Name: Joint Meeting of SWAAG & AGX
Start: 2024-10-06T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-08T23:59:00-05:00
Location: Lyndon B. Johnson Student Center

Joint Meeting of SWAAG & AGX

from Sunday, October 6, 2024 (12:00 AM) to Tuesday, October 8, 2024 (11:59 PM)

Monday, September 30, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024

9:00 AM Hill Country Fermented Landscape
Hill Country Fermented Landscape
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Room: Parking Lot/0-0 - LBJSC Parking Lot

Sensing Place
Sensing Place
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Room: Parking Lot/0-0 - LBJSC Parking Lot

4:00 PM Break
Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM Reception
Reception
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Monday, October 7, 2024
8:30 AM Graduate Student Paper Competition 1
Graduate Student Paper Competition 1
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

8:30 AM SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN AUSTIN, TX (2012-2023) - Lidia Roy (Texas State University)

8:50 AM On marginalization: Socio-spatial orders from sanitation provisioning for Students With Disabilities in Kampala - Gloria Nsangi Nakyagaba (University of Oklahoma)

9:10 AM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF AFRICAN RURAL FARMERS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM RURAL FARMERS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA - Ayomide Famewo (Texas State University)
Geospatial Approaches to History
Geospatial Approaches to History
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Contributions

8:30 AM Mapping History: GIS Insights into Nicholas Jarrot's Influence in Early 19th-Century Cahokia - Stacey Brown Amilian (SIUE)

8:50 AM Chinese Americans in the Delta: Building Spatially-Sensitive Community Histories - Stephen O'Connell (University of Central Arkansas)

9:10 AM Viewing Gentrification: Opportunities and Questions in Applying Deep Learning and Computer Vision to Identify Gentrification - Keenon Lindsey (Texas State University)
Migration and Borders: Part I: Coloniality, territory, and economies of borders
Migration and Borders: Part I: Coloniality, territory, and economies of borders
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

8:30 AM The production of the cross-border territory by local actors: The case of the Tri-border region - Luisa Amato Caye (Texas State University - Department of Geography and Environmental Studies)

8:50 AM Finding Space to Heal: A Feminist Approach to Justice, Dispossession, and Territoriality in Response to Mining Encroachment in the Amazon - Laura Botero (Doctoral Student Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin)

9:10 AM Acompañando Niños Migrantes “no Acompañados”: A Feminist Geopolitical Perspective on Central American Unaccompanied Minors in the U.S. Long Term Foster Care (LTFC) - Esther Ramos (University of Texas at Austin)
Society & Space
Society & Space
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

8:30 AM The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Migration Policies: Risks, Routes, and Humanitarian Challenges for Central American Migrants - Nirvana Heidarian

8:50 AM Silicon Imaginaries: An elemental approach to socio-technical land relations - Claire Fitch (University of Texas at Austin)

9:10 AM Building the “Fantastic” Cathedral: The Controversies Surrounding Ghana’s Construction of a National Cathedral in the Heart of the Capital City, Accra. - Saide Mahama (University of North Texas)
Uses of Census Geography and Census Data for Analysis and Settlement Classification
Uses of Census Geography and Census Data for Analysis and Settlement Classification
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

8:30 AM Using Nationwide Parcel Datasets to Update the U.S. Census Bureau’s Master Address File (MAF) - Tiernan Erickson (U.S. Census Bureau)

8:50 AM A Semi-Supervised Active Learning Approach for Block-Status Classification. - Atul Rawal

9:10 AM Toward an Urban-Rural Continuum: Settlement Classification Research at the Census Bureau - Michael Ratcliffe (US Census Bureau)
9:30 AM Break
Break
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM Graduate Student Paper Competition 2
Graduate Student Paper Competition 2
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

9:40 AM Navigating the Aviation Industry’s Flight Towards Sustainability: A Thematic Analysis of CORSIA and UN SDGs in US Airline Annual Reports - Jaryd Hinch (University of South Florida)

10:00 AM Small Transit, Big Impact: Determining Success for Low-Speed Electric Vehicle Microtransit Programs in Small-Medium Sized Texas Cities - Easton Moore (Texas State University)

10:20 AM Chaos in fuel price: Assessing enterprises awareness and likelihood of transitioning to renewable energy in Nigeria using a logistic regression approach. - Chinedu Nsude (University of Oklahoma)
Climate, Environment, and Human Impact: Global Perspectives
Climate, Environment, and Human Impact: Global Perspectives
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-323
Contributions

9:40 AM Holocene Hydroclimate and Paleoenvironments of New Mexico: A preliminary geoarchaeological investigation using alluvial sequences - Marie White (Texas State University)

10:00 AM Climate Change Misinformation in the United States: An Actor–Network Analysis - Binay Thapa (Texas State University)

10:20 AM Galamsey, Environmental Degradation, and Reclamation Efforts in Ghana - Joshua Kafui (University of North Texas)
Human Mobility and Its lmplications
Human Mobility and Its lmplications
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Contributions

9:40 AM Adapting Mobility: Insights from COVID-19 Impact on East Asian Regions - Xin Sun

