Curriculum Vitae: JANE L. (SPAHN) BENSON

Mid-America Remote Sensing Center, Murray State University

418-A Blackburn Building, Murray, KY 42071-3309

jane.benson@murraystate.edu

Phone: (270) 809-3106, Fax: (270) 809-4417

EDUCATION

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 1977‑1979, no degree

Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky 1979‑1981, B.S. Urban & Regional Planning

Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky 1981‑1984, M.S. Geosciences

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Remote sensing and environmental monitoring

- GIS applications

EXPERIENCE

1980-1984 Murray State University: Research/Graduate Assistant, Mid‑America

Remote Sensing Center

1984‑1987 Murray State University: Image Analyst, Mid‑America Remote Sensing Center

1989‑1991 Murray State University: Image Analyst, Mid‑America Remote Sensing Center

1989-1991 Murray State University; Faculty Adjunct, Department of Geosciences (GSC110)

1992-1993 Murray State University: Image Analyst/ GIS specialist; Mid-America Remote

Sensing Center

1993–present Murray State University: Center of Excellence for Reservoir Research – Geographic Information Systems

1994 (Spring) Murray State University; Faculty Adjunct, Department of Geosciences (GSC110)

2006 (Spring) Murray State University; Faculty Adjunct, Department of Geosciences (GSC507)

2007 (Spring) Murray State University; Faculty Adjunct, Department of Geosciences (GSC507)

2009 (Spring) Murray State University; Faculty Adjunct, Department of Geosciences (GSC522)

2009 (July) Hopkins County School District, GIS/GPS Workshop for Teachers

2009 (Fall) Murray State University, Faculty Adjunct, Department of Geosciences (GSC202)

2010 (Spring) Murray State University, Faculty Adjunct, Department of Geosciences (GSC522)

APPOINTMENTS

Search Committee for Professor in Geosciences, 1981

Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Self‑Study of Graduate Programs, 1983

Search Committee for CRR Database Manager, 2003-2004

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Spahn, J.L. and B.R. Hurter, "The Development of a Geographical Information System‑‑Calloway

County, Kentucky," Fall Meeting of the Mid‑South Region of the American Society of

Photogrammetry, Memphis, TN, October 1980.

Spahn, J.L., "An Interpretation of Surface Collected Materials from Site 15Cw310, Calloway

County, Kentucky," in BULLETIN of the Kentucky Archaeological Association, Inc.,

No. 13, pp. 10‑24, June 1981.

Spahn, J.L., "Aerial Photographic Interpretation in a Predictive Archaeological Study," Fall Meeting

of the Mid‑South Region of the American Society of Photogrammetry, Gulf Port, MS,

October 1981.

Spahn, J.L., "A Land Cover Classification of a Portion of the Western Kentucky Coal Field Utilizing

Multi‑Temporal Thematic Mapper Simulator Data," TECHNICAL PAPERS of 1983 Fall

Convention of the American Society of Photogrammetry, Salt Lake City, UT,

September 1983.

Naugle, B.I., J.D. Mikulcik, J.L. Benson, T.C. Kind, and B. Hines, "Comparing USLE Derived

Potential Erosion Estimates, National Resource Inventory Data versus Classified Landsat

TM Data and Digital Soil Information," SCSA National Meeting, August 1985.

Shelby, V.L., J.L. Benson, and T.C. Kind, "The Integration of Remotely Sensed Digital Data into a

Computerized Petroleum Exploration Model: The Illinois Basin," TECHNICAL PAPERS

of 1985 Fall Convention of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,

Indianapolis, IN, September 1985.

Benson, J.L., J.M. Jones, V.L. Shelby, and T.C. Kind, "Remotely Sensed Data/Geographic

Information Systems for Site Evaluation." Abstract in PROCEEDINGS OF THE

SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF GEOPHYSICS TO ENGINEERING

AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, The Society of Engineering and Mineral

Exploration Geophysicists, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, pp. 113‑116,

March 1991.

Werstak, Chuck, P. Maus, J.Benson, W.D. Jones, “Mid-Level Mapping: Land Between The Lakes

National Recreation Area.” Report:USDA-Forest Service-RSAC 0067-TIP1. October 2004.

Kemp, Mike, A.Kellie, J.Benson, M.Matthews, M.Phillips, “Total Maximum Daily Load Development: Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant: Background and Hydrology”, Report, February 2006.

RESEARCH GRANTS/CONTRACTS

Each of the following was awarded to the Mid‑America Remote Sensing Center, Murray

State University:

1981 Soil Loss Study, FLORA‑ Vegetational Analysis, Heritage‑Archaeological Study.

1982 Forest Inventory (Private Firm).

1983/1984 USDA/SCS‑National Resource Inventory, KY.

1984 E. Johnson‑Land Cover Classification in Missouri.

1984/1985 USDA/SCS‑National Resource Inventory, KY.

1985 TVA Grouse Restoration Project.

1985/1986 USDA/SCS‑National Resource Inventory, KY.

1986/1987 USDA/SCS‑National Resource Inventory, KY.

1989/1990 US Interamerican Development Bank‑Colombian Visiting Scientist Training Project. 1990/1991 USDOE/MMES‑Emergency Squad Training Manual for Paducah Gaseous

Diffusion Plant.

1992/1993 TVA-Investigation of Non-Point Source Pollution in the Lower Reaches of the

Chattanooga Creek, Tennessee Drainage Basin.

1993/1994 KY. Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection-Land Cover

Mapping of the Eastern and Western Coalfields of Kentucky.

1993-present MSU Center for Reservoir Research-Geographic Information Systems, Management of the Kentucky Lake Monitoring Program Database

1994 USDA/SCS-Land Cover Mapping of the Beech Fork and Dix River Drainage Basins.

1994 KY. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources-Habitat Analysis for the Swamp Rabbit in

Western Kentucky.

1994/1995 USFWS-Mapping of Habitat for the Northern Copper Belly Water Snake. .

2000/2002 KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources- Copperbelly Water Snake Habitat Change

Assessment: 1997 – 2001.

2001/2004 USDA Forest Service, Land Between The Lakes- GIS Coordinator.

2007/2008 USFWS, GIS Support for the Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge.

2008/2009 Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company – Exploration Techniques for the Commercial Clay Deposits of Western Tennessee.