Retchless, David
individual record
Assistant Professor
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston
- Assistant Professor, Geography, College of Geosciences
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overview
I am interested in the cartographic communication of sea level rise and other climate hazards. My work draws on research from GIScience, human-environment geography and psychology to consider how map interaction mediates risk perceptions for climate change and related hazards.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Geography, Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States) 2015
- M.Sc. in Geography, Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States) 2011
- B.A. in Liberal Studies, University of Notre Dame - (Notre Dame, Indiana, United States) 2004
selected publications
Academic Articles3
- Karaye, I. M., Horney, J. A., Retchless, D. P., & Ross, A. D (2019). Determinants of Hurricane Evacuation from a Large Representative Sample of the U.S. Gulf Coast.. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 16(21), 4268-4268.
- Retchless, D. P (2018). Understanding Local Sea Level Rise Risk Perceptions and the Power of Maps to Change Them: The Effects of Distance and Doubt. Environment and Behavior. 50(5), 483-511.
- Retchless, D., Frey, N., Wang, C., Hung, L., & Yarnal, B. (2014). Climate extremes in the United States: recent research by physical geographers. Physical Geography. 35(1), 3-21.
Chapters1
- Retchless, D (2018). Bringing the big data of climate change down to human scale: Citizen sensors and personalized visualizations in climate communication. Thinking Big Data in Geography: New Regimes, New Research. 197-213.
recent teaching activities
- GEOG665 Gis Modelling Instructor
- MARS210 Marine Geography Instructor
- MARS325 Intro To Gis Instructor
- MARS491 Research Instructor
- MARS625 Gis Modeling Coastal Res Instructor
Email
retchled@tamu.edu
First Name
David
Last Name
Retchless
UN Sustainable Development Goals:
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