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Education
Awards and Honors
Academic Appointments
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Publications
Funded Grants
Other Research
Invited Guest Lectures

Professional Community Activities
Professional Conferences
Service Activities
Students Directed in Research

 

Education

Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, Geography.
Emphasis: Vegetation/Bioinvasion Dynamics, Soils, and Disturbance/Restoration Ecology

M.A., Summa cum Laude, Northern Arizona University, Geography
Emphasis: Biogeography, Forest Ecology, Dendrochronology

B.S., Summa cum Laude, Northern Arizona University, Applied Sociology
   Emphasis: Environmental and Ecological Issues in Society

• Wildland Fire Training
and Certification for National Fire Academy and FEMA


Awards and Honors

2011      Community-Engaged Learning and Research Award, nomination

2006      Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award, University of Wisconsin - Parkside

2006      Grand Marshall, Commencement, December 2006

2006      In Her Footsteps Award, University of Wisconsin - Parkside

2005/06 Invader Crusader Nomination / Recognition, Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species

2005      Civic Engagement Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Parkside

1998      Mabel Duncan Scholarship, Partial Graduate Fellowship: Univ of Colorado at Boulder

1997      Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Graduate Research 1st Place: Northern AZ Univ

1995      Dougherty Foundation Scholarship, Du Bois Scholarship, Bill Morrall Conservation Scholarship, President's Honor Award, Dean's Scholarship, Northern Arizona University

1995      Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship, Outstanding Senior Award, American Association of University Women Award, NAU Sociology Honors, National Honors Society

1994      Women's Studies Scholarship, Sechrist Memorial Foundation Scholarship

Academic Appointments

2005        Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin- Parkside
2000        Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin - Parkside

Teaching Interests

Biogeography, Landscape Ecology, Dendrochronology, Soil Ecosystems and Resources, Field Methods, Geomorphology, Environmental Studies, Biological Invasions, Conservation of Natural Resources, Physical Geography, Natural Resources Management

Research Interests

Dr Wolf studies biogeography, landscape and restoration ecology, plant/soil interactions and impacts on native plant communities, biological invasion and fire ecology. She uses techniques that include dendrochronology, spatial field methods, soil analysis, botany, aerial photos, fire reconstruction, land use change, and population dynamics She conducts research in a variety of plant communities including old growth ponderosa pine forests and riparian corridors in Arizona, grasslands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, and oak savanna, maple-beech forests, and ephemeral ponds in Wisconsin.
 

Publications (all refereed unless otherwise indicated)
Wolf, J, R. Baker, E. Reed, 2012.  Assessment of vegetation cover for grassland bird breeding habitat in southeastern Wisconsin, Bird Populations 11: 22-29.

Wolf, J., M. Stanton, and L. Gellott. 2009.  Critical Thinking in Physical Geography: Linking Concepts of Content and Applicability, Journal of Geography.

Haugen, R., L. Steffes, J. J. Wolf, P. Brown, S. Matzner, and D. H. Siemens. 2008.  Evolution of drought tolerance and defense: dependence of tradeoffs on mechanism, environment and defense switching, Oikos 117(2):231-244.

Wolf, J. J. 2008. Fighting with Fire: Restoring Montane Grasslands and Controlling Melilotus in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA, Ecological Restoration, 26(3): 218-228.

Wolf, J. and A. Statham. 2008. Working Together to Protect Ecological Diversity: A Community Based Learning Case Study at University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Volume 12, Issue 4, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 12(3): 33-46..

Wolf, J. J. 2006. Effects of varying frequencies of management practices on age structure and canopy composition in an oak savanna, Physical Geography, 27(6):519-533.

Wolf, Joy J. 2006. Spatial Patterns of Canopy and Subcanopy in Managed and Unmanaged Oak Savanna, Proceedings of the 19th North American Prairie Conference, Madison, WI,19: 239-246

Wolf, J. and Bosworth, B. 2006. Impacts of clearcut logging on soils in northern Wisconsin. Wisconsin Geographer

Mast, J. and J. Wolf. 2006. Middle and upper mixed conifer forests in the North Rim: A change in composition. Forest Ecology and Management, 236: 241-250.

