Nominations for 2008

The UCGIS Nominating Committee consisting of Drs. John Wilson, University of Southern California (Chair), Shashi Shekar, University of Minnesota and Kathleen Stewart Hornsby, University of Iowa are pleased to report that the following individuals have agreed to run for the following offices:

Vice-President:
	Dr. Timothy Nyerges, Department of Geography, University of Washington. Tim Nyerges is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of  Washington (UW). He received his BA with distinction (1975), MA (1976), and Ph.D. (1980) degrees from the Ohio State University. Before joining the UW in 1985, he was a software consultant for five years to several national and international companies developing new geographic information systems (GIS) software platforms...more
Board of Directors (two positions to be filled):
	Dr. Thomas Cova, Department of Geography, University of Utah Tom Cova is an associate professor of Geography at the University of Utah where he directs the GIScience Certificate Program and the Center for Natural & Technological Hazards. He received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Oregon and an M.A. and Ph.D in Geography from the University of California Santa Barbara where he was an Eisenhower Fellow. His research and teaching interests are in hazards...more
	Dr. Jeremy Mennis, Department of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University Jeremy Mennis (PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2001) is an Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado from 2001-2004. Jeremy has theoretical research interests in the computational representation and analysis of spatio-temporal phenomena, as well as applied research interests in the spatial analysis ...more
	Dr. Martin Raubal, Department of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara Martin Raubal is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. in Geoinformation from the Vienna University of Technology in 2001 with honors. He also holds a M.S. degree in Spatial Information Science and Engineering (University of Maine, 1997) and a Dipl.-Ing. in Surveying Engineering (Vienna University of Technology, 1998). Martin’s ...more
	Dr. Paul Torrens, School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University Paul M. Torrens is an Assistant Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University, an Affiliate in the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, and an Affiliate in the GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation. He holds a Ph.D. from University College London (2004), Master’s degrees from Trinity College Dublin (1999) and Indiana University (1998), and a Bachelor’s degree from ...more