Dr. M. Anwar Sounny-Slitine
Assistant Instructional Professor
Focus Areas
- Focus Area 1: Earth System Science
- Focus Area 3: Places, Networks, & Flows
- Focus Area 6: Sustainability & Global Environmental Change
Areas of Specialization
- GIScience
- Geomorphology
- Geomorphometry
- LiDAR
- Remote Sensing
- Hydrology
- Water Resources
- Sustainability Science
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy
- Urban Studies
Educational Background
- PhD in Geography, 2020
- M.A. in Geography, 2012
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, 2007
- B.A. in Geography, 2007
In My Own Words
M. Anwar Sounny-Slitine is a geographer, civil engineer, and information technologist. Sounny-Slitine focuses his research and course offerings on the integration of physical and social sciences towards advancing sustainability. He is interested in how science can inform policy and applying what is learned in a GIS laboratory to the field.
Recent Publications
Sounny-Slitine, M. A., Tasker, K. A., Doubleday, K. F., Polk, M.F., Knight, B.R., & Schneider C. (2015) On Making and Becoming a Graduate. The Southwestern Geographer (18) C1-C3
Rudow, J. and Sounny -Slitine, M.A. (2014) The use of video blogs for instruction of GIS and other digital geographic methods. Journal of Geography Vol. 114 , Iss. 4, 2015
Hudson, P.F., Sounny -Slitine, M.A., & LaFevor, M. (2013) A new longitudinal approach to assess hydrologic connectivity: Embanked floodplain inundation along the lower Mississippi River. Hydrological Processes 27 (15), 2187-2196
Long, J., Sounny-Slitine, M. A., Castles, K., Curran, J., Glaser, H., Hoyer, E., Moore, W., Morse, L., O’Hara, M., & Parafina, B. (2013). Toward an applied methodology for price comparison studies of farmers’ markets and competing retailers at the local scale. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.
Tretter, E., Sounny-Slitine, M.A. (2013) Austin Restricted: Progressivism, Zoning, Private Racial Covenants, and the Making of a Segregated City. Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis – Special Report – The University of Texas at Austin
Sounny-Slitine, M.A. (2012) Green Power. Encyclopedia of Energy, Edited by Morris A Pierce, Salem Press: Pasadena, CA.
Sounny-Slitine, M.A. and Bensalem, S. (2012) Energy Geography of Morocco. Encyclopedia of Energy, Edited by Morris A Pierce, Salem Press: Pasadena, CA.
Sounny-Slitine,M.A. (2011), “Solar Power Potential on the University of Texas Campus” 2nd Annual UT Campus Sustainability Symposium, the President’s Sustainability Steering Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
Sounny-Slitine, M.A. Editor (2011) Energy/Climate Change – Challenges and Opportunities. São Paulo: Secretaria do Meio Ambiente
Sounny-Slitine, M. A., Alexander, J., Twomey, K., O’Rourke, J., Hershaw, E., & Moorhead, S. (2011). Adaptation to Climate Change: A prospective Collaboration in Flood Control. Portal, 6, 26.
Sounny-Slitine, M. A., & Bensalem, S. (2011). Morocco: Energy dependent today, energy leader tomorrow. Energy/Climate Change, 1(1), 57.