Wolf, Joy J. 2004. A 200 year oak savanna fire history in southeastern Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist, 152: 201-213.

Wolf, J.J., S. W. Beatty, and T. R. Seastedt. 2004. Soil characteristics of Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park grasslands invaded by Melilotus officinalis and M. alba. Journal of Biogeography, 31(3):415-24.

Mast, J.N. and J. Wolf. 2004. Ecotonal changes and altered tree spatial patterns in lower mixed-conifer forests, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, U.S.A. Landscape Ecology, 19:167-180.

Wolf, J. M. Stanton, and C. Eckert. 2004. Wolf 2004 Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin Tree Ring Data (WI006). International Tree-Ring Data Bank. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 2004-053. NOAA/NGDC, Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. URL: ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/treering/updates/.  not refereed.

Wolf, J. J., S W. Beatty, and G. Carey. 2003. Invasion by sweet clover in montane grasslands, Rocky Mountain National Park. Annals of the Assoc of American Geographers 93(3): 531-543.

Wolf, J. J. and Mast, J.N. 2003. Grand Canyon N. P. (AZ560-562). International Tree-Ring Data Bank. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series #2003-024. NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. Tree Ring Data: Wolf and Mast 1998, URL: ftp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/treering/updates.  Not refereed.

Wolf, J. J. 2003. National Biogeography Image Exchange, 50 images digitally with narrative text.

Liesch, Matt and Joy Wolf. 2002. A comparison of pine structure in northern and southern sites in Wisconsin. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, 1-12.

Wolf, J. J. 2001. Agriculture crop or exotic invader? Wisconsin land managers need to pay attention to Melilotus invasion. The Wisconsin Geographer, 17: 15-24.

Wolf, J. J. and J. Rohrs. 2001. The influence of physical soil conditions on the formation of root nodules of Melilotus officinalis in Rocky Mountain National Park, European Journal of Soil Biology, 37:1-7.

Wolf, J. and J. N. Mast. 1998. Fire History in mixed-conifer forests of the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Physical Geography, 19(1):1-14.

Mahmoudi, K., C. Kirkpatrick and J. Wolf. 1997. Sociology, architecture and landscape ecology, International Journal of Humanities and Peace. 48-51.
 

Education Guidebooks and Reports

Ephemeral Flowers in a Maple Beech Forest.  2009.  Written for Ecological Society of America International field trip.

Invasive Plants of the Root River Environmental Education Center.  2009.  Editorial assistance from R Jagla.

Spring and Fall Ephemeral Blooms in a Southern Mesic Maple Beech Forest. 2009.  Editorial assistance from R Jagla.

Forest Community, History, and Landscape Ecology of Renak-Polak Woods.  2008.  Funded by Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network. with T. Leveque.

Griffith Springs Environmental Guide. 1995.  Flagstaff Elementary School District, 114 pgs

Sociological Inquiry, by K. Mahmoudi and B. Parlin (5th and 6th Editions), Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 1993 / 1997.  Editorial assistance, J Wolf.
 

Manuscripts accepted, submitted, or in preparation for publication

Wolf, J. The use of NH4NO3 treatments to control Melilotus officinalis in Rocky Mountain National Park. Submitted in 8/2010 to Physical Geography

Wolf, J. and Wissell A.  Impacts of land use patterns on riparian forest structure and composition, to be submitted in December 2011 to River Systems, 26 pgs

Wolf, J and J. Chappelle.   Ephemeral pond diversity by basin attributes and land ownership, submitted in Dec 2011 to Progress in Physical Geography, 28 pages

J. Wolf, D, J. Grove, J. Grove.   Disturbance effects on invasion:  species composition changes in garlic mustard patches.  To be submitted to Biological Invasions,  32 pg

