundwater Risk-analysis.  Analysis of groundwater resources vulnerability for County Comprehensive Plan. 2006.

·   Tucker County, WV Comprehensive Plan – Prepared ‘alternative futures’ scenarios for County Comprehensive Planning effort that provided economic impacts of various land-use development patterns based on existing conditions and proposed policy alternatives.  2005 – 2006.

·   Gilmer County, WV Enhanced Digital Flood Insurance Rate Mapping (E-DFIRM).  Project Manager of delineation of floodplain mapping based on public input, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, and advanced laser terrain topographic data provided by LiDAR technology.  2005 – 2006.

·   Upper Chartiers Creek River Conservation Plan (RCP).  Primary Investigator.   In compliance with the Pennsylvania DCNR Watershed Management Registry.   Prepared for Chartiers Creek Nature Conservancy, Washington, PA.  2003.

·   Cross Creek Watershed Assessment, Protection and Restoration Plan.  Project Manager and Primary Investigator.  Prepared for the Cross Creek Watershed Association, Avella, PA.  2003.  

·   Garrett County, MD Landfill Mapping Project.  Project Manager and Primary Investigator.  Prepared for Garrett County Solid Waste Authority.  2003.

·   Donohoe Creek Watershed Assessment, Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland County.  Prepared for the Westmoreland County Conservation District.  2003.

·   Dundon Bridge Replacement:  Mussel Habitat Survey. GIS analysis and assessment findings presentation.  Prepared for the WV Department of Transportation.  Clay, WV.  2002 - 2003.

·   Environmental Assessment, United States Department of Energy, Pittsburgh PA and Morgantown WV.  Primary Investigator.  Prepared for USDOE NETL.  2002.

·   Indian Creek Watershed Acid Mine Drainage and Abandoned Mine Land Mapping.  Project Manager and Primary Investigator.  Prepared for the Mountain Watershed Assoc., Melcroft, PA.  2002.

·   Carbon Fuel Survey. Primary Investigator.  Study involved spatial analysis of abandoned coal refuse as a fuel resource for proposed power plant.  Client confidential.  2002.

·   Morrisville Transportation Improvement Project (TIP) and NEPA Documentation. Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.  Greene County, PA.  2002 – 2005.

·   Mill Run Creek, PA Fluvial Geomorphology Survey and Assessment.  Surveyed stream health using Rosgen protocol and USDA Visual Assessment guidelines.  Prepared for the Mountain Watershed Assoc., Melcroft, PA.  2002.

·   Upper Indian Creek Fluvial Geomorphology Assessment.  Surveyed stream health using Rosgen protocol and USDA Visual Assessment guidelines.  Prepared for the Mountain Watershed Assoc., Melcroft, PA.  2002.

·   Indian Creek Watershed River Conservation Plan (RCP).   Primary Investigator.   In compliance with the Pennsylvania DCNR Watershed Management Registry.   Prepared for the Mountain Watershed Assoc., Melcroft, PA.  2001.

·   Raccoon Creek Watershed Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) Survey and Preliminary Restoration Plan, EPA Section 104(b)(3) Document.  Primary Investigator.   Prepared for Raccoon Creek Watershed Association, Washington, PA.  2000.

·   Hinton, WV Area Fluvial Geomorphology Study for Highway Upgrades.  Prepared for WVDOH.  2001.

·   MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) Study of Northern West Virginia.  Prepared for the WV Dept. of Public Health.  2000 – 2001.

- Ft. AP Hill, VA Drop-zone, 5,500 acres.  Project Manager.  Fee-for-services work preformed for Northrop Grumman for the US Army.  2006.

- Bay County, FL wetlands, 5,161 acres.  Project Manager.  Fee-for-service work preformed for GRW Consultants.  2006.

- Ivy Creek Watershed, Albemarle County / City of Charlottesville, VA, 17,660 acres. Project Manager.  Stakeholder Services work preformed for The Nature Conservancy.  2006.

- Clarksburg, MD Special Protection Area, 12,500 acres. Project Manager.  Fee-for-service work preformed for Lockheed Martin for the US Environmental Protection Agency.  2006.

- Preston County, WV wetlands complex, 1,500 acres. Project Manager.  Stakeholder Services work preformed for internal use.  2006.

-Elkins County, WV wetlands complex, 200 acres. Project Manager.  Stakeholder Services work preformed   for internal use.  2006.

• American Institute of Certified Planners
• American Planning Association / Pennsylvania Planning Association
• Association of American Geographers
• Association of State Floodplain Managers
• Pennsylvania Geographical Society
• Pennsylvania Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium (PAMAGIC)