Aaron Maxwell Adams
Personal Information
Personal Information
Born: 1992
Citizenship: United States of America
Marital Status: Married
Education
University of Connecticut
College of Arts and Science, Fall 2019-2024
Major: Ph.D. Geography
GPA: 4.038
New Mexico State University
College of Arts and Science, Spring 2017-2019
Major: Masters of Applied Geography
GPA: 3.975
New Mexico State University
College of Arts and Science, Fall 2010-Spring 2016
Major: BS-Geography
Concentration: Geographic Information Science and Technology
Minors: Communication & National Security, History
GPA: 3.110
Gene’s Flight School
Student Pilot, 2006-2013
136 Flight Hours
Research Skills
Cartography Skills:
Extensive experience creating static maps, dynamic web maps, and physical 3D terrain models.
Statistical Skills:
Experience utilizing GIS, R, Stata, and Excel. Survey research.
Geographic Information Systems Software:
ESRI Software: ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online
Other GIS Software: QGIS, SaTScan, Geoda
Remote Sensing Software: ENVI, ERDAS IMAGINE
Other Computer Skills:
Familiar with computer basics on Windows OS
Familiar with Linux OS
Programming languages: Python, R, some Java
Academic Positions
2024-present: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, Marshall University
2019-2024: Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Geography, University of Connecticut
2019: Tutor, Student-Athlete Success Program, University of Connecticut
2018-2019: Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geography, New Mexico State University
Teaching Experience
Course(s) taught as Primary Instructor
University of Connecticut:
Geography 1000, Introduction to Geography (3 semesters)
UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford:
Introduction to GIS for Public Health (taught as Pass/Fail 13-week seminar)
Teaching Assistant
University of Connecticut:
Geography 2500, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Geography 2000, Globalization
Geography 1200, City in the Western Tradition
New Mexico State University:
Geography 488, GIS and Water Resources
Geography 482, Geodatabase Design
Geography 481, Fundamentals of GIS&T
Geography 452, Landscape Ecology,
Geography 381, Cartography and GIS
Geography 112, World Regional Geography
Geography 111, Geography and the Natural Environment
Guest Lectures and Invited Talks
University of Connecticut:
Geography 2200, Introduction to Human Geography, 21 September 2023
Geography 6818, Seminar on Spatial Analysis of Social Issues, 8 March 2023
Geography 3510, Cartographic Techniques, 4 October 2022
Geography 1000, Introduction to Geography, 8 September 2022
Geography 1200, City in the Western Tradition, 13 February 2020
Geography 1200, City in the Western Tradition, 21 November 2019
Geography 1200, City in the Western Tradition, 22 October 2019
Geography 2200, Introduction to Human Geography, 23 September 2019
Geography 1200, City in the Western Tradition, 19 September 2019
Connecticut Children’s Hospital:
Research Compliance and Education, SaTScan and Time Geography, 19 July 2023
New Mexico State University:
Geography 111, Physical Geography, 1 May 2018
Publications
Adams, A. M., Ghosh, D., Chen, X., Li, W., Zhang, C., Gallaher, A., & Benitez Ou, A. Using geospatial visualizations to better understand public health data. In L. P. Cantwell-Jurkovic & T. E. Parece (Eds.), Spatial Literacy in Public Health (Chapter 4). ACRL Books
Hogan, A. H., Herbst K. W., Defelice, C., Schulman N., Adams A. M., Carroll C. L., Salazar J.C. Going Viral: Assessing the Impact of Social Media on Enrollment in a COVID-19 Cohort Study. Cureus 16(3). DOI: 10.7759/cureus.56096
Adams, A. M., Chen, X., Li, W., & Zhang, C. (2023). Normalizing the pandemic: exploring the cartographic issues in state government COVID-19 dashboards. Journal of Maps. Pages 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2235385
Chen, X., Ye X., Widener M., Delmelle E., Kwan M., Shannon J., Racine E. F., Adams A., Liang L., Jia P. (2022). A systematic review of the modifiable areal unit problem in community food environmental research. Urban Informatics, 1(22). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44212-022-00021-1
Adams, A. M., (2021). Treating Invasive Tamarisk as an Intern at San Andreas National Wildlife Refuge. The Geographical Bulletin, 62(2B): Pages 101-103. ISSN 2163-5900.