J. Wolf, D. Siemens, C. Coleman.  Disturbance and diversity:  species composition changes in garlic mustard patches.  To be submitted to American Midland Naturalist

Wolf, J. J.  and M. Stanton.  Canopy dynamics in a maple beech forest.  In preparation for Natural Areas Journal, 22 pgs

Wolf, J. J. and M. Stanton.  Light partitioning for understory species composition in an oak savanna, In preparation for Forest Ecology and Management, 24 pgs

Joyce, D., R. Sasso, and J. Wolf.  Archeological assessment of a remnant Potawatomi trail.  In preparation for Wisconsin Archeologist, 22 pgs

F. Egerton and J. Wolf, Ecological aspects of historical tree survey from J. M. Bigalow report published in 1856.

Grants Submitted or Funded

  2012 Understanding forest dynamics for Sequoia and other Pacific Northwest species, $4,000.    
   Office of the Provost, Committee on Research and Creative Development.

  2012 Root River Renaissance: Community Partnership for Environmental Education and
   Awareness,
Wisconsin Environmental Education Board, $10,000. Researcher ($1250).  PI. M. Gesner.

  2011 Pike River Micro Project.  Consultant,   PI.:  Dave Giordano.  $5000

  2011  Habitat and Phyto-remediation Islands'. Faculty supervisor.  PI:  S. Lyon, B. Lehner.  $9900. 

  2010  Monitoring plant recovery, Dean Undergraduate Research Award. T. Flood, student. $400.

  2008-2009  Restoration at Root River Environmental Education Center, w: B. Lehner, $7250.

  2009-2010 Population genetic structure of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Southeastern Wisconsin, Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network.  J. Wolf, G. Mayer, w/student S. Murphy $10,000.

  2008-2009 Population genetic structure of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Southeastern Wisconsin, Pike Watershed Initiative Network. J. Wolf, G. Mayer, w/student R Jagla $10,000.

  2008 Preliminary investigation of culturally modified trees: a dendrochronology approach to understanding Indian Trail Marker Trees, Dean Undergraduate Research Award.  $400.

  2007-2008 Digital Photography and Website Development. Collaborator: J Ward, Root River Environmental Education Community Center Educational Program and Research. $1000.

  2007-2008 Team Lesson Study in Geography on Water Resource. In collaboration: Richard Walasek and John Ward, Office of Professional and Instructional Development, Training Grant, $2500.

  2007 Applied Biogeography and Ecosystem Dynamics Awareness Program, Root River Environmental Education Community Center Educational Program and Research, $39,500.

  2007 Applying Critical Thinking to General Education, Participant in Instructional Curriculum Development Grant, UW-System, $4,500

  2006.  Economic Development With a Focus on Environmental Protection of Biological Diversity: A Community-Based Assessment of the Cost-Effectiveness in a Non-Native Eradication Project, with Richard Walasek. $$44,515,

  2006 Evolutionary ecology: the simultaneous evolution of drought tolerance and defense in plants. NSF, PI: D. Siemens, Contract soil analysis, J. Wolf.

  2006.  Savanna Education at Richard Bong State Recreation Area, submitted to Wisconsin Environmental Education Board, Forestry Division Grant, in  colloraboration with Beth Goeppinger, naturalist, RBSRA, $20,000

1.      2006.  Community outreach and volunteer participation in a neighborhood ecological project, Sustainable Neighborhood Partnership, $8500

  2004-2006 Alliaria petiolata Eradication in Renak-Polak Woods, Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network, $20,000.

