Dr. Tulasi R. Joshi Biodata

General Information:

Home Address: 1650 Fairmont Avenue, Fairmont, WV 26554
Business Address: Department of Behavioral Sciences, Fairmont State College, Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone: Residence (304) 363-4122; Business (304) 367-4145; FAX (304) 367-4785
Spouse's Name: Marilyn

Education:

Institution Field of Study Degree Attained or Date
Credit Hours Earned

1) Fairmont State College Computer Science 15 1982-83
2) Univ of Pittsburgh Urban & Economic Studies Ph. D. 1972
3) Syracuse Univ Geography 9 Summer, 1965
4) Univ of Hawaii Agricultural Geography M.A. 1966
5) Tribhuvan Univ, Nepal Geography M.A. 1963
6) T.C. College, Nepal Geography B.A. 1961

Employment Experience:

Employment Position From To

1) Fairmont State Univ, WV Professor of Geography * 1972 Present
2) Univ of Newfoundland Visiting Lecturer Summer, 1976
3) Shippensburg State Coll, PA Assistant Professor 1/72 5/72
4) Univ of Pittsburgh, PA Teaching Fellow (Part Time) 9/71 12/71
5) Arizona State Univ, AZ Instructor 9/70 1/71
6) Univ of Saskatchewan Visiting Lecturer Summer, 1969
7) Univ of Pittsburgh, PA Instructor 9/68 4/69
8) Univ of California, Davis Instructor Summer, 1968
9) Univ of Pittsburgh, PA Teaching Fellow (Part Time) 9/66 6/68
10) T.C. College, Nepal Demonstrator of Geography 2/62 8/64
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* Visiting Professor at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, October-December, 1991. During this time, conducted a field research on the growth pattern of Kathmandu.

Professional Responsibilities and Selected Activities at Fairmont State University:

1) Teaching: Various geography courses--total 12 hours each semester.

2) Advising: Advisor for undecided general studies students.

3) Faculty Senate: Served in the Faculty Senate; International Education Committee (Chairperson 1989-91); Faculty Welfare Committee; Faculty Development Committee; and Student Hearing Committee.

4) Division of Social Science Activities: a) Member of the Equipment, Audio-Visual; Computer Education, and Criminal Justice Search committees; b) coordinator for the geography program; and c) Social Science coordinator for the Regent's B.A. degree program (1977).

5) Others: Coordinator of the a) annual meeting of the West Virginia Council for Geographic Education (1977) held at Fairmont State College; b) international scholarship program (1989-90); c) Nepal scholarship fund program; d) the first international week activities at FSC (1990); e) annual international conference of the Association of Nepalis in the Americas (1991); and f) geography workshop for school teachers jointly sponsored by Fairmont State College, West Virginia Geographic Alliance, National Geographic Society and West Virginia State Board of Education (1993).

Publications and Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
(Listed in a Chronological Order)

A. Nepal/Kathmandu Related Topics:

1) "Tharus of the Rapti Valley: An Introduction" (in Nepali). Gorakhapatra (Kathmandu), Fagun 18, 2019 (March, 1963). Later its English translation was published in Vasudha (Kathmandu), 13 (February-March, 1970), 39-43.

2) "Some Suggestions to Manage the Agriculture and Forest in the Rapti Valley" (in Nepali). Gorakhapatra (Kathmandu), Chaitra 18, 2019 (April, 1963).

3) "The Sherpas of Tarkeghyang, Helumbu" (in Nepali). Gorakhapatra (Kathmandu), Chaitra 24, 2019 (April, 1963).
4) The Rapti Valley: A Regional Geography. Department of Geography Master's Thesis. Kirtipur, Kathmandu: Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, 1963.

5) "The Rapti Valley: Its Physiography and Drainage." Journal of Science (Kathmandu), 1 (April, 1964), 49-53.

6) "A Brief Account of Transportation in Nepal." Dyaurali (Kathmandu), 2 (June, 1964), 18-24.

7) "Nepal's Food Grain Surplus and Deficit Regions" (coauthor). National Geographical Journal of India, 14 (June-September, 1968), 165-75.

