Dr.  JAMES  S.  KUS

 

EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY

REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGIST

 

10528 East Sierra Avenue

Clovis, California  93619

559-325-8020

 

PERSONAL DATA:

 

            Born:  January 11, 1944

            Second language: Spanish (read and speak)

 

DEGREES:

 

            B.A.       Case Western Reserve University         History           1965

            M.A.      Michigan State University                    Geography       1967

            Ph.D.     University of California, Los Angeles    Geography       1972

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

            Professor of Geography, C.S.U. Fresno, 1978-2006  half-time 2006-2011

            Visiting Professor in Archaeology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, 1982 and 1985

            Resident Director, Intercollegiate Study Center, Lima, Peru 1981-82 and 1984-85

            Director of research project related to recreational uses along the Friant-Kern Canal,

                        sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Reclamation, 2003-2011

            Director of archaeology projects "Los Banos Grande" and "Arroyo Pasajeros," westside of                 

                        San Joaquin Valley, sponsored by the California Department of Water Resources,

                        1986-87, "Academy Specific Plan Area," northeast of Fresno, sponsored by the County of                         

                        Fresno, 1991-93, and numerous small archaeology projects throughout the San Joaquin                             

                        Valley, sponsored by the California Department of Transportation, local governmental                             

                        agencies, and/or private developers, 1986-present

            Associate Professor of Geography, C.S.U. Fresno, 1974-78

            Co-director of archaeology project "Programa Riego Antiguo," Trujillo, Peru, sponsored                        

                        by the National Science Foundation, 1976-77

            Assistant Professor of Geography, C.S.U. Fresno, 1970-74

            Field Assistant in Archaeology, U.C.L.A., 1969

            Teaching Assistant in Geography, Michigan State University, 1967

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

           

            Association of American Geographers

            Association of Pacific Coast Geographers

            Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers   (member of Board of Directors 1995-98,

                and co-chair for 1997 meeting in Peru)  

            Society for American Archaeology   (certified in Field Archaeology, Registered Professional                            

                Archaeologist)

            Institute of Andean Studies   (elected member)

            Archaeological Institute of America

            Fresno County Archaeology Society   (founder, six terms as president and six terms as

                vice-president, currently vice-president for programs and newsletter editor)

            Fresno County Historical Landmarks & Records Advisory Commission (appointed by

                County Board of Supervisors)

 

CAMPUS ACTIVITIES:

           

            Recent Committees:

           

            Chair, Facilities and Campus Environment Liaison Committee (2001-2011 )

            Member, Campus Planning Committee (2002-2011 )

            Member, University Budget Committee (2001-2011 )           

           

            Past Campus Service:

            Chair, Department of Geography, 2001-2003 and 1986-1990

            President, Phi Kappa Phi honor society, 2002-2003

            Co-chair, Task Force on Facilities and Equipment, 2000-2001

            Member, Academic Senate Executive Committee, 2000-2001

            Member, University Board on Promotions, 2000-2001

            Chair, Academic Senate, 1997-2000

            Member, Athletic Advisory Council, 1996-2002

            President, Phi Beta Delta honor society for International Education, 1996-98

            Chair, University Budget Committee  1989-1997

            Co-chair, University Columbus Quincentennary Committee  1991-92

            Chair, School of Social Sciences Personnel Committee  1979-81

            Coordinator of Latin American Studies Program   1975-76 and 1978-81

            Geography Department Graduate Advisor  1980-81

            Chair, University Research Committee  1974-76

            Chair, School of Social Sciences Research Committee  1973-75

            Other University Committees:   Informational and Educational Technology Coordinating                            

               Committee, Student Fee Advisory Committee, Plan for Excellence oversight committee,            

               Events Center Planning Committee,  ex officio member of CSU Fresno Association                                

               Board of Directors, Bio-Analysis Task Force, Committee on Faculty Research                                           

               and Development, Lottery Funds Distribution Committee, Planning Commission on                                

               Undergraduate Program Evaluation and Review, Fiscal Plan Task Force (co-chair of                              

               subgroup), On-Campus Advocacy/Leadership Group, Pacific Rim Institute, Pinnacle                              

               Club Core Committee, General Education Task Force, Ad Hoc Administrative                           

               Accountability Committee, Steering Committee for NCAA Certification Self-Study,                                

               Steering Committee for Student Athletic Fee election campaign, University Property                               

               Development Committee, College of Social Sciences Budget Committee, Coordinating

               Committee for Campus Master Plan, and various search committees for administrative

               positions

 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

            Origins of New World agriculture, particularly techniques of water control and irrigation

            Cuezcomates (Mexican Corn Storage Structures) in southcentral Mexico   

            The pre-Industrial city, particularly spatial aspects of the origins of New World urbanism    

            Spatial patterns related to fire departments, particularly location of fire stations

            Latin American folkart, particularly Andean crafts

 

RESEARCH AND FOREIGN FIELD EXPERIENCES:

 

            Research and field studies (often with students) throughout Latin America, 1967 to present

 

            Tour leader for trips to Mexico and Peru, more than 30 trips 1971 to 2010

 

            Research in various parts of Europe, twelve trips, 1988 to 2009

           

PUBLICATIONS:

 

            2005     "Review of Collaguas II.  Lari Collaguas, Economia, Sociedad y Poblacion, 1604-1605,

                        edited by David J. Robinson,"  The Journal of Latin American Geography

 

            2002    "Review of Between the Lines, by Anthony Aveni," The Journal of Latin

                        American Geography, Vol. 1, Number 1, pp 91-92.

 

            2000     "Peru-Ecuador Border Conflict," Encylopedia Britannica (electronic version)

 

            1994     "Changing Names on Peruvian Trucks," Names, Vol. 42, pp 235-268.

