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I am an an interdisciplinary climate scientist, geographer, and former Provost. My research is in two broad areas. The first links climate with health, pathogens and vectors as well as with broader atmospheric environmental issues, and focuses on questions such as How do disease patterns shift in space and time with changes in climate? The second draws on my experience as a senior university leader, and examines questions in higher education such as How does the money really flow to support the university's multiple missions? My work in geography centers on connections between the atmospheric environment and related natural and social systems, emphasizing the links between environment and society with a focus on health. The range of my research includes climate and disease, synoptic climatology, urban and regional air pollution, climate variability and change, and techniques for mapping climate and environmental information. My higher education scholarship draws on my experience as a senior university leader, analyzing how universities work in order to advance academic, leadership and financial goals, so that we can better educate students, discover new knowledge and serve the public. The interdisciplinary nature of my research means that I work in collaboration with faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and undergraduates in the school and from a variety of programs across campus. My research has been supported by numerous federal, state and local agencies, and I have served as a journal editor as well as a member of numerous professional and science advisory boards and committees.

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Courses
  • RD
    Research Design

  • OCC
    Our Changing Climate

  • EEIPG
    Earth's Environment: Introduction to Physical Geography

Grants
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    Simulation Modeling of Public Health Interventions on Dengue Vector Abundance: Current and Future Estimations

    Key Personnel (KP)

    2014

    $573.6K
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    DDR: Climate Change and the Disease Ecologies of US Dengue Fever

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2013

    $12.1K
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    Adapting to Climate Variability, Thresholds, and Extremes in the Southwest: The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS)

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2012

    $3.5M
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    On the Edge: Dengue and Climate

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2012

    $2.2M
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    Relating Diesel Exhaust Exposure to Respiratory and Immune Outcomes in Early Life

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2011

    $666.1K
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    On the Edge: Aedes aegypti dynamics on the boundary of its natural range (Mexico)

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2011

    $221.4K
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    SF AZ Graduate Research Fellowship (ARRA)

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2010

    $720.0K
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    ULTRA-EX: Assessing emerging hazards and adaptive capacities in southwestern metropolises: The case of mosquito disease vectors

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2009

    $299.9K
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    Research Ethics Throughout the Curriculum: Promoting Scientific Integrity at UA

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2008

    $38.9K
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    Variability, Social Vulnerability, and Public Policy in the SW US: A proposal for Regional Assessment Activities

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2007

    $5.0M
Books
  • Like Nobody’s Business: An Insider’s Guide to How US University Finances Really Work

