MAX BABER - Assistant Professor

I encountered this sign after crossing the Marienbrücke while visiting Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria. It indicates a hiking trail to Tegelberg (a nearby mountain popular for its panoramic views) and provides a "life-danger" warning for those who would traverse this potentially hazardous route. Life's an adventure, yes?

Degrees

• Ph.D. 1999. University of Georgia
• M.A. 1993. Georgia State University
• B.S. 1984. Georgia State University

Classes

• GEOG 214 - Physical Geography
• GEOG 216 - GIS I: Digital Mapping
• GEOG 270 - GIS II: Spatial Analysis
• GEOG 371 - Multimedia Cartography
• GEOG 405 - GIS Project Managment

Recent Projects

• AEGIS - Academic Excellence and Geographic Information Systems (AEGIS) is a multidisciplinary effort to introduce students in a variety of lower division Arts & Sciences courses to methods of GIS data gathering, analysis, and representation. This three-year project (2003-2006) is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement program offered through NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education.
• START - Science, Technology, And Research Training (START) is a program developed by M-POWER Ministries to bridge the digital divide with students in inner-city Birmingham public high schools. Students involved in this project are tutored in reading, writing, and the use of computer technologies during the academic year, and then participate in a six week GIS Camp during the summer where they explore the digital infrastructure of their community. This project is in its second year of grant support from the Jefferson County Workforce Investment Board. Click here to view a poster showing results from the Summer 2003 START GIS Camp.

Service to Discipline

• ICA - Member of the U.S. National Committee for the International Cartographic Association (ICA). The USNC represents government, private, and academic interests as liason of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society to ICA.
• SEDAAG - Cartographic Editor for the journal Southeastern Geographer, a biannual publication of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers.
• AAG - Newsletter Editor for the Cartography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.
• Alabama URISA - President (2004-05) of Alabama URISA, a regional chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA International).

Cartographic Sampler

• Metropolitan Atlanta Population Growth
• Metropolitan Atlanta White Flight
• Metropolitan Atlanta Retail Suburbanization
• Ranchettes in Weld County, Colorado
• Latino Population Growth in US
• The Heart of Dixie
• Roosevelt Warm Springs Center for Rehabilitation

Amusements

• A Short History of America
• Fools Cap World Map
• Neutron Tide
• Water Rights in Colorado
• Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi
• No Woman, No Cry

Contact Information

Department of Geography
Samford University
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, Alabama 35229 USA
205-726-2109 (office)
205-726-2359 (fax)
RMBaber@Samford.edu

Curriculum Vitae