  2005 Effects of Bioinvasion on Understory Diversity of a Maple-Beech Forest University Provost's Research Fund, $3600

  2004 Plants and Soil in an Unmanaged Oak Savanna, Provost Research Fund, $3600

  2004 Development Impact on Vegetation in a Riparian Corridor, Creative Research Fund, $1000.

  2003 Structure and Composition in Managed and Unmanaged Oak Opening Canopies: Effects of Restoration, Professional Opportunities Fund / Research and Creative Activity Fund, Dean's Undergraduate Fund, $3000

  2002 Spatial Distribution of Quercus macrocarpa, Professional Opportunities Fund /Research and Creative Activity Fund, $2500

  2001-02 Fire History and Land Use Change in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, Collaborative Undergraduate Research Fund, University of WI, $2000

  2000-02 University of Wisconsin Professional Opportunities Fund, $4500

  2000 Committee for Research and Creative Activity, UW-Parkside, $1000

  2000 EPA STAR Fellowship Program for Graduate Environmental Study, $37,000, finalist

  1999 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award, $9800

  1999 National Park Service Grant, Rocky Mountain National Park, $9200

  1999 Colorado Natural Areas Program Small Grant, $2000

  1999 Univ. of CO Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant, $2768

  1998 Rocky Mountain Nature Association Summer Fellowship, RMNP, $8000

  1998 Funding-in-Kind from Rocky Mountain National Park, $6000

  1998 Edna Bailey Sussman Environmental Fellowship, Anthropogenic Disturbance: Invasion Impacts on Native Richness and Nitrogen Patterns, Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park, $3600
 

Other Research:
 
·  2011 Using dendrochronology to determine effects of bog dynamics on cedar
 ·  2011  Japanese knotweed eradication methods
 ·  2008-2011  Physical and species composition of Wisconsin ephemeral ponds
 ·  2006-present Canopy development in an old-growth southern Maple-Beech remnant
 ·  2008- 2011  Cutbank planting/monitor: Root River Environmental Education Community Center
 ·  2006-2007 Competitive traits of invasion in soil, seed viability, glucosinolates
 ·  2001- 2006 Oak Canopy and Fire History: a Restoration Assessment in SE Wisconsin
 ·  2006 Dendrochronology and spatial dynamics of conifers at UWP
 ·  2006- 2007 Influence of competition on germination from a rhizosphere fungus.
 ·  2004- Location and Soil Characteristics of the Potawatomi Trail in SE Wisconsin
 ·  2003-2004 Impacts of Development on Vegetation Density in a Riparian Corridor
 ·  1998 Museum Studies, 158 plant specimens collected and prepared for Herbarium
 ·  1995 Griffith Springs Watershed Vegetation Survey and Spatial Analysis
 ·  1994 Coordinator, Arizona Game and Fish, songbird survey

 

Invited Guest Lectures

  5/2011  Dendrochronology and tree identification mini-course.  Sponsored by Center for Community Partnerships

  4/2011  Spring ephemeral identification mini-course.  Sponsored by Center for Community Partnerships

  4/2010  Biological Invasion.  Sponsored by Riveredge Nature Center:  Ecology Research presentation at Cedarburg Cultural Center

  1/2009  Research speaker for Wisconsin DNR Prescribed Fire Conference, Stevens Point, WI

  8/2008    Organizer and Host for International Research Field Trip, sponsored by Ecological Society of America.  Two State Natural Areas:  Chiwaukee Prairie, Renak-Polak Woods.

  4/2008  Biological Invasion in a Maple-Beech Forest, Friends of the Library Series, UW-Parkside

  4/2007   Biogeography Study in Restoration Ecology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

  10/2006 Biological Invasion and Community Awareness, for Sierra Club, Kenosha, WI

  4/2006   Disturbance Effects on Vegetation Dynamics, UW-Parkside Creative Research Showcase

  10/2005 Linking Adults with Community: Service Learning Symposium, Panel w/H. Rosenberg, B. Peterson, A. Statham. "Community Based Learning at UWP, DePaul Univ

  9/2005   Diversity at Risk. Presentation to Green Sanctuary Committee and public-at-large, Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church

  2/2005   Nature Preserve Design, sponsored by Continuing Education and Life-Long Learning.

  11/2004 Managing the Oak Savanna; Implications for Species Diversity, Black Hills State University, North Dakota, Graduate Colloquium.

