Professional Background

•Visiting Assistant Professor, Geoscience Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 2009 to Present

•Ph.D., Geography, Arizona State University: 2009

Dissertation Title: Mexican Produce Agriculture and Land Degradation: A Study of Soil Salinization in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico

•M.A., Geography, Arizona State University: 2005

Thesis Title: Mexican Produce Agriculture: An Investigation of NAFTA's Influence

•B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Geography, State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo: 2003

Foreign Languages/Research Certification

•Fluent in French, basic Spanish, some Malagasy, and French Creole
•Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI): Social & Behavioral   Research Investigators

Academic-Related Service

•President of the ASU Student Chapter of ASPRS (Remote Sensing and GIS):   2007-09
•GeoDay Trip presenter for the Arizona Geographic Alliance: 2007
•Tutor for the Student Athletic Support Services: 2004-06
•Assisted 6th Annual Earth Science Day for grade school kids at ASU: 2003

Community Service

•Volunteer adult leader of the Boy Scouts of America, Venture Scout program in the Salt River District: 2005-Present (Recently was awarded the District Service Award)
•Participated in the City of Tempe, Tempe Town Lake community clean-up project: 2008
•Participated in Tempe Cares service project as leader of youth organization: 2005, 2007
•Volunteer for the American Red Cross. CPR and swimming instructor at the Wyoming County Chapter of the American Red Cross: 1995-2002
•Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) volunteer in Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands (English classes, humanitarian relief): 1998-2000

Outreach Activities

•Invited lecture, Reflections on Madagascar: Life in and Around Antananarivo 1998-2000, Arizona Geographic Alliance GeoDAY: 2007

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Teaching

Instructor, Arizona State University
•GPH 111: Introduction to Physical Geography
•GCU 102: Introduction to Human Geography
•GPH 314: Global Change

Instructor, Maricopa Community College
•GPH 111: Introduction to Physical Geography (Lecture and Lab)

Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University
•GPH 314: Global Change (some lectures)
•GPH 111: Introduction to Physical Geography Lab (full lab responsibility)
•GPH 210: Society and the Environment (some lectures)
•Co-developed and had full responsibility of field-based lab section of GPH 111 with Dr. Ronald Dorn for a sustainability freshman learning community

Teaching Assistant, SUNY Geneseo
•GPH 111: Introduction to Physical Geography Lab (full lab responsibility)

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Research Interests

I focus on human-environment geography, particularly as it relates to the management of natural resources in an increasingly interconnected world. My specific interest within this broad area of geography centers around understanding land degradation connected to global trade from the context of the political/cultural systems that guide resource use. As disparate areas of the world have forged closer economic and political ties, the manner in which localized resources are managed and the environment is impacted have changed with growing global demands. Perhaps no sector of the international economy could be said to be in more direct exchange with the natural environment than agriculture. Reliant on the endowment of natural resources and the application of human ingenuity, agriculture directly modifies the environment and is in turn modified by the resulting impacts. The expansive spatial extent inherent in many types of agriculture is also distinctive among human land-uses and reinforces its importance to understanding human-environment relations.

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Selected Research Publications

Peer Reviewed

Judkins, G. and K. Larson, forthcoming, The Yuma Desalting Plant and Cienega de Santa Clara Dispute: A Case Study Review of a Workgroup Process: Water Policy

Judkins, G., forthcoming, Entry for "Environmental Determinism": Encyclopedia of Geography

Judkins, G., Smith, M. and Keys, E., 2008, Determinism within Human- Environment Research and the Rediscovery of Environmental Causation: Geographical Journal 174(1): 17-29

Judkins, G., 2008, Declining Cotton Cultivation in Maricopa County, Arizona: An Examination of Macro and Micro-Scale Driving Forces: Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 70: 70-95

Judkins, G., 2007, Persistence of the Border: Expansion of Medical Tourism Amid Trade Liberalization: Journal of Latin American Geography 6(2): 11-32

Judkins, G., 2001, The Salt of the Earth: The Middle States Geographer 34: 19- 25

Additional Publications

Sutton, L. M., Colson, H. R., Judkins, G. L., Allen, C. D., Editors and Contributors, 2008, Introduction to Physical Geography Lab Manual 4th and 5th editions: Arizona State University

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Presentations

Invited

Soil Salinity Detection Using Remotely Sensed Imagery: A Case Study of Land Degradation in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico, 2008, Annual School of Geographical Sciences Award Banquet

Reflections on Madagascar: Life in and Around Antananarivo 1998-2000, 2007, Presentation at the GeoDAY Trip secondary school teacher geography conference organized by the Arizona Geographic Alliance

