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Portrait of Jim Graham

Contact

james.graham@humboldt.edu
  • Natural Resources (NR) Building, Rm. 217

Jim Graham, Ph.D.

Professor - Geospatial Science

I love maps and I am very concerned with the decisions we are making in how we interact with the earth. I have combined these interests into using spatial data and software to analyze how we are impacting the earth and to model how our decisions may influence future generations.

I teach introductory to advanced GIS classes including programming and modeling. The introductory classes focus on the ArcGIS software that is popular within the United States but I also inform students of the growing body of GIS software, including my own.

For more information, please see my web site.

Areas of Interest

Research Interest Areas:

  • GIS
  • Spatial analysis
  • Habitat suitability modeling
  • Spatial analysis, habitat suitability modeling
  • Ph.D. in Forestry (GIS), 2006, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
  • GSP 330: Mobile Mapping
  • GSP 510: Research Methods in GSP

Jim researches appropriate methods for applying spatial analysis to a wide variety of natural resource management issues.  He specializes in habitat suitability modeling.

Past Students

NameThesisGraduation Year
Sean Fleming Satellite-based phenology and climate anomaly analysis in evaluating the response of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands tropical forests to the 2015-2016 drought2024
Hannah Joss Monitoring bull kelp (Nereocystis leutkeana) remotely at high resolutions2023
Maddie McNerthney Examining the impacts of beaver dam analogues and groundwater storage on Miners Creek, California2023
Jordan Adair Using UAV and traditional remote sensing data to detect vegetation vigor and monitor stream morphology in a desert riparian ecosystem2021
Melissa Collin Satellite-based phenology analysis in evaluating the response of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands' tropical forests to the 2017 hurricanes2021
Lucy Corro A look at land cover classification methods in northern California with the use of high spatial resolution geospatial data2021
Holli Pruhsmeier Building habitat suitability models to examine distribution shifts for the Black-headed Grosbeak, Hairy Woodpecker, and Yellow-rumped Warbler due to drought, fire, and bark beetle infestation in the Pacific Northwest2021
Ethan Luckens Modeling the flow of Hall Creek, Humboldt County, California using visualizing ecosystem land management assessments (VELMA) and calculating the channel forming flow using the effective discharge calculation2019
Aaron Taveras The performance of 2D and 3D tsunami evacuation maps : a case study for Seaside, Oregon2018
Portia Saucedo Multiscale habitat suitability modeling for canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) along the northern California coast2017
Melissa Kimble Mapping uncertainty for habitat Suitability models for four North American tree species2016