Education and Certifications:

Ph.D. (Candidate) Geography
University of Iowa (ABD)
Dissertation topic: Synoptic and Topographic Interactions in Modeling Precipitation Expected date of graduation May 2006

M.Sc. Environmental and Resources Planning (Water Resources Management)
Thesis: Irrigation Potentials of Groundwater in the Jarawa River Basin
University of Jos, Jos Nigeria 1996

B.Sc. Geography
University of Jos, Jos Nigeria 1985

Professional Experience:

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa (2000 – Date)

- Introduction to Earth System Science (Geography)

- International Environmental policy (Geography)

- Introduction to Environmental Science (Geosciences)

Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria (1995 – 2000)

- Climatology

- Hydrology

- Water Resources Management

- Introduction to Physical Geography

- Regional Geography of the Jos Plateau

Project Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, World Bank-Assisted

Plateau State Agricultural Development Program, Jos, Nigeria (1988 – 1995)

- Project monitoring of agricultural extension, rural water supply, rural roads and

agricultural input supply activities of the program

- Questionnaire design and testing and training of enumerators for project

evaluation

- Supervision of data collection, data coding and summary

- Data analysis and preparation of evaluation survey reports

Community Service:

- Senator, Graduate Students Senate, University of Iowa 2002 – 2005

- Member, Bureau of Speakers University of Iowa

- Volunteer , The Widernet Project, The University of Iowa

- Volunteer, Johnson County Crisis Center, Iowa City

Publications:

Peer reviewed:

Goshit S.D. and Eziashi A.C. (2000) The availability of Groundwater for Irrigation in the Jarawa Catchment Basin of the Jos Plateau. Journal of Environmental Science 3(1) 90-97

Conference Presentations:

Goshit S.D. Linking Climate Variability in the Alpine Region to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Paper presented at the West Lakes Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Minneapolis MN October 17^th – 19^th 2002

Goshit S.D. and Zimmermann P. The Effect of Pacific Decadal Oscillation on a Water Balance. A poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in New Orleans LA. March 3^rd – 8^th 2003

Goshit S.D. Geostatistical Interpolation of Precipitation for Montana. Paper presentation at the Centennial meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Philadelphia PA. March 15th - 19th 2004

Goshit S.D. Climate Variability in Montana 1951-2000. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Denver CO. April 5^th – 9^th 2005

Manuscripts in Preparation:

Goshit S.D. and Malanson G.P. (In preparation) Patterns of Correlation between Pacific Teleconnections and Winter Precipitation of Glacier National Park MT.

Goshit S.D. (In preparation) Precipitation Variability in Western Montana 1951-2000

Goshit S.D. (In Preparation) Mapping Atmospheric – Related Treaties

Interests:

Community involvement in educational, social and cultural programs. Guest speaking about Nigeria and Africa.

Professional Affiliations:

Association of American Geographers (AAG)

Association of Nigerian Geographers (ANG)

References:

Dr. George P. Malanson Professor of Geography (Academic Advisor and Co-Chair of PhD Dissertation Committee)
Department of Geography
316 Jessup Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: (319) 335-0540
Fax: (319) 335-2725
E-mail: george-malanson@uiowa.edu

Dr. David L. McGinnis (Co-Chair of PhD Dissertation Committee)
Grants and Sponsored Programs, Montana State University
1500 University Drive
Billings, MT 59101
Tel. (406)657-2046
E-mail: dmcginnis@msubillings.edu

Dr. Marc P. Armstrong, Professor and Chair
Department of Geography
316 Jessup Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Phone: (319) 335-0153
Fax: (319) 335-2725
E-mail: marc-armstrong@uiowa.edu