Faculty
Emeritus Professor of Geography
Phone:541-552-6483
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
- Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society, 1996
- Women of Distinction Award, Soroptimist International of Ashland, 1995
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1991
- Citizen of the Year, Ashland Chamber of Commerce, 1987
- Outstanding Woman in Geography, American Association of University Women, 1978
