|| Education

  • Master of Landscape Architecture
    Minor of Wildlife and Fisheries Science
    Mississippi State University - 2005
    Emphasis - Conservation Biology, Ecology and Spatial Technologies Thesis - GAP + Bayesian Belief Network - A Spatial Decision Support System integrating Gap Analysis and a Bayesian Belief Network within a Geographic Information System
  • Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
    Minor of Landscape Contracting
    Mississippi State University - 2003
    Emphasis - Zoological Design and Golf Course Architecture

|| Experience

  • Assistant Research Professor of Landscape Architecture
    Summer 2006 - Current
    GeoResources Institute - Mississippi State University
    David Shaw, Director
    Research interest include the use of spatial technologies in landscape and urban planning and road ecology. Listed faculty for LA 3623 - Urban Planning Theory
  • Landscape Architect and Planner
    Summer 2005 - Summer 2006
    Design Workshop - Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Faith Okuma and Greg Witherspoon, Principals
    Responsible for the management and design of landscape architecture and planning projects throughout New Mexico and West Texas and the Mississippi State University Design Week.
  • Research Assistant
    Summer 2004 - Spring 2005
    Mississippi State University
    Wayne Wilkerson, Professor
    Responsible for the research & development of a GIS based tool incorporating GAP analysis data & a Bayesian Belief Network to assess the affects of a water impoundment on existing terrestrial & aquatic environments.
  • Graduate Assistant
    Fall 2003, Spring 2004
    Mississippi State University
    Darryl Ray & Lee-Anne Milburn, Professors
    Responsible for lecture preparation, design critiques and project evaluations for LA 3603 - Design of the Golf Environment & LA 3655 - Landscape Architecture Design II.

|| Awards, Honors, and Memberships

  • American Society of Landspape Architects (ASLA) -2001 to Current
  • ASLA Certificate of Honor - 2003, Award of Merit -2005
  • ASLA (Mississippi Chapter) Executive Committee -2006
  • ALSA (Student Chapter) Executive Committee -2002, 2003, 2004
  • Kappa Sigma Fraternity
  • Mississippi State University Student-Athlete Honor Roll -2000, 2001
  • Sigma Lambda Alpha National Landscape Architecture Honor Society
  • Southeastern Conference Student-Athlete Honor Roll -2001

|| Conference participation, presentations, and publications

  • Dumas, J.P. and Wilkerson G.W.
    Planning with Statistics and Technologies: Integrating GIS, the Gap Analysis Program and a Bayesian Belief Network into your planning process. Abstract submitted for the 2006 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO and 43rd International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) World Congress, Minneapolis, MN, October 6 - 9, 2006.
  • Dumas, J.P., Johnson, T., Ensign, D., Walker, J., and Barbour, F.
    Comprehensive Planning for the Disaster Zone: integrating academia and professional practice in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Abstract submitted for the 2006 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO and 43rd IFLA World Congress, Minneapolis, MN, October 6 - 9, 2006.
  • Dumas, J.P., 2005.
    The Gap Analysis Program and Bayesian Belief Networks. Mississippi State University Department of Landscape Architecture Spring 2005 Lecture Series, February 18, 2005.
  • Dumas, J.P., 2004.
    The Gap Analysis Program and the National Wetland Inventory. WF 6383 Wetlands Ecology, October 26, 2004.
  • Dumas, J.P., 2005.
    A Spatial Decision Support System Utilizing Data from the Gap Analysis Program and a Bayesian Belief Network. Master of Landscape Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University.

|| Charettes Led

  • Bendecido, LLC - February 2006
  • Colony Development, LP - September 2005
  • City of El Paso Arroyo Assessment - October 2005
  • Hunt Communities, LLC - March 2006
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory - March 2006
  • Mississippi State University Design Week - January 2006
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