  9/2004   Canopy Dynamics in Oak Openings in Management, Carthage College, Evening colloquium.

  4/2004   The Value of Land Conservation Today, Panel Participant to discuss the need for and methods of preserving the environment.

  4/2004   Using Tree Rings to Get Clues about the Past (and Future), Invited Lecturer, Science Night, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

  3/2004   Disturbance Ecology of Fire-Adapted Plant Communities, Invited Lecturer, Biology Colloquium, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

  2/2004   Land Use Change in Post Settlement Times in Southeastern Wisconsin, Invited Guest Lecturer, Colloquium, Kenosha Museum

  9/2003   Fire History and Canopy Dynamics in the Wisconsin Oak Savanna: Assessing Restoration Strategies, Invited Guest Lecturer, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

  4/2002   Management Implications for Exotic Species Control Techniques in Rocky Mountain National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park Five Year Research Conference, CO

  3/2001   Presenting at a National Convention", presented to the UW-Parkside Geography Club

  2/2000   Abiotic and biotic soil characteristics in Melilotus patches in Montane Grassland: Rocky Mountain National Park, J. J. Wolf, S. W. Beatty and T. R. Seastedt, Assoc of American Geographers Regional Convention, U of Colorado at Boulder.

  6/1998   Fire, Flood and Exotic Species: Rocky Mountain National Park Responds to Change. Presentation at Rocky Mountain National Park.

  4/1997   Fire History of the Grand Canyon”, 3rd Graduate Research Symposium. First Prize.

  11/1996 National Geographic Awareness Week, through AAG in Washington DC. Biogeographical Study of Fire and Fire Suppression in Mixed-conifer forests at North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park. Presentation at NAU

  9/1996   Mountain Campus Science Fair. Fire History of Mixed Conifer Forests in No. AZ.
 

Peer Reviewer:  Proposals, Manuscripts, Books

NSF Proposals

Journals:  Tree-Ring Research, Physical Geography, Invasive Plant Science and Management, Climate Change , Arctic and Alpine Evolution , Professional Geographer, Restoration Ecology, American Midland Naturalist, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, Southwest Naturalist, Soil Science Society of America

Textbooks: Physical Geography, Biogeography chapter in Geography in America
 

Professional Community Service

  2011     Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Monitoring program

  2010     Assist Kenosha Conservation Association for Pike River restoration

  2010     Assist the Wisconsin DNR with prescribed burns

  2010     Citizen-based monitoring sponsor/guide for Wisconsin Ephemeral Pond Project

  2009     Elected Board Member for Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund

  2009     Elected Board Member for Hawthorn Hollow Nature Center

  2008     Technical Advisory Board for Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission

  2008     Judge, Research Competition, International Assoc of Landscape Ecology, Madison, WI

  2007     Hydrological and geodetic monitoring of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. Participation in a study with USGS.

  2007     Published data for Climate Change and Wildlife in the Rockies project. Used to design a conference "Wildlife Responses to Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains: Envisioning an Urgent and Unprecedented Conservation Plan”. Sponsored by The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Wildlife Conservation Society

  2006     Class/workshop in dendrochronology, for Hawthorn Hollow field curriculum.

  2005     Teaching Forest Ecology class from Carthage College at a research field site

  2005     Interview by Kenosha News regarding research on garlic mustard eradication

  2005     Organized BSG Student Paper Competition, AAG Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

  2005     Civic Engagement Fellow. Fostering community outreach in ecological research.

  2004/5  Doctoral committee member, Dissertation on prairie restoration assessment and community perception.

  2004/5  Soil Texture Analysis workshop for 7th grade girls, sponsor: Women in Math/ Science.

  2004     Soil Texture for children at Bose Elementary School. In collaboration with J Mast

  2004     Involved soil class to analyze soil profile and bulk density to locate the Potawatami Trail. In collaboration with local archaeologists Dr. Robert Sasso and Dan Joyce

  2003/5  Nominated/Elected Board Member, AAG Biogeography Specialty Group, 2 year term.

