The American Association of Geographers (AAG) is returning to an in person format the the 2023 AAG Annual Meeting conference format and the UF Geography Department is sending a large contingent to Denver to share our research!
Find out where you can see a GeoGator present their research below:
THURSDAY 3/23/2023
Remembering Racial Terrorism: the Contested Politics of Memorializing Lynching across the US South
Author: Jacque Micieli-Voutsinas, University of Florida, Gainesville
Date: 3/23/2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Mountain Time
Room: Virtual 1
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Drought vulnerability in the United States
Authors: Johanna Engström, University of Florida, Keighobad Jafarzadegan, University of Alabama, Hamid Moradkhani, University of Alabama
Date: 3/23/2023
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Mountain Time
Room: Capitol Ballroom 3, Hyatt Regency, Fourth Floor
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Spatial and phylogenetic patterns reveal hidden infection sources of Bacillus anthracis in a Vietnamese anthrax outbreak
Authors: Morgan Callise Metrailer, Hoang Thi Thu Ha, Tan Minh Luong, Treenate Jiranantasak, Pham Quang Thai, Pham Van Khang, Tran Thi Mai Hung, Vu Huong, Thanh Long Pham, Jose Miguel Ponciano
Date: 3/23/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Tower Court C, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level
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Panelist
Joann Mossa
Theme: Toward More Just Geographies
Panel: Women in Geography I: Academic Careers
Women in Geography I: Academic Careers
Date: 3/23/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Governors Square 16, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Visualizing Complex Origin-Destination Flows: A Network Backbone Approach
Jinpeng Wang, University of Florida
Yujie Hu, University of Florida
Date: 3/23/2023
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM Mountain Time
Room: Centennial Ballroom H, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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Delineating and Comparing Local Labor Market Geographies of Millennials, Generation Xers, and Baby Boomers Using Spatial Networks
Yujie Hu, University of Florida
Date: 3/23/2023
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM Mountain Time
Room: Centennial Ballroom H, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
FRIDAY 3/24/2023
Evaluation of Storm Location and Motion Information in Tornado Warnings for Geospatial Awareness and Decision Support
Authors: Kevin Ash, University of Florida; Christopher Williams, University of Florida; Caley Feemster, University of Florida; Jennfier Boehnert, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Julie Demuth, National Center for Atmospheric Research; David John Gagne, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Rebecca Morss, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Olga Wilhelmi, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Felecia Bowser, NOAA, National Weather Service; Matthew Bunkers, NOAA, National Weather Service
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Mountain Time
Room: Mineral Hall F, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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Modeling macroscale patterns of forest productivity in United States forests using geographically weighted regression
Authors: Hazhir Karimi, Michael Binford, William Kleindl, Gregory Starr, Christina Staudhammer
Date: 3/24/2023 (Friday)
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Mountain Time
Room: Capitol Ballroom 3, Hyatt Regency, Fourth Floor
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Organizer
Kevin Ash
Theme: Toward More Just Geographies
Panel: Climate Science and Environmental Justice Research, Praxis, and Methodologies: Part 2
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Mineral Hall F, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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Urban-rural geographies of political violence in North and West Africa
Authors: Steven Radil, U.S. Air Force Academy; Olivier Walther, University of Florida
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Plaza Court 7, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Mapping political violence in North and West Africa through a new Spatial Conflict Dynamic indicator
Authors: David G Russell, University of Florida; Olivier Walther, University of Florida; Steven Radil, United States Air Force Academy
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Plaza Court 7, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Spatial insecurity and displacement in the Malian conflict
Author: Matthew Pflaum, University of Florida
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Plaza Court 7, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Organizer
Kevin Ash
Theme: Toward More Just Geographies
Panel: Climate Science and Environmental Justice Research, Praxis, and Methodologies: Part 3
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Mountain Time
Room: Virtual 6
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A networks-based approach to spatial-genomic associations of Brucella spp. in southern Kazakhstan
Authors: Lylybell Y. Zhou, University of Florida; Sheldon G. Waugh, University of Florida; Igor Sytnik, National Reference Veterinary Center; Talgat Karibayev, National Reference Veterinary Center; Alim Aikimbayev, Research Institute for Biological Special Problems; Mukhit Ornybayev, Scientific Practical Center for Sanitary Epidemiological Expertise and Monitoring; Nurgisa Rametov, Scientific Practical Center for Sanitary Epidemiological Expertise and Monitoring; Sue Hagius, Louisiana State University; Philip Elzer, Louisiana State University; Ted L. Hadfield, University of Florida