10:00 AM A Spatiotemporal Investigation of Electric Scooter Usage in Louisville, KY - WEI SONG (University of Louisville)

10:20 AM Public Perception of On-Demand Transit in A Small City - Jia Lu (Valdosta State University)

10:40 AM Shame Buffers and Spatial Risk-Mitigation: Exploring the effects of social stigma on locational strategies of illicit massage businesses and their customers - Sean Crotty (Texas Christian University)
Migration and Borders: Part II: Immigration politics, advocacy, and care
Migration and Borders: Part II: Immigration politics, advocacy, and care
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

9:40 AM Queer Geographies of Migration: Identity and the Construct of Place - Tay Villaseñor (Texas State University Department of Geography and Environmental Studies)

10:00 AM The Uneven Implementation of US Immigration Policy and Migrant Vulnerability at the US-Mexico Border - Sarah Blue (Texas State University)

10:20 AM Crimmigration and Immigrant Arrival in US Sanctuary Cities - Diane Nunez (Texas State University)

10:40 AM “Everyone’s a Coyote:" US Immigration Policy and the Smuggling Economy in the Americas - Jennifer Devine (Texas State University)
Sensing Place Debrief and Discussion
Sensing Place Debrief and Discussion
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Esri
Esri
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

9:40 AM Teaching and Research with Artificial Intelligence in GIS: GeoAI - Joseph Kerski (Esri) Linda Peters (Esri)
11:00 AM Break
Break
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM Graduate Student Paper Competition 3
Graduate Student Paper Competition 3
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

11:10 AM The influence of aerosols on weakly forced thunderstorm morphology in urban and rural environments - Tucker Curry (University of Texas San Antonio)

11:30 AM Glacial Lake Dynamics and Land Surface Temperature Changes in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal (2010-2023) - Prabish Khadka Chhetri (Texas State University)

11:50 AM Enhancing cooling precision: Modeling green roofs potential to mitigate daytime heat intensity using 2D/3D urban indicators, LiDAR, and machine learning algorithms - Abdulla Al Kafy (Graduate Teaching Assistance)
Proposal Development and Grant Application
Proposal Development and Grant Application
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-323
Business & Retail
Business & Retail
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

11:10 AM Determinants of Housing Prices: A Comparative Study of China and the United States - Yehua Dennis Wei (University of Utah)

11:30 AM Legal Desert in Texas - Teng Zhang (Southern Methodist University)

11:50 AM It’s the End of the Mall as We Know It: Should We Feel Fine? - Tony Hernandez (Toronto Metropolitan University)

12:10 PM Desktop Detective: Identifying and Resolving Appraisal Issues With Common Geographic Tools - Thomas Dwyer (Harbinger Real Property Advisors, Inc.)
GIS & Spatial Analysis 1
GIS & Spatial Analysis 1
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Contributions

11:10 AM Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Mangrove Decline in the Montecristi Wetlands, Dominican Republic (2013-2023) - Die Hu (The University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

11:30 AM MONITORING LAND COVER/LAND USE CHANGE IN POKHARA LEKHNATH METROPOLITAN CITY USING REMOTE SENSING - Saurav Raj Khanal (Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant)

11:50 AM Evaluating urban forests and socioeconomic patterns in an arid city using MGWR - Chao Fan (New Mexico State University)

12:10 PM Community Questions about Electoral Redistricting: How geographers can facilitate answers - Rebecca Theobald (University of Colorado Colorado Springs)
Hazards & Disasters
Hazards & Disasters
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

11:10 AM Assessing Dynamic “100-year” Floodplain Risk for Residential Properties After Record Events - Ross Guida (Sam Houston State University)

11:30 AM Wildfire Hot Spots in Austin, Texas, USA - Don Jonsson (Austin Community College)

11:50 AM THREE METHOD TSUNAMI VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED STATES EAST COAST - Joshua Knolla (Texas State University)

12:10 PM The Opportunity of post-buyout Landscape Patterns Mitigating Extreme Heat - Jeleeza Clark (Town of Flower Mound/University of North Texas)
Poster Session 1
Poster Session 1
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/1-100 - Ballroom Exhibits
Contributions

11:10 AM Teaching Energy Transitions With Relationality - Kathy Hilimire (Fort Lewis College)

11:10 AM Constructing Air Pollution Scenario for Beaumont – Port Arthur Region - Fahad Bin Islam

11:10 AM Shade Access in San Marcos Urban Parks - Jasmin Aktar (Texas State University)

11:10 AM The Climates of Formula 1 Racing - Rich Dixon (Texas State University) Amanda Barney (Texas State University)

11:10 AM Mapping Historical Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Central Oklahoma, 1871-2023 - Adam Anwar

11:10 AM Exploration of Available Fish Passage Data and Land Use/Cover in the Stillaguamish Watershed, WA - Erin Dascher (Eastern Washington University)

11:10 AM Geomorphic controls in the distribution of buried artifacts and cultural deposits at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, southeastern Colorado - Katelyn Cooke (Oklahoma State University)

11:10 AM Expanding Geographic Knowledge Through Open Educational Resources: A Case Study of Qualitative Mapping at TTU - Rodolfo Hernandez (Texas Tech University) Shipu Depnath (Texas Tech University)

