Department of Geography

Wendy R. Eisner

Professor
400A Braunstein Hall
513-556-3926
wendy.eisner@uc.edu

Education

Doctor of Science, Geography Faculty, University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1999 (Arctic paleoecology and paleoclimatology).

Doctorandus (Drs.), Institute for Pre and Protohistory, Department of Geography, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1984 (Major Dissertation: "Women in Prehistory: a critique of past and current literature on gender roles with particular emphasis on the Paleolithic." Minor Thesis: "The palynology of a nine meter core from Latina, Italy." under the direction of Dr. T. van der Hammen of the Hugo de Vries Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Amsterdam.).

Kandidaats (M.A.), University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 1984 (Cultural anthropology).

Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) cum laude, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York, 1975 (Anthropology. Degree Included one year study at University of Edinburgh, Scotland, studying English literature, archaeology, and oral literature; received a First (First Class Merit) in Oral Literature, School of Scottish Studies.).

Professional Summary

I am both an environmental scientist and archaeologist, trained as a palynologist in America and Europe. I hold a B.A. in anthropology, an M.A. in social anthropology, a Ph.D. in archaeology, and a Doctor of Science in geography. I have worked in the Arctic for over 20 years, doing research in Northeastern Siberia, Greenland, and Northern Alaska. My current funded research is based on the Coastal Plain of Arctic Alaska. My most recent research is specifically concerned with the impact of humans on the environment. My colleagues and I are working with Alaskan Native elders to incorporate their perceptions and understanding of their environment in order to improve our scientific knowledge of the Arctic region.

Positions & Work Experience

11-1991-02-1992, Visiting Research Faculty, Institute of Physical Geography, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

09-1995-12-1996, Visiting Associate Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska,, Anchorage, Alaska.

07-1994-07-1999, Senior Research Associate,, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

09-1999-09-2003, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Women's Studies, University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati, OH.

09-2003-08-2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Department of Women’s Studies, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

09-2006 to Present, Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

2009 to Present, Editor, Polar Geography, .

2010 to Present, Graduate Program Director, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati.

2002-2003, Faculty Grievance Committee, University of Cincinnati, .

1996-1997, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the FSU , Panelist for the Geosciences, .

Research Interests

My research links past vegetation and climatic processes with the wider physical environment, and is specifically concerned with the range of variability at which temporal and spatial landscape changes take place. I am primarily engaged in research in the Arctic. I am very interested in impact of Global Climate Change in the Arctic and the interactions of the indigenous people and scientists in the Arctic. I also study gender roles in prehistoric and ethnographic contexts and Women in Science. My current project is specifically concerned with the impact of humans on the environment. I am developing a project with Alaskan Native elders to incorporate their perceptions and understanding of their environment in order to improve our scientific knowledge of the Arctic region.

Research Support

(Principal Investigator) Wendy R. Eisner. Co-PIs: Chris J. Cuomo, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Connecting Indigenous Knowledge to Landscape Process Research, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, National Science Foundation. (NSF-BCS-0548846.); 249,000. Date: 09/01/2006 to 08/01/2009. Status: Active.

(Co-PI) Richard Beck, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Wendy R. Eisner, Advanced End-to-End Cyberinfrastructure Installation, Validation, and Optimization for the Barrow Global Climate Change Research Facility, National Science Foundation. (ARC-0641623); $822,340 . Date: 09/01/2007 to 08/31/2010. Status: Active.

(Co-PI) Kenneth M. Hinkel, Richard Beck, Wendy Eisner, Collaborative Research: Changes in Lake Dynamics on the Arctic Coastal Plain of North America Over the Past Half-Century, Arctic System Science Program, National Science Foundation. (ARC-0713813 ); $378,618 . Date: 09/01/2007 to 08/31/2010. Status: Active.

(Principal Investigator) Wendy R. Eisner. Co-PIs: Chris J. Cuomo, Kenneth M. Hinkel., Reconstructing Landscape Evolution of the Alaskan Coastal Plain Using Indigenous Knowledge., National Science Foundation. (NSF-OPP ARC-0539167); $55,479. Date: 08/01/2005 to 07/31/2006. Status: Completed.

Wendy R. Eisner, Chris J. Cuomo, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Connecting Indigenous Knowledge to Landscape Process Research, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, (NSF-BCS-0548846); 74,540. Date: 2006 to 2007.