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Mountain Time
Room: Plaza Ballroom, Sheraton, Concourse Level – Exhibit Hall
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Fidelity and foraging at locally infectious zones for anthrax is associated with seasonal greenup patterns in a montane anthrax zone
Authors: Jason K Blackburn, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Lab, University of Florida; Morgan A Walker, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Lab, University of Florida; Jeremy P. Orange, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Lab, University of Florida; Samuel A. Canfield, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Lab, University of Florida; Anni Yang, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma; Valpa Asher, Turner Enterprises, Inc; Kelly M Proffitt, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks; Jose Miguel Ponciano, Department of Biology, University of Florida; Michael H Norris, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Lab, University of Florida
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM Mountain Time
Room: Centennial Ballroom B, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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FEATURED EVENT – FRIDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR – COME JOIN US!
Friday March 24th 5-7 PM – Come catch up with your fellow GeoGators at 54thirty Rooftop at the Le Meridien Hotel (1475 California St, Denver, CO 80202)!
Email Joan Mossa (mossa@ufl.edu) for updates and changes!
SATURDAY 3/25/2023
The political possibilities of island geographies in the eastern Indian Ocean
Author: Neha Kohli, University of Florida
Date: 3/25/2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Mountain Time
Room: Virtual 10
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Mapping current and future thermal limits to suitability for malaria transmission by the invasive mosquito Anopheles stephensi
Authors: Sadie Jane Ryan, University of Florida; Catherine A Lippi, University of Florida; Oswaldo Villena, Georgetown University; Aspen Singh, University of Florida; Courtney C Murdock, Cornell University; Leah R Johnson, Virginia Tech
Date: 3/25/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Windows, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level
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Chair
Audrey Smith
Panel: Land Degradation and Conservation
Date: 3/25/2023
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Mountain Time
Room: Governors Square 11, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Forest cover and vegetation degradation in Ethiopia: the role of large-scale land investments
Author: Audrey Culver Smith, University of Florida
Date: 3/25/2023
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Mountain Time
Room: Governors Square 11, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Organizer and Panelist
Joann Mossa
Theme: Toward More Just Geographies
Panel: Revisiting the Status of Women in Geography
Date: 3/25/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Governors Square 16, Sheraton, Concourse Level
SUNDAY 3/26/2023
Long term changes in river depth and Floodplain inundation in the Apalachicola River
Authors: Ali Rashed Alruzuq, University of Florida; Joann Mossa, University of Florida
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Mountain Time
Room: Centennial Ballroom G, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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Mapping Seasonal Livestock Trade Movements in West Africa (poster)
Lacey Harris-Coble, University of Florida
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Plaza Ballroom, Sheraton, Concourse Level – Exhibit Hall
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Organizer
Jane Southworth
Panel: Women in Remote Sensing III
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Directors Row I, Sheraton, Plaza Building, Lobby Level
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Latitudes and Land Use: Global Biome Shifts in Vegetation Persistence Across Three Decades
Authors: Jane Southworth, University of Florida; Sadie J Ryan, University of Florida; Hannah V Herrero, University of Tennessee; Reza Khatami, University of Florida; Erin L Bunting, Michigan State University; Mehedy Hassan, University of Florida; Carly S Muir, University of Florida; Peter R Waylen, University of Florida
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Directors Row I, Sheraton, Plaza Building, Lobby Level
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Comparing Radar Reflectivity Values of Convective and Stratiform Precipitation Retrieved from Satellite- and Ground-based Radars in Tropical Cyclones
Authors: Zainab Ali, University of Florida; Corene Matyas, University of Florida; Kimberly Wood, Mississippi State University; Stephanie Zick, Virginia Tech
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Windows, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level
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An object-based comparison of reflectivity patterns in TC rainbands detected by different radar types
Authors: Corene J Matyas, University of Florida; Zainab Ali, University of Florida; Kimberly Wood, Mississippi State University; Stephanie E. Zick, Virginia Polytechnic University
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Windows, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level