11:10 AM A Novel Technique in Terrestrial Remote Sensing for Aboveground Biomass Sampling - Grayson Wylie (Texas State Univeristy)

11:10 AM Spatial-temporal characteristics and policy implication for non-grain production of cultivated land in China - Wanjing Yang

11:10 AM Integrating Routine Activity Theory in Hybrid Spaces - Ling Wu (Prairie View A&M University)

11:10 AM GIS-based determination of the environmental footprints of McMurdo and Palmer Stations, Antarctica - Andrew Klein (Texas A&M-College Station)

11:10 AM Mapping the Geography of Underground Ecosystems - Michael Jones (University of Arkansas and Zara Environmental LLC) Wendy Dickerson (Zara Environmental LLC)

11:10 AM Mapping the Fate of Ghost Malls: Redevelopment Trends in Southeastern Pennsylvania - Sophia Bottiglieri (University of Pittsburgh)

11:10 AM GIS Analysis of Black Smoke and Carbon from 2023 Quebec Forest Fires in New York State - Christopher Badurek (SUNY Cortland)

11:10 AM CDBG Impact on Urban Equity and Socioeconomic Disparities in Pittsburgh - Fiorente Pampena (University of Pittsburgh)

11:10 AM GIS Analysis of Black Smoke and Carbon from 2023 Quebec Forest Fires in New York State - Christopher Badurek (SUNY Cortland)

11:10 AM Assessing Rates and Patterns of Land Cover Change Due to Illegal Small-Scale Gold Mining (Galamsey) around River Offin in Ghana. - Samuel Abakah (New Mexico State University)

11:10 AM A socioeconomic disadvantage index for informing policy, systems, and environmental change interventions for senior nutrition programs - Shadi Maleki (Texas State University) Francis Méndez Mediavilla (Texas State University)

11:10 AM Cementerio Guadalupe: Preservando el Medio Ambiente y la Cultura Tejana - Adriana Montoya (Texas State University)

11:10 AM A literature review on Healthcare Accessibility and Maternal Mortality in Texas 2020-2024 - Mahboobe Safaei Mehr (Phd student, the University of Texas at Austin)

12:10 PM Urban Land Use Cover (LULC) Change Prediction Using Cellular Automata and Markov Chain Model in Harris County, TX - Sadia Ritu (Texas State University)

12:10 PM CDBG Impact on Urban Equity and Socioeconomic Disparities in Pittsburgh - Fiorente Pampena (University of Pittsburgh)

12:10 PM Mapping the Fate of Ghost Malls: Redevelopment Trends in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - Sophia Bottiglieri (University of Pittsburgh)
LinkedIn Profiles
LinkedIn Profiles
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

11:10 AM Crafting an Authentic LinkedIn Profile that Stands Out - Dawna Cerney (Youngstown State University) Denise Blanchard (Texas State University)
12:30 PM Luncheon
Luncheon
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Powerful Geography: New Teaching and Learning, K-12
Powerful Geography: New Teaching and Learning, K-12
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

2:00 PM Powerful Geography: New Teaching and Learning, K-12 - Bren Vander Weil (Texas State University) Joann Doering Zadrozny (Texas State University) Richard Boehm (Texas State University) Ross Guida (Sam Houston State University)
“JEDI in Action”: Implementing and Pivoting Departmental JEDI Plans across the SWAAG Region
“JEDI in Action”: Implementing and Pivoting Departmental JEDI Plans across the SWAAG Region
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-323
Climate 1
Climate 1
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

2:00 PM CLIMATE CHANGE: THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR KATSINA STATE, NORTHERN-NIGERIA - Yusuf IBRAHIM El-Ladan (Umaru Musa Yar-adua University)

2:20 PM Teleconnections and tornadoes: Using statistical relationships to inform case studies of physical processes - Todd Moore (Middle Tennessee State University)

2:40 PM A Continued Evaluation of the Urban Heat Mitigation Potential of the San Antonio Cool Pavement Pilot - Neil Debbage (University of Texas San Antonio)

3:00 PM Rural Confluence: Communities and Academic Partners Uniting to Drive Discovery and Build Capacity for Climate Resilience - Saber Brasher (Oklahoma State University)
Environment & Sustainability 1
Environment & Sustainability 1
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

2:00 PM Rising environmental inequalities and their relationship to racial and socioeconomic disparities in the US Southwest - Soe Myint (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies)

2:20 PM Redefining Absentee: Place Attachment and Stewardship in Non-Residential Landowners in Texas, USA - Christina Lopez (The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA)

2:40 PM Prospective of geospatial landscape modeling, an assessment of hemerobia based on a geodynamic algorithm: a case study of the Guadalupe Basin, Texas, USA. - Yered Gybram Canchola Pantoja (Facultad de Geografía Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México)

3:00 PM Responses of Selected Lichens as Biological Indicators to Nitrogen and Metal Ions Pollution in the Himalayan Forests of Nepal - Hirendra Bista (University of North Texas)
GIS & Spatial Analysis 2
GIS & Spatial Analysis 2
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Contributions