  2003/5 Committee Member, Green Sanctuary Program, Unitarian Universalist Church

  2003     Invited Research Competition Judge, International Association of Landscape Ecology

  2003     Graduate Mentor Program, International Assoc of Landscape Ecology

  2003     Dendrochronology workshop sponsored by Professional Development for Educators.

  2003     Research in bioremediation assessment for a southeast Wisconsin community garden.

  2002     Women in Science sponsored workshop for 7th/8th grade girls. Tree rings.

  2002     High School Science and Technology Science Judge, UWP

  2002     Faculty Sponsor/Mentor for National Undergraduate Research

  2002     Assist DNR in research in Root River watershed, funded through Pike/Root Initiative

  2001     Student Award Judge for Biogeography Specialty Group, AAG Meeting, New York, NY

  2001     Student Award Judge at International Association for Landscape Ecology, Tempe, AZ

  2001     Science Fair Judge, St. Joseph High School

  1992-97 Firefighter for Mountainaire Volunteer Fire Department.

  1989-96 Crisis worker for Victim/Witness Services of Coconino County.

  1990-96 Conservation Law Enforcement Association assistant
 

Conference Presentations: Organized Sessions

3/2004             Association of American Geographers Centennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
 

Conference Presentations

  11/2011   SEWISC Invasive Species and Citizen Monitoring conference, sponsored by DNR and SWRPC

  1/2009  Multiple restoration efforts in dry and mesic understory communities, International Biogeography Society, Merida Mexico

  2/2012  Ephemeral pond diversity across varying basin attributes and land ownership, Wisconsin Wetlands Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

  4/2008  Can non-native seeds resist fungal pathogens in native plant communities?, Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA

  4/2008  Eradication success of Alliaria petiolata near an ephemeral tributary, International Association of Landscape Ecology Annual Meeting, Madison, WI

  1/2007 International Biogeography Society, Tenerife, Spain, genetic invasive traits

  3/2006 Initial effects of garlic mustard in a spring emphemeral community. American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

  8/2005 Oak canopy response to fire, Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada

  6/2005 L. Steffes, R. Haugan, J. Wolf, D. Siemens, Simultaneous evolution of drought tolerance and defense against herbivores in Boechera strica, Ecology and Evolution Conference, Fairbanks, AK.

  4/2005 Windows of opportunity for regeneration: Age structure in varying burn frequencies, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

10/2004 Windows of Opportunity for Regeneration: Age Structure in Response to Management Intensity, West Lakes, Assoc of American Geographers, Oshkosh, WI

  8/2004 Canopy Dynamics in Managed to Unmanaged Oak Openings, North American Prairie Conference, Madison, WI

  3/2004 Assessing Management Efforts in a Midwest Oak Savanna Canopy, Association of American Geographers Centennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

  9/2003 Different Restoration Techniques in Canopy Dynamics, Wisconsin Geographical Society Annual Meeting, Eau Claire, WI

  8/2003 A Comparison of Oak Opening Restoration Strategies, Ecological Society of America Mtg, Savanna, Georgia

  4/2003 Fire History, Climate, and Land Use Change in an Oak Savanna Landscape, Wisconsin, International Association of Landscape Ecology Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada

  3/2003 A dendrochronological analysis of fire in a 200 year Midwest Oak Savanna, Annual Meeting of The Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA

  1/2003 Fire History of an Oak Savanna in southeastern Wisconsin, International Biogeography Society Inaugural Meeting, Mesquite, NV

10/2002 Fire and Climate History from a 200 year oak savanna in southeastern Wisconsin, West Lakes AAG Regional Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

  4/2002 Oak Savanna Fire History and Land Use in a Wisconsin Landscape, International Association of Landscape Ecologists Annual Meeting, Lincoln, NE

  3/2002 Wisconsin Fire History Using Old-Growth Oaks, Annual Meeting for Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA

  8/2001 Fire History in an Oak Savanna in Pleasant Prairie, Southeastern Wisconsin, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Madison, WI

  4/2001 Effects of Prescribed Burning as a Control for Exotic Invasion in Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park Grasslands, International Association of Landscape Ecology, Tempe, AZ.

