Patricia J. Acklin

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Faculty

Emeritus Professor of Geography

Office: TA 112
Phone:(541) 552 6786
Fax: (541) 552-6439
Email: acklin@sou.edu

Education

M.S., General Studies - Social Science (1991): Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, Oregon Area of Concentration - Geography

B.S., cum laude, Geography (1978): Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, Oregon

Teaching Interests

Land Use Planning and Regulation, Local Geography, Geographic Methodology, Physical Geography, Conservation, Field Geography, Geographic Education, Geographic Internship Program

Professional Activities - Present

Member and past Chair, Board of Trustees, Ashland Community Hospital
Member and past Vice Chair, Mt. Ashland Association
Member, American Planning Association - Oregon Chapter
Member, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
Member, National Council for Geographic Education

Professional Activities - Past

Sanitarian/Soil Scientist, Jackson County Planning and Development
Planner, Jackson County Planning and Development
Citizen Involvement Coordinator, Regional Transportation Plan, Rogue Valley Council of Governments
Community Organizer/Researcher, "Commit to Quit," a joint project of Oregon Research Institute and the National Cancer Institute
Member, Jackson County Secondary Lands Advisory Committee
Member, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development Urban Growth
Management Task Force, Medford Case Study
Council Member and President, Ashland City Council
Member, Jackson County Economic Development Advisory Committee
Coordinator, Oregon Geographic Alliance Summer Institute

Publications

Acklin, Patricia J., Master's Thesis: Preserving Agricultural Lands - Focus on Jackson County, Oregon, 1991

Acklin, Patricia J., Settlement Patterns, Historical Accident, and Land Use Regulation in JacksonCounty, Oregon;
commissioned by the Rogue Valley Council of Governments, 1995

Awards and Recognition