Stephen J. Ventura - Professor

Geographic information systems, public participation GIS, urban agriculture, bioenergy cropping, landscape process modeling, land and resource tenure, GIS and land use planning.

Contact Information

Phone: 608.262.6416
Fax: 608.265.2595
Email: sventura@wisc.edu
Office: 433 King Hall

Program Affiliations

Department of Soil Science
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Director - Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility
Director - Land Tenure Center

Education

BA Zoology, 1978, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MS Environmental Monitoring, 1983, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD Land Resources, 1989, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Awards and Honors

2011 Spitze Land Grant Faculty Award for Excellence, University of Wisconsin-Madison CALS
2005 Distinguished Service Award, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
2005 Hammer Award, National Partnership for Reinventing Government, "Shaping Dane's Future" NSDI Community Demonstration Project

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