Resource Management

Ellensburg
FAX: 509‑963‑1047
www.cwu.edu/~geograph/rem.html

Faculty
Program Coordinators
Natural Resources
Anthony Gabriel, PhD
Department of Geography
Lind Hall, Room 119
509-963-1166
gabriela@cwu.edu

Cultural Resources
Patrick Lubinski, PhD
Department of Anthropology
Farrell Hall, Room 339
509-963-3601
lubinski@cwu.edu

Professors
Tracy J. Andrews, PhD, anthropology, cultural anthropology, political ecology, Native America, environmental and medical anthropology
Anthony Gabriel, PhD, geography, resource analysis, physical geography, shoreline inventory and assessment, aquatic systems
Steven Hackenberger, PhD, anthropology, archaeology, paleoecology, cultural resource management, Columbia Plateau
James L. Huckabay, PhD, geography, conflict studies, energy, wildlife, aerial photography, western United States
Nancy Hultquist, PhD, geography, human geography, GIS, remote sensing, stewardship of public lands
Robert Kuhlken, PhD, geography, cultural geography, urban and regional planning, environmental literature
Morris Uebelacker, PhD, geography, cultural geography, rivers, resource and land utilization patterns, cultural resource management
Rex Wirth, PhD, political science, resource policy in developing nations

Associate Professors
Kathleen Barlow, PhD, anthropology, cultural anthropology, museum studies, culture and politics of natural resource extraction
James Cook, PhD, history, Asian studies, environmental history, China/Japan, desertification, water resource management
Daniel Herman, PhD, history, 19th-century American West, American Indian history, American cultural history
Robert Hickey, PhD, geography, GIS remote sensing, environment, geology, erosion modeling, Australia
Karl Lillquist, PhD, geography, physical geography, field methods, arid lands, mountains, environmental change
Patrick Lubinski, PhD, anthropology, archaeology, cultural resource management, zooarchaeology
Patrick McCutcheon, PhD, anthropology, archaeology, geoarchaeology, cultural resource management
Lori Sheeran, PhD, anthropology, biological anthropology, primate ecology, China

Assistant Professors
Jennifer Lipton, MA, geography, cultural ecology, political ecology, landscape ecology, geospatial techniques
Lene Pedersen, PhD, anthropology, cultural anthropology, symbolic anthropology, ecological anthropology, visual anthropology
Charles Wassell, PhD, economics, mathematical modeling of economic issues with policy implications
William W. Wood, PhD, anthropology, museum studies, cultural anthropology, ecotourism and development, Latin America

Faculty from other departments participate in the program as graduate committee members.

Resource Management, MS
Program: The program is interdisciplinary, emphasizing understanding of problems encountered in the management of both natural and cultural resources. It includes a basic core of 27 credits in resource management courses, courses in geographic information systems, and a specialty track in either natural resource areas (management of land, mineral, water and energy resources) or cultural resources management (ethnographic and archaeological sites and materials, historic properties, and archives). An internship is recommended. Students must complete at least 60 credits as outlined in an approved course of study filed with the Office of Graduate Studies and Research. The course of study is selected by advisement before completing 25 credits.

Program Admission Requirements: In addition to general regulations for admission to master’s programs, applicants for admission must have the following qualifications:

A solid background in a discipline closely related to the resources they expect to manage. Normally, a bachelor’s degree is required in a technical field such as one of the biological or physical sciences, geography, engineering, geology or Earth sciences, oceanography, archaeology or ethnology, history, or architecture. In some cases work experience may be accepted in lieu of a technical major. Before admission, program faculty will evaluate the academic coursework and experience of all applicants for admission, and will recommend remedial course-work if, in their judgment, there are deficiencies in pre-baccalaureate work which need to be overcome before entrance into the program.
A high proficiency in written and spoken English as well as potential for post-graduate study and research. Evidence of proficiency and potential may include: GRE scores, samples of previous writing, letters of recommendation, an interview.
A good background in basic statistics (the equivalent of two quarters of undergraduate statistics), knowledge of microeconomic principles, and some knowledge of computer systems (the equivalent of a one-quarter undergraduate course).

Admission to the program and continuation in it may be conditional on the applicant’s satisfactory completion of remedial courses. Such courses will not count toward the program credit requirement but in some cases they may be taken after admission to the program.