2:00 PM From Technical Challenges to Transformative Practices: Collecting Data at Homestead Cemetery, Munhall - Justin Piel (Student)

2:20 PM Floor-level Occupancy Estimation of a Multi-Story Building Using Coarse Wi-Fi Data - T. Edwin Chow (Texas State University)

2:40 PM How can field workers properly collect and digitize historical spatial data for public consumption, and which collection and transformation practices respect a cemetery? - Justin Piel (Student)

3:00 PM Towards a more accurate enumeration of migrant mortality along the US-Mexico border: A definition and first count - Alberto Giordano (Texas State University)
3:20 PM Break
Break
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Climate 2
Climate 2
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

3:30 PM Accelerating Rates of Glacier Surface Elevation Changes in the Wind River Range, Wyoming, 1968–2019 - Yanan Li

3:50 PM Enhanced Extreme Precipitation Simulation in China using NCAR CESM Based on Realistic Remotely-Sensed Land Cover and Land Use Data from 1982 to 2013 - Yaqian He (University of Arkansas-Fayetteville)

4:10 PM Studying the impact of climate and environmental factors on the South Texas Sand Sheets (STSS) from 1974-2024. - Brent Hedquist (Texas A&M University-Kingsville)

4:30 PM INFLUENCE OF CONFLICT SHOCK ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCE FOR CLIMATE HAZARDS, A KOSOVO WINE CROSS-CASE STUDY - Dustin Paul Sanchez (Texas State University)
Community-driven Geospatial Approach to Improving Public Health 1
Community-driven Geospatial Approach to Improving Public Health 1
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

3:30 PM Impact of an asthma education program on improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities among children with asthma in urban and rural South Texas: Using the RE-AIM model - Genny Carrillo (Faculty at the Texas A&M University)

3:50 PM A Citizen Science-Based Community Air Monitoring Campaign in Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas - Tianjun Lu (University of Kentucky)

4:10 PM Environment, Health and Community along Texas Gulf Coast: A Literature Study - Yongmei Lu (Texas State University)
Environment & Sustainability 2
Environment & Sustainability 2
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

3:30 PM Examining spatial dynamics and interactions of planted alien, native, and invasive alien species in China’s largest artificial mangrove forest - YUANHUI ZHU (Texas State University)

3:50 PM Sky Brightness in Texas: A Comparative Study Between International Dark Sky Places and Control Communities and Night Sky Quality Monitoring - Amy Jackson (Starry Sky Project)

4:10 PM Revealing Mobility Behavioral Adaptations to Heat Extremes Using Mobile phone Location Data - Heng Cai (Texas A&M University)

4:30 PM Paving a pathway to sustainability in Texas wine: A community-based research project in an iconic fermented landscape - Nicole Anguiano (Master Geography student)
Reframing Geotechnologies
Reframing Geotechnologies
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-323
Contributions

3:30 PM The application of geotechnologies in Mexico: a perspective of the scientific work of the National Laboratories of Earth Observation (LANOT-Faculty of Geography Unit UAEMex) and the Geospatial Information Technologies for Resilient Socio-ecological Systems (LaNCTIGeSSR). - Yered Gybram Canchola Pantoja (Facultad de Geografía Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México)

3:50 PM A Geocode Solution to the OMB Need for “a territorially exhaustive classification:” State Determined Sub-State Districts which also resolve the Connecticut and Virginia Issues - Thomas Christoffel (Regional Intelligence-Regional Communities, LLC)

4:10 PM Detection of Spatiotemporal Clusters for Spatiotemporal Trends in Geographic Data - Jay Lee (Kent State University)

4:30 PM Implementation of a Multipredictor Ensemble Model for Water Quality Parameter Retrieval With Multispectral Remote Sensing Data - Haibin Su (Texas A&M University - Kingsville)
Educating the Next Generation of Applied Geographers: lessons learnt from business geography
Educating the Next Generation of Applied Geographers: lessons learnt from business geography
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Public Engagement
Public Engagement
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

3:30 PM Finding Solutions to Public Engagement: Challenges and Strategies - Dawna Cerney (Youngstown State University) Susan Lucas (University of Pittsburgh)
4:50 PM Break
Break
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Teaching Introduction to Geographic Information Systems: Best Practices and Reflections
Teaching Introduction to Geographic Information Systems: Best Practices and Reflections
5:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Celebrating Location Intelligence
Celebrating Location Intelligence
5:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

5:00 PM Retailing in Australia’s ‘Steel City’: Industrialization, Deindustrialization and Shops in Newcastle, New South Wales - Connor Reed (Meijer)

5:20 PM Dynamics of Team-teaching Foundations of Geographic Thought: Honoring the Contributions of Dr. Murray Rice - John South (University of North Texas) Lisa Nagaoka (University of North Texas) Steve Wolverton (University of North Texas)

5:40 PM Reconnecting with the Fundamental Geographic Principles in the Age of Emerging AI - Dawna Cerney (Youngstown State University)

