Dr. Richard W Dixon

  • Professor at Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Chair, Budget Analyst Search Committee. 2023 - Present.
  • Member, AAG Globe Book Award Selection Committee. September 2021 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 2020 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, UCAR Governance Task Group. 2019 - Present.
  • Chair, Golf San Antonio-Rules of Golf Group. 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Faculty Senate Library Committee. 2018 - Present.
  • Chair, Distance Education Committee. 2018 - Present.
  • Member, UCAR Governance Task Group. 2018 - Present.
  • Chair, UCAR Membership Committee. 2018 - Present.
  • Member, Tenure and Promotion Review Group. 2017 - Present.
  • Member Representative Board, Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. 2015 - Present.
  • Memberership Committee, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. 2015 - Present.
  • Secretary, South Central Texas Chapter American Meteorological Society/National Weather Association. 2014 - Present.
  • Treasurer, South Central Texas Chapter American Meteorological Society/National Weather Association. 2014 - Present.
  • Member, UCAR Climate Voices Science Speakers Network. 2014 - Present.
  • Member Representative, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. 2012 - Present.
  • Member, Library Committee. 1997 - Present.
  • Concentration Advisor, Physical Geography. 1997 - Present.
  • Member, Multiple faculty search committees. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Numerous Academic Textbooks. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Numerous Professional Journals. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Earth Interactions. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Geographical Bulletin. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Geography Compass. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Geomorphology. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Climatology. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Applied Geography. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research in Geography Education. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Marine Ecology Progress Series. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Meteorological Applications. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Weather Digest. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Natural Hazards. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Papers in Applied Geography. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Papers of the Applied Geography Conference. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Papers of the Binghamton Symposium on Geomorphology. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Physical Geography. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Professional Geographer. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Progress in Physical Geography. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Southwestern Geographer. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Elsevier Press. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, John Wiley. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Prentice Hall. 1995 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SAGE Publications. 1995 - Present.
  • Speaker, San Marcos Sunrise Club. 1995 - Present.
  • Speaker, San Marcos elementary schools. 1995 - Present.

2023

  • Member, Department Colloquium Committee. August 2022 - May 2023.

2021

  • Member, Instructor Review Committee. February 2021.
  • Member, Evaluation Committee. February 2021.

2019

  • Chair, GEOED Professor Search Committee. 2019.
  • Member, Instructor Review Committee. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Louisiana Sea Grant Research proposal program. 2019.

2018

  • Judge, Texas Alliance for Geographic Education/ESRI Texas High School Map Contest. 2018.

2015

  • Chair, Library Coordinator. 2015.
  • Member, GPP Search Committee. 2015.
  • Chair, Scholarship and Awards Committee. 2015.
  • External Review of Promotion File, University of South Florida, School of Geosciences. 2015.

2014

  • Chair, Climatology Search Committee. 2014.

2013

  • Member, Local Affairs Committee-Annual Meeting, American Meteorological Society. 2013.
  • Member, Evaluation Committee. 2012 - 2013.

2012

  • Member, Liberal Arts College Review Committee for University Scholars Awards. 2012.
  • Chair, Biogeography/Geomorphology Search Committee. 2012.
  • Member, Association of American Geographers Publications Committee. 2010 - 2012.
  • Member, American Geophysical Union Cowen Award Committee. 2010 - 2012.
  • Member, Texas Golf Association Board of Directors. 2008 - 2012.
  • Member, United States Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship Committee. 2006 - 2012.

2011

  • Chair, Physical Geography Search Committee. 2011.

2010

  • Geography Department representative, College of Liberal Arts Research Advisory Committee. 2010.
  • Chair, Human Geography with Regional Emphasis Search Committee. 2010.
  • External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotion file, Department of Geography, University of South Florida. 2010.
  • Editorial Board Member, National Weather Digest. 2003 - 2010.
  • Member, University Graduation Speaker Committee. 2000 - 2010.

2009

  • Chair, GIScience Faculty Search Committee. 2009.
  • Member, Association of American Geographers Meridian Book Award Committee. 2007 - 2009.
  • Co-Chair, National Weather Association Specialized Operational Services Committee (Operational Climatology). 2005 - 2009.
  • Member, Graduate Committee. 2004 - 2009.
  • Editorial Board Member, Physical Geography. 2002 - 2009.

2007

  • Member, University Search Committee for Mitte Chair in Water and GISci. 2006 - 2007.
  • President, Association of American Geographers Military Geography Specialty Group. 2005 - 2007.
  • Geography Department representative, College of Liberal Arts Research Advisory Committee. 1999 - 2007.
  • Associate Director, James and Marilyn Lovell Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research. June 2005 - August 2007.

2006

  • Member, Evaluation Committee. 2006.
  • External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotion file, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point. 2006.

2005

  • Director, James and Marilyn Lovell Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research. September 2003 - June 2005.

2004

  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Geography Chair Search Committee. 2004.
  • Member, Budget Committee. 2003 - 2004.
  • Vice President, Association of American Geographers Military Geography Specialty Group. 2003 - 2004.

2002

  • Member, Undergraduate Committee. 1997 - 2002.

1999

  • Registration chair, SWAAG meeting in San Marcos. 1999.
  • Member, University Review SACS Publications Sub-committee. 1998 - 1999.