Wang, H., Xu, R., Qu, S., Schwartz, M., Adams, A., Chen, X. (2021). Health inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination among the elderly: Case of Connecticut. Journal of Infection and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.07.013
Adams, A. M., Chen, X., Li, W., & Zhang, C. (2020). The disguised pandemic: The importance of data normalization in COVID-19 web mapping. Public Health, 183: Pages 36–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.04.034
Adams, A. M., (2019). A Comparative Usability Assessment of Augmented Reality 3-D Printed Terrain Models and 2-D Topographic Maps. Master’s Thesis. ProQuest number: 22587337.
Works in progress
Adams, A. M., Ghosh, D., Gallaher, A., Benitez Ou, A., and Zhang, C. Relation between extreme weather events, mobility, and health: A cases study of COVID-19 outbreaks. Applied Geography. Under 2nd Review
Adams, A. M., Ghosh, D., Gallaher, A., Benitez Ou, Chen, X., Weidong, L., Zhang, C.. Sound Cartographic Decisions Along the Journey of UConn Department of Geography’s COVID-19 Mapping Project, March 2020 – March 2023. Under Review.
Adams, A. M., Dukleska, K., Lapidus, G., Zhang, C., Zhang, B., Knod, J., Shapiro, D., Borrup, K., Campbell, B. Investigating Spatial-Temporal Changes in Firearm Discharge During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Hartford, Connecticut. In Progress
Adams, A. M., Condon, E., Scheibner, H. Lapidus, G., Zhang, Z. Estimating Environmental Noise at Connecticut Addresses using HowLoud Inc. Soundscores. In Progress
De Figueiredo, M.F.P., Klerman, D., Wilson, J.P., Adams, A.M., Hall, M.B., MacDonald, B., Legal Origin from Outer Space (and on Foot): A Geographic Regression Discontinuity Approach. In Progress
Presentations
As presenting author
Adams, A., Condon, E., Scheibener, H. Lapidus, G., Zhang, Z. October 2023. New England/St. Lawrence Valley Regional Meeting. Estimating Environmental Noise at Connecticut Addresses using HowLoud inc. Soundscores. Presentation.
Adams, A., Dukleska, K., Lapidus, G., Zhang, C., Zhang, Bo., Knod, L., Hogan, A., Shapiro, D., Borrup, K., Campbell, B.. March 2023. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Changes in Detected Gunshots during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Hartford Connecticut. Presentation.
Adams, A. Dukleska, K., Lapidus, G., Zhang, C., Zhang, B., Knod, J., Shapiro, D., Borrup, K., Campbell, B. November 2022. New England/St. Lawrence Valley Regional Meeting. Investigating Spatial-Temporal Changes in Firearm Discharge During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Hartford, Connecticut. Presentation.
Adams, A., Campbell, B., Ghosh, D., Benitez Ou, A., Gallaher, A., Zhang, Bo., Shapiro, D., Lapidus, G., Zhang, C.. March 2022. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Spatial Analysis of Firearm Discharge and Social Vulnerability during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Hartford, Connecticut. Presentation.
Adams, A. Ghosh, D. Gallaher, A. Benitez Ou, A. Cerrai, D., Zhang, C.. February 2022. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Relation between mobility, extreme weather events, and health: A case study of COVID-19 outbreaks. Panel.
Adams, A. Ghosh, D. Gallaher, A. Benitez Ou, A. Cerrai, D., Zhang, C.. December 2021. International Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Combating Covid-19. Can power outages during extreme weather events be responsible for COVID-19 outbreaks? Presentation.
Adams, A. Ghosh, D. Gallaher, A. Benitez Ou, A. Cerrai, D., Zhang, C.. November 2021. Connecticut GIS Day. Relation between mobility, extreme weather events, and health: A case study of COVID-19 outbreaks. Presentation.
