James Domenic Reardon
114 Hill Hall
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
(313) 727-0202
james_d_reardon@hotmail.com
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position in the planning and/or preservation field within the governmental sector, public or private firm.
EDUCATION: EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Graduate Curriculum in the Urban and Regional Planning field.
January 2002 to Present.
Expected graduation is December of 2003.
Graduate Assistant for the Geography and Geology Department and teaching four Earth Science labs.
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Bachelors of Science Geography, December 2000
Major: Environmental and Resource Management, GPA 3.0
Minor: Geology, GPA 3.0
RELEVANT (copy of transcripts available at request)
COURSES: · Water Resource Management
· Environmental Impact Assessment
· Geographic Information Systems
· Planning Studio
· Economic Development
· Planning and Preservation Law
SKILLS: · Computer & GIS applications: Arc/Info, Arc/View, Map/Info & VBA.
· SPSS, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, Adobe Photoshop
· Extensive knowledge of landscaping and design (from previous work experience)
· Trimble GPS unit and Pathfinder Office.
RELEVANT Assistant Planner: Allegan County, Michigan
EXPERIENCE: Supervisor: Jeroen Wagendorp Ph.D. AICP, (616) 673-0518
January 2001 to November 2001. Duties included a six-month assignment in designing an Emergency Management Plan. Primary duties included digitizing watershed boundaries and determining the floodplain with Map/Info. Integrating aerial photographs and the digitized floodplain to determine homes and properties within the floodplain for potential flooding. Also a four-month assignment in collecting the county’s Township section with a Trimble GPS unit. Utilizing Pathfinder Office to modify point locations and transfer the points into MapInfo to overall enhance the county’s parcel tax maps.
HONORS & · Member of Gamma Theta Upsilon, International Geographic Honors Society.
ACTIVITIES: · Michigan Land Use Institute Member.
· Dean’s List Western Michigan University, 2001.
· Habitat for Humanity Volunteer, Aquinas College.
REFERENCES: Available on the following page.