Haverford College Economics with Departmental Honors B.A.
SUNY Regents College Earth Science B.S.
University of Kansas Geography M.A.
University of Kansas Geography Ph.D.
Appointments:
2011 – Director, Sequoyah Geography Laboratory, Haskell Indian Nations University (Contract appointment through Nemaha Inquiry)
2014 - present. Instructor, Geography; Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska.
2010 – 2011 Adjunct Instructor, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas 2010 Contract Researcher, Geography Programs, Haskell Indian Nations University, Sequoyah GIS Laboratory
2005 – 2009 Teaching Assistant (University of Kansas), instructor (Haskell Indian Nations University) and research assistant, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Lawrence, KS
1997 – 2004 Regional Economist and Director of the Office of Economic Analysis and Information Bureau of Labor Statistics, Kansas City, Missouri
Professional journals:
Alan Halfen, Travis White, Terry Slocum, Daniel Hirmas, Dave McDermott, Paul Atchley, William Johnson, Steve Egbert, and Aaron Gilbreath. (2014) “A New Stereoscopic (3D) Media Database and Teaching Strategy for Use in Large-Lecture Introductory Geoscience Courses.” Journal of Geoscience Education 62, 515-531.
Daniel Hirmas, Terry Slocum, Alan Halfen, Travis White, Eric Zaunter, Paul Atchley, Huan Liu, William Johnson, Steve Egbert, Dave McDermott (accepted for 2014). “Effect of Seating Location and Stereographic Display on Learning Outcomes in an Introductory Physical Geography Class.” Journal of Geoscience Education. Accepted Sept. 26, 2013.
John C. Kostelnick, Dave McDermott, Rex J. Rowley, Nathaniel Bunnyfield, 2013. “A Cartographic Framework for Visualizing Risk.” Cartographica 48:3, pp 200-224.
Carol Bowen, John Kostelnick, Dave McDermott, Danny Rowland, and R.J. Rowley. 2012. “Building and sustaining a GIS education program for Indian Country at Haskell Indian Nations University,” in Anne Tayler, et al., eds, Tribal GIS (ESRI Press, Redlands, California).
Dave McDermott, Dan Hirmas, Terry Slocum, Alan Halfen, Travis White, Stephen Egbert, Paul Atchley, William Johnson and Aaron Gilbreath. 2012. “Do stereoscopic displays improve learning in introductory physical geography classes?” Proceedings of AutoCarto 2012, Columbus, Ohio, USA, September 16-18, 2012.
Dave McDermott. 2011. "Sardines Place and Taste." Historical Geography vol. 39, pgs 208-222.
Lucius Hallett IV and Dave McDermott. 2011. “Quantifying the extent and cost of food deserts in Lawrence, Kansas, USA,” Applied Geography 31, pp 1210-1215.
John C. Kostelnick, Dave McDermott, and Rex J. Rowley 2009. “Cartographic Methods for Visualizing Sea Level Rise,” Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association.
John Kostelnick, Rex Rowley, Dave McDermott, Carol Bowen. 2009. “Developing a GIS Program at a Tribal College” Journal of Geography, 108, pp. 1-10.
Temashio Anderson, Kalonie Hulbutta, Josh Meisel, Lee Meisel, Carol Bowen, Lou Hara, John Kostelnick, Dave McDermott, and Rex Rowley. 2008. “Project Management; University Adds an Important Element to GIS Education.” ESRI GIS Educator, Summer 2008, Pg. 3.
John Kostelnick, R.J. Rowley, Dave McDermott, Carol Bowen. 2008. “Sea Level Rise Modelling: A Small University’s Contribution to Understanding a Global Dilemma,” Earthzine http://www.earthzine.org/2008/04/06.
Dave McDermott and Scott Perkins. (2009) “The Geowall as an effective teaching tool for photo interpretation.” Proceedings of the ASPRS/MAPPS 2009 specialty conference, San Antonio, Texas, Nov 16-19, 2009.
Dave McDermott. 2009. “Indian Displacement from the Loess Hills” Space and Polity 13(1), pp. 41-54.
Temashio Anderson, Kalonie Hulbutta, Josh Meisel, Lee Meisel, Carol Bowen, Lou Hara, John Kostelnick, Dave McDermott, and Rex Rowley. 2008. “Project Management; University Adds an Important Element to GIS Education.” ESRI GIS Educator, Summer 2008, Pg. 3.
Soren Larson, Curt Sorenson, Dave McDermott, Joshua Long, Christopher Post. 2007. Place perception and social interaction on an exurban landscape in central Colorado. Professional Geographer 59(4), pp 421-433.
Dave McDermott. (2006) “Animate Time and Space to Visualize Economic Change” GeoWorld, November, 2006.
Dave McDermott. 1999. “Employment and Other Trends in the Electric Services Industry,” Monthly Labor Review, September 1999.
_____“Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in the Extractive Industries,” Compensation and Working Conditions, Winter 1997.
_____“Coal Mining in the US West: Price and Employment Trends,” Monthly Labor Review, August 1997.
_____Book Review of Environmental Degradation from Mining and Mineral Processing, Geotimes, May 1995.
_____Book Review of The History of Statistics: The Measurement of Uncertainty Before 1900, Monthly Labor Review, May 1989.
Popular magazines
Saving the Wakarusa Wetlands, Bird Watchers’ Digest, Fall 2010.
When night falls, The Christian Science Monitor, March 22, 2010.
Simple, savory sardine, The Christian Science Monitor, October 8, 2008.
Loess Hills of Iowa, Bird Watchers’ Digest, November/December 2007.
I Would Never Cook a Flicker, Bird Watchers’ Digest, May/June 2007.
Binocular Toss Test, Bird Watchers’ Digest, Nov/Dec 2005
I Discover the Truth, The Christian Science Monitor, June 4, 2004
Concentration, Bird Watchers’ Digest, May/June 2004
Making a Diesel Disappear, The Christian Science Monitor, May 9, 2004
Birding the Last County, Bird Watchers’ Digest, May/June 2003
Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge, Bird Watchers’ Digest, July/August, 2000
Kansas River, River, April 1999
Paddle Your Own Paddle, Silent Sports, October 1998.
Rossport Islands, Silent Sports, May 1998
A Rare Find: Neosho River, Kansas, Canoe and Kayak, December 1997
Cross-country skiing Minnesota’s North Shore, Silent Sports, December 1996
Birding around Reelfoot, Bird Watchers’ Digest, September/October 1995
Don’t Call Those Things Rowboats, Messing About in Boats, March 15, 1995
Nebraska’s Indian Cave, Backpacker, December 1994
Converting a Canoe for Sailing, Messing About in Boats, January 15, 1994
Home-Grown Hot Springs, Bulletin of the Heart of America Geology Club, vol. 40, no. 10, January 1993
Tail-pumping Robin, Bird Watchers’ Digest, September/October 1992
Missouri’s Squaw Creek NWR, Bird Watchers’ Digest, March/April 1991