Health and Sciences Division
Tom Cameron, Dean
(630) 942-8331
Joel E. Quam
Professor, Geography
(630) 942-3143
Office: BIC 3013B
e-mail: quamjoel@cod.edu
Areas of Research Interest:
• Regional Geography of the former Soviet Union (especially Russia, Estonia, Latvia)
Current Projects:
• Co-founder and co-chair of the Russia Committee, a COD committee devoted to teaching and learning about Russia
Selected Publications, Presentations, Books:
• World Regional Geography: Atlas of the World - CD , Kendall/Hunt, 2001.
• Book Translation - Russian to English, ZumBrunnen, Craig, Ed. Urban Geography in the Soviet Union and the United States , Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1992.
• "Ethnic Cleansing," Journal of Baltic Studies , Volume 28, No. 2, Summer 1997 (Book Review).
• "The Baltic Nations and Europe," Russian History , Vol. 22, No. 4, Winter 1995 (Book Review).
• Cartography (maps in): Johnson, Leland and Babcock, Russell. "Temperature and the Larval Ecology of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster placi ," Biology Bulletin , Dec. 1994.
Education:
• A.B.D. Geography, Indiana University
• M.A. Russian Studies, University of Washington
• B.A. Russian Studies, St. Olaf College
Professional Affiliations:
• Association of American Geographers
• Russian, Central Eurasian, and East European Specialty Group of the AAG Secretary/Treasurer, 1994-2003
• American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
Awards and Recognitions:
• 2003-2004 - Selected as Professor in ICISP Exchange Partnership with the Netherlands
