Dr. RJ Rowley
Professor
Office
FHS Felmley Hall Of Science 207a
Office Hours
Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, 1-2 pm
Office Phone
Email
Website
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Ph.D., Geography, University of Kansas--M.A., Geography, University of Kansas--B.S., Geography, Brigham Young University
Current Courses
GEO 142.001 Human Geography
GEO 398.001 Professional Practice: Internship in Geography
GEO 398.002 Professional Practice: Internship in Geography
GEO 292.001 Career Preparation In Geography II
GEO 142.001 Human Geography
GEO 287.002 Independent Study - Geography
GEO 303.001 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEO 303.002 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEO 303.003 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEO 403.001 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEO 403.002 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEO 403.003 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEO 398.001 Professional Practice: Internship in Geography
Teaching Interests & Areas
Field-based courses in Japan and New Mexico/West Texas,
Urban Geography,
Introductory World and Human Geography,
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Research Interests & Areas
Sense of Place,
Place-based Identity,
Las Vegas,
Nuclear Landscapes,
Casino Landscapes,
Cultural Impacts of Sea Level Rise
Ph D Urban and Cultural Geography
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
MA Geography
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
BS Geography
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
Landscape Photography Competition
AAG Landscape Specialty Group
2019
Grants and Contracts
Pretenure Faculty Innovation Grant
Rex Rowley.
College of Arts and Sciences. July 2015 - June 2016
Kenneth A. and Mary Ann Shaw Teaching Fellowship
Rex Rowley.
College of Arts and Sciences. July 2014 - June 2015
Neighborhood Casinos in Illinois: A Statewide Spatial Analysis of Gaming Patterns
Rex Rowley.
Illinois Geographical Society. January 2014 - June 2014
New Faculty Innovation Grant
Rex Rowley.
College of Arts and Sciences. July 2014 - June 2015
Devil’s Lake State Park Geology – mobile web and mobile app
Rex Rowley, M. Carol McCartney, Nathan Trick, John Attig, J. Elmo Rawling 3rd, Ben Gultch.
University of Wisconsin System-Extension. 2012 - 2013
Book Review
Review of: "The Garage: Automobility and Building Innovation in America’s Early Auto Age"
Rex Rowley.
(2016), Social & Cultural Geography
Review of: "Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination"
Rex Rowley.
(2015), Urban Geography
Book, Authored
Everyday Las Vegas: Local Life in a Tourist Town
Rex Rowley.
(2013), 272, University of Nevada Press
Book, Chapter
Landscapes of Recovery: Shifting Senses of Place Attachment in Kesennuma, Japan
Rex Rowley.
(2018)
Faith Islands in Hedonopolis: Ambivalent Adaptation in Las Vegas
Rex Rowley.
(2015), Volume 4, 2265-2284, The Changing World Religion Map, Springer
Where Locals Play: Neighborhood Casino Landscapes in Las Vegas
Rex Rowley.
(2013), 99-114, Frontiers in Chance: Gaming Research Across the Disciplines, UNLV Gaming Press
Journal Article
Evoking a Shifting Sense of Place in One Museum Following the 3/11 Tsunami in Japan
Rex Rowley.
Asian Geographer, 37 (2), 145-170, (2020), 10.1080/10225706.2019.1703768
Under Threat of Wildfire
Rex Rowley.
GeoHumanities, 6 (2), 424-431, (2020), 10.1080/2373566X.2020.1778501
Kiribati at the Center of the World
Rex Rowley.
FOCUS on Geography, 62 (4), (2019), 10.21690/foge/2019.62.4p
Voluntary Regions and the Case of Las Vegas
Rex Rowley.
Journal of Cultural Geography, 35 (1), 102-32, (2018)
Optimizing DEM resolution inputs and number of stream gauges in GIS predictions of flood inundation: A case study along the Illinois River (IL), USA
Anas Rabie, Eric Peterson, John Christian Kostelnick, Rex Rowley.
Environmental and Engineering Geosciences, (2017)
Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe.
Rex Rowley.
(2015)
Where’s the Security in WiFi: An Argument for Industry Awareness
Glen Sagers, Bryan Hosack, Rex Rowley, Doug Twitchell, Ranjitha Nagaraj.