 

            1991     "Vehicle Names in Latin America," Studies in Latin American Popular

                        Culture, Vol. 10.

 

            1991     "Peru," in Modern Geography, an Encyclopedic Survey, Gary S. Dunbar,

                        editor, Garland Publishing, p. 132

 

            1990     "The Sugar Cane Industry of the Chicama Valley, Peru," Revista

                        Geographica, No. 109, pp 59-71

 

            1990     "South America," Compton's Encyclopedia, Vol. 22, pp 400-415

 

            1990     "Peru," Compton's Encyclopedia, Vol. 18, pp 238-243

 

            1989     "Review of People, Cities, and Wealth by E. A. Wrigley," in The

                        Professional Geographer, Vol. 41, No. 3, p 345

 

            1989     "Peru," Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 25, pp 506-514  (revised, 2000)

 

            1987     "Chavimochic: A Peruvian Irrigation Project," CLAG Yearbook, Vol. 13,

                        pp 19-24

 

            1985     "Estudios de los Campos de Cultivo del Antiguo Chimu," report submitted

                        to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima, Peru

 

            1985     "El Canal de la Cumbre," Boletin de Lima, Vol. 7, No. 39, pp 35-40

 

            1984     "The Chicama-Moche Canal: Failure or Success?  An Alternative

                        Explanation for an Incomplete Canal," American Antiquity, Vol. 49,

                        No. 2, pp 408-415

 

            1982     "The Study of Peruvian Truck Names," Andean Perspective, No. 4, pp 2-6

           

            1982     "Onomastica de Camiones en el Peru," Boletin de Lima, Vol. 4, No. 20,

                        pp 11-17

           

            1981     "Recent Research on Prehispanic Agriculture in Coastal Peru," in

                        Geographic Research on Latin America: Benchmark 1980, Martinson and

                        Elbow, editors, Ball State University Press, pp 209-216

 

            1981     "La Agricultura Prehispanic Estatal en la Costa Norte del Peru,"

                        America Indigena, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp 713-729

 

            1979   "Peruvian Religious Truck Names," Names, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp 179-187

 

            1978     "Un Estudio de Irrigacion Prehispanica en Pampa Esperanza, Valle de

                        Moche: Metodologia y Resultados Preliminares," with Michael E. Moseley,

                        et.al., III Congreso Peruano Hombre y La Cultura Andina, Vol. 1,

                        pp 217-234, Ramiro Matos, editor, Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor

                        de San Marcos

 

            1978     "Factores Ecologicos en el Desarrollo y Mantenimiento de Riego Antiguo

                        en la Costa Norte del Peru," with Michael E. Moseley, et.al.,

                        Investigacion Arqueologica, No. 1, pp 16-21, and No. 2, pp 3-7

 

            1978     "Review of The Mariposa Indian War, 1850-51, by Robert Eccleston,

                        The Historian, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp 571-572

 

            1978     "The Chicama-Moche Canal Project," National Geographic Society Research

                        Reports, 1969 Projects, pp 333-339

 

            1977     "Comment on 'Origin and Pre-Columbian Diffusion of Irrigation',"

                        Geographic Perspectives, No. 39, pp 47-48

 

            1976     "Review of Urbanization at Teotihuacan, Mexico, Volume One:  The

                        Teotihuacan Map, by Rene Millon, and Twenty-four Architectural Plans

                        of Chan Chan, Peru, by Michael E. Moseley and Carol Mackey," The

                        Professional Geographer, Vol. 28, No. 3, p 319

 

            1975     "Review of The King's Highway in Baja California, by Harry Crosby,"

                        Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp 337-338

 

            1974     "Irrigation and Urbanization in pre-Hispanic Peru: the Moche Valley,"

                        Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Vol. 44,

                        pp 45-56

 

various dates     over one hundred archaeological survey reports (ranging from six to more than one

                        hundred pages) for public agencies and private developers in Fresno, Madera, Tulare,                                    

                        and Kings counties in Central California; all submitted to Southern San Joaquin Valley

                        Archaeological Information Center in Bakersfield

 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

 

            More than eighty professional presentations in the United States, Peru, Mexico, and                                    

            Honduras between 1968 and present

           

MISCELLANEOUS:

 

2002        External Reviewer, Undergraduate and Graduate programs, Department of

Geography, CSU Northridge

 

            2000     Consultant for all articles on Peru for Encyclopedia Britannica and Britannica Online

           

            1998     Listed in Who's Who in the American West, 26th edition

           

            1995-96 Co-curated exhibit of Peruvian folkart, Fresno Metropolitan Museum

 

            1993     Co-curated exhibit of Peruvian folkart, San Diego Museum of Man

           

            1991     External Reviewer, Undergraduate and Graduate programs, Department of                                                

                        Geography, CSU Los Angeles

 

               1990     Organized two (and participated in a third) workshops for K-12 teachers related

                        to new History/Geography component of state Social Science curriculum

 

            1987     Co-curator for exhibition of Peruvian art, CSUF Art Gallery

 

            1986     Photographic exhibition, Fig Garden Public Library

 

     various        National Lecturer for Archaeological Institute of America, with talks in Florida,

       dates        Ohio, New York, Texas, Oregon, California, Virginia, Georgia, Illinois, and

                       British Columbia

 

     various         Photographs used to illustrate articles in National Geographic Society Magazine,

      dates           National Geographic Research, Peru Guide, and Focus as well as numerous books,                                    

                        magazines, and museum exhibits

 

     various         More than eighty talks to school groups, service clubs, church groups, etc., in the

      dates           Fresno area