6:00 PM Synergizing Big Data Analytics with Classical Location Models: Toward Scalable Solutions for Geospatial Challenges - Chetan Tiwari (Georgia State University)
Community-driven Geospatial Approach to Improving Public Health 2
Community-driven Geospatial Approach to Improving Public Health 2
5:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

5:00 PM Mapping Food Access in Gentrifying East Austin: A Spatial Analysis of Changing Urban Foodscapes - Hilary Ansah (Texas State University)

5:20 PM Investigating the Impact of Climate Change and Air Quality on Mental Health in Southeast Texas - Chiung-Fang Chang (Lamar University)

5:40 PM Developing a Justice-Oriented Framework for Public Health through Community-Driven Geospatial Approaches - Xinyue Ye (Texas A&M University)
Modeling the Environment
Modeling the Environment
5:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

5:00 PM Strengthening Resilience in 4D: Geospatial Digital Twins for Navigating Urban Flood Dynamics - Lei Zou (Texas A&M University)

5:20 PM Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Development and Behavior in the Presence of Glyphosate, Copper, and Lead - Brock Burford (Texas State University)

5:40 PM Impact of Urbanization on Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Area, 1990-2020. - Harry Williams (University of North Texas)

6:00 PM Utilizing Earth Observations to Understand Landscape Patterns and Assist in Wildlife Management in Iona National Park, Angola - Emmanuel Narteh Aklie (Texas State University)
Urban Spaces & Planning
Urban Spaces & Planning
5:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

5:00 PM The Role of Communicative Planning and Design within New Urbanism in The Neighborhood Redevelopment: A Case Study of Mueller, Austin, Texas - Alborz Ebadi

5:20 PM Causes of sprawl and infill expansion in primary and secondary cities in Ghana - Andrews Korah (University of Oklahoma)

5:40 PM Heritage in the City: What the Land Run Monument and the First Americans Museum Tell Us about Oklahoma City - Alyson Greiner (Oklahoma State University)

6:00 PM Making sense of border interactions: reading the landscape of São Borja, Brazil and Santo Tomé, Argentina - Edgar Garcia Velozo (University of Kentucky)
6:20 PM Break
Break
6:20 PM - 6:30 PM

6:30 PM Geobowl & Pizzafest!
Geobowl & Pizzafest!
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
8:30 AM LiDAR & Remote Sensing Applications
LiDAR & Remote Sensing Applications
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

8:30 AM Model Crop Yield Using Integrated Multispectral and SAR Remote Sensing - Shaibal Ahmed

8:50 AM Post-Earthquake Building Damage Assessment: Using LiDAR Data - Shushant Koirala (University of North Texas)

9:10 AM Mapping Urban Tree Structure Using Airborne LiDAR Data: A Case Study of the University of North Texas Campus - Suman Thakuri (University of North Texas)
Regional Sustainability and Agricultural Practices in the US
Regional Sustainability and Agricultural Practices in the US
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

8:30 AM Community-based geospatial livestock research with Indigenous Peoples in the southwest United States - Yan Lin (University of New Mexico)

8:50 AM Evaluating the Impact of Farmers' Markets on Food Accessibility in Dallas: A Service Area Analysis - Nicholas Lawson (University of North Texas)

9:10 AM Monitoring winter wheat water status across Oklahoma - Nishan Bhattarai (University of Oklahoma)
Research and Engagement With, For, and By Indigenous Peoples
Research and Engagement With, For, and By Indigenous Peoples
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

8:30 AM Welcome and Introduction to “Research and Engagement With, For, and By Indigenous Peoples” - Randy Peppler (University of Oklahoma)

8:50 AM Mediating mezcal: Magic and meaning in an ancient modern product - Colleen Myles (Texas State University)

9:10 AM In pursuit of sovereignties: “Co-design” of Agrivoltaic Systems in Pawnee, Oklahoma - Abigail Cervenka (University of Oklahoma)
Graduate & Undergraduate Poster Competition
Graduate & Undergraduate Poster Competition
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/1-100 - Ballroom Exhibits
Contributions

8:30 AM Spatial Analysis for Sustainable Viticulture: Optimizing Grape Cultivation in Texas Wine County - Mikael Lopez (Texas State University)

8:30 AM Riverkeeper Groups as Enforcement Agents for Environmental Policy - Adeline Miller (Student)

8:30 AM The Role of Airport Expansions in Urban Growth: The Impact of New Terminals on Local Land Use - Jiayu Liu (Purdue University)

8:30 AM Visual impact assessment of urban developments around heritage landmarks using ULVIA method: (The case of Ark-e-Alishah monument in Tabriz) - sirwan salimi

8:30 AM Examining spatiotemporal changes in forest extent and environmental variables patterns within the Colorado River Basin over two decades - Babak Heidari (Texas State University)

8:30 AM Spatiotemporal analysis of Urban water hardship using historical boil water notices - Tanmoy Malaker (Student)

8:30 AM A Seasonal Assessment of Vegetation Stress and Drought in the Southern Great Plains - Farzana Afroz (Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Geography, Oklahoma State University)

8:30 AM Accessibility of Healthcare Facilities During Nighttime in Korea - Yubin Lee (Texas State University)

