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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.Show Less
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Courses
- RDResearch Design
- OCCOur Changing Climate
- EEIPGEarth's Environment: Introduction to Physical Geography
Grants
- Simulation Modeling of Public Health Interventions on Dengue Vector Abundance: Current and Future Estimations
Key Personnel (KP)
2014
$573.6K
- DDR: Climate Change and the Disease Ecologies of US Dengue Fever
Principal Investigator (PI)
2013
$12.1K
- Adapting to Climate Variability, Thresholds, and Extremes in the Southwest: The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS)
Co-Investigator (COI)
2012
$3.5M
- On the Edge: Dengue and Climate
Co-Investigator (COI)
2012
$2.2M
- Relating Diesel Exhaust Exposure to Respiratory and Immune Outcomes in Early Life
Co-Investigator (COI)
2011
$666.1K
- On the Edge: Aedes aegypti dynamics on the boundary of its natural range (Mexico)
Co-Investigator (COI)
2011
$221.4K
- SF AZ Graduate Research Fellowship (ARRA)
Principal Investigator (PI)
2010
$720.0K
- ULTRA-EX: Assessing emerging hazards and adaptive capacities in southwestern metropolises: The case of mosquito disease vectors
Principal Investigator (PI)
2009
$299.9K
- Research Ethics Throughout the Curriculum: Promoting Scientific Integrity at UA
Principal Investigator (PI)
2008
$38.9K
- 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 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
- Committee Selected in CALS Dean Search
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 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
- No Consistent Link Between Dust Storms and Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis)
2021
- 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
- Extending the Kolmogorov--Zurbenko filter: application to ozone, particulate matter, and meteorological trends
2005
- 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
- Meteorologically adjusted urban air quality trends 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