Illinois State University, Department of
Geography-Geology, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400
Phone: (309) 438 - 7679
Email: jkostelnick@ilstu.edu
Doctor of Philosophy (completed August 2006)
Department of Geography, University of Kansas
Areas of Concentration: Cartography and GIS
Dissertation title: An Interactive Mapping System for Exploring the Geography of American ReligionMaster of Arts (completed August 2000)
Department of Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Specialization in GIS/Cartography/Remote Sensing
Thesis title: Visualizing Geographic Time: A Case Study of the Diffusion of the Catholic and Methodist Churches along the Iowa Frontier, 1833-1891
Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction (completed May 1998)
Iowa State University
Major: History
Minor: Political Science
Research Initiative Award, Illinois State University
Douglas Clay Ridgley Fellow, Illinois State University
Gamma Theta Upsilon, Illinois State University
George F. Jenks Scholarship in Cartography, Department of Geography, University of Kansas
Phi Beta Kappa, Iowa State University
Phi Kappa Phi, Iowa State University
Phi Alpha Theta, Iowa State University
Honors Program, Iowa State University
Illinois State University (Instructor)
Haskell Indian Nations University (Instructor)
University of Kansas (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
University of Nebraska (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
Workshop Title: GIS Applications for Tribes
Organized and taught three 3‐day and one 5‐day GIS workshops at Haskell Indian Nations University for Native Americans from tribal reservations.
Workshop Title: Introduction to GIS
Organized and taught one 3‐day and one 5‐day GIS workshops for Haskell Indian Nations University faculty.
Principal Investigator, Emergency Management Web-Mapping Project, GEOMAP, Illinois State University
Principal Investigator, Emerald Ash Borer Project, GEOMAP, Illinois State University
Project Leader, 2008 Midwest Flooding Imagery Project, GEOMAP, Illinois State University
Project Team Member, Sea Level Rise Project, Haskell Indian Nations University
Graduate Research Assistant, Humanitarian Demining Project, Department of Geography, University of Kansas
Graduate Research Assistant, Polar Radars for Ice Sheet Measurements (PRISM) Project, Information and Telecommunications Technology Center, University of Kansasno
Graduate Research Assistant, Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) Program, University of Kansas
Graduate Assistant, Kansas University Cartographic Services, University of Kansas
GIS Research Consultant, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS
Cartographic Aide, Iowa Department of Transportation, Ames, IA
Associate Editor for GIS, Earthzine (www.earthzine.org)
Corresponding Member, Commision on Education and Training, International Cartographic Association
Member, International Cartographic Conference Scientific Review Committee, Internationatl Cartographic Association
Member, Executive Board, Illinois GIS Association (ILGISA)
Editor, GIS Notes, Illinois GIS Association (ILGISA)
Member, Illinois GIS Association (ILGISA) Education Committee
Reader, Advanced Placement Human Geography Exam
Manuscript Reviewer, Cartographica
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Applied Geography
Manuscript Reviewer, Geographies of Religions and Belief Systems
Manuscript Reviewer, IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications
Session Organizer, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL.
Session Co‐Organizer, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA.
Judge, Cartography, GIS, and Remote Sensing Specialty Groups Illustrated Paper Competition, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA.
Student Director, Cartography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers
Association of American Geographers
Cartography and Geographic Information Society
North American Cartographic Information Society
Illinois Geographic Information Systems Association (ILGISA)
Illinois Geographical Society
“A Web-Enabled Mapping System for Hazard Preparedness in Illinois,” Principal Investigator, Illinois Emergency Management Agency (flow-through funding from U.S. Department of Homeland Security), $88,161 awarded, May 2011.
U.S. National Committee of the International Cartographic Association Travel Grant, $1500, January 2011.
U.S. National Committee of the International Cartographic Association Travel Grant, $1550, June 2009.
“An Evaluation of the Use of Color Infrared Photography to Assess the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Infestation in Chenoa, IL,” Principal Investigator, Illinois Department of Agriculture (flow-through funding via U.S. Department of Agriculture) $20,156 awarded, May 2009.
New Faculty Initiative Grant, Illinois State University, $3489, July 2008.
“Integrating Principles of Project Management into Haskell’s Environmental Science Curriculum,” Co‐Principal Investigator, NASA, $400,000, January 2006.
U.S. National Committee of the International Cartographic Association Travel Grant, $1750, July 2005.