8:30 AM Enhancing Crop Yield Monitoring in India Using Moderate-Resolution Remotely Sensed Data - Afshin Shayeghi (University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability)

8:30 AM Assessing Drought Risk in Central Texas Using an Integrated AHP-GIS Framework with AI and Human Expert Insights - Md Tousif Tanzir (Texas State University)

8:30 AM Defining Structural Features and Communities for Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands at Multiple Spatial Scales using LiDAR Remote Sensing - Jennifer Frey (Dept. of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, NMSU) Joseph Youtz (New Mexico State University) Michaela Buenemann (New Mexico State University)

9:30 AM Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Vesicular Stomatitis: Investigating Distinct Transmission Cycles of VSNJV and VSIV in Costa Rica (2008-2024) - Meghan Ortiz (Undergraduate)

9:30 AM Modeling the Current and Potential Future Spatial Distributions of Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa torr.) in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. - Janet Azure Atanga (New Mexico State University)
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

8:30 AM GIS Analyses of Spatial Distribution of Retirement Communities from Early 1960s to the Present Day - Elizabeth Skender (University of Pittsburgh)

8:50 AM Mobility in Pittsburgh Neighborhoods - Sydney Greenway

9:10 AM Mapping the Spread of Eastern Red Cedar in Kansas, Using Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Spatial Analysis - noah stilwell (University of Oklahoma)
9:30 AM Break
Break
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM Cultural Geography & Justice
Cultural Geography & Justice
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

9:40 AM Terroir's global adventure - Rory Hill (Oklahoma State University)

10:00 AM “Justice by Geography:” Legal Violence and Asylum in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - Alisa Hartsell (Independent)

10:20 AM Concrete socionatures: Environmental history and justice in Albuquerque - Ramona Malczynski (University of New Mexico)

10:40 AM Children's Cartography: A Mental Map Experiment - Heather Swienton (Texas State University)
Freight Mobility & Logistics
Freight Mobility & Logistics
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

9:40 AM Agricultural Transportation of Texas: Two Case Studies - Michael Yoder (University of Texas-Austin; University of Central Arkansas)

10:00 AM Changes in the Agricultural Logistics Landscape in the Upper Mississippi River Drainage in relation to Recent Years of Drought - Brett Lucas (City of Cheney)

10:20 AM Spatial variabilities in factors affecting electric vehicle adoption across Virginia: a county-level analysis - David Wong (George Mason University)

10:40 AM Selling the "Situation": The Expansion of Cross-Border Warehousing in Laredo, Texas, USA - Andrew Hilburn (Texas A&M International University)
GeoEd 1
GeoEd 1
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Contributions

9:40 AM The Role of Minor League Baseball Logos in Sports Branding and Geographic Education - Dennis Edgell (University of North Carolina at Pembroke)

10:00 AM Towards a Transformational Educator Mindset: Creating Inroads for Geographic Disciplinary Knowledge Using GeoInquiries in Elementary History Instruction - Mary Curtis (University of Houston-Clear Lake)

10:20 AM Challenges in Teacher Preparation for United States Geography Education: Bridging the Gap for Effective Instruction - Bren Vander Weil (Texas State)
Health & Medical Geography 1
Health & Medical Geography 1
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

9:40 AM Service line materials produce significant effects on Pb and Cu contaminants in drinking water during the Flint water crisis - Qingmin Meng (Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762)

10:00 AM Identifying the Drivers Related to Animal Reservoirs, Environment, and Socio-Demography of Human Leptospirosis in Different Community Types of Southern Chile: An Application of Machine Learning Algorithm in One Health Perspective - Himel Talukder (University of Oklahoma)

10:20 AM Maternal exposure to industrial air pollution and low birth weight in New Mexico, USA - Xi Gong (University of New Mexico)

10:40 AM Clustered survival analysis of female breast cancer patients in New Mexico - Eric Brannen (The University of New Mexico)
11:00 AM Break
Break
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM Climate Geographies: Energy, Fire, Transitions and Education.
Climate Geographies: Energy, Fire, Transitions and Education.
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

11:10 AM Repositioning Energy Geographies in a time of crisis: Arguments from a subdiscipline on the margins of Geography - Thomas Ptak (Texas State University)

11:30 AM Fire, Energy and Environmental Hazards: Situating Assemblage Theory and Participatory Research on Adaptive Capacity. - Julie Brooks (Texas State University Department of Geography and Environmental Studies)

11:50 AM Frequency and Distribution of U.S Social Studies Climate Standards and their Relationship to Public Opinion on Climate. - Bren Vander Weil (Texas State)

12:10 PM Appropriation of Green Discourse and Underlying Dynamics of Renewable Energy Diffusion in South Korea. - Jong-Ku Park (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University)
GeoEd 2
GeoEd 2
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Contributions

11:10 AM ENHANCING MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ TPACK AND DISPOSITIONS TOWARD USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOMS THROUGH A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP TECHNOLOGY - Kelly Nolan (Texas State University)

11:30 AM Bridging the GIS Divide: Designing truly accessible GIS training for underserved communities - Catherine Brockway (Chaminade University of Honolulu)

