.curriculum.vitae

Research Interests.
Terrestrial ecosystem ecology
Causes and consequences of land-use and land cover change
Environmental policy
Biofuel production
Biophysical remote sensing

Education.
Ph.D. Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Expected 2013.
    Advisor: Dr. Erika Marín-Spiotta.
M.Sc. Department of Geography, San Diego State University. 2009.
    Thesis: An analysis of land-use change in the Tijuana River Watershed, 1994-2006.
    Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Farley Wolf.
B.A. Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego. 2004.
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. Latin American Studies: History, Society,
     and Ecology of the Baja Peninsula. 2007. No degree.

Work Experience.
Project Assistant. Tropical Carbon Project with Dr. Lisa Naughton and Dr. Erika
     Marín-Spiotta, Department of Geography, UW-Madison. Spring 2010.
Teaching Assistant. Introduction to Physical Geography with Dr. Jim Burt and Dr. Erika
     Marín-Spiotta, Department of Geography, UW-Madison. Fall 2009.
Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Kathleen Farley Wolf, Department of Geography, San Diego
     State University. 2008-2009.
Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Trent Biggs and Dr. Allen Hope, Department of Geography,
     San Diego State University. 2007-2008.
Community development researcher for Comunidad, Visión, y Desarrollo (COVYDE). La Paz,
     Baja California Sur, Mexico. 2007.
Nature education director for Camp DeBenneville Pines. San Bernardino, CA. 2003-2007.

Skills.
Proficient in spanish (oral and written).
Statistical software: SPSS.
GIS programs: ESRI ArcGIS.
Remote sensing programs: ERDAS Imagine, ENVI, Viper Tools, Definiens/E-Cognition.
GPS software: Trimble Geo XM/XT/Juno, Microsoft TerraSync.

Publications.
Biggs, T.W., E.E. Atkinson, R.L. Powell, L. Ojeda-Revah. 2010. Physical characteristics of urban
     Tijuana, using multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis. Landscape and Urban Planning
     (In revisions).
Atkinson, E.E., K.A. Farley Wolf, B.R. Eaton-Gonzales, L. Ojeda-Revah. 2010. Linking Land Use and
     Policy: San Diego's Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP). The California Geographer
     (In review).
Farley Wolf, K.A., E.E. Atkinson, B.R. Eaton-Gonzales, L. Ojeda-Revah. 2010. Linking Land Use and
     Policy: Mexico's Ley Agraria and the Tijuana River Watershed. Land Use Policy
     (In preparation).

Conferences and Presentations.
Annual Conference for the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG). San Diego, CA. 2009.
Guest speaker for Geography 370: Environment and Natural Resource Conservation. Approaches
     to environmental management and conservation. 2008.
Annual Conference for the Association of American Geographers (AAG). Boston, MA. 2008.
San Diego State University Annual Student Research Symposium. San Diego, CA. 2008.
Annual Conference for the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG). Long Beach, CA. 2007.

Membership Organizations.
Association of American Geographers
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers

.coursework

Spring 2010.
Advanced Plant Community Ecology with Dr. Tom Givnish.
Soil Biology with Dr. Teri Balser.

Fall 2009.
Environmental Modeling with GIS with Dr. A-Xing Zhu.
Soil Science with Dr. Phillip Barrack.
Seminar: Geographic Inquiry and Analysis with Dr. Leila Harris.

Spring 2009.
Seminar: Special Study with Dr. Kathleen Farley Wolf.

Fall 2008.
Seminar: Object-based classification for remote sensing with Dr. Doug Stow.

Spring 2008.
Seminar: Causes and consequences of land-use change
     with Dr. Kathleen Farley Wolf.
Remote sensing: digital image processing with Dr. Doug Stow.

Fall 2007.
Hydrology and global environmental change with Dr. Allen Hope.
Remote sensing of the environment with Dr. Doug Stow.
Seminar: The development of geographic thought with Dr. Fernando Bosco.

Spring 2007.
Water resources with Dr. Molly Pohl-Costello.
Seminar: Research design and methodology with Dr. Kathleen Farley Wolf.