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Curriculum Vitae
John E. Davis, Jr. “JD”
University of Denver-Department of Geography and the Environment
Metropolitan State University of Denver-Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-davis/26/41a/81
Education
PhD, Geography. University of Denver. June 2017 (Expected).
Cognates: Biology and Economics
Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Powell
M.A., Geography. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS). May 2011.
Thesis Title: “Resplendent Quetzal Nesting Sites: Snag Availability and Occupancy in the Sierra de las Minas,
Guatemala”
Advisor: Dr. Curtis D. Holder
B.A., Geography and Environmental Studies. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. May 2009. Magna
Cum Laude. Honors, High Distinction.
Honors Thesis Title: “Killing Watts: Ghost Loads at UCCS”
Advisor: Dr. Thomas P. Huber
Minors: German, Sustainable Development
Publications
Fielding, R., Davis, J., & Singleton, B., (forthcoming). Mutual Aid, Environmental Policy, and the Regulation
of Faroese Pilot Whaling. Human Geography 8:3.
Davis, J., & Wright, A., (forthcoming). Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: American Kestrel
Data Summary Report
Davis, J., & Wright, A., (forthcoming). Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: European Starling
Phase I Data Summary Report
Davis, J., & Wright, A., (forthcoming). Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: European Starling
Phase II Data Summary Report
Davis, J. 2015. American Bison: Architect of the Prairie. Public information brochure at Rocky Mountain
Arsenal Wildlife Refuge.
Davis, J., & Wright, A., 2015. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: 2013 Final Annual
Biomonitoring Report. Davis, J., & Hastings, B. (Eds).
Davis, J., & Wright, A., 2015. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: 2012 Final Annual
Biomonitoring Report. Davis, J., & Hastings, B. (Eds).
Davis, J., & Wright, A., 2015. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: 2011 Final Annual
Biomonitoring Report. Davis, J., & Hastings, B. (Eds).
Davis, J., Fairchild, B., Hastings, B., Hetrick, M., Ursini, A., Wright, T., Young, C. 2015. FY2013 Progress
Report for Army Funded Activities at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Davis, J., &
Hastings, B. (Eds).
Davis, J., Fairchild, B., Hastings, B., Hetrick, M., Ursini, A., Wright, T., Young, C. 2015. FY2012 Progress
Report for Army Funded Activities at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Davis, J., &
Hastings, B. (Eds).
Davis, J., & Wright, A., 2014. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: 2010 Final Annual
Biomonitoring Report. Davis, J., & Hastings, B. (Eds).
Davis, J., Fairchild, B., Hastings, B., Hetrick, M., Ursini, A., Wright, T., Young, C. 2014. FY2011 Progress
Report for Army Funded Activities at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Davis, J., &
Hastings, B. (Eds).
Davis, J., Fairchild, B., Hastings, B., Hetrick, M., Ursini, A., Wright, T., Young, C. 2014. FY2010 Progress
Report for Army Funded Activities at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Davis, J., &
Hastings, B. (Eds).
Artmann, M., Brashear, L., Colvin, J., Davis, J., Dixon, M., Fairchild, B., Hastings, B., Hetrick, M., Kalitowski,
M., Laubhan, M., Lucas, D., Quayle, S., Ronning, T., Wright, T., 2013. “Rocky Mountain Arsenal
National Wildlife Refuge: Habitat Management Plan
Davis, John E., 2011. “Killing Watts: Ghost Loads at UCCS”. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Undergraduate Research Journal 4(1):24-38
Presentations & Conferences
“USFWS Student Pathways Program” Presented at Northeast Denver Leadership Week in Commerce City,
CO 18 June, 2014
“Ecocolonialism and Biodiversity: How Globalization is Manifested on the Landscape” Presented at the
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA 11 April, 2013
“Refuge Managers Report: Grassland Restoration and Habitat Management at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
National Wildlife Refuge” Presented at the Workshop on History and Values in Ecological Restoration in
Colorado Springs, CO 8 June 2012
“Hidden Conservation: Urban Political Ecology of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)”
presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in New York City 25 February, 2012
Session Chair “Running Wild with Animal Geographies” Association of American Geographers Great PlainsRocky Mountains Region Annual Meeting 8 October, 2010
“Resplendent Quetzal Nesting Site Availability on a Private Preserve in the Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala”
Presented at the Association of American Geographers Great Plains-Rocky Mountains Region Annual
Meeting 8 October, 2010
Professional Membership and Honors Societies
Association of American Geographers
2006-Present
Biogeography, Animal Geography, Latin American, Europe, Cultural and Political Ecology, and
Socialist and Critical Geography Specialty Groups
International Biogeography Society
2009-Present
American Geographical Society
2009-Present
Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
2008-Present
Society for Conservation Biology
2009-Present
Ecological Society of America
2010-Present
Society for Ecological Restoration
2013-Present
Gamma Theta Upsilon-International Geographic Honor Society
Initiated May, 2010
Theta Chi Chapter
Delta Phi Alpha-National German Honorary Society
Initiated May, 2011
Sigma Tau Chapter
Service
Graduate Student Representative for the Geography Department on the
Graduate Students of the Four Faculties Council
2012-Present
Panelist: Coffee and Sustainability. Teach-in Tuesday at the University of Denver.
