# overview
I am interested in the cartographic communication of sea level rise and other climate hazards. My work draws on research from GIScience, human-environment geography and psychology to consider how map interaction mediates risk perceptions for climate change and related hazards. My research foci include communicating climate change and coastal hazards, geospatial tool design and evaluation, and geospatial analysis of coastal and marine change. I have expertise in geospatial design, augmented reality, cartography, web mapping, user testing and evaluation, and mobile application development.

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Associate Professor and Coastal Environmental Science and Society Undergraduate Program Chair

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Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States)

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University of Notre Dame - (Notre Dame, Indiana, United States)

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Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Guidance for representing uncertainty on global temperature change maps

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Habitat suitability modeling of Aurelia jellyfish (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) in the Gulf of Mexico suggests distinct species distributions based on tolerance limits

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3D visualization of hurricane storm surge impact on urban infrastructure

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Introducing ICEDAP: An Iterative Coastal Embayment Delineation and Analysis Process' with Applications for the Management of Coastal Change

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Sea Level Rise Maps: How Individual Differences Complicate the Cartographic Communication of an Uncertain Climate Change Hazard

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North American Cartographic Information Society

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Simulating urban energy use under climate change scenarios and retrofit plans in coastal Texas

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Effects of temporal framing and hazard experience on receptivity to hurricane risk messages: A survey of US Gulf Coast residents

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Determinants of Hurricane Evacuation from a Large Representative Sample of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Mapping cross-scale economic impacts of storm surge events: considerations for design and user testing

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Habitat suitability modeling of Aurelia jellyfish (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) in the Gulf of Mexico suggests distinct species distributions based on tolerance limits

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Simulating the Spatial Impacts of a Coastal Barrier in Galveston Island, Texas: A Three-Dimensional Urban Modeling Approach.

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Climate change communication beyond the digital divide: Exploring cartographys role and privilege in climate action

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Understanding Local Sea Level Rise Risk Perceptions and the Power of Maps to Change Them: The Effects of Distance and Doubt

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Putting mapper on a map: cartographic visualizations of topological data analysis

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Communicating climate change: spatial analog versus color-banded isoline maps with and without accompanying text

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Domains of uncertainty visualization research: a visual summary approach

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Exploring flood mitigation governance by estimating first-floor elevation via deep learning and google street view in coastal Texas

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Predictive modelling of mesophotic habitats in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

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Preparing Geographers for Interdisciplinary Research: Graduate Training at the Interface of the Natural and Social Sciences

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Dueling cartographies: science, positivism, art, and critical praxis

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Developing Human-Centered Urban Digital Twins for Community Infrastructure Resilience: A Research Agenda.

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Bringing the big data of climate change down to human scale: Citizen sensors and personalized visualizations in climate communication

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Network Science-based Urban Forecast Dashboard.

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Climate extremes in the United States: recent research by physical geographers

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Mappering Mecklenburg County: Exploring Census Data for Potential Communities of Interest

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Sand and social distancing: A UAS study of Galveston, TX, beach attendance during COVID-19

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American Shore and Beach Preservation Association

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Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS)

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Texas General Land Office - (Austin, Texas, United States)

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EAGER: SAI-E: Synchronizing Decision-Support via Human- and Social-centered Digital Twin Infrastructures for Coastal Communities (Ye, Xinyue)

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Testing and Development of a Web-Based Natural Hazard Risk Communication Tool for Southeast Texas (TDEM Spatial Flood Analysis Project)

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Federal Emergency Management Agency - (New York, New York, United States)

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Coastal Flood Spotter: A Human Sensors Based Approach to Enhancing Preparedness for Flooding in the Houston-Galveston Metro Region

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Texas A&M University at Galveston - (Galveston, Texas, United States)

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Texas Comprehensive Research Fund (TCRF)

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Acquisition of high-resolution bathymetric and topographic surveying technology (HydroLite-DFX) for teaching and research

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Texas A&M University at Galveston - (Galveston, Texas, United States)

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Texas Comprehensive Research Fund (TCRF)

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RESTORE Centers of Excellence: Towards Targeted Risk Mitigation: Community Engaged, Fast Impact Estimation of Extreme Weather using Big Social and Climate Data

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - (Austin, Texas, United States)

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ReDDDoT Phase 2: Responsible Multi-Modal AI Systems for Multi-Hazard Resilience and Situational Awareness

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Evaluating the Effects of a Coastal Spine: National-Level Economic Ripples and Effects on Flood Insurance

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Texas General Land Office - (Austin, Texas, United States)

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Learning from Hurricane Laura’s Near Miss on Houston-Galveston: Evacuation Decision Making in an Environment of Compounding Uncertainties and Political Polarization

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder with the support of the National Scienc

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Coastal Flood Visualization with Mobile Virtual and Augmented Realities for Risk Communication

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Texas A&M Triads for Transformation (T3)

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Acquiring Hurricane Dorian MAXAR Imagery for Coastal Resilience Research

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Texas A&M University at Galveston - (Galveston, Texas, United States)

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Texas Comprehensive Research Fund (TCRF)

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Texas A&M University at Galveston - (Galveston, Texas, United States)

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Texas Comprehensive Research Fund (TCRF)

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Texas Natural Hazard Risk Assessment (Enhanced State Hazard Mitigation Plan - Task 2. Statewide Hazard Data Collection and Analysis) (GLO Contract No. 21-125-000-C775)

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Texas General Land Office - (Austin, Texas, United States)

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Galveston professor, researchers design flooding prediction app

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Sterne, Travis Keenan (2018-08). Predictive Modeling of Mesophotic Habitats in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Master's Thesis.