Dr. Tian Tang is an assistant professor in the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy. Her research is at the intersection of environmental and energy policy, technology policy, and policy implementation through cross-sectoral collaboration in the context of global climate change and sustainability. She teaches policy analysis, research methods, and public financial management. Tian received her Ph.D. in public administration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
I hold a Geographic Information Science (GIS) Administration, MS, from the University of West Florida, a BA in Geography, a minor in Geology from the University of Colorado, and an AGS in Natural Resource Management for Pikes Peak Community College. I am currently the Application Developer Designer for the Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center (FREAC) at FSU. As the Application Developer Designer, I spend my day emphasizing innovation, education, public outreach, technology upgrades, and modeling complex systems utilizing a georeferenced database.
Dr. Michael Martinez-Colon is an assistant professor of Environment at Florida A&M University.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Oceanography, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2016
MSc, Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, 2003
BSc, Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, 1997
Dr. Katherine Milla is a professor of geology and geospatial sciences in the Center for Water Resources at Florida A&M University, where she has been a faculty member since 1999. She is a fellow of the FAMU Digital Learning Initiative and serves as a faculty liaison for the FAMU Writing Across the Curriculum initiative. Dr. Milla completed her Ph.D. in geology at Florida State University, and a graduate certificate in Geospatial Intelligence from Penn State University. Her research interests include dynamics of interchanges between natural and human hydrologic systems.
My principal research interest is in the area of watershed management, land use change and climate change, water flow and physicochemical reactions in the porous media, nutrient cycling, and landfill leachate management.
Climate change and adaptation strategies in coastal zones, promoting socio-ecological resilience in marginalized communities, planning in ecologically sensitive areas, community participation and engagement.
Jayur Madhusudan Mehta is an anthropological archaeologist and his research focuses on human-environment interactions and monumentality in the New World, especially in and around the Lower Mississippi Valley and Mississippi River Delta. He is skilled in geoarchaeology, ethnohistory, and the archaeology of complex societies. He currently teaches at Florida State University as an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department.