(P.I.) Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Geomorphic Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, National Science Foundation. (OPP-0240174 ); 210,837. Date: 2003 to 2005.

Preliminary investigation of paleoenvironment, processes, and carbon stocks of drained thaw-lake basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, NSF-OPP/ARCSS . 454,849. Date: 2000 to 2003.

(P.I.) Vegetation history, soil carbon accumulation, and climatic interactions of the peatlands on the North Slope, Alaska, NSF-ARCSS-OPP. 169,780. Date: 1995 to 1998.

(P.I.) W. R. Eisner, Paleoecological research at Conservation Reserve Program sites in the Northern Great Plains: A feasibility study, NRCS/USDA. 18,000. Date: 1997 to 1998.

(P.I.) W. R. Eisner, Holocene landscape dynamics in Beringia: paleoecological investigations of peat deposits from Alaska and Siberia, University of Alaska, Anchorage. 176,000. Date: 1995 to 1996.

W. R. Eisner and C. L. Ping, Environmental change in Northeast Siberia: A Multidisciplinary Approach, National Geographic Society. (NGS-5240-94); 19,436. Date: 1994 to 1995.

(P.I.) W. R. Eisner, Late Quaternary Vegetation History and Depositional Environment of the Yedoma Sections of the Lower Kolyma; Northeast Siberia--Feasibility Study, National Science Foundation. (OPP-90500240); 15,996 . Date: 1994 to 1995.

(CoPI) Wendy R. Eisner , Joint Studies with Soviet Scientists to Secure Parallel Histories of Climatic Change in Siberia and Alaska, National Science Foundation. (ATM 8914533); 238,660. Date: 1990 to 1994.

(co-PI) Kenneth Hinkel. Co-PI(s): Wendy Eisner, Hongxing Liu, Richard Beck, C. J. Kim, Amy Townsend-Small, Collaborative Research: Toward a Circumarctic Lakes Observation Network (CALON)--Multiscale observations of lacustrine systems. , National Science Foundation. (NSF 1107607); 966,001. Date: 09/01/2011 to 08/31/2015.

Published Abstracts

Eisner, W. R.(2004) Student responses to Gender and Geography courses at the graduate level. Teaching Geography and Gender Discussion Forum, AAG Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group (GPOW) Newsletter, March 2004.
Web address: http://www.geocities.com/aagwomen/newsletter.html

Eisner, W.R., Jelacic, J., Kim, C.J., Del Alba, D., Cuomo, C.J. (2010). The Development of an Indigenous Knowledge Participatory GIS for an Iñupiaq Community , North Slope, Alaska. Association of American Geographers 2010 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

End-to-End Working Prototypes for Standardized Operational Environmental Geographic Information Networks: Examples from the Great Lakes and Arctic for Invasive Species and Climate Monitoring.Beck, R.A., Eisner, W, Hinkel, K., Jones, B., Arp, C.,Lambert, D., Miller, K. Kreigel, Frohn. R.; Lein, J. 33^rd Applied Geography Conference, Oct. 20-23, 2010 Fort Worth, TX.

Ice Dynamics of the Meade River - Arctic Alaska, from Freezeup to Breakup from Time Series Ground Imagery, Beck, R.A., Rettig, A., Eisner, W., Hinkel, K., Jones, B., Arp, C., Whiteman, D., Thomas, B., , American Association of Geographers, Annual Meeting, 2010, Washington, DC., April 14-18, 2010.

Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M. and Cuomo, C.J. (2007). An Environmental Indigenous Knowledge (IK) GIS for the Western Arctic Coastal Plain, annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco.

Beck, R.A., Hinkel, K.M. and many others (2007). GPSDTN: Predictive velocity-enabled delay tolerant networks for Arctic research and sustainability, IARIA-IEEE First International Workshop on Tracking Computing Technologies.

Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M., Eisner, W.R., Cuomo, C.J. and Beck, R.A. (2007). Assessing Thaw Lake Drainage Processes in Northern Alaska, annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco.

Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, Cuomo, C. J., Connecting Iñupiaq Indigenous Knowledge with Climate and Geomorphic Studies in Northern Alaska,15^th International Inuit Studies Conference, 26-28 October, 2006. Paris, France.

