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Conference Presentations

  • April 28th, 2020

* UA Department of Geography Faculty
** UA Department of Geography Graduate Student

Invited Talks and Panels

  • Curtin, K.M.* 2019. A family of interdiction models for testing illicit network response. Joint Inter-Agency Task Force – South. Key West, FL, July 2019.
  • Curtin, K.M.* 2019. Cuba collaboration efforts – Geographic Information Science and operations research. University of Alabama Cuba Center Research Collaboration Conference. Havana, Cuba, October 2019.
  • Curtin, K.M.* 2019. ALOFT phase 2: Extensions, testing, and transfer to user community. Office of Naval Research. Arlington, VA, November 2019.
  • Curtin, K.M.*, & D.R. Montello. 2020. A research foundation for collective spatial cognition. Army Research Institute for the Social and Behavioral Sciences – Interim Program Review. Fort Belvoir, VA, March 2020.
  • Keellings, D.* 2019. Spatial and temporal evolution of heat waves of the U.S. Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, October 4, 2019.
  • Margulies, J.D.* 2020. Dudleya desires: How conservation social science can inform illegal wildlife trade interventions. 3rd Annual State of Biodiversity Symposium. San Diego, CA, February 5, 2020.
  • Mozayen, B.** 2020.Historic tolling in Alabama: Bridging the past and present. Transportation Research Board, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine. Washington, D.C., January 14, 2020.

Workshops

  • Goode, J.D.**, J.S. Kleinman**, & J.L. Hart*. 2019. Edge influence on composition and structure of a longleaf pine woodland following wind disturbance. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Flagstaff, AZ. June 23-27, 2019.
  • Hart, J.L.*, C.R. Barefoot, D.C. Dey, C.J. Schweitzer, and K.G. Wilson. 2019. Thinning and prescribed fire effects on ground flora in mixed pine-hardwood stands. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Flagstaff, AZ. June 23-27, 2019.
  • Kleinman, J.S.**, G.D. Goode**, & J.L. Hart*. 2019. Anthropogenic impacts on pine woodland recovery after catastrophic wind disturbance. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Flagstaff, AZ. June 23-27, 2019.
  • Logan, A.T.**, J.L. Hart, & D.C. Dey. General Land Office Survey data as tools for shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) restoration. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Flagstaff, AZ. June 23-27, 2019.
  • Sapp Moore, S., & J. D. Margulies* (organizers). 2020. Early Career Scholars’ Writing Workshop. Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference. Lexington, KY, February 27, 2020.
  • Margulies J.D.*, F. Massé, & B. Gilmer. (organizers) 2020. Radical and emancipatory perspectives on illicit geographies and the Environment. Author writing workshop in support of submitted special issue. University of Alabama (virtually). May 4-5.
  • Senkbeil, J. 2019. Improving accessibility and comprehension of tornado warnings for the deaf community. NWA/Vortex Southeast Workshop. Huntsville, AL, September 12, 2019.

Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System Annual Meeting (CSDMS), May 21-23, 2019; Boulder, CO

  • Cohen, S., T. Wan, Md. T. Islam, & J.P.M. Syvitski. 2019. Global River Slope (GloRS): A new geospatial dataset for riverine modeling and analysis.
  • Moragoda, N.**, & S. Cohen*. 2019. Response of fluvial suspended sediment fluxes to future climate change on a global scale.
  • Munasinghe, D.**, & S. Cohen*.2019. Moropholgical evolution of large river deltas. A case study of the Nile River delta.

5th AMS Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication, June 12, 2019; San Diego, CA

  • Senkbeil, J.* 2019. Improving accessibility and comprehension of tornado warnings for the deaf and deaf-blind community.

American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 10-13, 2019; New York, NY

  • Weber, J.*, & B. Lichtenstein. 2019. Health, inequality, and the Affordable Care Act.

Alabama Water Resources Conference, September 4-6, 2019; Orange Beach, AL

  • Corbin, J.**, L. Davis*, & M.D. Therrell*. 2019. Using paleoflood hydrology to extend flood records and understand large floods in South Sauty Creek (Buck’s Pocket State Park, AL). (Poster).
  • Moragoda, N., & S. Cohen*. 2019. Response of fluvial suspended sediment fluxes to future climate change on a global scale.
  • Munasinghe, D.**, & S. Cohen*. 2019. Morphological evolution of global river deltas during the satellite era.
  • Pitts, M.W.* 2019. Analysis of the state of Alabama agency mandates and spatial organization.
  • Xu, M.**, & H. Liu*. 2019. Regional assessment of river water turbidity with satellite multispectral imagery.

