Korine

Korine N. Kolivras, Assistant Professor, korine@vt.edu
Office: 123 Major Williams Hall
Phone: 540-231-5514
At Virginia Tech Since: 2004
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2004
Web Page: http://www.cnr.vt.edu/korine/index.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Interests:

  • Medical geography
  • Climate and health
  • GIS Applications

Classes Recently Taught:

  • GEOG 1004: Introduction to Human Geography
  • GEOG 4074: Medical Geography
  • GEOG 5214: Health and the Global Environment

Recent Publications:

  • Resler, L.M. and Kolivras, K.N. In press, pending revisions. A field-based technique for teaching habitat fragmentation and biogeographic edges. Journal of Geography.
  • Kolivras, K.N. and Comrie, A.C. In press, pending revisions. Regionalization and variability of precipitation in Hawaii. Physical Geography.
  • *Knocke, E. and Kolivras, K.N. 2007. The perception of flash flood risk in Southwestern Virginia. Risk Analysis. 27(1), 155-169.
  • Kolivras, K.N. 2006. Mosquito habitat and dengue risk potential in Hawaii: A conceptual framework and GIS application. The Professional Geographer. 58(2), 139-154.
  • Kolivras, K.N. and Comrie, A.C. 2004. "Climate and Infectious Disease in the Southwestern United States." Progress in Physical Geography, 28, 3, pp.387-398
  • Kolivras, K.N. and Comrie, A.C. 2003: "Modeling Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) Incidence Based on Climate Conditions." The International Journal of Biometeorology. 47, 87-101
  • Kolivras, K.N., Johnson, P., Comrie, A.C. and Yool, S.R. 2001: "Environmental Variability and Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)." Aerobiologia 17, 31-42.

    *Published with a student under my supervision

Grants and Awards:

  • Finalist in the AAG 2005 Nystrom Competition for best paper based on a recent dissertation
  • Grant for project "Assessment of Health-related Exposures in a Squatter Settlement in the Dominican Republic" from the Office of International Research, Education, and Development, April 2005.
  • University of Arizona/NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2004
  • Dissertation Research Grant, Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Arizona, 2003
  • Professional Development Grant, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, 2003.
  • Travel Grant, Women in Science and Engineering, University of Arizona, March 2001.