Eisner, W.R., Cuomo, C. J., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B. M., Hurd, J., Barnett, J. (2006) Past, Present, and Future Climate Change in Arctic Alaska: Combining Western Science and Iñupiat Elders' Knowledge, Association of American Geographers (50) 2006 Annual Meeting. Chicago, 3/9/06.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hinkel, Kenneth M., Beck, R.A., Eisner, W.R., Frohn, R.C., & Nelson, F.E. (2005). Morphometric and spatial analysis of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins in the western arctic coastal plain, alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 16(4), 327, 341.

Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M. & Cuomo, C.J. (2008) Using indigenous knowledge to assess environmental impacts of overland travel routes, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. 9th International Conference on Permafrost 415.

Eisner, Wendy R., Bockheim, James G., Brown, Thomas A., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Jones, Benjamin M., Nelson, Frederick E., & Peterson, Kim M. (2005). Paleoenvironmental analyses of an organic deposit from an erosional landscape remnant, arctic coastal plain of alaska. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 217(3), 187, 204.

Frohn, Robert C., Eisner, Wendy R., & Hinkel, Kenneth M. (2005). Satellite remote sensing classification of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins on the north slope of alaska. Remote Sensing of Environment, 97(1), 116.

Bockheim, J.G., Dai, X.Y., Eisner, W.R., & Hinkel, K.M. (2004). Carbon pools and accumulation rates in an age-series of soils in drained thaw-lake basins, arctic alaska. Soil Science Society of America Journal (Internet), 68(2), 697, 704.

Kaufman, Darrell S., Ager, T.A., Anderson, N.J., Anderson, P.M., Andrews, J.T., Bartlein, P.J., Brubaker, L.B., Coats, L.L., Cwynar, Les C., Duvall, M.L., Dyke, Arthur S., Edwards, M.E., Eisner, W.R., Gajewski, K., Geirsdottir, A., Hu, Feng Sheng, Jennings, A.E., Kaplan, M.R., Kerwin, M.W., Lozhkin, A.V., MacDonald, G.M., Miller, G.H., Mock, C.J., Oswald, W.Wyatt, Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Porinchu, D.F., Ruehland, K., Smol, J.P., Steig, E.J., & Wolfe, B.B. (2004). Holocene thermal maximum in the western arctic (0-180 degrees w). Quaternary Science Reviews, 23(5), 529, 560.

Eisner, W.R., Bockheim, J.G., Hinkel, K.M., & Nelson, F.E. (2003). Late-quaternary paleoenvironmental record from a palsa-scale frost mound in northern alaska. International Conference on Permafrost, Proceedings, 8, Volume 1, 229, 234.

Edwards, Mary E., Bigelow, Nancy H., Eisner, Wendy R., & Finney, Bruce P. (2000). Records of aquatic pollen and sediment properties as indicators of late-quaternary alaskan lake levels. Journal of Paleolimnology, 24(1), 55, 68.

Eisner, Wendy R., Allard, Michel, editor, & Peterson, Kim M. (1998). Pollen, fungi and algae as age indicators of drained lake basins near barrow, alaska. Collection Nordicana, 57, 245, 250.

Eisner, Wendy R. (1998). Spatial analysis of modern pollen samples from drained thaw lake basins near barrow, alaska. PALEo Times.The Paleoclimates from Arctic Lakes and Estuaries Newsletter, 6, 23, 24.

Lozhkin, A.V., Anderson, P.M., Brubaker, L.B., Eisner, W.R., & Hopkins, D.M. (1997). New palynological data on the development of western alaska. Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.Earth Science Sections, 356(7), 1035, 1037.

Hinkel, Kenneth M., Eisner, Wendy R., Miller, Laura L., Nelson, Frederick E., Outcalt, Samuel I., Peterson, Kim M., & Turner, Katie M. (1996). Formation of injection frost mounds over winter 1995-1996 at barrow, alaska. Polar Geography (1995), 20(4), 235, 248.

Eisner, Wendy R., Bennike, Ole, Koster, Eduard A., Tornqvist, Torbjorn E., & van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F. N. (1995). Paleoecological studies of a Holocene lacustrine record from the Kangerlussuaq (Sondre Stromfjord) region of west Greenland. Quaternary Research (New York), 43(1), 55, 66.

Eisner, Wendy R.reviewer (1994). Quaternary environments @book review. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 80(3), 339, 341.

Anderson, P.M., Brubaker, L.B., Colinvaux, P.A., Eisner, W.R., Hopkins, D.M., Kozhevnikova, M.V., & Lozhkin, A.V. (1994). Two late quaternary pollen record from south-central alaska. Geographie Physique et Quaternaire, 48(2), 131, 143.

