Lorene Yokoyama (Laurie) Becker
Wilkinson Hall 242
2601 SW Orchard Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
Specialty
Geographic Information Systems and Sustainability
Research Interests
Sustainability and Resilience in Land Use Planning, Conservation GIS, Public Participation GIS, and Biomimicry
Education
B.S. Biology, Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1981
M.S. Land Resources, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 1999
Experience
Lecturer, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University; 2003 - present
Lecturer, Geography Department, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2000-2002
Consultant, Tri-Basin Natural Resources District, Holdredge, NE, 1999-2002
Research Assistant, Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993-1995
Database Manager/Research Fellow, South East Regional Research Laboratory, Birkbeck College, London, United Kingdom 1987-1989
Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Birkbeck College, London, United Kingdom, 1985-1986.
Project Manager, COMARC Systems, San Francisco, California, 1982-1985
Courses
GEOG 201 - Foundations of Geospatial Science and GIS (bacc core)
GEOG 360 - GIScience I: Geographic Information Systems and Theory
GEOG 361 - GIScience II: Analysis and Applications
Professional Memberships
Society for Conservation GIS