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Of drums and heroin: Anthropogenic spread of anthrose negative Bacillus anthracis
Authors: Michael H Norris, Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Lab, Department of Geography, University of Florida; Jason K Blackburn, Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Lab, Department of Geography, University of Florida
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Colorado, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Mezzanine Level
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SoVI in SoFLA: Reframing the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) for South Florida
Author: Michelle Ruiz, University of Florida
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 10:20 AM – 11:40 AM Mountain Time
Room: Plaza Ballroom, Sheraton, Concourse Level – Exhibit Hall
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Geospatial Analysis of Tornado Path Locations Within and Near Storm-Based Tornado Warnings
Author: Caley Marie Feemster, University of Florida
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Mountain Time
Room: Capitol Ballroom 3, Hyatt Regency, Fourth Floor
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Organizer
Jane Southworth
Panel: Women in Remote Sensing II
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Mountain Time
Room: Directors Row H, Sheraton, Plaza Building, Lobby Level
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Spatial analysis of human and livestock anthrax in Dien Bien province, Vietnam (2010-2019) and the significance of anthrax vaccination in livestock
Authors: Tan M Luong, Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab), Gainesville, FL 32601, the US Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, the US National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; Hung Ngoc Doan, Provincial Center for Disease Control, Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien 380000, Vietnam; My Thai Do, Provincial Sub-Department of Animal Health, Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien 380000, Vietnam; Morgan A Walker, Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab), Gainesville, FL 32601, the United States Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, the United States; Ha Thi Thu Hoang, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; Thai Quang Pham, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; Hung Thi Mai Tran, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; Jason K. Blackburn, Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab), Gainesville, FL 32601, the United States Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, the United States
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Granite A, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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Organizer
Jane Southworth
Panel: Women in Remote Sensing III
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Governors Square 16, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Application of Remotely Sensed Vegetation Persistence to Monitor and Improve Management for Sustainable Development Goal 15: A Case Study of Kavongo-Zambezi Transfrontier Park
Authors: Ryan Z. Good, University of Florida; Leandra Merz, University of Michigan; Carly Muir, University of Florida; Reza Khatami, University of Florida; Jane Southworth, University of Florida
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Mineral Hall C, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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Impact of Dam on River Depth and Floodplain Inundation
Authors: Amobichukwu C Amanambu, Department of Geography, University of Florida; Joann Mossa, Department of Geography, University of Florida; Yin-Hsuen Chen, Center for Geospatial Science, Education, and Analytics, Old Dominion University; Matthew Deitch, Department of Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Centennial Ballroom G, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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Relevance of Stage and Degradation in Hydrologic Drought Assessment
Authors: Joann Mossa, University of Florida; Yin-Hsuen Chen, Old Dominion University; Amobichukwu Chukwudi Amanambu, University of Florida
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Centennial Ballroom G, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
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Organizer
Jane Southworth
Women in Remote Sensing Panel
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM Mountain Time
Room: Governors Square 16, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Organizer
Ryan Good
Community, Circular Economy, and Sustainability — Climate Solutions
Date: 3/26/2023
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM Mountain Time
Room: Capitol Ballroom 5, Hyatt Regency, Fourth Floor
MONDAY 3/27/2023
Integrating deep learning and machine learning methods to track air pollution amounts and impacts on vegetation cover, using remote sensing data
Mashoukur Rahaman, University of Florida; Dr. Jane Southworth, University of Florida
Date: 3/27/2023
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM Mountain Time
Room: Governors Square 16, Sheraton, Concourse Level
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Where’s the Heat? Spatiotemporal Evolution of Heat Waves Across the U.S.
Authors: David Keellings, University of Florida; Erin Bunting, Michigan State University; Hamid Moradkhani, University of Alabama
Date: 3/27/2023
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM Mountain Time
Room: Century, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Mezzanine Level