11:50 AM Opportunities in Non-formal Education to Enhance Girls' Motivation Toward Learning Geography, Geospatial Technologies, and Related Careers - Lisa Elikan (Texas State University)
Health & Medical Geography 2
Health & Medical Geography 2
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

11:10 AM Using geographically weighted regression for physical environmental disparity analysis: association between mentally unhealthy days (MUDs) and air pollution (PM 2.5) in U.S. counties - Hoehun Ha

11:30 AM Unequal Journeys: Maternal Healthcare Outcomes in Texas - Priscilla Tetteh (University of North Texas)

11:50 AM Geographical variations in early-onset colorectal cancer risk factors in the United Kingdom - Mei Yang (Texas State University)

12:10 PM Regional Patterns of Health Factors and Health Outcomes in the U.S. - Jonathan Comer (Oklahoma State University)
Poster Session 2
Poster Session 2
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/1-100 - Ballroom Exhibits
Contributions

11:10 AM Protected Peatlands? A spatial analysis of Scotland’s protected areas and priority peatlands - Anupa Bhatta (Texas State University) Jason Julian (Texas State University)

11:10 AM A New Water Budget for the Regional Water Planning Areas of Texas - Priyanjali Bose (Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies, Texas State University)

11:10 AM : The Impact of Future Urban Growth on Blue and Green Spaces in Denton, Texas Using the PLUS Model - Anupa Bhatta (Texas State University)

11:10 AM Wildfire Impacts on a High Elevation River in Larimer County, Colorado - Elizabeth Kubacki (Texas State University)

11:10 AM Further observations from the July 26-29, 2022 flash floods, Eastern Kentucky - Christopher (Andy) Day (University of Louisville)

11:10 AM Identifying Multiscale Basin Management Challenges and Current Research Priorities based on Topic Modeling of the Mississippi River Basin - Joshua Wimhurst (South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center)

11:10 AM Rain-on-snow events and linkages to streamflow in New York State - Omokhudu G. Igiekhumhe (OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY)

11:10 AM Revealing Key Determinants of Heat-related Illnesses Using Geospatial Explainable AI (XAI) Model - Ehsan Foroutan (Oklahoma State University)

11:10 AM Investigating environmental responses to a changing climate: Preliminary results from Palmetto State Park - Amanda Barney (Texas State University)

11:10 AM Examining Human-Environment Interactions in Kisatchie National Forest: A Brief Analysis of Chosen Analytical Methods - Taraja Oliver (Texas State University)

11:10 AM Making WAIVS: Mapping and Evaluating Habitat Restoration Efforts in the San Marcos River - Aby Panther (The Meadows Center's Ecological Research Group) Teale Robison (The Meadows Center Ecological Research Group)

11:10 AM Heat of the Moment: Analyzing Social Vulnerability of Texas Panhandle Landowners to Wildfires: A Multi-Method Approach - Reilly Ruggiero (TTU Geosciences)

11:10 AM Urban Growth and Its Environmental Footprint: Analyzing Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation, and Impervious Surface Changes in the Northern Rio Grande Corridor (NRGC), 1995-2020 - Ashok Gahatraj

11:10 AM An Investigation into Fire Weather Warnings Through Lessons Learned During the Smokehouse Canyon Creek Fire - Matt Saldana (Texas Tech University)

11:10 AM An intuitiveness risk data management system local users requirement -based approach. - Nestor Corona (EL Colegio de Michoacán-Centro de Estudios de Geografía Humana) Yered Gybram Canchola-Pantoja (aUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de México)

11:10 AM A Bioremediation of Mixed Industrial Wastewater Using Different Biosorbents - Syeda Farwa Narjis Naqvi

11:10 AM Assessing Spatial Accessibility to Maternal Healthcare Services in Cape Coast, Ghana. - Benjamin Yankah Biney (Oklahoma State University)

11:10 AM Response Surface Methodology—Numeric Approach and Geospatial Analyses of Heavy Metals Indexing on Human Health and Groundwater Characterization. - Md.Yeasir Hasan (TTU Geosciences)

11:10 AM Balancing Water Resources: The Impact of Hydraulic Fracking on Food-Energy-Water Nexus in the Southern Great Plains, USA. - Adeyinka Olusanya (Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University)

11:10 AM The impacts of Tropical Storm Cindy on a study site at McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, Texas - Joshua Hodge (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga)
Maptitude 1
Maptitude 1
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306

12:30 PM Lunch (on your own)
Lunch (on your own)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Careers Panel
Careers Panel
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

2:00 PM Entering the Workforce: Where to begin as a Professional Geographer? - Dennis Heath (Cobb-Fendley) Joseph Kerski (Esri) Michael Ratcliffe (US Census Bureau) Thomas Dwyer (Harbinger Real Property Advisors, Inc.)
Environment & Sustainability 1
Environment & Sustainability 1
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

2:00 PM Inventory and Prioritization of Instream Barriers to Aquatic Organism Passage in the Upper Guadalupe River, Texas - Kimberly Meitzen (Texas State University - Department of Geography and Environmental Studies)

2:20 PM Geomorphic Response to Saltcedar Management in the Upper Brazos River - Tighearnan Juarez Murphy (Texas State University)

