Natural Science Department: Joe Garcia

JOSEPH E. GARCIA

Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of Geography and Earth Science
Stevens Hall 202
(434) 395-2588
garciaje@longwood.edu

Ph.D., University of Georgia. 1992. Dissertation: "Channel Pattern Changes Along the Ocmulgee River, Georgia: 1807-1971"
M.S., University of Georgia, 1987. Thesis: " A Geostatistical Study of Fracture Traces and Their Hydrogeological Significance, Southern Piedmont, Georgia"
B.A., Rutgers University. 1979. Geology major with Biology minor.

Undergraduate:

Graduate:

Stream processes, field instrumentation for watershed analyses, climatology, land usage and impacts on stream hydrology/ geomorphology.

Development of groundwater storage and overbank flow models for Low Gradient, Blackwater, Riverine Wetlands in Penisular Florida Regional Guidebook for Peninsular Florida. This project is part of the 1996 National Action Plan to implement the "Hydrogeomorphic Approach" for assessing the functions of regional wetland subclasses throughout the U.S. A draft of this document is under review.

Member of the Piedmont Regions Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Initiative. Responsible for the installation and monitoring of stream flow and rainfall gauging equipment in the Sayler's Creek watershed.

A pilot study (with Dr. Timothy W. Stewart, Dept. of Natural Sciences, Longwood College) to examine the relationships between physical factors and benthic invertebrate community characteristics in the Appomattox River, Virginia.

Uranowski, C., Huegel, C., Lin, Z., DelCharco, M., Garcia, J.E., Barsch, I., Flannery, M., Miller, S., Bacheler, J., and Ainsle, W. 2003 A Regional Guidebook for Assessing the Functions of Low Gradient, Blackwater, Riverine, Wetlands in Peninsular Florida, ERDC/EL TR-03-3, United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS.
Stewart, W.T. and Garcia, J.E. 2002. Environmental factors causing local variation in densities and biomass of the snail Leptoxis carinata, in Fishpond Creek, Virginia. American Midland Naturalist 148(1):172-180.
Nicholas, J.W., and Garcia, J.E. 1997. Origion of fossil rock glaciers in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. Physical Geography 18(2):160-175.
Garcia, J.E., and Brook, G.A. 1996. Reconstuction of the Ocmulgee River, Georgia: 1807-1791, Southeastern Geographer 36(2):192-206.

Melissa Lloyd, "An Evaluation of Land Use Changes in the Birch Creek Watershed, Halifax County, Virginia: 1986-1998" - completed thesis and graduated, August, 1999.

Julie Brown, "Hydrologic Analysis of the Major Tributaries Within the Lower Dan River Watershed Between Milton, NC and Paces, VA" - completed thesis and graduated December, 2000. .

David Gilbert, "An Evaluation of Stream Flow Characteristics and Fecal Coliform Loads in Sayler's Creek Watershed, South Central Virginia" - completed thesis and graduated December, 2000. .

Laura Tack, "A Historical Shoreline Reconstruction of Lake Panasofkee, Florida", Univ. of South Florida - completed thesis and graduated August, 1998.

Forrest Turbiville, " Habitat Disturbance Within an Urban Forest Fragment, Tampa, Florida", Univ. of South Florida - completed thesis and graduated, July, 1996.

Graduate Internship Advisor:

James Korecki, "Environmental Resource Permitting and Ecosystem Management Program", Univ. of South Florida, Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, completed internship paper and graduated, Fall, 1997.

Barbara Pike, "An Investigation of Temperature and Precipitation Variances between Coastal and Inland Urban Locations in Tampa, Florida", Univ. of South Florida, completed internship paper and graduated, Spring, 1995.

Who's Who Among American Teachers, 2004.
State of Florida University System - Wide Teaching Incentive Program Award, University of South Florida, 1995.
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of South Florida , 1995.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Georgia, 1990.

Classical guitar, racquetball, woodcarving, two German Shepard dogs, and two sons in Little League Soccer and Boy Scouts.