Map taken from W. C. Brice's An Historical Atlas of Islam

Curriculum Vitae for

Spike Hampson
Department of Geography and Middle East Center
173A Orson Spencer Hall, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
(801) 585-5698 / (801) 581-8218
Fax: (801) 581-8219
E-mail: Hampson@geog.utah.edu

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Education

Scholarships & Awards

Experience

Publications

Personal Data
Citizenship United States
Mailing Address 4947 Ponderosa Court
Park City, UT 84098, USA
Telephone (435) 645-7719

Education
Ph.D University of Hawaii, 1980. Population geography, economic development, quantitative techniques. Dissertation: “The Growth and Spread of the Baha’i Faith”.
Certificate Population Studies. East-West Center, University of Hawaii, Population Studies Program, 1973.
M.A. University of Denver, 1971. Urban geography. Thesis: “The Influence of Territorial Shape on Municipal Expenditures: England and Wales.”
B.A. McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1966. Geography, political science

Scholarships & Awards
'88-present: Frequently nominated for the Superior Teaching Award in the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah (ineligible for the actual award because of my non-tenure position).
6/'72-6/'78: East-West Center Scholarship, University of Hawaii. Awarded by the East-West Center for graduate schooling, this scholarship covered all school expenses, paid monthly living allowance, and financed field research for the dissertation during my years as a Ph.D. student.
5/'73: Elected to membership in Sigma Xi, an honorary academic society dedicated to the advancement of science.
Summer '68: East-West Center Scholarship to attend Summer Institute on Asian Studies, University of Hawaii. The institute provided secondary school teachers with the training needed to develop courses on culture, history, and geography in Asian countries.

Teaching Experience
'87-present: Professor Lecturer, Geography Department and Middle East Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. I have taught geography of the United States (27 times), world regional geography (23 times), geographic perspectives on world issues (23 times), Geography of the Middle East (fifteen times), geography of Utah (twelve times), human geography (eleven times), historical geography of the United States (three times), geography of Latin America (three times), population geography (twice), physical geography (twice), the world of Islam, political geography, and geography of East & Southeast Asia. I wrote the study guide that accompanied the textbook I used for a number of years for the world regional geography course (it was published in July, 1992). For the past five years, I have been undergraduate advisor for the geography department. I am chair of the Undergraduate Committee, which is responsible for curriculum decisions. During the 2002-2003 academic year I developed two on-line courses: geography of North America and physical geography.
9/'77-5/'78: Visiting Instructor, Geography Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. I taught four upper division courses: population geography, urban geography, political geography and regional geography of Canada. I also administered extension courses offered by Simon Fraser on community college campuses scattered throughout the province.
9/'69-6/'72: Teaching Assistant, Geography Departments, Universities of Denver and Hawaii. On a half-time basis, I instructed students in introductory university courses in physical geography, climatology, statistical methods, computer programming, and remote sensing.
9/'67-6/'69: History Teacher, Kents Hill School, Kents Hill, Maine. I taught European, American, and ancient history to students in grades 9-12. I also coached sports.
9/'66-7/'67: Geography Teacher, Licensed Victuallers’ School, Slough, England. I taught seven different geography courses to students in grades 7-13.
'84-present: Ski Instructor, Deer Valley Ski School, Park City, Utah. For twenty winters, I have instructed people of all ages and abilities. I am certified as a ski instructor in both Canada and the United States.

Administrative Experience
6/'89-6/'92: Elected member of the Board of Directors, Professional Ski Instructors of America-Intermountain Division. This organization certifies ski instructors, designs and implements instructor training programs, and works with the ski areas to promote ski instruction.
3/'79-10/'80: Executive Director, Governor’s Commission on Population and the Hawaiian Future. I was administrator for the Commission, whose purpose was to design population policy for the State. I managed the Commission’s budget and research staff, represented the Commission at sessions of the state legislature and at public meetings, and acted as liaison between the Commission and the Governor’s Office.
Summer '74: Group Leader, East-West Institute on Population Geography, Honolulu, Hawaii. I coordinated the efforts of Asian and American scholars who were developing a curriculum guide to population geography (published in 1978).

Technical Experience
1/'87-6/'90: Independent Socio-economic Consultant, Salt Lake City, Utah. I worked on three separate consulting contracts, one with Paul Nelson Associates and two with Richard Kohler, Architect-Urban Design.
3/'86-8/'86: Socio-economist, Weston Consultants, Rockville, Maryland. I provided technical assistance to the U.S. Department of Energy in its efforts to locate a site for the nation’s first nuclear waste repository.
1/'84-4/'84: Demographic Consultant, Family and Demographic Research Institute, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. I prepared demographic profiles for various national populations.
2/'81-6/'83: Economic Consultant, Canadian Resoucecon, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I conducted demographic and economic impact studies for a variety of proposed developments.
10/'74-10/'75: Research Statistician, Hawaii Advisory Council on Developmental Disabilities. I designed, researched and wrote a state plan for services for the developmentally disabled.
11/'73-5/'74: Assistant Planner, Oldman River Regional Planning Commission, Alberta, Canada.
1/'70-8/'70: Assistant Meteorologist to Dr. William Peterman, Colorado and Arizona. We generated meteorological forecasts for a weather modification experiment near Flagstaff, Arizona.
Summer '65: Field Assistant to Professor Donald Foote, Arctic Alaska. We collected data in Point Hope and Shungnak pertaining to the social and economic characteristics of Inuit life.

