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Measuring socioeconomic and geographic deprivation to healthcare: development of a Missouri Deprivation Index
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Deprivation Index (MDI), spatial analyses of access to emergency healthcare services in Missouri are performed, access scores for each block group in Missouri are generated and estimates of the population residing in those access areas are calculated...
Cross-walks, fire geography, and GIS at Mesa Verde National Park : a watershed approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
hectares (or approximately 30 acres) have previously occurred. This information is valuable to decision-makers regarding the fire geography of Mesa Verde National Park and their GIS knowledge of LULC data such as NLCD and LANDFIRE....
OPT and the geography of employment : understanding the post-graduation work mobilities of Missouri's international students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, and graduating-institution location, among others. This paper also compares the historical OPT data with the results of a 2019 survey of international students in their final semester at three universities in Missouri in which respondents were asked about...
Sense of place and the redesignation of the Gateway Arch National Park
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
in the "National Park Service (Fan Page)" group on the social network Facebook and secondary data pulled from published Yelp reviews. Together, these qualitative data were used for a two-part coding analysis with NVivo software that provided statistics for three...
"It just makes sense" : the distribution of space and labor for couples who work from home
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
As a feminist geographer, I am interested in exploring how gendered experiences and expectations intersect with the built environment to reinforce social hierarchies and perpetuate inequality. The traditional division of ...
Queering CoMo : an exploratory case study of queer geographies in Columbia, Missouri between 1991-2021
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
In an effort to continue bringing light to underrepresented queer histories and experiences, this exploratory project investigates and maps the queer geographies of Columbia, Missouri from 1991 through 2021. I argue that Columbia is an ideal site...
30 years of change : visualizing hotter drought at upper treeline along the Colorado Trail
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Over the last 30 years, the Southern Rocky Mountains (SRM) have experienced an unprecedented period of warming and aridity. The consequences of this hotter and drier climate are becoming increasingly evident across Rocky ...
Place-making and transculturation in Little Havana, Miami
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Beginning in the 1960s, Miami has transformed into a Latin city. One in which it is possible to buy groceries, get a job, and even go to school without necessarily having to utilize the English language. As time has ...
Changes at treeline within the San Juan Mountains of Colorado
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
change across high-elevation environments within the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado on decadal time scales. At five photo sites, I compared present conditions to both a historical photograph (ca. 1875-1910) and one from 2002 to determine...
Deterritorialization/reterritorialization of Raramuri knowledge: within the landscapes of Mulaka
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Independent video game developers are changing the game industry by creating new genres like Indigenous gaming using narratives that represent Indigenous groups. These representations form part of the video game production ...