Lozhkin, Anatoly V., Anderson, Patricia M., Brubaker, Linda B., Colinvaux, Paul A., Eisner, Wendy R., Hopkins, David M., Miller, Michael C., & Ravako, Lilia G. (1993). Late quaternary lacustrine pollen records from southwestern beringia. Quaternary Research (New York), 39(3), 314, 324.

Eisner, Wendy R., & Colinvaux, Paul A. (1992). Late quaternary pollen records from oil lake and feniak lake, alaska, u.s.a. Arctic and Alpine Research, 24(1), 56, 63.

Eisner, Wendy R. (1991). Palynological analysis of a peat core from imnavait creek, the north slope, alaska. Arctic, 44(4), 279, 282.

Anderson, P.M., Andreev, A.A., Brubaker, L.B., Chernenky, B.I., Colinvaux, Paul A., Eisner, Wendy R., Federova, I.N., Hopkins, D.M., Kotova, L.N., Lozhkin, A.V., Miller, M.C., Polujan, A.I., Rovako, L.G., Severin, Barbara A. B., editor, & Wilson, Cindy L., editor (1991). Two late quaternary pollen records from the upper kolyma region, soviet northeast; a preliminary report. International conference on the role of the polar regions in global change 628, 632.

Eisner, Wendy R., & Colinvaux, Paul A. (1990). A long pollen record from ahaliorak lake, arctic alaska. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 63(1), 35, 52.

Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M., Eisner, W.R, Cuomo, C.C, & Beck, R.A., Frohn, R (2007). Methods to Assess Natural and Anthropogenic Thaw Lake Drainage on the Western Arctic Coastal Plain of Northern Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, F02S16, doi:10.1029/2006JF000584.

Jones, B.M., Hinkel, K.M., Arp, C.D. & Eisner, W.R. (2008) Modern erosion rates and loss of coastal features and sites, Beaufort Sea coastline, Alaska. Arctic 16(4) p. 361 - 372

Beck, R.A., Rettig, A., Ivenso, D., Eisner, W., Hinkel, K., Jones, B., Arp, C., Grosse G., Whiteman, D.
(2010) Sikuliqiruq: ice dynamics of the Meade River - Arctic Alaska, from freezeup to breakup from time-series ground imagery. Polar Geography, 33 (3&4) 115-137

Eisner, W.R., Cuomo, C.J., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.J. and Brower, R.H., Sr. (2009). Advancing landscape change research through the incorporation of Iñupiaq Knowledge. Arctic, 62(4), 429-442.

Cuomo, C.J., Eisner W.R., Hinkel, K.M., (2008) Environmental Change, Indigenous Knowledge, and Subsistence on Alaska’s North Slope, The Scholar and Feminist Online, Issue 7.1. Gender on Ice, Barnard Center for Research on Women.

Eisner, W. (1989). Book review of Current Paleoethnobotany, C. Hastorf and V. Popper (Eds.), Human Ecology, 17 (4), 471-474.

Eisner, W.R., H. Kamermans, and A. Wijmstra, (1986). The Agro Pontino Survey: results from a first pollen core, Dialoghi di Archeologia, third series (2- second part), 145-305.

Eisner, W.R., and A. Sprague (1987). Pollen counting on the microcomputer, Pollen ét Spores, 39, 461-470.

Lozhkin, A.V., Trumpe, M.A., Eisner, W.R. (2003). Radiocarbon dates and palynological characteristics of peats in the Okhotsk-Kolyma drainage divide. Spatial and Temporal Changes in Quaternary Environments of North East Asia. (K.V. Simakov, ed.), pp. 64-69. North East Interdisciplinary Science Research Institute, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan.

Edwards, M.E., Anderson, P.M., Brubaker, L.B., Ager, T., Andreev, A.A., Bigelow, N.H., Cwynar, L.C., Eisner, W.R., Harrison, S.P., Hu, F.-S., Jolly, D., Lozhkin, A.V., MacDonald, G.M., Mock, C.J., Ritchie, J.C., Sher, A.V., Spear, R.W., Williams, J. and Yu, G.(2000). Pollen-based biomes for Beringia 18000, 6000 and 0 14C yr B.P. Journal of Biogeography 27: 521-554.

Eisner, W.R., Jelacic, J., Cuomo, C.J., Kim, C.J., Hinkel, K.M, Del Alba, D. 2012. Producing an Indigenous Knowledge Web GIS for Arctic Alaska Communities: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned. Transactions in GIS 16 (1) pp. 17-37.

