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Victoria (Tory) J. Bennett

Victoria (Tory) J. Bennett

Associate Professor and Department Chair

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  • Bennett VJ, EJ Agpalo. 2022. Citizen science helps uncover the secrets to a bat-friendly swimming pool in an urban environment. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | Urban Ecology 10:860523, DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.860523
  • Hall EM, VJ Bennett. 2021. Variations in home range size of evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis) in an urban environment. Journal of Mammalogy 107:1497-1506.
  • Huzzen, BE, AM Hale, VJ Bennett. 2020. An effective survey method for studying volant species activity and behavior at tall structures. PeerJ 8:e8438, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8438
  • Nystrom, GS, VJ Bennett. 2019. The importance of residential swimming pools as an urban water source for bats. Journal of Mammalogy, 100:394-400, DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz020
Gehendra Kharel

Gehendra Kharel

Assistant Professor

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  • Kharel, et al., 2022. Potential hydrological impacts of planting switchgrass on marginal rangelands in South Central Great Plains. Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193087
  • Acharya, B.S. and Kharel, G., 2020. Acid Mine Drainage from Coal Mining in the United States–An Overview. Journal of Hydrology, p.125061.
  • Kharel, G., Romsdahl, R. and Kirilenko, A., 2019. Managing the wicked problem of Devils Lake flooding along the US–Canada border. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35(6), pp.938-958.
  • Kharel, G. and Kirilenko, A., 2018. Comparing CMIP-3 and CMIP-5 climate projections on flooding estimation of Devils Lake of North Dakota, USA. PeerJ, 6, p.e4711.
Brendan L. Lavy

Brendan L. Lavy

Assistant Professor

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  • de Oyarzabal Barba, M., B. L. Lavy, and V. Bennett. 2024. Improving urban flyways for bats: The importance of tree canopy structure. Wildlife Biology 2024: e01284. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01284
  • Lavy, B. L., and E. M. Zavar. 2023. Recovering the urban forest: The role of trees, tree culture, and place attachment before and after Hurricane Harvey. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 84: 127949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127949
  • Tamima, S., E. M. Zavar, B. L. Lavy, and R. L. Schumann, III. 2023. A range of pandemic adjustments: Changes to Texas Heritage site business operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sustainability 16(7): 2860. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072860
  • Lavy, B. L., E. M. Zavar, and S. Tamima. 2023. Heritage as businesses: COVID-19 disruptions to Texas museums, heritage sites, parks, and protected places, and their responses to evolving guidance. International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 11(4): 652-668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgeop.2023.11.004
  • Maleki, S., R. R. Hagelman, III, and B. L. Lavy. 2023. Neighborhood child friendliness: A comparative analysis of parental landscape perceptions and geographic information systems-based urban planning indexes. The Professional Geographer 74(4): 604-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2022.2124180
Rhiannon G. Mayne

Rhiannon G. Mayne

Oscar and Juanita Monnig Endowed Chair of Meteoritics and Planetary Science

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  • Mayne, R. G., Corrigan, C. M., McCoy, T. J., Day, J. M. D., & Rose, T. R. (2020). Qarabawi’s Camel Charm: Tracing the meteoritic origins of a cultural artifact. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 
  • Crossley, S. D., Lunning, N. G., Mayne, R. G. et al. (2018). Experimental insights into Stannern-trend eucrite petrogenesis. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 53(10), 2122–2137.
  • Mayne, R. G. (2016). Qarabawi’s charm: Looking beyond the science. Elements, 12(1), 73–74.
  • Mayne, R. G., Smith, S. E., & Corrigan, C. M. (2016). Hiding in the howardites: Unequilibrated eucrite clasts as a guide to the formation of Vesta’s crust. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51(12), 2387–2402.
Michael C. Slattery

Michael C. Slattery

Professor, Interim Executive Director of the Ralph Lowe Energy Institute, and Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies

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  • Slattery, M.C. 2022. "Contemporary Environmental Issues," Kendall Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa.
  • Slattery, M.C. 2023. "The role of geomorphology in environmental litigation: insights from an East Texas case," Geomorphology, 443, doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108948. 
  • Slattery, M.C. and Bluntzer, A. 2023. "Climate pledge to move away from fossil fuels is huge. There's just one problem," Opinion, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 28 December.
  • Slattery, M.C. 2020. "Sediment, wind turbines, and rhinos: Ah, the life of a geographer!" In T.P. Burt and D. Thompson (Eds), Curious About Nature: A Passion for Fieldwork, Cambridge University Press, Chapter 42, p. 313-316.
  • Brannstrom, C., Pasqualetti, M.J., Gorayeb, A., Wolsink, M., Slattery, M.C., Devine-Wright, P. and Sovacol, B. 2019. “Why ignore a major challenge of wind energy science?” Science eLetter.