Employment

Principal Investigator

James W. Davis (MA, Applied Statistics,UNM),Director,Division of Government Research,University of New Mexico,Albuquerque, NM 87131-6025,Tel: (505) 277-3305,Fax: (505) 277-6540,E-mail: jwdavis@unm.edu

Narrative

Mr. Davis has been working in the areas of data analysis and computer programming since his undergraduate days. He has worked for the Division of Government Research(DGR) at UNM since 1978. During this time he has done extensive work in the analysis of traffic crash data , other highway data, and also health care and public health information. He has also been responsible for the design and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to those types of data. The continued development of DGR’s GIS system, including a system for automated text placement, and the integration of various kinds of data with the GIS system have been his primary technical responsibilities. He has also performed most of the managerial and client consulting duties of DGR since 1994.

Employment

Relevant Publications and Presentations

Hicks, G. J., James W. Davis, Jonathon LaValley, and Laura T. Ring
    An Analysis of Opposite Direction Crashes on New Mexico Highways:
    1987-1995,(Albuquerque: Division of Government Research, University of New Mexico),
    December 1996, Report No.(FHWA-NMSHTD 96-01).
 
Davis, James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 1993. Using TIGER to develop a Transportation GIS.
    Proceedings GIS-T 93. American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials,
    Albuquerque.
 
Davis, James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 1986. ARC/INFO as a Tool in a Larger Tool-Box, Southwest
    ARC/INFO Users Conference 1986. University of New Mexico, Division of Government
    Research, Albuquerque.
 
Davis, James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 1986. Alcohol-Involved Crash Locations in New Mexico,
    ARC/INFO Maps 1986. Poster presented at the 1986 ESRI’s ARC/INFO Users Conference.
    Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California
 
Wandsnider, Luann. et. al. 1985. Transportation Applications of Computer Mapping in New Mexico .
    Transportation Research Record Number 1050: Data Collection Methods and Information
    Systems for State and Local Transportation Planning. National Research Council, Transportation
    Research Board, Washington D.C. pp. 24-31.
 
Davis James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 1985. Precinct Realignment and Geographic Information Systems Development
    in New Mexico. ESRI’s ARC/INFO Users Conference 1985. EnvironmentalSystems Research Institute,
    Redlands Calif. No page numbers.
 
Anderson, Robert U. et. al. 1985. Design and Use of the New Mexico Geographic Road Network Data
     Base (GRNDB). Proceedings of the 11th International Forum on Traffic Records Systems.
    National Safety Council, Traffic Records Committee, Chicago. pp. 279-290.

List of Collaborators

Dr. Greg Hicks(Mendocino Community College), Dr. Sandra Lapham, Ms. Iyiin Chang(Behavioral Research Instutute of the Southwest), Mr. Stuart Castle, Mr. Brian Woods (Epidemiology, NM Department of Health), Ms Donna Dossey (NM Traffic Safety Bureau), Dr. David Sklar(UNMH)

Advisees (member of commitee)

Greg Hicks, Jacquiline Bergdahl, Paul Guerin