  2/2001 Exotic Invasion Control: Using Prescribed Fire and Fertilization in Montane Grasslands of Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park", Assoc of American Geographers, NY, NY.

10/2000 Species Richness in Montane Grasslands Invaded by Melilotus: Rocky Mountain National Park, Wisconsin Geographical Society, Oshkosh.

  8/2000 Using Prescribed Fire and Nitrogen Treatments to control Melilotus officinalis and M. alba in Rocky Mountain National Park, J. J. Wolf, S. W. Beatty and T. R. Seastedt, Ecological Society of American Annual Convention, Snowbird, Utah

  8/1999 Exotic Invasion in Rocky Mountain National Park: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Soil Biogeochemistry, J. J. Wolf, S. W. Beatty and T. R. Seastedt, Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

  3/1999 Exotic Invasion in Rocky Mountain National Park: Impacts on Native Communities and Soil, Assoc of American Geographers Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  3/1998 Fire History on the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Joy Wolf and Joy N. Mast, Association of American Geographers Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

  3/1998 Age Structure Changes Along the Mixed-Conifer Gradient, Grand Canyon Nat’l Park, Joy N. Mast and Joy Wolf, Amer. Assoc. of Geographers Annual Mtg, Boston, MA.

  8/1997 Fire History of the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

  4/1997 Fire History of the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Assoc of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas.
 

Conference Presentations with Students

 

•  4/2011  J Wolf and J Chappelle, Do basin measurements and land ownership predict species richness in ephemeral ponds?  Assoc of American Geographers Meeting, Seattle, WA

•  4/2011  T. Flood, J. Wolf, (faculty advisor) Native Species Richness and Density Assessment of Hillside Restoration at the Root River Environmental Education Community Center, 11th Annual UW-System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity

•  4/2011  R. Heffron, J. Wolf,  (faculty advisor) Plant Species Identification at Camp Ohdakota, Burlington, WI, 11th Annual UW-System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity

•  4/2011  E. Reed, R. Baker, J. Wolf (faculty advisor)  Vegetation Cover as an indicator of breeding bird habitat in Chiwaukee Prairie and Richard Bong State Recreation Area, 11th Annual UW-System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity 

•  4/2010  J. Chappelle, J. Wolf (faculty advisor) The effect of land use change on woodpecker abundance in the Southern Lake Michigan Coastal Ecological landscape.  10th Annual UW-System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity

 8/2008  A Carrillo, M P MacWilliams, and J Wolf,  The impact of Alliaria petiolata on the soil fungal community, Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI

 8/2008  Y. Vashishath, M P MacWilliams, and J Wolf, Impact of Alliaria petiolata, a non-native plant, on soil microbial diversity, Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI

 8/2008  J. Wolf, C Coleman, J Grove, T Leveque, J Nutter, and M Stanton, Alliaria petiolata: Impact on native spring ephemerals and successful control in a maple beech forest, Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI

 8/2008  R C. Jagla, C Coleman, S Murphy, G C. Mayer, and J Wolf, The demographics and spatial utilization of Emydoidea blandingii at Richard Bong State Recreation Area in southeastern Wisconsin, Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI

 1/2007 International Biogeography Society, Tenerife, Spain, oak savanna and bioinvasion

 8/2005 Stanton, M. and Wolf, J.  Understory composition with varying light intensity in managed / unmanaged oak openings. Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada

10/2004 Species Response to Shade Variability in Altered Disturbance Regimes, West Lakes, Assoc of American Geographers, Oshkosh, WI (Student presenter: Stanton, M.)

 9/2003 Impacts from Development on Floodplain Vegetation in the Root River Parkway, Wisconsin Geography Society Meeting, Eau Claire, WI (Student presenter: Weed, A.)

