R. Gary Pumphrey Department of History E-mail: gary.pumphrey@angelo.edu Angelo State University Work Phone: (325) 942-2201 P.O. Box 10897 San Angelo, Texas 76909-0897 RESEARCH AREAS Water resources in arid and semi-arid climates, water conservation, municipal water policy, market versus regulatory approaches to municipal water conservation, consumer attitudes toward water as a resource, human-water resource interactions, the Ogallala aquifer EDUCATION 2006 Doctor of Philosophy Department Land-Use Planning, Management & Design- Environmental/Natural Resource Planning & Management Track Fields Geography, Natural Resources Management & Law, Public Policy Title "Public Attitudes toward Municipal Water Conservation on the Texas Southern High Plains and Rolling Plains" 2000 M.S. Major Environmental Evaluation Department Geography Department Fields Geography, Natural Resource Management & Law 1997 B.G.S. Department College of Arts & Sciences- Geography Department Fields Geography, Land and Water Resources Management PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Teaching 2017 to Present Professor of Geography
2012-2016 Associate Professor of Geography 2007-2012 Assistant Professor of Geography 2006 Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography 2002-2006 Graduate Instructor, Department of Economics & Geography (Graduate Faculty member) 2000-2002 Instructor, Department of Economics & Geography, TEACHING EXPERIENCE Angelo State University 2006-2019 Regional Geography of North America (GEOG 3304), Introductory Physical Geography (GEOG 1301), Physical Geography Lab (GEOG 1101), Fundamentals of Geography (GEOG 2305), World Regional Geography (GEOG 3303), Human Geography (GEOG 3302) Texas Tech University 2000-2006 Introduction to Physical Geography 4 Lab Sections each fall and spring semester 2005 Southwestern U.S. Water Resources Management Research Assistant 2003 "Feasibility Study for Adapting a Successful Water and Energy Conservation Program for West Texas: The Green Building Program", funded by TTU College of Arts and Sciences Research Enhancement Fund PUBLICATIONS 2014 Supporting the Development of Municipal Water Policy: A study of the United States with Implications for Other Nations, (with Jeffrey A. Edwards and A.A. Romero). Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2014:14(2).
2014 Forecasting the Public s Acceptability of Municipal Water Regulation and Price Rationing for Communities on the Ogallala Aquifer, (with Jeffrey A. Edwards, Tara R. Wade, and Mark L. Burkey). The Journal of Economics (MVEA), 2014, Volume 40(1). 2012 Building a Simple General Model of Municipal Water Conservation Policy for Communities overlying the Ogallala Aquifer, (with Jeffrey A. Edwards, Lucia Barbato, Lyubov A. Kurkalova, Mark L. Burkey). Natural Resources Journal, 2012, Volume 52(1). 2008 Urban and Rural Attitudes toward Municipal Water Controls: A Study of a semiarid region with limited water supplies, (with Jeffery A. Edwards and Klaus Becker), Ecological Economics, 2008, Volume 65, Issue 1. 2005 R. Gary Pumphrey (with Brian J. Gerber). "Survey Explores Residents' Attitudes Toward Water Conservation," The Cross Section, September 2005, Volume 51 (9). 2004 R. Gary Pumphrey (with Otis W. Templer). "The West Texas Wind: A Source of Renewable Energy," Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences, Volume 27 (2004), pp. 150-158. R. Gary Pumphrey (with Otis W. Templer). "Harnessing the West Texas Wind," Forum of the Association for Arid Lands Studies, Volume 20 (2004), William Abruzzi (ed.). Lubbock: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, Texas Tech University, pp. 13-22. 2002 R. Gary Pumphrey. "The Sale of Groundwater Rights in the Northern Panhandle of Texas," Forum of the Association for Arid Lands Studies, Volume 28 (2002), David E.R. Gay (ed.). Lubbock: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, pp. 67-74. 2001 R. Gary Pumphrey (with Otis W. Templer). "Groundwater Transfers on the Semiarid Texas High Plains," Forum of the Association for Arid Lands Studies, Volume 17(1) (2001), Dennis Reinhartz (ed.). Lubbock: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, Texas Tech University, pp 1-8. WORK IN PROGRESS History of Semi-Professional Baseball in West Texas "Rainwater Harvesting as a viable water source in a semi-arid climate" Developing an Arid Lands course
JOURNAL ARTICLE PEER REVIEWS 2010 Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Environmental Management; paper on municipal water conservation. 2012 Manuscript Reviewer, Water, paper on perceptions of municipal water pricing strategies in Australia. PRESENTATIONS 2015 Presentation at the Center for Big Bend Studies 22 nd Annual Conference, November 14, 2015, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas: Political Boundaries versus Natural Resource Boundaries: A Study of Similarities and Contrast 2014 Presentation at University of Virginia at Wise, April 24, 2014, Wise, Virginia: The Ogallala Aquifer: Agriculture, Ethanol, Municipalities, and Groundwater Depletion A Formula for Disaster. 2011 Presentation at Western Social Science Association Annual Conference, April 14-16, 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah: Time Passes, Drought Lingers: The Impact on Attitudes Regarding Water Conservation on the Texas Southern High Plains. 2006 Presentation at the International Conference on Water in Arid and Semi-arid Lands presented by ICASALS (International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies), November 15-17, hosted by Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas. 2005 Presentation to High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, No. 1 Board of Directors: Survey results: "Public Attitudes toward Municipal Water Conservation on the Southern High Plains and Rolling Plains. March. 2005 Presentation to Dr. Brian Gerber's Environmental Policy and Administration graduate class, Texas Tech University: Texas Water Law and Water on the Southern High Plains. April. Presentation to Dr. Rasheed Al-Hmoud's Environmental Economics graduate class, Texas Tech University: The Ogallala Aquifer on the High Plains of Texas. November. 2004 Association for Arid Lands Studies Conference presentation, Albuquerque, New Mexico: "The Sale of Groundwater Rights in the Northern Panhandle of Texas." April. 2003 The Texas Water Summit: Focusing on Water for Agriculture and Natural Resources poster presentation, Austin, TX. "Depth-to-groundwater change in Lubbock County, Texas: 1950 to 2000." November.
AWARDS, RESEARCH GRANTS 2016 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy, co-sponsored by the Geography Education National Implementation Project (GENIP). Award amount: $2,500. 2013 United States Department of Agriculture, Project of Excellence Award National Science Foundation, Science, Engineering, and Education, Highlighted Project Nominee 2010 Project of Excellence, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Water Program 2008 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that started in August 2008 entitled Changing Societal Attitudes toward Water Scarcity: Ethanol Production and Increasing Groundwater Depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer. Participating Institutions: Angelo State University, North Carolina A & T State University and Texas Tech University. Award amount: $747,528 for 3.5 years. 2005 Summer Dissertation Research Award Scholarship. Award amount $2,300 2004 Research Support, "Public Attitudes toward Municipal Water Conservation on the Southern High Plains and Rolling Plains", funded by the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, No. 1, Lubbock, TX. Role: Co- Principal Investigator. Award amount $13,500. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Sigma Xi Western Social Science Association