CV

Major professional experience and publications. (Contact me for my full CV.)

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Ecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
    Dissertation    : Conservation of the longleaf pine ecosystem:  ecology and social context. view pdf
  • Master of Environmental Management, Duke University, 2001
    Master’s project    :  Mapping vegetation in Green Swamp Preserve for fuel modeling using remote sensing techniques.
  • B.S., Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1999

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH

  • Postdoctoral Associate, Landscape Ecology, Biology Department, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, 2010-present
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Landscape Ecology, Geography Department, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006-2010
  • Research Assistant, Fire Ecology, The Nature Conservancy, Durham, NC, 2000-2001
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Behavioral Ecology, Biology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1998-1999

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  • Conservation Associate, The Nature Conservancy, Durham, NC , 2005-2010
  • GIS Director, Tipton County Government, Covington, TN , 2001-2004
  • Watershed Planner, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, Syracuse, IN , 2001

TEACHING

  • Geospatial Information Science & Technology, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, 2011
    Assistant Instructor for Principles of Geospatial Information.
  • Certificate in Teaching Techniques, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, 2010-2011
  • Curriculum in Ecology, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC , 2005-2006
    TA     for an upper-level undergraduate course in biogeography.
    Facilitator     for a graduate seminar in disturbance ecology.
  • Carolina Environmental Program, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC , 2004-2005
    TA     for an undergraduate introduction to environmental science course.
  • Dyersburg State Community College, Covington, TN, 2002-2004
    Instructor and developer     of workshops in ArcView and ArcGIS.
  • Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1997
    TA     for an undergraduate biology laboratory course.

PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED

  • Costanza, J.K., Moody, A., Peet, R.K. 2011. Multi-scale habitat heterogeneity as a predictor of plant species richness.  Landscape Ecology 26(6):851-864. doi: 10.1007/s10980-011-9613-3 Available here
  • Costanza, J.K. and Moody, A. 2011. Deciding where to burn: stakeholder priorities for prescribed burning of a fire-dependent ecosystem.  Ecology and Society 16(1): 14. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art14/. view pdf
  • Costanza, J.K., Marcinko, S., Goewert A., Mitchell, C. 2008. Potential geographic distribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition from intensive livestock production in North Carolina, USA.  Science of the Total Environment 398:76-86.  doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.024  view pdf
  • Hayes, M., Moody, A., White, P.S., Costanza, J.K. 2007. The influence of logging and topography on the distribution of spruce-fir forests near their southern limits in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Plant Ecology 189:59-70.  view pdf

TECHNICAL REPORTS

  • Costanza, J.K., Earnhardt, T., Terando, A., McKerrow, A. 2010. Modeling vegetation dynamics and habitat availability in the southeastern U.S. using GAP data. In Maxwell, J., Gergely, K., and Aycrigg, J.L. editors. Gap Analysis Bulletin No. 18. USGS/BRD/Gap Analysis Program, Moscow, ID, USA. view pdf
  • Costanza, J.K., Oberneufemann, K., Bucher, M. 2009. Assessment of LANDFIRE data in the Onslow Bight landscape, North Carolina. Report for The Nature Conservancy. Available here


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