Jacob Bendix, 
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Geography
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Forest Biology, SUNY-ESF
jbendix@maxwell.syr.edu
Ph. D. Geography, University of Georgia, 1992
M. S. Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1986
B. A. Geography, University of California, Berkeley, 1980 

Academic appointments
1999- Associate Professor of Geography
1994-1999 Assistant Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration, Syracuse University
1992-94 Temporary Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

Research interests
Plant Biogeography; Geomorphology; Human Impacts on Vegetation and Landforms; Media Coverage of Environmental and Geographic Issues.

Representative Publications

Biogeography and Geomorphology:
2000, Hydrological and geomorphological impacts on riparian plant communities. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 14: 2977-2990. (With C.R. Hupp).

1999, Stream power influence on southern Californian riparian vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 10: 243-252.

1997, Flood disturbance and the distribution of riparian species diversity. Geographical Review, Vol. 87: 468-483.

1994, Scale, direction and pattern in riparian vegetation-environment relationships. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 84: 652-665.

Human Impacts:
2002, Pre-European fire in California chaparral. Pages 269-293 in T. R. Vale, ed. Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Media and Environment:
1999, Place, distance, and environmental news: Geographic variation in newspaper coverage of the spotted owl conflict. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 89: 658-676. (With C.M. Liebler).