    2021

News
  • UA Writing Program Recognized for Teaching Excellence

    2018

  • UA Among Top 100 in Latest World Reputation Rankings

    2017

  • New CAPLA Dean Comes to UA From Canada

    2017

  • UA Center Devoted to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

    2017

  • UA Plans to Revise, Resubmit Proposal for Veterinary School Accreditation

    2017

  • Terry L. Hunt Named Dean of UA Honors College

    2017

  • UA Launches Visionary Global Network

    2017

  • Maria Teresa Velez: Farewell to a Revolutionary

    2016

  • Giving Thanks for 'MTV,' a Pillar of Support

    2016

  • UA Law School Opens Admissions to GRE Test Takers

    2016

  • Black History Month at UA to Honor Spoken Word and Action

    2016

  • UA Launches First Dual Degree Law Program in China

    2016

  • UA to Stage a Visit From Shakespeare

    2016

  • Regents Hear UA's Update on Never Settle

    2016

  • UA Names Paulo Goes as Dean of Eller College of Management

    2015

  • UA Shares 'Never Settle' Progress With Regents

    2015

  • UA Debuts Its Greenest Building at ENR2 Dedication

    2015

  • UA's Talanquer Among Top Professor Honorees

    2015

  • Regents Approve UA Tuition Plan

    2015

  • ENR2: A New Model for Sustainability

    2015

  • Moving Ideas to Market Becomes the UA Way

    2014

  • Professors: The No. 1 Resource For Those Considering Graduate School

    2014

  • UA on Collaboration's Cutting Edge

    2014

  • Eller College's Dean Named President of UNLV

    2014

  • UA Honors 'Pillars' of Research, Teaching, Engagement

    2014

  • Childhood Stories That Never Lose Their Magic

    2014

  • A Different Kind of Space Launch

    2014

  • UA Class of 2014: Workforce-Ready

    2014

  • Health, Wellness Practices Highlighted by Chinese Culture Festival

    2014

  • UA Moves Up in World University Rankings to No. 86

    2014

  • Eight From UA Contribute to National Climate Change Report

    2014

  • UA Among Top 100 for World's Best Reputation

    2014

  • UA Recognizes Two Regents' Professors, Four Others

    2014

  • 'Everybody's Building' Enters New Era

    2014

  • Effects of Climate Change on West Nile Virus

    2013

  • Creating the ‘Super Land-Grant’ University

    2013

  • New Book Outlines Unique Challenges Climate Instability Poses to Southwest

    2013

  • Finalists for UA Provost Named

    2013

  • Climate Change Report Forecasts Major Impacts for the Southwest

    2013

  • UA is a National Leader in Choral Conducting

    2013

  • Joe G. N. ‘Skip’ Garcia Appointed UA Senior Vice President for Health Sciences

    2013

  • Andrew C. Comrie Selected as UA Provost

    2013

  • Son or Daughter Off to College? UA Offers Resources to Help Parents Transition

    2013

  • Marc L. Miller Named Dean of James E. Rogers College of Law

    2013

  • UA Ranked Among Top 100 Universities in World

    2013

  • Higher Education Leaders from Mexico Visit UA to Explore Partnership Opportunities

    2013

  • UA to Celebrate 149th Commencement on Saturday

    2013

  • Q&A: Top Tips for Early Action, Long-Term Success

    2013

  • Study Sheds Light on Role of Climate in Flu Transmission

    2013

  • UA Musicians Get Rare, Prestigious International Invitation

    2013

  • Jazz Ensemble Touring China

    2013

  • Eco-Friendly Building Under Construction at UA Designed to Foster Collaboration, Sustainability

    2013

  • UA a Major Contributor to Regional Choral Conducting

    2013

  • Andrew C. Comrie Named UA Provost

    2012

  • Fighting Mosquitoes in Tucson and the Florida Keys

    2012

  • Marc L. Miller Named Dean of UA College of Law

    2012

  • UA Students Sweep Prestigious National Awards

    2012

  • Long-Running Climate Program Renewed with $3.5M Grant

    2012

  • UA Special Collections Acquires Sen. Kyl's Congressional Papers

    2012

  • UA Dean of Students Offers Advice, Insights

    2012

  • UA Team Receives $2.3M to Track Dengue Transmission

    2012

  • UA has Hart: Inaugurating the 21st President

    2012

  • UA Gains Budget Request Approval, Improves on Key Enterprise Metrics

    2012

  • Defining Civility in the 21st Century

    2011

  • This Homecoming, Step Into UA Science

    2011

  • UA Student Researchers Named NSF Fellows

    2011

  • Grant Funds Study on Childhood Asthma, Pollutants

    2011

  • UA Makes Top 20 List for Peace Corps

    2010

  • UA Creates New Campus Sustainability Units

    2010

  • Stimulus Funding at UA Passes $100M

    2010

  • The Buzz on Mosquitoes, Metropolises in Southern Arizona

    2010

  • UA to Elevate Sustainability Efforts

    2010

  • LGBT Studies Institute Receives First Major Donation

    2010

  • Awards of Distinction Luncheon Recognizes Excellence in Teaching

    2010

  • Seven Honorary Degree Recipients to be Recognized During Spring Commencement

    2009

  • Annual Faculty Teaching Awards Luncheon Celebrates the Art of Education

    2009

  • UA Works to Maximize Share of Federal Stimulus Funding

    2009

  • UA Foundation Offers Research, Outreach Grants

    2009

  • UA Repositions Proposals to Maximize Stimulus Funds

    2009

  • Washington Monthly Ranks UA Among Nation's Top 50

    2009

  • More Than $81M in Stimulus Funding Awarded to UA for 122 Research Projects, Creating or Preserving the Equivalent of 157 Jobs

    2009

  • President Shelton's State of the University Address

    2009

  • UA Receives More Than $4M in Fellowships From Science Foundation Arizona

    2008

  • MOSAIC: Changing the Way We Do Business

    2008

  • College of Science Lecture Series Moves to the Arizona Science Center

    2007

  • New UA/Private Partnership Appraises Climate and Environmental Risks by Address

    2007

  • UA Graduate Students Win Funding to Pursue Overseas Research

    2007

  • Grad College Accepting Nominations for Faculty Awards

    2006

  • Summer Research Program Students to Present Work

    2006

  • Students Earn TRIF Fellowships

    2003

  • Prop. 301 to Fund Water Research at UA

    2003

  • Drought to Stay With Us

    2002

  • Lecture Series Focusing on Air Quality and Climate Begins Jan 28

    2002

  • Heat Island Effect Warms Tucson Faster as City Grows

    2000

Publications (62)
Recent
  • An Analysis of the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Dengue Transmission in the Southeastern United States

    2017

  • Habitat and density of oviposition opportunity influences Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) flight distance

    2017

  • Effect of temperature thresholds on modeled Aedes aegypti population dynamics

    2017

  • Projection of Climate Change Influences on U.S. West Nile Virus Vectors

    2015

  • Regional and seasonal response of a West Nile virus vector to climate change

    2013

  • Climate and dengue transmission: evidence and implications

    2013

  • Climate, environment and disease: The case of Rift Valley fever

    2013

  • Environmental predictors of seasonal influenza epidemics across temperate and tropical climates