Society of American Foresters National Convention, October 39-November 3, 2019; Louisville, KY

  • Emery, R.K.**, & J.L. Hart*. 2019. Comparative fuels and flammabilities of post-disturbance longleaf pine woodland.
  • Goode, J.D.**, J.S. Kleinman**, & J.L. Hart*. 2019. Edge influence on ground flora communities in pine woodlands.
  • Kleinman, J.S.**, J.D. Goode**, A.C. Fries**, & J.L. Hart*. 2019. A systematic review and case study of compound forest disturbances.
  • Logan, A.T.**, & J.L. Hart*. 2019. Microsite influences of coarse woody debris in Pinus palustris stand.
  • Phillips, D.L.**, A.T. Logan**, & J.L. Hart*. 2019. Forest conditions on the Alabama Cumberland Plateau and Highland Rim prior to widespread European settlement.

Annual Meeting of Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, October 16-19, 2019; Flagstaff, AZ

  • Weber, J.* 2019.  Exploring America’s lost National Monuments.

The University of Alabama Department of Geography GIS Day, November 13, 2019; Tuscaloosa, AL

  • Weber, J.* 2019. Mapping the Past with Historical GIS.

Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers (SEDAGG) Regional Conference,  November 24-25, 2019; Wilmington, NC

  • Cissell, J.R.**, M.K. Steinberg*, & A.K. Pitts. 2019. Factors motivating and enabling conch poaching in Belize’s marine reserves.
  • Senkbeil, J.* 2019. Improved accessibility and comprehension warnings for the deaf community.

Alabama Water Institute Symposium, December 3-4, 2019; Tuscaloosa, AL

  • Corbin, J.**, L. Davis*, & M.D. Therrell*. 2019. Using paleoflood hydrology to extend flood records and understand large floods in South Sauty Creek (Buck’s Pocket State Park, AL). (Poster).

American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 9-13, 2019; San Francisco, CA

  • Cohen, S.*, J.P.M. Syvitski, & Md.T. Islam. 2019. Bedload flux modeling in large global rivers: Controlling parameters and model sensitivity.
  • Cohen, S.*, et al. 2019. The Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET v2.0) for improved remote sensing analysis of coastal flooding.
  • Keellings, D.* 2019. Spatiotemporal dynamics of heat waves across the United States.
  • Magliocca, N.* 2019. Large-scale land acquisitions catalyze commodity frontier expansion in Argentina’s dry Chaco.
  • Moragoda, N.**, & S. Cohen*. 2019. Isolating the signal of 21st century climate change on riverine water discharge and suspended sediment dynamics at a global scale.
  • Munasinghe, D.**, & S. Cohen*. 2019. Remote sensing of shoreline migration in large river deltas for delta morphology change analysis.
  • Nienhuis, J., & S. Cohen*. 2019. The efficiency of land formation for 10,000 river deltas.
  • Raney, A.**, & S. Cohen*. 2019. National Water Model channel geometry: Using a new dockerized job scheduler for NWM parametrization.

Conference of Latin American Geography, January 2, 2020; Antigua, Guatemala

  • Cissell, J.R.**, & M.K. Steinberg. 2020. Human landscape modification in Belize: Possible implications for crocodile hybridization.
  • LaFevor, M.C.* 2020. Hydroclimatic vulnerability and large-scale investments in rainfed farms in Mexico.

Southeastern Universities Graduate Research Symposium, April 2, 2020

  • Blanke, J.** 2020. Prevalence and socioeconomic implications of marine debris in southern Belize. (Poster).

Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 6-11, 2020; Virtual Conference

  • Blanke, J.** 2020. Prevalence and socioeconomic implications of marine debris in southern Belize. (Poster).
  • Emery, R.**, J. Hart*, & J.S. Kleinman**. 2020. Fuel dynamics of longleaf pine woodland before and after a prescribed fire.
  • Kleinman, J.S.**, J.D. Goode**, A.C. Fries**, & J.L. Hart*. 2020. Interacting disturbances and ecological consequences in forest ecosystems of North America.
  • Logan, A.**, & J. Hart*. 2020. Microsite influence of coarse woody debris in Pinus palustris woodlands.
  • Levine, A.** 2020. Social-ecological systems of sheep ranching, recreation, and large carnivores on multiple-use U.S. public lands.”
  • Magliocca, N.* 2020. Commodity frontier expansion dynamics of large-scale land acquisitions in Salta Province, Argentina.
  • Xu, M., & H. Liu*. 2020. Water turbidity measurements for rivers in Tombigbee River Basin and Mobile Bay from satellite imagery.