8) "Urban Transportation Problems with Reference to Kathmandu." Journal of Nepal Engineers' Association, 2 (February, 1970), 27-34. A version of this article was presented at the Transport Project Analysis Seminar sponsored jointly by the Center for Economic Development and Administration, Kathmandu, and Ministry of Public Works, Communication and Transportation, Kathmandu, June, 1970.

9) Exploration of the Socioeconomic Ecology of Kathmandu, Nepal: A Factor Analysis Approach. Department of Geography Ph.D. Dissertation, Pittsburgh: Department of Geography, University of Pittsburgh, 1972.

10) "Urban Patterns in Nepal." Paper read at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies, Chicago, March 30-April 1, 1973.

11) "Kathmandu, Nepal: A Socioeconomic Ecology of the Modernizing Preindustrial City." Proceedings of the Association of American Geographers, 5 (1973), 126-30. A version of this article was presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, April 15-18, 1973.

12) "Urbanization in Nepal." Demography India, 3 (December, 1974), 236-53.

13) "Factorial Agricultural Patterns of the Far Western Region of Nepal." The Himalayan Review (Kathmandu). 8 (8), 10-17. A version of this article was presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 20-23, 1975.

14) "A Socioeconomic Perspective of Kathmandu, Nepal." Asian Profile (Hong Kong), 3 (April, 1975), 173-94.

15) "A Commentary on the Urban Explosion of Kathmandu, Nepal." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Toronto, Canada, April 19-22, 1990.

16) "Observations on Economic Developments of Nepal." Paper presented at a forum of the Center for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, December 20, 1991.

17) "Julia Chang Bloch, U.S. Ambassador to Nepal: An Exclusive Interview." Newsletter of the Association of Nepalis in the Americas, 10 (No. 1, April, 1992), 2-5.

18) "An Observation of Kathmandu, Nepal: Growth, Infrastructure and Planning." Paper prepared for the 89th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, April 6-10, 1993.

B. Other Topics:

1) Physical Geography (in Nepali). Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1967.

2) "Ceylon." Focus (New York), 18 (May, 1968), 1-8.

3) "Validity of Pittsburgh as a Part of Appalachia: A Classification Problem." Paper read at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C., August 18-22, 1968. Abstract published in Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 59 (March, 1969), 187.

4) "Spatial Distribution Patterns of Income in Pittsburgh: A Statistical Analysis." National Geographical Journal of India, 15 (March, 1969), 1-7.

5) "Toward Computing Factor Scores," International Geography. Edited by W. Peter Adams and Frederick M. Helleiner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972, 906-08. A version of this article was presented at the 22nd International Geographical Congress, Montreal, Canada, August, 1972, 906-08.

6) "Human Resource Development: West Virginia's Future," West Virginia and Appalachia: Selected Readings. Edited by Howard G. Adkins, Steve Ewing and Chester E. Zimolzak. Dubueque, Iowa: Kendall\Hunt Publishing Company, 1977, 95-98.

7) "Attitudes of Female University Students Toward Legal Abortion." Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, April 22-25, 1979.

8) "Issues of the Small City CBD Revitalization." Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, April, 1981.

9) "Changing Population Characteristics of West Virginia: A Case Study of An Appalachian State." Proceedings of the Conference on Appalachian Geography, October 1981, (1982), 150-65.

10) "Computer-Assisted Instruction" (coauthor). Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Detroit, Michigan, April 21-25, 1985.

11) “A Case Study of IV and V Cost Effectiveness” (coauthor). Paper presented at the Software Engineering Process Group Conference, San Jose, California, 1997.

12) Acknowledged for contributions made to Introduction to Geography: People Places and Environment, 1st edition (1999), 2nd edition (2002) and updated 2nd edition (2003) by Edward F Bergman and William H. Renwick, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999, 2002 and 2003.

13) Contributor to Introduction to Geography: People Places and Environment, Custom Edition, by Edward F Bergman and William H. Renwick, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003.

Professional Association:

1) West Virginia Council for Geographic Education: Member; Vice President (1978); President (1979); Program Coordinator (1977).

2) Association of American Geographers: Member.

3) National Geographic Society, Washington, DC: Member.

