Main Web Site: |
dusk.geo.orst.edu |
Year
hired: |
1995
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Specialty: |
GIS,
marine science, ocean informatics |
Research
interests: |
Marine
and coastal geography, marine GIS, mid-ocean ridges, coral reefs, analysis
and interpretation of towed camera, submersible, multibeam
bathymetric and sidescan sonar data, ocean informatics. |
Selected Recent
Publications: |
Wright, D.J., Duncan, S.L., and Lach, D.H., in press, 2009. Social power and GIS technology:
A review and assessment of approaches for natural resource management,
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, in press, 2009.
Wright, D.J., 2009. Spatial data infrastructures for coastal environments, in Yang,
X. (ed.), Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Coastal Ecosystem
Assessment and Management, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and
Cartography, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-88183-4_5,
91-112.
Wright, D.J. and Heyman,W.D. (eds.), 2008. Sixth special issue on marine and coastal geographical information systems: Marine and coastal GIS for geomorphology, habitat mapping, and marine reserves, Marine Geodesy, 31(4): 223-371.
Wright, D.J., Blongewicz, M.J., Halpin, P.N., and Breman, J., 2007. Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet, Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 202 pp. + companion web site.
Falloon, T.J., Danyushevsky, L.V., Crawford, T.J., Maas, R., Woodhead, J.D.,
Eggins, S.M., Bloomer, S.H., Wright, D.J., Zlobin, S.K., and Stacey, A.R., 2007.
Multiple mantle plume components involved in the petrogenesis of
subduction-related lavas from the northern termination of the Tonga Arc and
northern Lau Basin: Evidence from the geochemistry of arc and backarc
submarine volcanics, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), 8, Q09003, doi:10.1029/2007GC001619.
Lundblad, E., Wright, D.J., Miller, J., Larkin, E.M., Rinehart, R.,
Battista, T., Anderson, S.M., Naar, D.F., and Donahue, B.T., 2006.
A benthic terrain classification scheme for American Samoa,
Marine Geodesy, 29(2): 89-111.
Wright, D.J. and Scholz, A.J. (Eds.), 2005. Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation and Management in the Pacific Northwest, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 305 pp.
Wright, D.J. and DiBiase, D., 2005, Distance education in geographic information science: Arena Symposium and an informal survey,
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 29(1), 91-100, and co-editing
of special issue, 91-158.
Hepner, G., D.J. Wright, C.J. Merry, S.J. Anderson, and
S.D. DeGloria, 2004. Remotely-acquired data and information in GIScience, in
McMaster, R. and Usery, L. (eds.),
A Research Agenda for Geographic
Information Science,
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press LLC, 351-364.
Psuty, N.P., Steinberg, P., and Wright, D.J., 2004.
Coastal and marine geography, in Gaile, G.L. and Willmott, C.J.
(Eds.), Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century
, New York: Oxford University Press, 314-325.
Wright, D.J., O'Dea, E., Cushing, J.B., Cuny, J.E., and Toomey, D.R., 2003,
Why web GIS may not be enough: A case study with the Virtual Research
Vessel, Marine Geodesy, 26(1-2), 73-86.
Wright, D.J., (Ed.) 2002, Undersea with GIS, Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 224 pp. + CD-ROM
Wright, D.J., Haymon, R.M., White, S.M., and Macdonald, K.C., 2002,
Crustal fissuring on the
crest of the southern East Pacific Rise, 17° 15'-40'S,
Journal of Geophysical Research,
107, 10.1029/2001JB000544.
Wright, D.J., and Bartlett, D.J., (Eds.) 2000, Marine
and Coastal Geographical Information Systems, Research
Monographs in Geographical Information Science, London:
Taylor & Francis, 320 pp.
Wright, D.J., Bloomer, S.H., MacLeod, C.J., Taylor, B.,
and Goodliffe, A.M., 2000, Bathymetry
of the Tonga Trench and forearc: A map series, Marine
Geophysical Researches, 21(5): 489-512.
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Recent
Graduate Student Titles: |
Hogrefe, Kyle, M.S., 2008, Derivation of Near-shore Bathymetry from
Multispectral Satellite Imagery Used in a Coastal Terrain Model for the
Topographic Analysis of Human Influence on Coral Reefs
Vance, Tiffany, Ph.D., 2007, If You Build It, Will They Come? Evolution
Towards the Application of Multi-Dimensional GIS to Fisheries Oceanography
Sullivan, Deidre, M.S., 2007, Developing a Plan for the National
Coordination of Geospatial Technology Education: A Community College
Perspective
Bradford, David, M.S., 2007, A Geospatial Data Catalog and Metadata
Management Tools for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Western
Ecology Division
Roberts, Jed, M.S., 2007, The Marine Geomorphology of American Samoa:
Shapes and Distributions of Deep Sea Volcanics
Lord-Castillo, Brett, M.S., 2007, Arc Marine as a Spatial Data
Infrastructure: A Marine Data Model Case Study in Whale Tracking by Satellite
Telemetry
McClung, Steve, M.S., 2005, Lahar Hazard Mapping of Mount Shasta, California:
A GIS-based Delineation of Potential Inundation Zones in Mud and Whitney Creek Basins.
Bower, Peter, M.S., 2005, Using an Internet Map Server and Coastal Remote Sensing for Education.
Cooper, Colin, M.S., 2005, Building and Sharing Spatial Metaphors for the
Catalogue of Oregon Marine and Coastal Information.
Hedstrom, Keldah, M.S., 2005, Introducing Geographic Information Systems to
Grass Seed Growers in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
Keith, Chad, M.S., 2004, GIS Modeling of Potential Marine Protected Areas
in the Northwest Atlantic via Biological and Socioeconomic Parameters.
Zanger, Chris, M.S., 2004, Modeling the Environmental Protection Agency's
Level IV Ecoregions within the Klamath Mountains of Southern Oregon and
Northern California: A Geographic Information System Approach.
Larkin, Emily, M.S., 2004, Geographic Information Systems for Coral
Reef Conservation, Capacity Building, and Public Education in American
Samoa.
Martin, Peter, M.S., 2004, Spatial Interpolation in Other Dimensions.
Lundblad, Emily, M.S., 2004, The Development and Application of Benthic Classifications for Coral Reef Ecosystems Below 30 m Depth using Multibeam Bathymetry: Tutuila, American Samoa.
Aaby, Alyssa, M.S. 2004, Testing the ArcGIS Marine Data Model: Using Spatial Information to Examine Habitat Utilization Patterns of Reef Fish along the West Coast of Hawaii.
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Courses
taught: |
Geo 103 Exploring the Deep: Geog. of the World's Oceans (4 cr)
Geo 103H Exploring the Deep: Geog. of the World's Oceans
(4 cr)
Geo 265 GIS Practicum (3 cr)
Geo 407/507 Sem: Geographic Research (1 cr)
Geo 465/565 Geographic Information Systems and Science (3 cr)
Geo 499H/599 Great Women of Science (1 cr)
Geo 507 Virtual Seminar in Geographic Information Science (1 cr)
Geo 518 Proseminar (3 cr)
Geo 569 Topics in Geographic Techniques (3 cr)
Geo 580 Advanced Applications of GIS in the Geosciences (4 cr)
Geo 599 Special Topics in GIScience (3 cr) (e.g., Public Participation GIS or Ethics for GIS Professionals)
ALS 111, OSU Odyssey (1 cr)
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Degrees: |
Ph.D.
in Physical Geography & Marine Geology, University of California,
Santa Barbara, 1994
M.S. in Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1986
B.S. (cum laude) in Geology, Wheaton College (Illinois),
1983 |
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