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Education
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 LL.B. Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1/1976
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B.S. Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1/1978
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M.S. Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1/1979
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Ph.D. Geography, University of Toronto, Canada, 1/1986
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Chair, Department of Geography, USC , 2007-
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Director, Geographic Information Science and Technology Graduate Programs, USC, 2006-
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Engineering, USC, 2006-
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, USC, 2006-
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Visiting Belle van Zuylen Chair, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 1/1/1998-
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Professor, Department of Geography, USC, 1/1/1997-
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Director, GIS Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, USC, 1996-
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Editor-in-Chief, Transactions in GIS, Blackwell-Wiley, 1996-
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University, 1994-
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Visiting Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Waikato, New Zealand, 1/1/1990-
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Chair, Department of Geography, USC, 1/1/1998-1/1/2001
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Visiting Professor, Department of Geography and School of Urban Planning and Development, USC, 1/1/1995-1/1/1997
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Adjunct Associate Professor and Adjunct Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Montana State University, 1/1/1990-1/1/1997
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Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 1/1/1984-1/1/1997
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Director, Geographic Information and Analysis Center, Montana State University, 1989-96, 1/1/1989-1/1/1996
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Professor Wilson studies the development of new terrain analysis
techniques; modeling of soil erosion, vegetation, and water quality
processes and problems; modeling of spatial patterns of urban growth and
habitat change and impact of land use change, urban growth, and
conservation policies on these patterns; description of environmental and
socio-economic characteristics and their impacts on selected health and
quality of life outcomes; and the development of web-based map and
gazetteer services for digital libraries and archives.
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Funded Research
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Contracts and Grants Awarded
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Shortest Network Paths: New Algorithms and Applications (NAACCR), John P. Wilson, $132,072, 2007-2010
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Influence of Built Environments on the Development of Obesity during Childhood (National Cancer Institute), M.L.K. Jerrett, K.T. Berhane, F.D. Gilliland, R.S. McConnell, K. Reynolds, J. Wolch, J.P. Wilson, $1,010,215, 2005-2010
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Development of a Web-Based Hydrologic Information System (USC Undergraduate Research Program), John P. Wilson, Jennifer N. Swift, $6,000, 2007-2008
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Upper Los Angeles River: Recommendations and Implementation Blueprint (Mountains Restoration Trust), John P. Wilson, $40,000, 2007-2008
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Upper Los Angeles River: Recharge Suitability Analysis (Mountains Restoration Trust), John P. Wilson, $80,000, 2006-2008
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Place-based Decision Support for Spatial and Temporal Transference of Risks and Hazards" (NSF, Human and Social Dynamics Program), John P. Wilson, Thomas R. Jordan, Jennifer N. Swift and S. Cutter, $700,000, 2004-2008
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"Framework for Integrating Geospatial and Online Data to Respond to Unexpected Events" (NSF, Information Technology Research Program), John P. Wilson, C.A. Knoblock, C. Shahabi, $1,186,000, 2003-2008
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Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California: A Guide for Habitat, Watershed Management, (San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mount), John P. Wilson, T. Longcore, J. Wolch, J. Devinny, $816,500, 2003-2008
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Student Interns: GIS Mapping and Planning Support (Southern California Association of Governments), John P. Wilson, $80,000, 2004-2007
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Development of a White Paper on GIS Modeling Opportunities for Regional Sediment Management in Ventu (Everest International Consultants & USACE), John P. Wilson, $9,227, 2005-2006
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GIS-Based Analysis and Visualization of Hydrological and Ecological Patterns and Processes (San Gabriel and Lower LA Rivers and Mountains), John P. Wilson, $9,998, 2005-2006
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An Integrated Watershed Management Plan for the Upper Los Angeles River" (Mountains and Watershed Conservation Authority), John P. Wilson, J. Wolch, $250,000, 2004-2006
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An Investigation of the Scale Effects of DEM-based Fuzzy k-Means Landform Classifications (NSF), John P. Wilson, Y.X. Deng, $11,228, 2004-2006
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
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USC GIS Research Laboratory,http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/gislab
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Publications
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Book
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Wilson, J.P. and A.S. Fotheringham (Ed.).
(2007).
Handbook of Geographic Information Science. Oxford: Blackwell.
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Denaro, R. P., Beard-Tisdale, K., Brewer, C. A., Domaratz, M., Gong, P., McMaster, R. B., Tsou, M., Wilson, J. P.
(2007).
A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science at the United States Geological Survey. Washington, D.C.: National Academics Press.
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Book Chapter
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Wilson, J. P., Deng, Y. X.
(2007).
Terrain analysis. pp. 465-467. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
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Goldberg, D. W., Wilson, J. P., Knoblock, C. A.
(2007).
Exploring the use of gazetteers and geocoders for the analysis and interpretation of a dynamically changing world. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Publishers.
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Fotheringham, S., Wilson, J. P.
(2007).
Geographic information science: An introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
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Deng, Y. X., Wilson, J. P., Gallant, J. C.
(2007).
Terrain analysis. Oxford: Blackwell.
