RESEARCH AREA
Perceptions of Climate Change
Weather, Climate, and the Economy: Explaining Risk Perceptions of Global Warming, 2001-10
Weather, Climate, Politics, or God? Determinants of American Public Opinions Towards Global Warming
Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass Perceptions of Global Warming
Understanding Evangelical Protestant Identity, Religiosity, Extreme Weather, and American Public Perceptions of Global Warming, 2006-2016
Approval of Political Leaders can Slant Evaluation of Political Issues: Evidence from Public Concern for Climate Change in the U.S.
A Study of American Response to Climate Change and the Influence of Carbon Dependency, Social Capital, and Political Orientation
Perceptions of Extreme Weather, Climate Change Manifestations, and Environmental Pollution
Seeing is Believing? An Examination of Perceptions of Local Weather Conditions and Climate Change Among Residents in the US Gulf Coast
Are Actual Weather and Perceived Weather the Same? Understanding Perceptions of Local Weather and Their Effects on Risk Perceptions of Global Warming
Understanding Perceptions of Changing Hurricane Strength Along the US Gulf Coast
Understanding Chinese Environmental Risk Perceptions from 1995-2015
Comparing public perceptions of sea level rise with scientific projections across five states of the U.S. Gulf Coast region
Identifying Trends in Interpretation and Responses to Hurricane and Climate Change Communication Tools
“You turn the tap on, the water’s there, and you just think everything’s fine”: a mixed methods approach to understanding public perceptions of groundwater management in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Individual Adaptation Behavior
A Sequential Model to Link Contextual Risk, Perceptions and Public Support for Flood Adaptation Policy
Predicting Support for Flood Mitigation Based on Flood Insurance Purchase Behavior
Being green in a green capital: Assessing drivers of pro-environmental behaviors in Copenhagen
Community Vulnerability and Resilience
Examining the Effects of Objective Hurricane Risks and Community Resilience on Risk Perceptions of Hurricanes at the County Level in the U.S. Gulf Coast: An Innovative Approach
Assessing Community Vulnerability to Floods and Hurricanes Along the U.S. Gulf Coast
A Place-based Assessment of Flash Flood Hazard and Vulnerability in the Contiguous United States
Enabling incremental adaptation in disadvantaged communities: polycentric governance with a focus on non-financial capita
The Spatiotemporal Patterns of Community Vulnerability in the U.S. Mobile Bay from 2000 – 2020
Urban flood susceptibility mapping using frequency ratio and machine learning algorithms
Enhancing Flood Risk Analysis in Harris County: Integrating Flood Susceptibility and Social Vulnerability Mapping
Simulating flood risk in Tampa Bay using a machine learning driven approach
Social Response to Hazards
Flood Hazards and Perceptions – A Comparative Study of Two Cities in Alabama
Spatiotemporal Patterns of of US Drought Awareness
Retrospective and Prospective Evaluations of Drought and Flood
Data-driven modeling reveals the Western dominance of global pubic interest in earthquakes
Perceptions of earthquake risks and knowledge about earthquake response among movement challenged persons in Dhaka city of Bangladesh
Hazard Risk Awareness and Disaster Management: Extracting the Information Content of Twitter Data
Public awareness and perceptions of drought: A case study of two cities of Alabama
Comparing Public Expectations with Local Planning Efforts to Mitigate Coastal Hazards: A Case Study in the City of New Orleans, USA
Social-Geographic Patterns of Rescue Requests During Hurricane Harvey
Monitoring the Impact of Climate Extremes and COVID-19 on Statewise Sentiment Alterations in Water Pollution Complaints
Toward Reduction of Detrimental Effects of Hurricanes Using a Social Media Data Analytic Approach: How Climate Change is Perceived?
An Online Survey Analysis of Coastal Flood Recovery Aided by Household Mitigation Behavior
Stakeholder Compound Flood Hazard Communication and Decision Making in Mobile, AL
Public Health
Understanding the Influence of Contextual Factors and Individual Social Capital on American Public Mask Wearing in Response to COVID-19
Spatial Epidemiology Case Study of Mentally Unhealthy Days (MUDs): Air pollution, Community Resilience, and Sunlight Perspectives
Confidence in Political Leaders can Slant Risk Perceptions of COVID-19 in a Highly Polarized Environment
Understanding the Effects of Individual and State-level Factors on American Public Response to COVID-19
Understanding American public support for COVID-19 risk mitigation: The role of political orientation, socio-demographic characteristics, personal concern, and experience
Understanding the Influence of Political Orientation, Social Network, and Economic Recovery on COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Americans
Social Network, Political Climate, Income Inequality, and Americans Uptake of Monovalent COVID-19 Booster
Energy and Environment
What Really Drives the Deployment of Renewable Energy? A Global Assessment of 118 Countries
Understanding the Relationships among Experience with Extreme Weather Events, Perceptions of Climate Change, Carbon Dependency, and Public Support for Renewable Energies in the United States
Geospatial Analysis
Geographic Analysis of the Compactness of National Park Unit Boundaries