January, 2012.
Graduate Student Representative on the UCCS Master Plan Development Committee
2008-2011
Graduate Student Representative for the Geography and Environmental Studies
Department Faculty Hiring Committee
Fall 2010
“The Perils of Graduate Field Work” Guest lecture in a Field Methods class at the
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
August, 2010
“Shortgrass Prairie Restoration and Biomonitoring” Guest instructor in a Field
Methods class at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
August, 2010
“Cultures of Panama and Guatemala” Guest lecture to advanced Spanish
students at Platte-Geddes High School (South Dakota).
Dec. 2009
Honors & Awards
LASPAU field studies fellowship for field work in Guatemala. $2500. March, 2012.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Star (Special Thanks for Achievement) Award. May, 2010.
Association of American Geographers, Latin America Specialty Group Field Study Travel Award (MA/MS
Level) $300, April, 2010.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Award for Instrumental Project Performance for the period of June and July,
2009.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Star (Special Thanks for Achievement) Award for the period of January to
May, 2009.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Superior Performance Award for the period of October 2008 through
September, 2009.
UCCS Geography and Environmental Studies Outstanding Undergraduate Student, May, 2009.
UCCS German Minor Outstanding Undergraduate Student, May, 2009.
UCCS College of Letters, Arts & Sciences Deans List, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009.
UCCS College of Letters, Arts & Sciences Presidents List, Spring 2008.
Outstanding Chemistry Student, Chemistry 151, Environmental Science, Fall 2007.
Blair College Presidents List, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall 2004, Spring, 2005.
921st Field Hospital (U.S. Army Reserves) Soldier of the Year. 1998.
Teaching Experience
2015 Global Climate Change MTR 1600. Instructor for two sections of this undergraduate course during
Fall Semester at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Class size averaged 28.
2015
Introduction to Environmental Science ENV 1200 Instructor for one section of this undergraduate
course during Fall Semester at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Class size was 29.
2015
Global Climate Change MTR 1600. Instructor for two sections of this undergraduate course during
Spring Semester at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Class size averaged 30.
2014
Geography, Spanish, & German Tutor for the University of Denver Learning Effectiveness Program.
Tutored students with learning disabilities adapting tutoring methods to compensate for each
disability and different learning styles.
2014
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1218 Our Dynamic Earth III, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course
Class size averaged 24
2014
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1217 Our Dynamic Earth II, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course
Class size averaged 24
-Covered one lecture for the instructor, lecturing to all 98 students on Jokulhlaups: Glacial Outburst
Floods
2013
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1216 Our Dynamic Earth I, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course
Class size averaged 24
-Covered one lecture for the instructor, lecturing to all 98 students on Hurricane Hazards,
Mitigation and Exacerbation
2013
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1203 Environmental Systems: Landforms, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course
Class size averaged 26
2013
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1202 Environmental Systems: Hydrosphere, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course
Class size averaged 25
-Covered one lecture for the instructor, lecturing to all 100 students on Consumptive Uses of Water
2012
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1201 Environmental Systems: Atmosphere, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course.
Class size averaged 25
2012
Teaching Assistant for Geography 3550 In the Wake of the Vikings: Natural Resources and
Human Societies in the North Atlantic-Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, University of
Denver
Taught half the lectures and helped with the logistics of this field course in the North Atlantic.
Class size was 10 students (2 graduate and 8 undergraduate)
2012
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1203 Environmental Systems: Landforms, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course
Class size averaged 22
2012
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1202 Environmental Systems: Hydrosphere, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course
Class size averaged 25
2011
Teaching Assistant for Geography 1201 Environmental Systems: Atmosphere, University of Denver
Lab instructor for two sections of this undergraduate geography course
Class size averaged 24
Professional Experience
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
August 2008-present
-Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge (Denver, CO). Biological Science Technician specializing
in shortgrass prairie restoration, prairie dog relocation, vegetation monitoring and visitor services,
particularly tours for college groups. I have practical experience in wildlife monitoring studies on European
starlings, American kestrels, coyotes and deer. I also help write and edit documents such as Environmental
Assessments, the Habitat Management Plan and the Comprehensive Conservation Plan.
Outside Education and Training
Organization
Colorado Native Plant Society
Colorado Native Plant Society
Colorado Native Plant Society
Colorado Native Plant Society
Denver Botanic Gardens
CSU Extension Office(Jefferson County)
CSU Extension Office (Jefferson County)
Class
Grass Identification
Aquatic Plants
Native Plants and Insects
Birds, bees, flowers, and food:
Exploring Colorado's Pollinators
Front Range Soils
Basic Botany
Plant Families and Keying
Languages
Spanish: proficient written and spoken
Dutch: Beginner
Danish: Beginner
German: proficient written and spoken.
Italian: Beginner
Date
2/2/2013
2/23/2013
4/27/2013
6/22/2013
4/13/2013
4/25/2013
5/21/2013