    2013

  • Global air temperature variability independent of sea-surface temperature influences

    2013

  • A country bug in the city: urban infestation by the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Arequipa, Peru

    2013

  • The mutual conditioning of humans and pathogens: Implications for integrative geographical scholarship

    2012

  • Modeling valley fever incidence in Arizona using a satellite-derived soil moisture proxy

    2012

  • Climatic controls on West Nile virus and Sindbis virus transmission and outbreaks in South Africa

    2012

  • Coccidioidomycosis incidence in Arizona predicted by seasonal precipitation.

    2011

  • A history of Chagas disease transmission, control, and re-emergence in peri-rural La Joya, Peru

    2011

  • Nietzsche’s challenge to physical geography

    2010

  • Modeled response of the West Nile virus vector Culex quinquefasciatus to changing climate using the dynamic mosquito simulation model

    2010

  • The relationship of transient upper-level troughs to variability of the North American monsoon system.

    2009

  • Regionalization and variability of precipitation in Hawaii

    2007

  • Model sensitivity for assessing climatologic effects on the risk of acquiring coccidioidomycosis

    2007

  • Climate change and human health

    2007

  • Climate and human health: synthesizing environmental complexity and uncertainty

    2007

  • Applications of monsoon research: Opportunities to inform decision making and reduce regional vulnerability.

    2007

  • Climate factors influencing coccidioidomycosis seasonality and outbreaks

    2005

  • An epidemic of coccidioidomycosis in Arizona associated with climatic changes, 1998--2001

    2005

  • A winter precipitation ‘dipole’in the western United States associated with multidecadal ENSO variability

    2004

  • Real-time ozone mapping using a regression-interpolation hybrid approach, applied to Tucson, Arizona

    2004

  • Modeling valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) incidence on the basis of climate conditions

    2003

  • Increase in coccidioidomycosis--Arizona, 1998-2001.

    2003

  • Climate doesn't stop at the border: US-Mexico climatic regions and causes of variability.

    2003

  • The climate of the US Southwest

    2002

  • Spatial modeling of winter temperature and precipitation in Arizona and New Mexico, USA

    2002

  • Variability and spatial modeling of fine-scale precipitation data for the Sonoran Desert of south-west Arizona

    2002

  • Intraseasonal variability associated with wet monsoons in southeast Arizona.

    2002

  • Sub-regional seasonal precipitation linkages to SOI and PDO in the Southwest United States

    2002

  • Cool-season precipitation in the southwestern USA since AD 1000: comparison of linear and nonlinear techniques for reconstruction

    2002

  • Predictive mapping of air pollution involving sparse spatial observations

    2002

  • Monsoonal moisture sources revealed using temperature, precipitation, and precipitation stable isotope timeseries

    2001

  • Allocating anthropogenic pollutant emissions over space: application to ozone pollution management

    2001

  • Developments and prospects in synoptic climatology

    2001

  • Environmental variability and coccidioidomycosis (valley fever)

    2001

  • Air quality, climate, and policy: a case study of ozone pollution in Tucson, Arizona

    2001

  • Integrating remote sensing and local vegetation information for a high-resolution biogenic emissions inventory—application to an urbanized, semiarid region

    2000

  • Mapping a wind-modified urban heat island in Tucson, Arizona (with comments on integrating research and undergraduate learning)

    2000

  • Climatology and forecast modeling of ambient carbon monoxide in Phoenix, Arizona

    1999

  • Mapping the Climatology of Ozone Potential for the US-Mexico Border Region

    1998

  • Estimating biogenic emissions for urban airshed modeling in Tucson, Arizona

    1998

  • Principal components-based regionalization of precipitation regimes across the southwest United States and northern Mexico, with an application to monsoon precipitation variability

    1998

  • The north American monsoon

    1997

  • Comparing neural networks and regression models for ozone forecasting

    1997

  • An all-season synoptic climatology of air pollution in the US-Mexico border region

    1996

  • Tracking Ozone: Air-Mass Trajectories and Pollutant Source Regions Influencing Ozone in Pennsylvania Forests

    1994

  • A synoptic climatology of rural ozone pollution at three forest sites in Pennsylvania

    1994

  • Relationships between synoptic-scale atmospheric circulation and ozone concentrations in metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    1992

  • A procedure for removing the synoptic climate signal from environmental data

    1992

  • An enhanced synoptic climatology of ozone using a sequencing technique

    1992

  • Climate and infectious disease in the southwestern United States

    1992

  • Sensitivity of four hardwood species to ambient ozone in north central Pennsylvania

    1992

  • The climatology of surface ozone in rural areas: a conceptual model

    1990

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