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Biographical Information
Jesse Cleary is a Master’s student with a background in Landscape Architecture. He is currently working on his thesis, an exploration of forest fragmentation and land use change in the sprawling suburbs around Raleigh, NC. The thesis links landscape ecology research into the negative ecological impacts of forest fragmentation with local development patterns and landscape structural history. GIS and Remote Sensing are utilized to analyze rural to urban land use change at a landscape level, with a focus on post-development remnant landscape structure. Jesse is also interested in the reconstruction of landscape spatial history utilizing GIS, integrating historical geographic data sources in support of ecological conservation efforts. His research seeks to situate scientific understanding and knowledge in specific local landscapes and recommend relevant public policy change.
While at Carolina, Jesse has worked as a Teaching Assistant and as a GIS Research Assistant on several departmental research projects. He works with Dr. Larry Band on an investigation of drought impact modeling and water-resource change in the Catawba River Basin in North Carolina. He also works with Dr. Steve Birdsall and Dr. Larry Band on an investigation of changes in tobacco production pressure, subsequent tobacco field consolidation, and suburban expansion in the tobacco producing areas of Wake County, NC. Jesse will pursue research GIS work in landscape ecology and conservation planning upon graduation.
Educational Background
1996 B.LA. cum laude, Department of Landscape Architecture, Virginia Tech
(Senior Thesis: Reclaiming History and Ecology at the Merrimac Mine; Merrimac, VA.
Conference Proceedings And Papers Presented:
Birdsall, S.S., L.E. Band, and J.A. Cleary (2002). Preliminary Analysis of Two Geographic Factors Affecting Tobacco Field Consolidation, 1985-1999, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Conference, Richmond, VA.
Birdsall, S.S., L.E. Band, and J.A. Cleary (2003). Tobacco Field Consolidation and Suburban Land Conversion, Association of American Geographers Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Awards:
2003 Summer Research Stipend ($1500), Center for the Study of the American South, UNC-CH
for “Characterizing Southern Sprawl: Ecological Patch Dynamics and the Development History of Wake County, North Carolina”
TA: Geography 70, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Dr. Jun Liang
Office Hours: Friday 12-3, Manning 16 (GIS lab)
Email: jcleary@email.unc.edu
Keyword Research Interests: Land-use change, Conservation GIS, Landscape History
Advisor: Dr. Larry Band
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