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Wilson, J. P., Aggett, G. R., Deng, Y. X., Lam, C. S.
(2007).
Water in the landscape: A review of contemporary flow routing algorithms. Berlin: Springer.
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Conference Proceeding
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Goldberg, D. W., Zhang, X., Marusek, J. C., Wilson, J. P., Ritz, B., Cockburn, M. G.
(2007).
Development of an automated pesticide exposure analyst for California’s Central Valley. Proceedings of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association GIS in Public Health Conference.
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Journal Article
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Shankardass, K., McConnell, R. S., Milam, J., Berhane, K., Tatalovich, Z., Wilson, J. P., Jerrett, M.
(2007).
The association between contextual socioeconomic factors and prevalent asthma in a cohort of southern California school children. Social Science and Medicine.
Vol. 65, pp. 1792-1806.
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Deng, Y. X., Wilson, J. P.
(2007).
Multi-scale and multi-criteria mapping of mountain peaks as fuzzy entities. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
Vol. 22, pp. In press.
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Bou Kheir, R., Wilson, J. P., Deng, Y. X.
(2007).
Use of terrain variables for mapping gully erosion susceptibility in Lebanon. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Vol. 32, pp. 1770-1782.
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Deng, Y. X., Chen, X., Chuvieco, E., Warner, T. A., Wilson, J. P.
(2007).
Multi-scale linkages between topographic attributes and vegetation indexes in a mountainous landscape. Remote Sensing of Environment. pp. 122-134.
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Sheng, J., Wilson, J. P., Chen, N., Sayre, J. M., Devinny, J. S.
(2007).
Evaluating the quality of the National Hydrography Dataset for watershed assessments in metropolitan regions. GIScience & Remote Sensing.
Vol. 43, pp. 1-22.
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Goldberg, D. W., Knoblock, C. A., Wilson, J. P.
(2007).
From text to geographic coordinates: The current state of geocoding. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.
Vol. 19 (1), pp. 33-46.
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Deng, Y. X., Wilson, J. P., Bauer, B. O.
(2007).
DEM resolution dependencies of terrain attributes across a landscape. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
Vol. 21, pp. 187-213.
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Ghaemi, P., Swift, J. N., Goldberg, D. W., Wilson, J. P.
(2006).
Prototype geographic search and query tools for a library digital archive. ArcUser.
Vol. 9 (2), pp. 30-32.
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Tatalovich, Z., Wilson, J. P., Cockburn, M.
(2006).
A comparison of Thiessen polygon, kriging, and ANUSPLIN models of potential UV exposure. Cartography and Geographic Information Science.
Vol. 33, pp. 217-237.
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Deng, Y. X., Wilson, J. P., Sheng, J.
(2006).
Effects of variable attribute weights on landform classification. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Vol. 31, pp. 1452-1462.
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Tatalovich, Z., Wilson, J. P., Mack, T., Ying, Y., Cockburn, M.
(2006).
The objective assessment of lifetime cumulative ultraviolet exposure for determining melanoma risk. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology.
Vol. 85 (3), pp. 198-204.
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Deng, Y. X., Wilson, J. P.
(2006).
Role of attribute selection in GIS representations of the biophysical environment. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
Vol. 96 (2), pp. 47-63.
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Technical Report
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Sonia, L., Swift, J. N., Wilson, J. P.
(2007).
A Digital Soil Map for the Green Visions Plan for the Twenty-first Century Southern California Study Area. Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 5. USC GIS Research Laboratory.
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Sister, C. E., Wolch, J., Wilson, J. P., Linder, A., Seymour, M., Byrne, J., Swift, J. N.
(2007).
Park and Open Space Resources in the Green Visions Plan Area. USC GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities.
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Sayre, J. M., Yan, X., Devinny, J. S., Wilson, J. P.
(2006).
Neighborhood Storm Water Quality Modeling. USC GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities.
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Sayre, J. M., Devinny, J. S., Wilson, J. P.
(2006).
Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the Treatment of Stormwater Runoff. USC GIS Research Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Cities.
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Honors and Awards
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Special Achievement in GIS Award, ESRI International User Conference, 2006-
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Mellon Award fpr Excellence in Mentoring, 2005
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Outstanding Teaching Award, Latter-Day Saint Student Association, University of Southern California, 2003
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Province of Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1980-1984
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Ph.D. Student Essay Prize, Ontario Division, Canadian Association of Geographers, 1983
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Kenneth E. Grant Graduate Research Scholarship, Soil Conservation Society of America, 1982-1983
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Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, 1979-1980
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Charles Cook, Warwick House Memorial Scholarship, University of Canterbury, 1979
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George Jobberns Prize in Geography, University of Canterbury, 1979
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Longsdale Scholarship, University of Canterbury, 1973-1975
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Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, New Zealand Geographical Society Annual Prize, 1973
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Service to the Profession
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Other Service to the Profession
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Member, Board of Trustees, Centre for Geographic Information Systems,
University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
, 2006-
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Member, External Advisory Board, Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
, 2006-
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