Adams, A. Ghosh, D. Gallaher, A. Benitez Ou, A. Cerrai, D., Zhang, C.. October 2021. New England/St. Lawrence Valley Regional Meeting. Relation between mobility, extreme weather events, and health: A cases study of COVID-19 outbreaks. Presentation.
Adams, A. Ghosh, D. Gallaher, A. Benitez Ou, A. Cerrai, D. April 2021. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Can power outages during extreme weather events be responsible for COVID-19 outbreaks? Presentation.
Adams, A., Chen, X. Li, W., & Zhang, C.. November 2020. Connecticut Virtual GIS Day. The disguised pandemic: The importance of data normalization in COVID-19 web mapping. Presentation.
Adams, A. October 2019. Connecticut GIS Day. A Comparative Usability Assessment of Augmented Reality 3-D Printed Terrain Models and 2-D Topographic Maps. Presentation.
Adams, A. October 2019. New England/St. Lawrence Valley Regional Meeting. A Comparative Usability Assessment of Augmented Reality 3-D Printed Terrain Models and 2-D Topographic. Presentation.
Adams, A. April 2019. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. A Comparative Usability Assessment of Augmented Reality 3-D Printed Terrain Models and 2-D Topographic Maps. Presentation.
Posters
Adams, A., Dukleska, K., Lapidus, G., Zhang, C., Zhang, Bo., Knod, L., Hogan, A., Shapiro, D., Borrup, K., Campbell, B.. November 2023. Connecticut GIS Day. Changes in Detected Gunshots during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Hartford Connecticut. Poster
Adams, A., Dukleska, K., Lapidus, G., Zhang, C., Zhang, Bo., Knod, L., Hogan, A., Shapiro, D., Borrup, K., Campbell, B.. April 2023. UConn Earth Café. Changes in Detected Gunshots during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Hartford Connecticut. Poster
Adams, A., Chen, X. Li, W., & Zhang, C.. June 2021. spatial@ucsb.global2021: Spatial Data Science for a Sustainable Future. Normalizing the pandemic: Exploring the cartographic issues in state government COVID-19 dashboards. Virtual Poster.
Adams, A., Chen, X. Li, W., & Zhang, C.. May 2021. UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media, COVID19: Media, Misinformation, and Science Communication. Normalizing the pandemic: Exploring the cartographic issues in state government COVID-19 dashboards. Video Poster.
Adams, A. Ghosh, D. Gallaher, A. Benitez Ou, A. April 2021. 2021 GIS Certification Institute Map Contest. A Cartographic Cross Classification Array of COVID-19 Cases in CT. Virtual Poster.
Workshops
Coman, E., Chen, X., Adams, A. November 2022. North American Primary Care Research Group. An applied demonstration on geographic data use, mapping, with PolicyMap.com, GeoDa, QGIS, and Tableau. Workshop.
Adams, A., Cui, Y.. February 2020. UConn Map and Geographic Information Center. GIS Workshop. Workshop.
Adams, A., Cui, Y.. November 2019. UConn Map and Geographic Information Center. GIS Workshop. Workshop.
As non-presenting author
De Figueiredo, M.F.P., Klerman, D., Wilson, J.P., Adams, A.M., Hall, M.B., MacDonald, B. Febaruary 2023. Law & Economics Workshop at the University of Western Ontario Law School. Legal Origin from Outer Space (and on Foot). Presentation.
Fajardo, A., Youssef, B., Adams, A., Castiglione, C., Silverman, R., Babigian, A., Hughes C. June 2022. New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Geospatial Mapping of Patient Population in Rural Ecuador: A Roadway to Improve Surgical Care Delivery. Presentation
Dukleska, K., Adams, A., Shapiro, D., Regan, M., Zhang, C., Lapidus, G., Borrup, K., Knod, J., Campbell, B. May 2022. American Pediactic Surgical Association. Gunfire, Children, and COVID-19: A Contemporary Analysis of the Relationship Between Firearm Discharges and Where Children Attend School and Daycare in Hartford, CT. Presentation
Cohen, J., Rolheiser, L., Clayton, J., Adams, A. May 2022. Real Estate Research Institute Conference. Transit Oriented Development, Walkability, and Commercial Property Markets: A Tale of Two Cities (working paper with Los Angeles and Toronto)
Benitez Ou, A., Gallaher, A., Adams, A., Ghosh, D. November 2021. GIS Day, University of Connecticut. A Year of Decisions: A Spatiotemporal Visualization of COVID-19 and Executive Orders in Connecticut. Poster.
