Research Areas: International Tourism; Urban and Regional Planning; Vernacular Architecture; Pedagogy of Geography.
Current
Research Projects: Vernacular
Architecture; Arkansas' Nature Regions.
Publications:
Estimate of Compliance to Implement Proposed Rules and Regulations for Play Ground Equipment. 1997. Little Rock: Department of Health.
"Review of Cultivating Crisis: The Human Costs of Pesticides in Latin America." 1996. By D. Murray in Annals of Association of American Geographers. Vol. 21, No. 1: 157 - 158.
"The Impact of Expatriates on the Development of Resorts in the Western Cayo District, Belize." 1995. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers Yearbook. Vol. 21: 67 - 75.
Research Area: Geography of Diet.
Current Research Project: Environmental and Cultural complexes that influence food production and dietary patterns.
Publications:
"The 'Altus Viticultural Area': An Appellation of Heritage." 1988. North American Culture, Vol. IV, No. 1: 28-40.
"Studying Arkansas' Valuable Energy (SAVE): An Energy Curriculum for Arkansas Schools." 1982.(4 volumes). Little Rock: Arkansas Department of Education, (2nd edition).
"Beer, Bourbon and Boone's Farm: A Geographical Examination of Alcoholic Drink in the United States," 1978. Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. XI, No. 4: 832-56. (co-authored with John F. Rooney, Jr.).
Research Areas: Historical Geography; Migration and Settlement.
Current Research Projects: Arkansas' Culture Regions, Demographic Crisis in Russia, Human Impact on Pra River Watershed.
Publications:
Review of Ethan R. Yorgason, "Transformation of the Mormon Culture Region." Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. 73, No. 1 (Winter 2005): 98 -100.
With Elena Biryukova. “Meshorskii National Park: Problems and Prospects.” Regional Geography and Geoecology. (Ryazan': Ryazan’ State Pedagogical Univesity, 2005): 32 - 38.
Review of "Immigration Research for a New
Century: Multidisciplinary Perspectives" in The Professional Geographer
Vol. 56, No. 3 (August 2004): 443 - 445.
"Using GIS for Image Analysis and Land Cover Classification: Preserving Biodiversity in Russia's Meshora Lowland," ArcNews Vol. 26, No. 3 (Fall 2004): 39.
Research
Areas: GIS, hazard mapping, human vulnerability to hazards
Current
Research Projects: Assessing hazard vulnerability and modeling tornado occurrence with GIS
Publications:
"Test-Driving a Tornado-Likelihood Model," which was published July, 2005 online at http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc05/papers/pap1185.pdf
"Modeling the Tornado Threat in Arkansas with GIS," ESRI International User Conference (Online) Professional Papers 2004 at http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc04/docs/pap1062.pdf
"Beginner's Luck: The Logic of the Amateur." 1992. Storm Track. Vol.16, No. 1: 12 - 14.
Research Areas: Natural Hazards Mitigation and Water Resources Planning.
Current Research Projects: Natural Hazard Disclosure Regulations; Arkansas Water Resources.
Publications:
"Managing Public Involvement." 1988. With Richard Astrack and Nancy Baumann, Civil Engineering Practice , Vol. 4, Technomic Publishing Company.
"Implementing a Public Involvement Program." 1984. With Richard Astrack and Nancy Baumann, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. American Society of Civil Engineers.
"The Policy Delphi and Public Involvement Programs." 1983. With Nancy Baumann and Osbin Ervin. Water Resources Research, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 721-‑728, August 1982. Reprinted in Water Resources Journal.