HICSS 48 (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences), 5453-5461, (2015)
Becoming Las Vegas: Opportunity and Challenge with the Building of Boulder Dam
Rex Rowley.
Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 55 (1-4), 3-35, (2014)
Cartographic Methods for Visualizing Risk
John Christian Kostelnick, David McDermott, Rex Rowley, Nathaniel Bunnyfield.
Cartographica, 48 (3), 200-224, (2013), 10.3138/carto.48.3.1531
Developing a GIS Program at a Tribal College
John Kostelnick, Rex Rowley, David McDermott, Carol Bowen.
Journal of Geography, 108 (2), 68-77, (2009), 10.1080/00221340902945917
Multidimensional and Simultaneous Community in Las Vegas
Rex Rowley.
GeoJournal, 10.1007/s10708-014-9561-y
Other
Las Vegas Strip
Rex Rowley.
ABC-CLIO, (2016)
Shinkansen (Japan)
Rex Rowley.
ABC-CLIO, (2016)
GeoHike Devil's Lake iOS App
J. Elmo Rawling, John Attig, Rex Rowley, Ben Gultch, Carol McCartney.
(2014)
Presentations
Antecedent Landscapes and Las Vegas Casinos: Exploring Place through a Referential Perspective.
Rex Rowley.
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture, Detroit, MI, October 11, 2019
Evoking a Sense of Place Through Museum Design in Kesennuma, Japan
Rex Rowley.
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture, New Orleans, September 28, 2018
Faith, Sin City, and a Sense of Place in Las Vegas
Rex Rowley.
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture, Salt Lake City, October 20, 2017
Learning Geography in Japan: A Study Abroad Field Experience
Rex Rowley.
GGGeo Colloquium Series, Normal, IL, February 5, 2016
Determining Effects of Physical Characteristics of Storm Sewer Sheds on Water Quality of an Urban Streams in Bloomington, IL
Alicia O'Hare, Catherine O'Reilly, Kevin Kothe, Rex Rowley, John Christian Kostelnick.
Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 20, 2014
Emerging World Cities: A Discussion About Dilemmas and Possibilities
Rex Rowley.
International Studies Seminar: World Cities, Normal, IL, October 15, 2014
Rebooting Devil’s Lake Fieldtrips With Mobile GIS, Apps, and Maps
Rex Rowley.
GGGeo Colloquium Series, Normal, IL, September 10, 2014
Neighborhood Casinos in Illinois
Rex Rowley.
Annual Meeting of the Illinois Geographical Society, Metropolis, IL, June 21, 2014
Evoking Las Vegas Place Particularity and Typicality through Popular Music
Rex Rowley.
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, April 9, 2014
Discussion and Q&A for Everyday Las Vegas
Rex Rowley.
Brandeis University Las Vegas Chapter, Book and Author Series, Las Vegas, March 9, 2014
Reading from Everyday Las Vegas and Q&A Discussion
Rex Rowley.
UNLV Libraries Author Series, Las Vegas, October 6, 2013
Devil’s Lake Fieldtrips Rebooted: Mixing Tradition and Technology
J. Elmo Rawling, 3rd, Rex Rowley, Ben Gultch, M. Carol McCartney, John W. Attig.
North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2, 2013
Community Geography Teaching and Research: A Discussion among Professors and Students about the Opportunities and Tensions of Community Engaged Scholarship
Rex Rowley.
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, April 13, 2013
Interactive, GIS-based App and Map of Devil’s Lake State Park, Wisconsin
Ben Gultch, Rex Rowley, J. Elmo Rawling, 3rd, John W. Attig, M. Carol McCartney.
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, April 12, 2013
Coming and Going in Las Vegas: Transience, Rootedness, and Sense of Place
Rex Rowley.
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, April 11, 2013
Books about Cities by Geographers: Benefits, Challenges, and Why We Don't Have More
Rex Rowley.
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, April 10, 2013
Mapping Insiders in an Outsider Town: Las Vegas and Qualitative GIS
Rex Rowley.
Department of Natural and Applied Sciences Seminar Series,, Dubuque, Iowa, February 15, 2013