 4/2002 A comparison of pine structure between northern and southern sites in Wisconsin. National Conference of Undergraduate Research (Student presenter: Liesch, M).

 
Service Activities for University of Wisconsin - Parkside

•  2000/12  Faculty Member, Environmental Studies Program

•  2010/11   Learning Communities initiative for at-risk students in General Education

 2010        Natural Resources Management for UW-System Sustainable Management Degree

•  2010        Supervise Geography Club in native planting project on Earth Day

•  2010        Co-organizer for regional scientists at Chiwaukee Praire Roundable

•  2007        Search Committee Member

•  2007        Committee on Academic Planning, member

 2007        Sabbatical Review Committee, member

•  2007        Academic Policy Committee member

•  2002/7     Faculty Senator

•  2006        Green Tier accreditation, committee member

  2005        Critical Thinking in Geography study, sponsored by SOTL

  2005        SENCOR member for science-based curriculum

  2005        Fire Ecology Display in UW-Parkside library

  2004        Health, Safety, and Physical Environment Committee, UW – Parkside

  2004        Critical Thinking Study sponsored by UW System Teaching and Learning.

  2004        Parkside Experience Days for prospective students and parents

  2003-       Elected member, Committee on Research and Creative Activity, 2 year term.

  2003        Elected member, Academic Actions Committee

  2003        Search Committee Member for new faculty

  2002/3     Planning committee for statewide conference sponsored by WI Geographic Alliance

  2002/3     Judge, Kenosha Academic Skills Challenge for Kenosha Schools.

  2002-       Webmaster for department webpages

  2002        RangerFest, Department promotion for incoming students and parents

  2002/3     Steering Committee Member, Women Studies Program

  2002        Appointed, Health, Safety, and Physical Environment Committee member

  2002        Elected member, Course and Curriculum Committee, 2 year term.

  2001-       University Faculty Advisor for undeclared incoming students

  2001/2     Committee Member, Steering Group for the Engaged University Council

  2001/3     Judge, Geography Bowl, sponsored by UWP and Carthage College

  2001/9     Co-Chair, Geography Club
 

Students Directed in Research (and what they are doing now):

University of Wisconsin – Parkside:

K. Bartlett (lab assistant)
J. Bennett (field and research assistant)
B. Bosworth (co-author)
R. Bruno (field assistant)
J. Chappelle (co-author, teaching and research assistant, now graduate student, Nor Illinois University)
C. Eckert (co-author, co-presenter, lab and teacher assistant)
T. Flood (field assistant, co-presenter, now graduate studies)
J. Grove (field and research assistant, now Soil scientist, NRCS)
J. Grove (field and research assistant, co-presenter, now board member for conservation conservancy)
T. Leveque (field assistant, now naturalist at Hawthorn Hollow)
M. Liesch (co-author, now Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University)
N. Lindsley (field and research assistant)
D. Minkley (teaching and research assistant, now WDNR)

J. Nutter (field research)

H. Palmquist (field assistant, now environmental educator)
R. Sladek (field research)

S. Schoessling (field research)

M. Stanton (co-author, teaching and research assistant, now State Arborist for Maine),

A. Starritt (lab assistant)

T. Wachholder (field assistant, now graduate at Central Washington University)
A. Wissell (co-author, teaching and field research assistant, now environmental inspector)
 

University of Wisconsin Parkside: Biology/Environmental Studies/Geoscience students:
R. Baker (field assistant, co-author), M Bock, T Brnak (animal caretaker at Racine Zoo), C Coleman (field research), H Kraiss, R Londre (field assistant, now PhD), R Jagla (field work crew leader)

 

University of Colorado at Boulder
C Bailey (GIS), C Edwards (Univ of Florida PhD), E Friend (researcher in Ecuador), C Kirkpatrick (architect, co-author), J Lukas (research in dendrochronology), J Rohrs (U of Alaska PhD, co-author)


Last updated: 11/14/2011