Dr. Patrick Hagge

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY

EDUCATION HISTORY

  • BA-University of Arkansas
  • BSBA-University of Arkansas
  • MS-Pennsylvania S Univ-Main Campus
  • PHD- Pennsylvania S Univ-Main Campus

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Dr. Hagge’s major research interests are 1) Arkansas geography, 2) geography education, and 3) geographic information systems (GIS), specifically historical GIS. He has presented research at numerous national and regional Geography conferences. Dr. Hagge earned a map presentation award at a 2017 conference, and he won the ATU Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award in 2020. Dr. Hagge is one of the founding members of the interdisciplinary Anthropology & Geography B.A. degree program at ATU. He has secured grants to fund a high-end drone for map image acquisition, an HTC Vive virtual reality system for in-class mapping, multiple Oculus Quest 2 units for group VR, and a GPS-enabled space balloon. Before life in academia, Dr. Hagge spent two years working as a GIS analyst at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

 

Hagge, Patrick D. 2023. "GIS in the Non-GIS classroom: Using Student Mapping Assignments to Incorporate GIS in Traditional Lecture Classes", The Geography Teacher

Hagge, Patrick D. 2023. "Find It on a Map: Country Location Identification in a University Geography Classroom, 2016–2022", Journal of Geography

Haffner, Matthew, Patrick D. Hagge, C. Brown, R. Heyrman, and C. Perkins. 2022. “Fusing machine learning with place-based survey methods: Revisiting questions surrounding perceptual regions”, International Journal of Geographic Information Science 36:11, 2226-2247

Hagge, Patrick D. 2021.  “Student Perceptions of In-Class Virtual Reality Usage: Effectively Using “Google Earth VR” in a University Classroom”, Journal of Geography in Higher Education 45:3, 342-360

Hagge, Patrick D. 2018.  “Arrested Development: Historical Impacts and Influences of the State Boundary of Arkansas”, Journal of the Fort Smith Historical Society 42:2, 20-29

Hagge, Patrick D.  2018.  “From Mule to John Deere: Elements of Rural Change in the Mississippi Delta, 1930-1970”, Arkansas Review 49:1, 25-39

Recently Taught Courses

  • FW 2833 - INTRO GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS
  • GEOG 2013 - REGIONAL GEOG/WORLD
  • GEOG 2023 - HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
  • GEOG 2833 - INTRO GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS
  • GEOG 3113 - GEOGRAPHY/US & CANADA
  • GEOG 3403 - GIS II - PLANNING APPLICATIONS
  • GEOG 4703 - URBAN GEOGRAPHY
  • TECH 1001 - ORIENTATION TO UNIVERSITY