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EDUCATION

1999 Ph.D.

Geography
University of Iowa, Iowa City

1993 M.S. Urban and Regional Planning
University of Iowa, Iowa City
1993 Graduate Certificate Transportation Studies
University of Iowa, Iowa City
1991 B.Arch. Architecture
Bengal Engineering College, University of Calcutta, India

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate:
GEO 3164 Research Methods in Geography
GIS 3006 Computer Cartography
GEO 4700 Transportation Geography

Graduate:
GEO 6166

Multivariate Statistical Analysis

GEO 6345 Technological Hazards and Environmental Justice

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Environmental hazards Urban Geography Geographic Information Science
Environmental justice Transportation Spatial analysis
Environmental health Air pollution Quantitative/statistical methods
  Racial/Ethnic Disparities  
  Information Technologies  

GRADUATE ADVISEES

Current students (thesis/dissertation keywords):

•Shawn Landry (Ph.D.): Urban ecology, environmental equity, urban forest
•Richard Salkowe (Ph.D.): Natural hazards, disaster policy, health outcomes
•Marilyn Montgomery (Ph.D.): Coastal zone management, social justice, GIS
•Kyle Hirvela (M.A.): Environmental Hazards, environmental justice

Previous students [(titles of theses/dissertations):]

•Angela Gilbert (M.A.): Air Toxics and Equity: A Geographic Analysis of Environmental Health Risks in Florida; August 2009.
•Marilyn Williams (Ph.D.): Linking Health Hazards and Environmental Justice: A Case Study in Houston, Texas; December 2008.

•Joshua House (M.A.) The Spatial Distribution of Geoprivacy Risk in Florida: A County Level Analysis; May 2008.

•Gregory Miller (M.A.) Non-Thesis Option; May 2008.
•Craig Harmak (M.A.) Danger Afoot: The Automobile Hazard and the Relationship Between Sidewalks and Pedestrian Safety in Pinellas County, Florida; May 2007.
•Jon Kedrowski (M.A.) Assessing Human-Environmental Impacts on Colorado’s 14,000-foot Mountains; May 2006.
•MaryPat  Everist (M.A.) Immigrant Vulnerability in High-Risk Industry: A Socio-Occupational Examination of Counties with Large Meatpacking Plants in Iowa and Nebraska; May 2005.
•Ekaterina Fitos (M.A.) Toxic Threats in Drinking Water: A Geographic Analysis of Wastewater Pollution in Hillsborough County, Florida; December 2004.
•Zlatko Knezevic (M.A.) Analyzing Environmental Justice Consequences of Nuclear Power Plant Siting in Southeastern U.S.; May 2004.

 

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