.curriculum.vitae

Research Interests.
Soil ecology and biogeochemistry
Land-use change
Environmental policy
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.

Research and Teaching Appointments.
Research Assistant. Multi-scale consequences of diversity in agricultural ecosystems - Kellogg
     Biological Research Station with Dr. Erika Marín-Spiotta, Department of Geography,
     UW-Madison. Summer 2010 - Present.
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, Department of Geography, UW-Madison.
     Fall 2009.
Research Assistant. Policy drivers of land-use change along the U.S.- Mexico border with
     Dr. Kathleen Farley Wolf, Department of Geography, San Diego State University. 2008-2009.
Research Assistant. Land cover following rapid urbanization on the US–Mexico border with
     Dr. Trent Biggs, Department of Geography, San Diego State University. 2007-2008.

Publications.
Farley Wolf, K.A., L. Ojeda-Revah, E.E. Atkinson, B.R. Eaton-Gonzales. 2012. Changes in land use,
     land tenure, and landscape fragmentation in the Tijuana River Watershed following reform of
     the ejido sector. Land Use Policy 29: 187-197.
     doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.06.006
Atkinson, E.E. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2010. Tropical Land Use Change and Soil Carbon: Implications
     for REDD Policies. Land Tenure Center Policy Policy Brief, No. 12.
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. Landscape and Urban Planning 96: 78-87.
     doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.02.005

Conferences.
Attendee. Soil metagenomics workshop. Argonne National Labs. Bloomingdale, IL. 2011.
Session Chair. "Soil carbon and land-use change in the tropics: an updated meta-analysis."
     Session: Land-Use Change and Ecosystem Services. Association of American Geographers.
     Seattle, WA. 2011.
Presenter. "Linking land use and policy: San Diego's Multiple Species Conservation Program."
     Session: Land Use Along the U.S.- Mexico Border. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers.
     San Diego, CA. 2009.
Attendee. Association of American Geographers. Boston, MA. 2008.
Presenter. San Diego State University Annual Student Research Symposium. San Diego, CA. 2008.
Attendee. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. Long Beach, CA. 2007.

Membership Organizations.
Ecological Society of America
Association of American Geographers
Earth Science Womens Network

.coursework

Spring 2011.
Seminar: Methods of Charcterizing Organic Matter with Dr. Erika Marín-Spiotta.
Remote Sensing of Ecosystems with Dr. Phil Townsend.

Fall 2010.
Seminar: Biogeochemistry with Dr. Erika Marín-Spiotta.
Seminar: Soil Microbial Communities with Dr. Teri Balser.
Soil Geomorphology with Dr. Joe Mason.

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.