Dr.Philip Reeder has been a tenured professor in the Department of Geography at the University of South Florida since August 2003. Prior to his current appointment, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Science at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from August 2002 to May 2003, was a tenured (granted in August 1999) Associated Professor in the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha from 1994 to 2002, and an Assistant Professor at Valdosta State University from 1992 to 1994.
          He received a doctoral degree in Geography with specializations in soil and water resource management from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in May 1992. He received a Master of Science degree in Geography from Western Kentucky University in 1988. He has published 48 articles (18 in peer reviewed journals) and professional reports, has presented 72 papers at professional meetings, and has given 59 invited lectures. He currently has one article in press and one article under revision for publication in peer-reviewed journals. He has conducted water and soil resource management research in the Central Kentucky Karst, soils and geomorphological research in the west-Central Florida Karst and the glacial terrain of northeastern Wisconsin, environmental contamination research in the Driftless Area of wisconsin, hydrologic and geologic research on the Huautla Plateau in Mexico, environmental degration and geoarchaeologic research on the Vaca Plateau in Belize, soil resource management research in the Belize River Valley in Belize, geoarchaeologic research at the Cave of Letters, the Qumran Archaeological Site, Tel Yavne and Mary's Well in Israel, and Soil and water resource management research on the island of Bohol in the Philippines.
          In the 1990 he was selected to represent the United States at the 50th anniversary meeting of the Cuban Speleological Society in Havana, Cuba. He participated in a Rotary International Group Study exchange to Peru,South America in 1993, and received a research/training Fulbright award in 1994 to develop curriculam in environmental awareness and education for Peruvian primary and secondary schools. He was a visiting professor in 1996 at Waikato University in Hamilton, New Zealand. He has one grant proposal pending and has previously received research grants from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Faculty Research Grant) the United States Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of State's Man and the Biosphere Program, the Cave Research Foundation, the Association of American Geographers, Sigma Xi: the Scientific Research Society, the National Speleological Society, the New Zealand Council for Bilateral Research, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Valdosta State University and Western Kentucky University. He was Chairperson for the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers in 2001. He was also honored in 1999 with an Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Nebraska at Omaha Alumni Association