Selected Presentations

Geodesign for Smart Cities: Insights on Los Angeles Stadiums. Presented at the Geodesign+BIM Conference Workshop on Smart Stadiums at the Ajax Arena, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 2017.

Building a Geodesign Academic Program: The University of Southern California’s Bachelor of Science Degree in GeoDesign. Presented at the MS GIS Program Summer 2017 Colloquium at the University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, May 2017.

Proposal for a USC Sustainability Strategy 2030. Presented at the USC Sustainability Forum at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, April 2017.

Data + Design ≠ GeoDesign. Presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Geodesign Sidecar at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 2017.

GeoDesign Experiential Education: Successes from the Amsterdam ‘Problems Without Passports’ Course. Presented at the Spatial Sciences Institute Fall 2015 Brown Bag Speaker Series at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, November 2015.

SSCI 483: Spatial Sciences Practicum. Presented at the GeoDesign Retreat Fall 2015 Pecha Kucha at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, October 2015.

Community Resilience and Climate Change: The Need for GeoDesign. Presented at the Academy of Arts and Humanities club at Crescenta Valley High School, La Crescenta, CA, January 2015.

Community Resilience and Climate Change: The Role of Solid Waste. Presented at the Municipal Waste Management Association Fall Summit, San Diego, CA, October 2014.

Vitality in the City and Region: Lessons from the Dutch. Presented at the Connecting Sustainable Cities Conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 2014.

Urban Systems. Presented at the Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, Los Angeles, CA, March 2014.

Geospatial Technologies and Social Work: A Critical Union. Presented at the School of Social Work GIS Day, Los Angeles, CA, November 2013.

Temperature Variability and Equity in Communities of Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the School of Social Work GIS Day Panel, Los Angeles, CA, November 2012.

Geospatial Contributions to Urban Sustainability Research: Highlights from Phoenix, AZ. Presented as the Keynote Speaker at the GIS Day for the County of Ventura, Ventura, CA, November 2011.

Human Impacts of Climate Change: Research Highlights on Excess Exposure to Extreme Heat. Presented at the Symposium on Climate Change: Adapting to Impacts on Health and the Environment sponsored by University of California Global Health Institute and Bank of American Foundation, Riverside, CA, September 2011.

Distributional Effects: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Risk. Presented at the External Advisory Committee meeting for the Decision Center for a Desert City sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Tempe, AZ, September 2011.

Heat Stress and Vulnerable Communities in Phoenix, Arizona: Temperature, Place, and People. Presented at the Global Institute of Sustainability Ecology Explorers Teachers Group, Tempe, AZ, April 2011.

Risk and Exposure to Extreme Heat in Microclimates of Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2009.

Geodesign and Public Participation: A Case Study of the Los Angeles River Revitalization Taylor Yard Project. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2018.

Building a GeoDesign Academic Program: The University of Southern California’s Bachelor of Science Degree in GeoDesign. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 2016.

Geodesign Education: Reflections on a Collaborative Geodesign Summer Course. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2015.

Geodesign Education: Reflections on a Collaborative Geodesign Summer Course. Presented at the Geodesign Summit Europe, Delft, the Netherlands, September 2014.

Heat Advisory: An Investigation of Health Outcomes and Heat Warning Systems in Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Tampa, FL, April 2014.

Geographic Information Science & Technology: Experiences in Online Education. Presented at the Esri User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 2013.

The Energy-Water Nexus: Are there Tradeoffs between Residential Energy and Water Consumption in Arid Cities? Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 2013.

Scales of Perceptions: Public Awareness of Regional and Neighborhood Climates. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, New York, NY, February 2012.

An Analysis of Historical Threshold Temperatures for Central Arizona: Phoenix (Urban) and Gila Bend (Desert). Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Seattle, WA, April 2011.

Environmental Tradeoffs in a Desert City: An Investigation of Water Use, Energy Consumption, and Local Air Temperature in Phoenix, AZ.  Presented at the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Conference, Tempe, AZ, October 2010.

Heat-Related Mortality: A Case Study on Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Washington, DC, April 2010.

Human Health and Heat Stress: An Analysis of Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the 90^th American Meteorological Society Conference, Atlanta, GA, January 2010.

Heat-Related Mortality: A Case Study on Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the Society for Risk Analysis Conference, Baltimore, MD, December 2009.

Heat-Stress and Hospital Admissions: A Case Study on Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Conference, San Diego, CA, October 2009.

Risk and Exposure to Extreme Heat in Microclimates of Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the Summer Colloquium on Climate and Health hosted by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, July 2009.

A Mixed Method Multi-scale Analysis: A Case Study on Extreme Heat in Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science Conference, Santa Fe, NM, June 2009.

Climate Change and Urban Vulnerability: Recommendations from Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 2009.

Scales of Perceptions: Public Awareness of Regional and Neighborhood Climate Change. Presented at the 89^th American Meteorological Society Conference, Phoenix, AZ, January 2009.

Scales of Perceptions: Analyzing Local and Regional Perceptions of Risk Associated with Climate Change. Presented at the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Conference, Fairbanks, AK, October 2008.

Risk and Exposure to Extreme Heat in Microclimates of Phoenix, AZ. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Boston, MA, April 2008.

Scale, Population, and Spatial Analysis: A Methodological Investigation. Presented at the ACM GIS Conference, Seattle, WA November 2007.

Sustainable Urban Form and GeoDesign: Pathways for Healthy and Sustainable Cities III. Presented at the American Association of Geographers Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 2016.

Beyond the Armchair 2: Tips and Strategies for Teaching an International Field Course. Presented at the American Association of Geographers Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 2016.

USC Libraries Strategic Planning 2015. Presented at the Doheney’s Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Los Angeles, CA, May 2015.

Geography and Social Media: Engaging Lower Division Geography Students in the Virtual Field. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Tampa, FL, April 2014.

Doing Geography: Teaching and Webmaps in the Lower Division Classroom. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Tampa, FL, April 2014.

B.S. in GeoDesign Information Session. Presented at GIS Day 2013, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, November 2013.

Geography, Social Media, and Distance Learning. Presented at the Association of American Geographers Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 2013.

Geospatial Technologies and Urban Resilience: Building a Better World. A webinar presentation for UNIGIS International u_Lecture series, November 2014.

SSCI-587: GPS/GIS Field Techniques. A webinar meeting for the Spatial Sciences Institute Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) graduate program, February 2014.

GIST Tracks. A webinar meeting for the Spatial Sciences Institute Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) graduate program, June 2013.

Required Course Review. A webinar meeting for the Spatial Sciences Institute Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) graduate program, September 2011.

Meet the Faculty. A webinar meeting for the Spatial Sciences Institute Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) graduate program, August 2011.