Dr Alec Foster
Assistant Professor
Geography-Geology-Environment
Office
Felmley Hall of Science - FHS 104 A
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- About
- Education
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Biography
I am a broadly trained human-environment geographer. My work seeks to understand processes of urban environmental change, especially in postindustrial cities in the United States.
Ph D Geography and Urban Studies
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
MA Geography
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
BA Environmental Studies
New College of Florida
Sarasota, FL
Conference Proceeding
Lindquist, M., Campbell-Arvai, V., Foster, A., Sylte, S., & Deatom, F. 3D‐DSS: A NOVEL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY DIRECTED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN. United States Forest Service General Technical Report NRS-P-183 (2018): 286.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Foster, A. Volunteer Environmental Stewardship and Affective Labour in Philadelphia. CONSERVATION & SOCIETY 16.1 (2018): 52-63.
Foster, A., Dunham, I., & Kaylor, C. Citizen Science for Urban Forest Management? Predicting the Data Density and Richness of Urban Forest Volunteered Geographic Information. Urban Science 1.3 (2017): 30.
Dunham, I., & Foster, A. Proximate Landscapes of Economic Inclusion in Southeastern Pennsylvania. PROFESSIONAL GEOGRAPHER 67.1 (2015): 132-144.
Foster, A., & Dunham, I. Volunteered geographic information, urban forests, & environmental justice. COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS 53 (2015): 65-75.
Presentations
Chicago’s Millennium Park: Finding Nature in the City. The University Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2019)
Critical Mixed Methods for Participatory Urban Socioecological Research. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. (2019)
Terra Nullius or Terra Incognita? Documenting Land Use Practices in Philadelphia. Annual Meeting of the Illinois Geographical Society. (2019)
Grants & Contracts
2018-2019 IGS Research Grant Award. Illinois Geographical Society. State. (2019)
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