University of Kansas Graduate Conference Travel Award, $400, March 2001; March 2004.
Dobson, J.E., S.L. Egbert, M.D. Dunbar, and J.C. Kostelnick. 2010. Geographers tackle landmines. Focus on Geography 53(4): 92-102.
Kostelnick, J.C. Cartography. 2010. Cartography. 3000 word entry in Encyclopedia of Geography, edited by B. Warf. Sage Publications.
Li, X., R. J. Rowley, J. C. Kostelnick, D. Braaten, J. Meisel, and K. Hulbutta. 2009 (July). GIS analysis of global inundation impacts from sea level rise. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PERS) 75(7): 807-818.
Kostelnick, J. C., R. J. Rowley, D. McDermott, and C. Bowen. 2009. Developing a GIS program at a tribal college. Journal of Geography 108(2): 68-77.
Kostelnick, J. C., J. E. Dobson, S. L. Egbert, and M. D. Dunbar. 2008. Cartographic symbols for humanitarian demining. The Cartographic Journal 45(1): 18‐31.
Kostelnick, J. C., D. L. Peterson, S. L. Egbert, K. M. McNyset, and J. F. Cully. 2007. Ecological niche modeling of Black‐Tailed Prairie Dog habitats in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 110(3‐4): 187‐200.
Kostelnick, J. C., J. D. Land, and J. F. Juola. 2007. Judgments of average size changes for static and animated graduated circle displays. Cartographic Perspectives 57: 41‐55.
Rowley, R. J., J. C. Kostelnick, D. Braaten, X. Li, and J. Meisel. Estimating population and land area at risk from sea level rise. 2007. EOS 88(9): 105, 107.
Kostelnick, J. C. 2001. The diffusion of the Catholic and Methodist Churches across the Iowa frontier, 1833-1891. The North American Geographer 3(2): 84-100.
Kostelnick, J., A. Griffin, and J. Rogers. 2010. An investigation of color infrared photography for Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) detection in Chenoa, Illinois. Report prepared for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, 93 pp.
Kostelnick, J., D. McDermott, and R. J. Rowley. Cartographic methods for visualizing sea level rise. Proceedings of the 14th International Cartographic Conference, November 2009, Santiago, Chile.
Anderson, T., K. Hulbutta, J. Meisel, L. Meisel, C. Bowen, L. Hara, J. Kostelnick, D. McDermott, and R. Rowley. Project management: University adds an important element to GIS curriculum. GIS Educator, Summer 2008, p. 3.
Kostelnick, J., R. J. Rowley, D. McDermott, and C. Bowen. Sea level rise modeling with GIS: A small university’s contribution to understanding a global dilemma. Earthzine, April 6, 2008.
Kostelnick, J. C., J. E. Dobson, S. L. Egbert, M. D. Dunbar, and A. Arnold. A proposed world standard for cartographic symbolization of landmines, minefields, and mine actions. Proceedings of the ESRI International User Conference, August 2006, San Diego, CA.
Kostelnick, J. C., J. E. Dobson, S. L. Egbert, and M. D. Dunbar. Cartographic symbols for landmine hazards and humanitarian demining. Proceedings of the 12th International Cartographic Conference, July 2005, A Coruna, Spain.
Kostelnick, J. 2005. Cartographic Recommendations for Humanitarian Demining Map Symbols in the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA). Report prepared for the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, Geneva, Switzerland, 100 pp.
Maps and Illustrations Published in Books, Journals, and Theses
National Geographic. 2010. Nature’s Fury. Special Issue.
Kennedy, R. 2009. The Will to Believe: Woodrow Wilson, World War I, and America's
Strategy for Peace and Security. Kent State University Press.
American Geographical Society. 2002. Focus on Geography 47(1).
Enos, P., D.J. Lehrmann, W. Jiayong, Y. Youyi, X. Jiafei, D.H. Chaikin, M. Minzoni, A.K. Berry, and P. Montgomery. 2005. Triassic Evolution of the Yangtze Platform in Guizhou Province, People’s Republic of China. The Geological Survey of America Special Paper 417.
Kennedy, R. 2009. The Will to Believe: Woodrow Wilson, World War I, and America's Strategy for Peace and Security. Kent State University Press.
Klinke, S. 2003. Eudora, Kansas: The transformation of a German frontier settlement into a midwestern town. Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Kansas, Department of American Studies.
