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Professor
Department of Geography
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
54 Joyce Kilmer Blvd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045
(732) 445-4103
powacker@rci.rutgers.edu
Education
Ph.D. - Louisiana State University, (1966)
M.A. - Louisiana Sate University, (1961)
B.A. - Montclair State College, (1959)
College and University Service
Chairman, Undergraduate Department of Geography, Rutgers University
Chairman, Department of Geography, S.U.R.P. (1983-1986)
Chairman, New Brunswick Department of Environmental Studies (1976-1980)
Outside Professional Service
Board of Trustees, Advocates for New Jersey History, (1994)
Editorial Board, New Jersey History, (1986-present)
Consultant and Contributor, New Jersey Master Plan for Cultural Resources, (1979-present)
Hiram Market Preservation Committee, (1980-1983)
Referee, N.S.F., N.E.H., Guggenheim Foundation, Journal of Historical Geography, Professional
Geographer
Editorial Board, Journal of Cultural Geography (1980-present)
Organizer of Conference, Eastern Historical Geographers Association, October 13-14, (1978)
Advisory Council on New Jersey Studies in the Public Schools, Department of Education, (1978)
Review Board for Historic Sites, State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection,
(1976-present; Chairman, 1983-1989)
New Jersey Folklife Advisory Council, (1979-1984)
Regional Councillor (Middle States Division), Association of American Geographers, (1982-1985)
Honors and Awards
John A. Booth Prize, New Jersey Historical Society, (1989)
Cincinnati History Prize, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, (1985)
Award of Recognition, New Jersey Historical Commission, (1977)
Alumni Citation, Montclair State College, (1976)
Fellow, New Jersey Historical Society, (1972)
Certificate of Commendation, American Council for State and Local History, (1969)
Fellowships and Research Grants
Charles Edison Foundation Grant, (1991-1992)
Rutgers Research Council Research Grants (1966-1990)
John Simon Guggenhiem Memorial Foundation Fellowship, (1971-1972)
Faculty Fellowship, Rutgers University, (1971-1972)
Grants-in-Aid, New Jersey Historical Commission, (1970-1971; 1972-1973; 1981-1982; 1986-1987;
1987-1988)
Gottleib Fellowship, Louisiana State University, (1961-1962)
Research Interests
Cultural Geography, Historical Cultural and Social Geography, Trans-Atlantic Diffusion of Culture Traits,
Historical Preservation
Professional Associations and Societies
Association of American University Professors
Association of American Geographers
National Council for Geographic Education
New Jersey Historical Society
Eastern Historical Geography Association
Society for Historical Archaeology
Teaching Positions
Rutgers University, (Professor since 1972), (September 1964-present)
Summer Institute, New Jersey Geographic Alliance, (1986-1991)
University of Idaho, (June-August, 1968 and 1970)
Michigan State University, (June-July, 1968)
Louisiana State University in New Orleans (Now University of New Orleans), (September 1962-June 1964)
Newark (now Kean) State College, (July 1962)
Teaching Assistantships at Louisiana State University
Publications
Books:
Land Use in Early New Jersey, forthcoming. New Jersey Historical Society.
Land and People: A Cultural Geography of Preindustrial New Jersey: Origins and Settlement Patterns.
1975. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
The Musconetcong Valley of New Jersey: A Historical Geography. 1968. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press.
Articles/Chapters 1985-1995
New Jersey's Trade to the Caribbean in Colonial and Early National Times, New Jersey History (forthcoming).
A Changing Economic Geography of New Jersey 1751-1769, with some Remarks on the Fairness of the Tax
System, New Jersey History (forthcoming).
An Economic Geography of Western New Jersey in 1773-1774, New Jersey History (forthcoming).
Settlement and Land Use Patterns, Gail Ashley and Susan D. Halsey eds., Environmental Geology of the
Raritan River Basin: Field Guide and Proceedings 1993. New Brunswick, NJ: Department of Geology,
Rutgers University; 83-89.
Swedish Settlement in Southern New Jersey, Carol Hoffecker, ed. New Sweden. University of Deleware Press
(forthcoming)
New Jersey History and Geograpy: Perfect Together, The Docket (Spring, 1990), 21-27.
New Jersey Tax Ratable List of 1751, New Jersey History 107 (1989), 23-48.
The Dutch Culture Area in the Northeast, 1609-1800, New Jersey History. 104 (1986), 1-21.