Other Experience
12/'98-present: I recently finished building a 21’ jet-powered river boat that I intend to navigate from Wyoming to Buenos Aires using protected waterways of North and South America. En route I plan to (1) gather environmental and cultural data that shed light on the relationship between human activity and fluvial conditions and (2) teach a real-time, web-based course from the boat that will—in effect—be a virtual field trip.
9/'90-10/'90: Shortly after the revolution, I undertook a five-week solo mountain biking trip through Romania. Afterwards, I wrote a paper on “Poverty in Romania”.
5/'84-11/'84: First Mate, White Eagle. I was the deck hand on an 86’ sailboat cruising in the South Pacific: New Zealand, Tahiti, the Tuamotus, the Cook Islands, Tonga.
8/'74-1/'76: I single-handedly built a 23’ sailing Polynesian catamaran, learned to sail, and made sailing expeditions between the Hawaiian Islands.

Publications
Arthur Hampson
Papers, Publications, and Presentations

Hampson, Spike, “Culture, Civilization, and State: The Limits of Compatibility” paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of the Comparative Study of Civilizations, St. Petersburg, Russia, September, 2003.

Hampson, Spike, “Turkey.” A briefing on the geography of Turkey presented to participants in a workshop sponsored by the University of Utah Middle East Center, Salt Lake City, November, 2001.

Hampson, Spike, “The Conquests of Alexander the Great.” Presentation at a workshop sponsored by the University of Utah Middle East Center, Salt Lake City, October, 2001.

Hampson, Spike, “The Arab-Israeli Conflict.” A briefing presented to participants in a workshop sponsored by the University of Utah Middle East Center, Salt Lake City, October, 2000.

Hampson, Spike, “Utah to Buenos Aires: A Virtual Field Trip by Boat,” Presentation given in response to an invitation from Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, April 6, 2000.

Hampson, Spike, “Morocco.” A briefing on the geography of Morocco presented to participants in a workshop sponsored by the University of Utah Middle East Center, Salt Lake City, November, 1999.

Hampson, Spike, “Water Shortage in the American West and the Middle East.” Presentation at a workshop sponsored by the University of Utah Middle East Center, Salt Lake City, October, 1999.

Hampson, Arthur, “The Pacific Rim as a Regional Concept.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Tokyo, Japan, June, 1998.

Hampson, Spike, “The Global Spread of AIDS.” Presentation to the local chapter of the World Federalist Society, Salt Lake City, Fall, 1996.

Hampson, Arthur and Matthew Fuller, “Demography of Park City (Utah) in 1880.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Region of the Association of American Geographers, Salt Lake City, October, 1994.

Hampson, Arthur, “Redefining the Middle East.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, April, 1994.

Hampson, Spike, “Poetic Geography.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Utah Geographical Society, Salt Lake City, November, 1993.

Hampson, Spike. Study Guide to Accompany World Regional Geography. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1992.

Hampson, Spike. “”Poverty in Romania.” University of Utah, Geography Department, unpublished working paper, 1991.

Hampson, Arthur. “An Inventory of Canadian Cafeterias.” Report prepared by Canadian Resourcecon Ltd. for the Energy Conservation and Oil Substitution Branch of Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada. Calgary, 1983.

Hampson, Arthur. “Water Use in the North Saskatchewan River Basin.” Report prepared by Canadian Resourcecon Ltd. For Alberta Environment. Calgary, 1982.

Hampson, Arthur. “Atlin Lake Storage Project: An Analysis of Potential Economic and Social Effects.” Report prepared by Canadian Resourcecon Ltd. in association with Albery, Pullerits, Dixon and Associates and Institute of Public Affairs for Shell Canada Ltd. Calgary, 1982.

Strang, Doug and Arthur Hampson. “Slave River Hydro Feasibility Study.” Report prepared by Canadian Resourcecon Ltd. for Alberta Environment. Calgary, 1982.

Strang, Doug and Arthur Hampson. “Atlantic Provinces Investment Opportunities.” Report prepared by Canadian Resourcecon Ltd. in association with Albery, Pullertis, Dixon and Associates and Institute of Public Affairs for Shell Canada Ltd. Calgary, 1981.

Hampson, Arthur. “Population Policy and Population Reality in Hawaii.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Denver, April, 1980.

Hampson, Arthur. “The Growth and Spread of the Baha’i Faith.” Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii, 1980.

Hampson, Arthur. “Demography of Early Populations and the Boserup Thesis,” pp. 26-38 in Gary Fuller (ed.), A Curriculum Guide for Population Geography. Honolulu: East-West Population Institute, October, 1978.

Hampson, Arthur and Barbara Polk. A Plan for Services for the Developmentally Disabled, 1976-1980. Honolulu: Hawaii State Developmental Disabilities Council, 1976.

Hampson, Arthur. “The Influence of Territorial Shape on Municipal Expenditures: England and Wales.” Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Denver, 1971.

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