Teaching Interests

Land Use Planning and Regulation, Local Geography, Geographic Methodology,
Physical Geography, Conservation, Field Geography, Geographic Education, 
Geographic Internship Program

Professional Activities - Present 

Member and past Chair, Board of Trustees, Ashland Community Hospital
Member and past Vice Chair, Mt. Ashland Association
Member, American Planning Association - Oregon Chapter 
Member, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 
Member, National Council for Geographic Education

Professional Activities - Past

Sanitarian/Soil Scientist, Jackson County Planning and Development
Planner, Jackson County Planning and Development
Citizen Involvement Coordinator, Regional Transportation Plan, Rogue Valley Council of Governments
Community Organizer/Researcher, "Commit to Quit," a joint project of Oregon Research Institute and the National Cancer Institute
Member, Jackson County Secondary Lands Advisory Committee
Member, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development Urban Growth
Management Task Force, Medford Case Study
Council Member and President, Ashland City Council
Member, Jackson County Economic Development Advisory Committee
Coordinator, Oregon Geographic Alliance Summer Institute

Publications

Acklin, Patricia J., Master's Thesis:  Preserving Agricultural Lands - Focus on Jackson County, Oregon, 1991

Acklin, Patricia J., Settlement Patterns, Historical Accident, and Land Use Regulation in JacksonCounty, Oregon;
commissioned by the Rogue Valley Council of Governments, 1995

Awards and Recognition

Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society, 1996
Women of Distinction Award, Soroptimist International of Ashland, 1995
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1991
Citizen of the Year, Ashland Chamber of Commerce, 1987
Outstanding Woman in Geography, American Association of University Women, 1978

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