GEO 103: Geography of the United States and Canada
GEO 224: Soils
GEO 339: Remote Sensing
GEO 425: Image processing
ESS 111: Introduction to the Atmosphere
Journal Articles and other Publications
Applegarth, M.T. and Stefanov, W.L. 2006. Use of Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner (TIMS) Imagery to Investigate Upslope Particle Size Controls on Arid Piedmont Morphology. Geomorphology, 82, pp. 388-397.
Applegarth, M.T. 2004. Assessing the influence of mountain slope morphology on pediment form, south-central Arizona. Physical Geography, 25, pp. 225-236.
Applegarth, M.T. and Dahms, D.E. 2004. Aeolian modification of moraine soils, Whiskey Basin, Wyoming, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29, pp. 579-585.
Beyer, P.J., Pope, G.A., and Applegarth, M.T. 2004. Digging with the Devil: Physical Geography and Resource Use in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. In P.H. Dougherty (Ed.) Geography of the Philadelphia Region: Cradle of Democracy. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting Publication.
Dahms, D.E., Hall, R.D., Shroba, R.R., Sorenson, C.J., Lynch, E.A., Applegarth, M.T., and Dillon, J. 2003. The Rocky Mountain Glacial Model: The Wind River Range, Wyoming. In D.J. Easterbrook (Ed.) Quaternary Geology of The United States. International Union for Quaternary Research 2003 Field Guide Volume.
Professional Presentations
2019: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: “Arroyo Morphology in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument”
2018: Pennsylvania Geographic Society Annual Meeting, Villanova, PA: “Mojave and Sonoran Deserts through Arizona.”
2017: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: “An example of teaching Geography of United States and Canada.”
2015: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: “An example of teaching Soils.”
2014: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL: “An example of teaching Image Processing techniques.”
Research Grants Awarded
2018: Shippensburg University Geography-Earth Science Department G. Bryan Salzmann Research Award: “Field research at Paint Mines Interpretive Park, Colorado.”
2017: Shippensburg University Center for Faculty Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching: “Field research and course development in the western United States.” University-Department Service
2010 - Present: Department of Geography-Earth Science Facilities and Resource Management Chair
Master’s Thesis Research Supervised (Thesis Committee Chair)
2016: Joseph G. Galella; Slackwater Sedimentation at Laughlin Milldam, Newville, Pennsylvania
Education