Janet Gritzner, Ph.D.
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Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1978
M.A., University of Maryland, 1970
Special Training
Advanced ARC/INFO training course.
Customizing ARC/INFO with AML.
Certified PC ARC/INFO Instructor.
Professional Experience
Professor of Geography, South Dakota State University, 1988 present
Associate Research Professor, Office of Remote Sensing/Remote Sensing
Institute, South Dakota State University, 1980-1998
E mail Janet Gritzner
Significant contributions to Research and Scholarship
• Presented more than 32 professional papers
• Authored over 18 articles, book chapters, and reports
Service
• President, Pi Gamma Mu
• Secretary/Treasurer, Sigma Xi
• Chair, GIS Subcommittee, Oak Lake Biological Experiment Station.
Awards and Honors
Have been Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator on 1.2 million dollars worth of contracts or grants.
Example of Contracts and Grants
• United Nations Development Program. Planning Baseline Data for UNSO
• Mauritania Desertification Project. MAU/80/502 - Sand Dune Stabilization.
• Investigations into the applications of remote sensing and information systems technology for development planning for LDCs.
• Remote sensing applications in firewood and grazing resources in Kgatleng District, Botswana.
• Agency for International Development. Gambia Cartographic Studies Project no. 635-0203.
Other Activities:
• Member of project design team for National Plan for Land Use and Development for Senegal. USAID Project No. 685-0233.
• Instructor of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) course for United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project manager.
• Provision of Technical Services and Products for the 1990 South Dakota Legislative Redistricting.
• State of South Dakota, Department of Environment and Natural Resources. "Initiation of a Statewide GIS."
• State of South Dakota, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Geographic Information Systems as a Tool for Developing Groundwater Management in High Risk Areas.
• Major departmental contact person for EROS Data Center.
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