Faculty and students from the UNT Department of Geography presented their research in a variety of sessions at the Annual Association of American Geographers Meeting in Los Angeles, 9-13 April 2013.

This sample of presentations demonstrates the interdisciplinary, collaborative, and multi-institutional research of UNT geography.

Faculty

Waquar Ahmed* (UNT) and Ipsita Chatterjee (UT Austin)

--Contradictory policies of Neoliberalizing India

Matthew Fry* (UNT)

-- Shale Gas, Urban Drilling, and Distance Ordinances in Texas.

Kent McGregor* (UNT)

--Comparison of the Extreme Heat Wave During the Summer of 2011 to Similar Events in the Last 100 Years.

Joseph Oppong* (UNT), Warangkana Ruckthongsook (UNT), Chetan Tiwari (UNT)

-- Spatial and temporal distribution of HIV/AIDS in Texas 1999-2011

Alexandra Ponette-González* (UNT), Kathleen Weathers (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies), Gervasio Piñeiro (U. of Buenos Aires, Argentina), William Z de Mello (U. Federal Fluminense, Brazil), Patricia A de Souza (U. Federal Fluminense, Brazil), Bethel Steele, Danilo Carnelos (U. of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Yareni Perroni (U. Veracruzana, Mexico).

--The Atmospheric Deposition Footprint of Latin American Cities.

Murray D. Rice* (UNT), Sean Tierney (University of Denver), Sean O'Hagan (Nipissing University), Donald Lyons (University College Cork), Milford B. Green (University of Western Ontario).

--The Geography of Directors and Business Growth: An Analysis of Canada's Largest Firms.

Chetan Tiwari* (UNT), Joseph Oppong (UNT)

-- Adjusting Disease Maps for Population Differences based on Race/Ethnicity

Students

Emmanuel Aggrey-Korsah* (UNT), Dr. Joseph R. Oppong (UNT), Dr. Chetan Tiwari (UNT)

--The Spatial Mismatch between Access to HIV Service Centers and HIV Infection in Texas

Meagan Christine Hatton* (UNT), Joseph Oppong (UNT), Chetan Tiwari (UNT)

-- Comparing the Spatial Patterns of HIV/AIDS Among Areas of Extreme Poverty in Urban and Rural Texas

Abhishek Kala* (UNT), Sam Atkinson (UNT), Armin Mikler (UNT), Joseph Oppong (UNT), Chetan Tiwari (UNT).

-- Tele-epidemiology approach for modeling place vulnerability: a case study of West Nile Virus

Kate Lester* (UNT)

--The Spatial Distribution of Homelessness in the City of Dallas, Texas: An Initial Investigation

Haruna Miyakado* (UNT), Joseph Oppong (UNT), Chetan Tiwari (UNT), Susie Mikler (UNTHSC), Peter Langlois (Texas Department of State Health Services)

-- Maternal Residential Proximity to Supermarkets and Convenience Stores and Birth Defects in the City of Dallas.

Warangkana Ruckthongsook* (UNT), Joseph R. Oppong (UNT), Chetan Tiwari (UNT).

-- Spatial Variation of Modes of Exposure to HIV/AIDS in Different Age and Race/Ethnic Groups in Texas.