Research and Creative Activity
Botswana
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Faculty Research & Creative Activity in Botswana
Christopher Bell
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Christopher Bell's research centers on understanding the complex dynamics of vertebrate faunal communities during the Quaternary Period. Bell is interested in investigating patterns of vertebrate evolution, biodiversity and biogeography throughout the Quaternary, and the responses of different vertebrate groups to the various changes in climate that took place during the last two million years.
Kelley Crews
Geography and the Environment
Kelley Crews specializes in geographic information science, remote sensing, land use/land cover change, human-environment interactions, environmental policy, and global tropics especially in Thailand and Andean South America.
Thoralf Meyer
Geography and the Environment
Thoralf Meyer's research interests lie in the field of dryland ecology. More specifically, his scientific research focuses on vegetative response to various forms of disturbance, such as fire, herbivory and land use, and land cover change in the Kalahari and Texas.
Jennifer Miller
Geography and the Environment
Jennifer Miller's general research interests lie at the confluence of GIScience, spatial analysis, and biogeography, specifically in the application area of species distribution modeling and movement pattern analysis. Previous research has used GIScience to address issues as broad as location privacy, voting patterns, animal movement & interaction, biodiversity, climate change, invasive species, human health, and epizootic disease spread.
James Patton
Special Education
James Patton's areas of activity include transition assessment and planning, differentiating instruction for students with special needs, study skills instruction, needs of college students with learning-related challenges, and issues associated with individual with disabilities who encounter the criminal justice system.