Slocum, T. A., R. B. McMaster, F. C. Kessler, and H. H. Howard. 2005. Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice‐Hall.
Smith, D. R., N. Warrit, and H. R. Hepburn. 2004. Apis Cerena from Myanmar (Burma): Unusual distribution of mitochondrial lineages. Apidologie 35: 637 ‐ 644.
J.C. Kostelnick. Teaching cartographic production (and geography) with a class atlas project. North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) annual meeting, October 2011, Madison, WI.
D. Braaten, R.J. Rowley, J.C. Kostelnick, X. Li, J. Meisel, P. Gogineni. Global inundation maps for sea-level increases between one and six meters. Poster presented at the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, July 2011, Melbourne, Australia.
Kostelnick, J. C., and D. McDermott. An evaluation of abstraction and realism on the perception of hazards and risks. Poster presented at the International Cartographic Conference, July 2011, Paris, France.
Kostelnick, J. C., and D. McDermott. Evaluating level of abstraction and realism on maps and geovisualizations for risk estimation. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 2011, Seattle, WA.
Kostelnick, J. C. Look out! Be careful! Tips for representing hazards and risks on maps and geovisualizations. Illinois GIS Association (ILGISA) Spring Conference, April 2011, Champaign, IL.
Kostelnick, J., K. Gorell, L. Haigh, and M. McCleary. Teaching human geography and cartography through a class atlas project. Paper presented at the Illinois Geographical Society Annual Meeting, April 2010, Rockford, IL.
Kostelnick, J. Cartographic considerations for visualization of hazards and risks. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 2010, Washington DC.
Jonas, M., S. Loew, and J. Kostelnick. Fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of habitat degradation across the Albertine Rift of East-Central Africa. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 2010, Washington DC.
Kostelnick, J., D. McDermott, and R. J. Rowley. Cartographic methods for visualizing sea level rise. International Cartographic Conference, November 2009, Santiago, Chile.
Kostelnick, J. C., A. Griffin, J. Rogers, G. Knapp, K. Breiner, and K. Rogers. Assessing the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) infestation in Chenoa, Illinois with GIS and remote sensing. Illinois GIS Association (ILGISA) Fall Conference, October 2009, Naperville, IL.
Kostelnick, J. C. Standardization of Cartographic Symbolization for Hazards and Violence. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 2009, Las Vegas, NV.
Kostelnick, J., T. Tweddale, D. Budikova, G. Knapp, J. Jarvis, and D. Heckman. GEOMAP and Illinois Natural History Survey response to the Midwest floods. Illinois GIS Association (ILGISA) Fall Conference, November 2008, Lombard, IL.
McDermott, D., and J. C. Kostelnick. Representing cartographic uncertainty with speculative or subjective phenomena. Poster presented at the AutoCarto meeting, September 2008, Shepherdstown, WV.
McDermott, D., J. C. Kostelnick, R.J. Rowley, J. Meisel, K. Hulbutta, N. Haas, and D. Braaten. Visualizing sea level rise. Poster presented at the North American Cartographic Society annual meeting, October 2007, St. Louis, MO.
Dempsey, Vernon, Rex J. Rowley, John Kostelnick, and Joel Plummer. 2007. Using GIS to map polar ice sheet data. National Conference of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, November 2007, Phoenix, Arizona.
Hulbutta, K., J. Meisel, L. Meisel, L. Hara, J. Kostelnick, D. McDermott. Project management applications in Geographic Information Systems. Poster presented at the Curriculum Improvement Partnership Award (CIPA ) II Summer Symposium, July 2007, Cleveland, OH.
Meisel, J., K. Hulbutta, L. Meisel, V. Dempsey, and J. C. Kostelnick. A threedimensional (3‐D) visualization of Haskell Indian Nations University. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 2007, San Francisco, CA.
Kostelnick, J. C.Tracing the history of thematic mapping of religion in the United States. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 2007, San Francisco, CA.
Rowley, R. J., J. C. Kostelnick, and C. Bowen. Developing a GIS program at a Native American university. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Geographic Education, October 2006, Lake Tahoe, CA.
Kostelnick, J. C., J. E. Dobson, S. L. Egbert, M. D. Dunbar, and A. Arnold. A proposed world standard for cartographic symbolization of landmines, minefields, and mine actions. Paper presented at the ESRI International User Conference, August 2006, San Diego, CA.