4) Nepal Geographical Society: Founding Member; Member.

5) West Virginia Geographic Alliance: Program Coordinator and Guest Speaker (1993).

6) Himalayan Review: Corresponding Editor, 1991.

7) Department of Housing and Physical Planning, His Majesty's Government of Nepal: Conducted a socioeconomic survey of Kathmandu, Nepal (1970).

8) Who's Who in the East (Hong Kong): Listed in its 15th edition, 1975.

9) The Journal of Developing Areas: Referee (1978 and 1979).

10) Demography: Referee (1978).

11) National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Washington, D.C.: 1987 Joseph J. Malone Faculty Fellow to participate in the Middle East Study Program, Summer, 1987.

12) Prentice-Hall, New York (Publishing Company): Referee (1988).

13) C.E. Merrill Publishing Company (Columbus, Ohio): Referee (1989).

14) South East Division of the Association of American Geographers: Member of the Local Arrangement Committee for the annual meeting held in Charleston, West Virginia, November 19-21, 1989.

15) Fairmont State College Foundation: Recipient of the Faculty Development grants (1989 and 1991).

16) West Virginia Consortium for Faculty and Course Development in International Studies (FACDIS): Member; member of the Planning Committee for Workshops in International Studies on Africa for the 1981 annual meeting; recipient of the travel grants (1990 and 1992); participated in the "Summer Seminar on Teaching World Affairs in the Post-Cold War Period," August 2-13, 1993; participated in "The Scholar-Diplomat Program on East Asia, October 19-21, 1994.

17) West Virginia Center for Professional Development, 1993 Governor's Summer Institute: Speaker (Summer, 1993)

18) National Geographic Society Summer Institute, Concord College, WV: Speaker (Summer, 1993).

19) National Science Foundation (Geography and Regional Science Program): Referee (1993).

Public Service:

1) Fairmont Downtown Task Force, Fairmont, West Virginia Task Force: Member (1976).

2) Neighborhood Watch Task Force, Fairmont, West Virginia: Member.

3) Planning Commission, City of Fairmont, West Virginia: Member (1977).

4) Regional Land Use Advisory Committee, Region VI, West Virginia: Member (1979).

5) Task Force on Parking Problem of Fairmont Downtown: Member (1979).

6) Committee for the Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund, Fairmont, West Virginia: Chairperson (1988).

7) National Advisory Council for South Asian Affairs, Washington, D.C.: Member (1990).

8) Association of Nepalis in the Americas: Member; Treasurer (1989-93 ); Chairperson of the Program Committee and the Local Arrangement Committee for the annual meeting, Fairmont, West Virginia, July 4-6, 1991.

9) Committee for the India Earthquake Relief Fund, Fairmont, West Virginia: Chairperson (2001).

10) West Virginia Commission on the International Education in West Virginia, Member, 2004-

11) Others: Frequently gave talks to local civic clubs such as Rotary Club, Lions Club and Kiwanis Club.

Scholastic Awards and Recognitions:

1) Tri-Chandra College scholarship, Kathmandu (Aug 1957-Dec 1960).

2) Tribhuvan University scholarship, Kathmandu (Sep 1961-Aug 1963).

3) Mahendra Vidyabhushan gold medal from the king of Nepal (Feb 1964).

4) East-West Center grant for graduate study at the University of Hawaii (Sep 1964-Aug 1966).

5) Teaching fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. degree at the University of Pittsburgh (Sep 1966-Jun 1968).

6) Research grant from the Center for Economic Development and Administration, Kathmandu (1970).

7) Recognition plaques from the Association of Nepalis in the Americas during its annual convention for outstanding works for the association (Fairmont, WV, Jul 1991, Clarement, CA, Jul 1993, and Chantilly, VA, Jul 2002 ).

8) Outstanding faculty achievement recognition by Fairmont State University, Fairmont West Virginia, 1995-1996.

9) Cyrus R. Vance award for international education in West Virginia, from the state of West Virginia, November 19, 2003

10) Recognized with a plaque by the Wesley Foundation, Fairmont, West Virginia for international
education at Fairmont State University, Fairmont, West Virginia 2005.

Updated August 21, 2005