This year’s meeting includes a keynote by Dr Russell Smith of WSSU (author of Municipal Incorporation Activity in the United States), paper and poster presentations, and the annual business meeting.
November 9th, 2018, 9:30-2:30
Room 1233, Mary Townes Science Complex
Mary M. Townes Science Complex
| 9:00 | Welcome |
| Paper session 1 | |
| 9:40 | Spatial Access to Abortion Clinics in the United States,
Katherine Gates, NCCU |
| 10:00 | Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Air Pollution In North Carolina,
Kshitij Kumar, NCCU |
| 10:20 | Mapping Temporal and Spatial Pattern of AOD in Durham, North Carolina,
Joel Gaya, NCCU |
| 10:40 | Morning break |
| Paper session 2 | |
| 11:00 | Geostatistical Tools Applied to a Geomorphological analysis of the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone in relation to Seismicity,
Blaine Lary, NCCU |
| 11:20 | Utilizing ArcScan to perform Food Desert Data Comparisons in North Carolina,
Cory Caddell, NCCU |
| 11:40 | Mapping the Rising Number of Motorcyclists Fatalities from 1975 to 2016,
David Luzader, NCCU |
| 12:00 | Lunch break & Keynote
Local Government Boundary Change and Spatial (In)Justice: A Critical Analysis of the Politics of Place, Dr Russel Smith of Winston-Salem State University |
| 1:00 | Poster Session |
| 1:45-2:30 | Business meeting & Conference closing |
| Poster session: |
| · The Mapping of ADHD in the United States,
Phillip Agbesi, NCCU · Exploring Patterns of on Campus Student-Lead Hunger Relief Programs, Across North Carolina, Emma Bouie, NCCU · Mapping Why Heart disease is so high in African Americans?, Boris DeShazo, NCCU · Exploring Drive Times to Healthy Food Options in Durham County, Richard Foster, NCCU · Conducting Geospatial Analysis on Tobacco Accessibility in Halifax County, Edward Holley, NCCU · Effects of Durham County’s Impaired Watershed on C. elegans’ Reproduction and Chemotactic Behavior, Rick Kia Howard, NCCU · Going down US 52: The Impact of US 52 in East Winston-Salem, Ceionna Kirby*, Tyler Givens, Gileah Black, and Bryanna Tanner, WSSU · Assessing Earthquake Hazard in North Carolina using GIS, Ronald Lipscomb, NCCU · Mapping the Spatial Location of Sex Offenders Throughout North Carolina, Terry McNeill, NCCU · The Future of U.S. 52 and East Winston, Jerrietta Meadows*, Deyona Tucker, Jaylan Harris, and Michael Leeth, WSSU · Visual Worldbuilding and Geography: A look at spatial concepts using virtual landscapes, Jesse Rouse, UNCP · Projected Transitory Food Insecurity in Durham County Following Hurricane Florence, Kaylee Sciacca and KaLynn Harris, NCCU · Mapping Access of Healthy vs Unhealthy Food in Wake County, Kiara Revis, NCCU · Back on Belews Street: The History and Stories of a Lost Neighborhood, Asia Simmons*, Heaven Tate, Jasmine Woosley, and Makala Caple, WSSU · A Geostatistical Analysis of Age-Adjusted Cancer Death Rates and Hog Farm Frequency, Carter Douglas Sink, NCCU · Developing Geospatial Data in Support of Health Disparity Mapping in North Carolina, Tysean Wooten, NCCU |