Eisner, W.R., Cuomo, C.J., Hinkel, K.M.in review, 2012. Environmental, Cultural, and Social Change in Arctic Alaska as Observed by Iñupiat Elders Over Their Lifetimes: A GIS Synthesis. Polar Geography

Hinkel, K.M., Lenters, J.D., Sheng, Y., Lyons, E.A., Beck, R.A., Eisner, W.R., Maurer, E.F., Wang, J. and Potter, B.L. accepted 2012. Summer water temperature of thermokarst lakes on the arctic coastal plain of Alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.

Hinkel, K.M., Sheng, Y., Lenters, J.D., Lyons, E.A., Beck, R.A., Eisner, W.R. and Wang, J. accepted 2012. Bathymetry of thermokarst lakes on the arctic coastal plain of Alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.

Lozhkin, A.V., Anderson, P., Eisner, W.R. and Solomatkina, T.B. (2011) Late glacial and Holocene landscapes of central Beringia. Quaternary Research 76: 383-392.

Eisner, W. R.; Hinkel, K.M.; Cuomo, C.J.; Beck, R.A., 2012, Environmental, Cultural, and Social Change in Arctic Alaska as Observed by Iñupiat Elders Over Their Lifetimes: A GIS Synthesis, Polar Geography.DOI:10.1080/1088937X.2012.724463

Eisner, W. R., Jelacic, J., Cuomo, C.J., Kim, C.J., Hinkel, K.M., 2012, Producing an Indigenous Knowledge Web GIS for Arctic Alaska Communities: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned, Transactions in GIS 16 (1) pp. 17-37.

Peer Reviewed Conference/Workshop Proceedings

Kenneth Hinkel, Christopher Arp, Karen Frey, John Lenters, Richard Beck, Wendy Eisner, Ben Gaglioti, Guido Grosse, Benjamin Jones, Changjoo Kim, Hongxing Liu, Amy Townsend-Small, Brittany Potter(2012) First Year Results from the Circumarctic Lakes Observation Network (CALON) Project. Abstract C33B-0650:, presented at the 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 Dec.

Conference/Workshop Proceedings

Hinkel, K.M., Lenters, J., Grosse, G., Arp, C., Jones, B., Beck, R., Eisner, W., Frey, K. Liu, H., and Townsend-Small, A. (2011) “Initial Results from the Circumarctic Lakes Observation Network (CALON) Project,” Abstract __________, presented at the 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 De.

Books

Eisner, Wendy R. (1993). Using macpollen; a computer guide.

Climate Change and Spatial Diversity of Vegetation During the Late Quaternary of Beringia. (1999) Netherlands Geographic Studies (NGS) 252, 157pp.

Book Chapters

Shilo, N., Lozhkin, A.V., and Eisner, W.R.(2003). First radiocarbon dates of lake level changes in northeast Russia.. Spatial and Temporal changes in Quaternary Environments of North East Asia. (Simakov, K.V, ed.) NEISRI FEB RAS, Magadan.

Lozhkin, A.V., Eisner, W. R., and Trumpe, M.A.(2003). Radiocarbon dates and palynological characteristics of peats in the Okhotsk-Kolyma drainage divide. Spatial and Temporal Changes in Quaternary Environments of North East Asia. (K.V. Simakov, ed.), NEISRI FEB RAS, Magadan.

Shilo, N., Lozhkin, A. V., and Eisner, W. R.(2003). First radiocarbon dates of lake level changes in northeast Russia. In: Spatial and Temporal Changes in Quaternary Environments of North East Asia. NEISRI FEB RAS, Magadan.

Hunt, C.D. and Eisner, W.R. (1991). Palynology of the Mezzaluna core, The Agro Pontino Survey Project, edited by A.L. Voorrips, S.; Kamermans, H., pp. 49-59, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam.

Encyclopedia Articles

Eisner, W.R. (1989). Gathering-Hunting Societies and Gathering-Hunting Theories of Evolution, Women&39;s Studies Encyclopedia, edited by H. Tierney, Greenwood Press, CT, 1989.

Newsletters

Eisner, W.R. Local Experts Provide Valuable Landscape Perspective. 2009. Witness the Arctic, vol. 13, nr.1, p. 15.