2:40 PM Assessing Abundance and Habitat Associations of Invasive Suckermouth Armored Catfish in the San Marcos River - Emily Lorkovic (Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University)

3:00 PM Delineation of quantitative restoration efforts to evaluate the efficacy of project WAIVS on the Upper San Marcos River, TX. - Collin Garoutte (Texas State Univeristy)
Exploring the Changing Geography of Urban Places
Exploring the Changing Geography of Urban Places
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-323
Contributions

2:00 PM Analysis of Redlining on Tree Cover and Ecosystem Services in Rochester, NY using i-Tree Canopy - Christopher Badurek (SUNY Cortland)

2:20 PM Integrating Historical Place-Based Learning into the General Education Curriculum - Christopher Badurek (SUNY Cortland)

2:40 PM Neighborhood-Scale Wildfire Evacuation Vulnerability in Hays County, TX - Chad Ramos (Texas State University)

3:00 PM Using GIS to examine the correlation of food access and the distribution and type of community assets available in Butler City, Pennsylvania. - Julie Zamudio (Tetra Tech)
Political Geography
Political Geography
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

2:00 PM Shifting to District Voting in Virginia Beach: Does It Change Things for Minority Representation? - Eddie Arnold Modlin Jr (Norfolk State University)

2:20 PM Slovenian Media Coverage of the U.S. and the Limits of Soft Power - Boštjan Rogelj (University’s of Ljubljana)

2:40 PM Water justice in the Republic of Benin: Spatial Analysis   of unequal access to drinking water - Alain Elegbe
Race & Justice
Race & Justice
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Contributions

2:00 PM The Ethics of Capitalism: How Grassroots Organizations Emerged in a Neoliberal State - Elizabeth Gillam (Professional)

2:20 PM Impact of Neoliberal policy in Nepal - Suraj Sharma (University of North Texas)

2:40 PM From Frontier to Food Desert and Back Again: Tracing Racialized Development and Resilience in Oklahoma City’s Black Spaces - Emily Rhodes (Texas State University)

3:00 PM Using Participatory GIS Mapping to Evaluate Access to Health Care Experienced by Residents in Tornado-Prone Areas in Mississippi - Fikriyah Winata (Texas A&M University)
Maptitude 2
Maptitude 2
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306

3:20 PM Break
Break
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Critical Geographies of Music
Critical Geographies of Music
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306
Contributions

3:30 PM Tracing blues epistemologies: Uneven regional development and recorded music from Houston, Texas, 1920-1940 - Eric Sarmiento Mary Manning (University of Houston)

3:50 PM The Story of Austin in the Soap Creek Saloon Music Calendars - Hannah Martin (The Wittliff Collections)

4:10 PM Afrofuturism in the Age of Beyoncé: Cyborg Futures and Imaginations of (Spatial) Possibility - Cutter González (Texas State University)

4:30 PM Underdevelopment and the persistence of community in the New World District of Clarksdale, Mississippi - Mandy Truman (Texas State University)
Environment & Sustainability 2
Environment & Sustainability 2
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

3:30 PM The Political Ecology of the Caracol Road Project - Lorenzo Pantano (University of South Florida)

3:50 PM Sustainability as a Geographic Core Concept. Is Instructional Discourse Enriching? - Osvaldo Muniz-Solari (Texas State University)

4:10 PM Reliable rainwater is just a roof away: The firm yield of rainwater harvesting for the regional water planning areas of Texas - Robert Mace (Texas State University)

4:30 PM Investigating the Barriers and Opportunities to Wildlife Corridor Creation in the Great Plains - Shelby Bork
GeoAI & CyberGIS
GeoAI & CyberGIS
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-324
Contributions

3:30 PM Analyzing Key Factors Influencing Human Mobility Before and During COVID-19 with Explainable Machine Learning - Pingping Wang

3:50 PM Safety, Privacy and Public Perception in Running Culture - Don Colley (Oklahoma State University)

4:10 PM Campus Tour: Open Space Routing for Diverse User Needs - Nate Currit (Texas State University)

4:30 PM CyberGIS-enabled geovisual analytics for Exploring Longitudinal Neighborhood Change - SU HAN (Texas state unviersity)
Careers Workshop Geography
Careers Workshop Geography
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-322
Contributions

3:30 PM Entering the Workforce: Where to begin as a Professional Geographer? Part 2 - - Geography - Dawna Cerney (Youngstown State University) Denise Blanchard (Texas State University)
Careers Worlshop GIS
Careers Worlshop GIS
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: LBJ/3-316
Contributions

3:30 PM Entering the Workforce: Where to begin as a Professional Geographer? Part 2 - - GIS - Joseph Kerski (Esri)
4:50 PM Break
Break
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM AGX Business Meeting
AGX Business Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: LBJ/3-322
SWAAG Business Meeting
SWAAG Business Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: LBJ/3-315
Contributions

5:00 PM SWAAG 24
6:00 PM Break
Break
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

6:30 PM Awards Dinner
Awards Dinner
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

8:00 PM AGX Recap
AGX Recap
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: LBJ/3-306

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