Kostelnick, J. C. An interactive mapping system for exploring the geography of American religion. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 2006, Chicago, IL.
Li, X., R. J. Rowley, J. Meisel, J. C. Kostelnick, and D. Braaten. GIS analysis of global risk area and population affected by sea level rise. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 2006, Chicago, IL.
Land, J. D., J. C. Kostelnick, and J. F. Juola. Judgments of average size changes for static and dynamic displays of circles. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 2005, Toronto, Canada.
Kostelnick, J. C., J. E. Dobson, S. L. Egbert, and M. D. Dunbar. Cartographic symbols for landmine hazards and humanitarian demining. Paper presented at the International Cartographic Conference, July 2005, A Coruna, Spain.
Egbert, S. L. , M. D. Dunbar, J. E. Dobson, and J. C. Kostelnick.. Evaluating a field tool for creating spatial databases of minefields. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 2005, Denver, CO.
Kostelnick, J. C., J. E. Dobson, S. L. Egbert, and M. D. Dunbar. A new set of map symbols for landmine hazards and humanitarian demining. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 2005, Denver, CO.
Kostelnick, J., D. Peterson, S. Egbert, and K. McNyset. Modeling black-tailed prairie dog habitats in Kansas with the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Prediction (GARP). Paper presented at the Mid‐America GIS Symposium, April 2004, Kansas City, MO.
Kostelnick, J. C. and D. Johnson. Change detection of static and animated graduated circles. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 2004, Philadelphia, PA.
Kostelnick, J. C. Using map animation for visualizing Indian land cessions in Iowa, 1824‐1851. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers, September 2001, Omaha, NE.
Kostelnick, J. C. The diffusion of the Catholic and Methodist Churches across the Iowa frontier, 1833‐1891. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 2001, New York, NY.
Kostelnick, J. Visualizing the hazard: Challenges for geovisualization in crisis management. Central Michigan University Colloquium Series, October 2011, Mount Pleasant, MI.
Kostelnick, J. Visualization and representation issues for hazard and risk mapping. Western Michigan University Harrison Endowed Colloquium Series, October 2010, Kalamazoo, MI.
Kostelnick, J., J. Dobson, S. Egbert, and M. Dunbar. GIS applications in humanitarian demining. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) GIS Day, November 2006, Atlanta, GA.
Kostelnick, J. Mapping Minefields. Illinois State University, Global Review Seminar, April 2009, Normal, IL.
Budikova, D., Kostelnick, J., G. Knapp, S. Strope, M. Kline, and N. Chott. Activities at the Institute for Geospatial Analysis and Mapping (GEOMAP). Illinois State University, Geography-Geology Department Colloquium, April 2009, Normal, IL.
Kostelnick, J., T. Tweddale, D. Budikova, G. Knapp, J. Jarvis, and D. Heckman. GEOMAP and Illinois Natural History Survey response to the Midwest floods.
Illinois State University, GIS Day, November 2008, Normal, IL.
Kostelnick, J. From sea level rise to landmine removal: Applications of GIS in society. Illinois State University, GIS Day, November 2007, Normal, IL.
Kostelnick, J. and R.J. Rowley. GIS Activities at Haskell Indian Nations University University of Kansas, GIS Day, November 2005, Lawrence, KS.
Kostelnick, J., J. Dobson, S. Egbert, and M. Dunbar. A new set of cartographic symbols for IMSMA and humanitarian demining. American Geographical Society Workshop on Humanitarian Demining, November 2005, Reston, VA.
Kostelnick, J., J. Dobson, S. Egbert, and M. Dunbar. A new set of cartographic symbols for IMSMA and humanitarian demining. American Geographical Society Workshop on Humanitarian Demining, June 2005, New York, NY.
Kostelnick, J., J. Dobson, S. Egbert, and M. Dunbar. Cartographic symbols for humanitarian demining. University of Kansas, Department of Geography Colloquium, October 2004, Lawrence, KS.
Kostelnick, J., J. Dobson, S. Egbert, and M. Dunbar. A cartographic study of IMSMA symbology: Reviewing its value for operations. Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining IMSMA Summer Workshop, July 2004, Geneva, Switzerland.
Kostelnick, J. Overview of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). University of Kansas, Information Technology and Telecommunication Center (ITTC) Summer Lecture Series, June 2004, Lawrence, KS.