Software and Database

Eisner, W. R. and Kamermans, H. (2004). Late Quaternary Vegetation History of Latina, Italy: a Final Report on the Mezzaluna Core, in S. Holstrom, A. Voorrips & H. Kamermans (eds) The Agro Pontino Archaeological Survey (CD-ROM), Archaeological Studies A S L U, Vol. 11, Leiden University, Leiden.

Other Publications

Jorgenson, M.T., Walker, H.J., Brown, J., Hinkel, K.M., Shur, Y., Osterkamp, T., Ping, C-L., Kanevskiy, M., Eisner, W., Rea, C. & Jensen, A. Coastal Region of Northern Alaska: Guidebook to Permafrost and Related Features. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, 29 June-3 July 2008. 29 June-3 July 2008, University of Alaska Fairbanks.: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Department of Natural Resources, State of Ala.

Publicity

Exploratorium, Inupiaq knowledge meets science on Alaska's North Slope (Webcast: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists).Web, (2008). http://events.exploratorium.edu/ramgen/ice_stories/ice_stories-080617-320x240.rm .

Invited Presentations

Eisner, W. R. (01/22/2008). Using Indigenous Knowledge (IK) of the Iñupiaq people to understand climatic and environmental changes in the Alaskan Arctic. . invited talk, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Eisner, W.R. (03/11/2008). Connecting Indigenous Knowledge to Landscape Process Research, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. nstitute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales, U.K..

Eisner, W.R., (03/19/2008). Using Indigenous Knowledge (IK) of the Inupiat Eskimo) people to understand climatic and environmental changes in the Alaskan Arctic. Netherlands Geosciences Conference, Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

Eisner, W. R. (03/25/2008). Investigations of the geomorphic processes of drained thaw-lake basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska: palaeoecological and traditional knowledge applications. Netherlands Palynological Association, University of Utrecht.

Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M. and Cuomo, C.J. (06/30/2008). Using Indigenous Knowledge to Study Seasonal Inland Travel Routes as a Proxy for Environmental Change on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska,. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, University of Alaska, Fairbanks..

Wendy Eisner (07/08/2011). Development of an Indigenous Knowledge Participatory GIS for an Iñupiaq Community, North Slope, Alaska. Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community College, Baraga, Michigan.

Paper Presentations

Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M. and Cuomo, C.J. . An Environmental Indigenous Knowledge (IK) GIS for the Western Arctic Coastal Plain. Association of American Geographers, San Francisco. 04-2007.

Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.M., Eisner, W.R., Cuomo, C.J.. Assessing Thaw Lake Drainage Processes in Northern Alaska,. Association of American Geographers, San Francisco. 04-2007.

Eisner, W.R., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, Cuomo, C. J., . Connecting Iñupiaq Indigenous Knowledge with Climate and Geomorphic Studies in Northern Alaska. 15th International Inuit Studies Conference, Paris, France. 10-2006.

Eisner, W.R., Cuomo, C. J., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B. M., Hurd, J., Barnett, J. . Past, Present, and Future Climate Change in Arctic Alaska: Combining Western Science and Iñupiat Elders&39; Knowledge. Association of American Geographers (50) , Chicago. 03/09/2006.

Lenters, J., Hinkel, K., Arp, C. Beck, R., Eisner, W., Frey, K. Grosse, G., Liu, H., Potter, B, and Townsend-Small, A. . he Circumarctic Lakes Observation Network (CALON): A new opportunity for GLEON expansion on the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska. . Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON), Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire. 10/10/2011.

Honors & Awards

Best of Show, Baraga County Fair, Baraga Michigan, Baraga County Fair, 08/06/2010-08/08/2010.

Service

Editorial Board Member, Polar Geography 2009 to Present.

Director, Department of Geography Graduate Program, 2010.

University of Cincinnati Faculty Grievance Committee, 2002 to 2003.

Program Director, Graduate Program, 09-2010 to Present.

Reviewer, Strategy for Excellence in Doctoral Education subcommittee, 10-2011 to Present.

Post Graduate Training & Education

1987-1994, Research Associate, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Courses Taught

15-GEOG-261 PEOPLE&ENVIRONMENT.

Geog 758, Gender, Geography, and Science.

15-EVST-102 ENVIRON SCIENCE II.

15-WMST-370 WOMEN IN SCIENCE.

15-EVST-395H HUM DIMEN CLIM CHG .

EVST 125, Freshman Seminar: Crowded Greenhouse.