Presentations
Phi Beta Delta Honorary International Forum presentation, War and Counter-Terrorism in the Caucasus. Thursday, March 15, 2012
Social Studies Colloquium: Water and Conflict in Central Asia. ONU, January 12, 2011.
Multiple Hazards Mapping in Mountainous Environments using a Geographic Information System. International Conference on Climate Changes and Natural Hazards in Mountain Areas (Mountain Hazards 2011). Dushanbe, Tajikistan September 19-21, 2011.
Phi Beta Delta Honorary International Forum presentation, Water Management Problems in Tajikistan and Central Asia, Ohio Northern University, October 2010.
Phi Beta Delta Honorary International Forum presentation, Water War in Central Asia? Implications for Regional and US Foreign Policy. September 2010.
Water Management Problems in Tajikistan, presentation to Tajik students in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2010.
Presentation on the Geography of South Africa, to members of Department of Education, ONU, Emerging Democracy of South Africa. Spring 2010.
Northwest Ohio International Affairs Consortium Conference, Tiffin University, Ohio. The Changing Face of Iran: Problems and Dilemmas for American National Security Interests. March 2010.
Conference on Global Climate Change, Ohio Northern University, Drought, Deluge, and Dearth: Climate Change and Political Conflict, April 2009.
Climate change forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Lima, Ohio. Presentation: Climate Change in the Aral Sea Basin. April 2009.
The 16th International Conference on Central Asia and the Caucasus held in Tehran, Iran. Convention is subtitled “Confrontation in the Caucasus: Roots, Dimensions, Applications.” The Russian Federation and the Republic of Georgia: a Geographic Perspective on the Conflict. by invitation of Iranian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, October 2008.
Phi Beta Delta International Forum, “The Crisis between Georgia and Russia in the Caucasus and its Ramifications for the US, EU, UN and immediate neighbors of Russia." panel participant. 2008.
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Panel Chair, paper presentation North and South Korea: Geographic Opportunities and Constraints to Re-unification. April 2008.
Iran and the West from Tehran’s Perspective, presentation at Conference on Iran, Marion College, Indianapolis, Indiana, sponsored by the Indiana Consortium for International Programs (ICIP); http://www.uindy.edu/~icip October 28, 2006.
Presentation on Iran to ONU Alumnae, The Joseph Group - Capital Management, 300 Marconi Boulevard Suite 106 - Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, April 22, 2006.
Environmental Security and Shared Water Resources in Central Asia and the Caspian Basin, paper presentation at the "13th International Conference on Central Asia and the Caucasus: Regional Developments: Interaction and Encounter of Strategies," sponsored by the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, 7-8 Nov. 2005.
The Digital Divide and Geographic Information Systems: the availability and accessibility of GIS technology to the Global Community, paper presentation for the International Research Foundation for Development (IRFD), at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Tunis, Tunisia, 14-19 November 2005.
The Logic of Trans-Iranian Pipeline Development for Central Asian Oil and Gas: A Geographic Perspective, paper presented at the "12th International Conference on Central Asia and the Caucasus: Looking into the Future of Energy Systems," sponsored by the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, 12-13 Oct. 2004.
Central Asia and the Persian Gulf: Shifting Geographic Perspectives, paper presentation at the "12th International Seminar on the Persian Gulf," sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Rep. of Iran, Tehran, 5-6 March 2002.
Developing Geographical Indicators of Potential Water Conflict in the Caspian Basin and Central Asia, paper presentation at the "9th International Seminar on Central Asia and the Caucasus: Prospects and Challenges," sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Rep. of Iran, Tehran, 22 -23 Dec. 2001.
Developing Geographical Indicators of Potential Water Conflict Related to Global Urbanization, paper presentation for the International Research Foundation for Development (IRFD), at international conference on "Urbanizing World and Human Habitat II," a Parallel Event (Session 13) at the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Istanbul +5 - UN Commission on Human Settlements (UNCHS), sponsored by The Center for Urban Research and Policy (CURP), Columbia University, New York, June 4-6, 2001.
The Information Technology Gap and the Geography of Global Urbanization, paper presentation for the International Research Foundation for Development (IRFD), at the Second Preparatory meeting of the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Istanbul +5, UN Commission on Human Settlements (UNCHS), Nairobi, Kenya, 2001.
Conflicting Water and Social Development Issues in the western United States and in Central Asia, paper presentation for the International Research Foundation for Development (IRFD), at the Special Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Geneva 2000: World Forum on Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland, June, 2000.
Human Welfare and Water Use in Developed and Developing Countries, paper presentation for the International Research Foundation for Development (IRFD), at the Second Preparatory meeting of the Special Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, World Forum on Social Development, New York City, April, 2000.
Water Quality Management Working Meeting, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development in Bukhoro, Uzbekistan. Presented paper: "Water Pollution Impacts on Health and the Environment." April 15-18, 1996.
Economic Growth and Environmental Quality in Asia, sponsored by the Rene Dubos Center for Human Environments, Inc., N.Y. May 23-25, 1995.
Planning on Sustainable Development in Russia: Using Environment and Health Databanks, sponsored by Legacy International, the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at Georgetown University, and the Center for Environmental Policy in Moscow, Russia, Washington, D.C. May 7-9, 1995.
International Conference on Agricultural Problems in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, sponsored by the East-West Center at Duke University, and The University of World Economy and Diplomacy. May 1993