Selected Conference Presentations

Mexican Produce Agriculture and Land Degradation: A Study of Soil Salinization in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico, 2009, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada

Poster Presentation: Jorge Ruiz, Gabriel Judkins, The Structure of Irrigation Water Management within Mexico: A Case Study of Commercial Agriculture along the Lower Colorado River, 2009, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada

Spatial Variation of Soil Salinity in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico: Application of a Practical Method for Agricultural Monitoring, 2008, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, Massachusetts

Soil Salinity Detection Using Remotely Sensed Imagery: A Case Study of Land Degradation in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico, 2008, ANAS/SW ASPRS Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona

Poster Presentation: Declining Cotton Cultivation in Maricopa County, Arizona: An Examination of Macro and Micro-Scale Driving Forces, 2008, CAP-LTER Symposium at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Landscapes and Literacies: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Literacies of Sustainability in the Learning Community, 2007, Presenter and Chair of the panel presentations and discussions at the 2007 Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference on Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Conflict Resolution Through Collaborative Workgroups: A Case Study of the Yuma, Arizona Desalting Plant/Cienega de Santa Clara Conflict, 2007, 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM 2007), Park City, Utah

Spatial Variations of Soil Salinity in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico, 2007, Southwest Region technical meeting of the ASPRS

Persistence of the Border: Expansion of Medical-Tourism Amid Trade Liberalization, 2006, Annual Meeting of the Association for Borderland Studies, Phoenix, Arizona

Poster Presentation: Persistence of the Border: Expansion of Medical-Tourism Amid Trade Liberalization, 2005, Association of Pacific Coast Georgraphers, Phoenix, Arizona

Patterns of NAFTA Induced Land-Use Change in Mexican Agriculture, 2005, Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Boulder, Colorado

Poster Presentation: FRESH Air Plan for Sustainable Residential Housing, 2004, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Poster Presentation: Williamsburg, A Case Study in Applied Archeological GIS, 2003, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana (Also presented at the annual meeting of the North Eastern Anthropological Association (NEAA), Burlington, Vermont)

The Salt of the Earth: Industry Induced Urban Change, 2002, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, California

The Salt of the Earth: The Historic Development of the Salt Industry in a Small Town, 2001, Annual Meeting of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers, Brookville, New York

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Academic Awards and Honors

•Graduate Student Achievement Award for Image-based Studies, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS ), Southwest Region: 2008
•Mel Marcus Scholarship for PhD field work research, Spatial Variations of Soil: Salinity in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico ($1,200): 2007
•GRAC scholarship for graduate research assistance ($1,500): 2007
•School of Geographical Sciences Travel Grant ($200): 2007
•GRAC scholarship for graduate research assistance ($1,500): 2006
•Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Award ($300): 2006
•School of Geographical Sciences Travel Grant ($200): 2006
•Invited to join The Chancellor's List, national graduate level honor society: 2006
•GRAC scholarship for graduate research assistance ($1,500): 2005
•Department of Graduate Studies Travel Award ($200): 2005
•School of Geographical Sciences Travel Grant ($300): 2005
•Invited to join Gamma Beta Phi Society, national collegiate honor and service: 2005
•Matthew G. Bailey Memorial Scholarship for masters research, NAFTA Induced Land-use Change in Mexican Agriculture ($500): 2004
•Department of Graduate Studies Travel Award ($200): 2004
•School of Geographical Sciences Travel Grant ($500): 2004
•National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) Award for Excellence: 2003
•Jennifer Wachunas Memorial Scholarship: 2003
•School of Geographical Sciences Travel Grant ($500): 2003
•Gamma Theta Upsilon, Annual Award for Excellence in Geography: 2002
•Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges: 2002
•Class of 1973 and 1974 25th Reunion Scholarship for academic excellence: 2002
•Undergraduate Student Travel Grant to travel to the AAG conference: 2002
•Golden Key International Honour Society: 2002
•Gamma Theta Upsilon-Eta Gamma Chapter: 2001
•Dr. Spencer J. Roemer Memorial Scholarship: 2001
•Susan K. Walker Geography Memorial Prize: 2001

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Professional Memberships

•Association of American Geographers (AAG): 2001-Present
•Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG): 2005-Present
•American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS):
  2006- Present
•International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR):
  2007-Present
•Association for Borderland Studies (ABS): 2005-Present
•Association of Arid Land Studies (AALS): 2008-Present
•North Eastern Anthropological Association (NEAA): 2003-2004

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