Gallaher, A., Adams, A., Benitez Ou, A., Ghosh, D., November 2020. Connecticut Virtual GIS Day Town Level Interactive Dashboard to Track COVID-19 in Connecticut. Presentation.
Honors and Awards
UConn Cyberinfrastructure Competition 1st Place Team Award (2024)
AAG 3rd Place Team Geobowl award, 3rd Place Individual Score (2023)
NESTVAL Honorable Mention for Graduate Student Paper (2022)
NESTVAL 1st Place Team Geobowl award (2022)
UConn Provost’s Award for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship: Team Category (2022)
Connecticut GIS Day Excellent Student Paper Award (2021)
NESTVAL AAG Council Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, $1000 (2021)
NESTVAL 2nd Place Team Geobowl Award, Highest Individual Score (2021)
UConn Geography Graduate Outstanding Teaching Award (2021)
UConn Geography Graduate Outstanding Community Engagement Award (2021)
UConn Geography Graduate Outstanding Service Award (2020)
NESTVAL Graduate Student Paper Award (2019)
Robert and Beth Czerniak Outstanding Geography Graduate Student Award (2019)
AmeriCorps Eli Segal Education Award, $1515.53 (2016)
NMSU Geography 3rd place Cartography & GIS Quantitative Thematic Map Contest (2014)
Organizations
American Association of Geographers (2018 – present)
Gamma Theta Upsilon (2018 – present)
President of NMSU Kappa Xi Chapter (2018 – 2019)
NMSU Geography Graduate Student Organization (2017- 2019)
President (2018 –2019)
Secretary (2017-2018
Breakdown of Professional Experience:
University of Connecticut; 2019-2024
Spring 2024
(20 hours per week)
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
RA for the Condor Lab at UConn
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
Used Python to process spatial-temporal datasets
Fall 2023
(20 hours per week)
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
RA for the Condor Lab at UConn
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
Used Python to process spatial-temporal datasets
Summer 2023
(20 hours per week)
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
RA for the Condor Lab at UConn
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
Used Python to process spatial-temporal datasets
Spring 2023
(30 hours per week)
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
RA for the Condor Lab at UConn
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
Used Python to process spatial-temporal datasets
RA for UConn School of Law
Created maps for publications
Employed a distributed GIS to store and process approximately 400GB of data
Used Python to process spatial-temporal datasets
Fall 2022
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
RA for the Condor Lab
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
RA for UConn School of Law
Created maps for publications
Managed approximately 200GB of data
Used Python to process spatial-temporal datasets
Summer 2022
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
RA for UConn College Arts and Science
Facilitated data collection and creation of large geodatabase
Reviewed literature
RA for UConn School of Bussiness Department of Finance
Created maps for publications
Used Python to process large spatial-temporal datasets
Spring 2022
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Research Assistant
Worked as a GIS analyst to support various projects.
TA for Geography 2000, Globalization:
Graded
RA for UConn College of Arts and Science:
Analyzed data in ArcGIS Pro
Fall 2021
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Research Assistant
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
TA for Geography 2500, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Assisted students with ArcGIS 10.8
Graded
Covered lab when necessary
Summer 2021
Contractor at UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford
Primary instructor for seminar-style course designed to teach GIS
Designed the course to meet course objectives
Lectured in a hybrid physical and online learning environment
Created GIS Labs in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online
Selected Course Material
(Approximately 10 students)
Worked as GIS analyst to support various projects.
Spring 2021
Primary Instructor of Geography 1000, Introduction to Geography
Designed the course to meet course objectives
Worked with and managed a teaching assistant
Administered course in an online learning environment
Created Assignments, Quizzes, and Exams
Selected course materials
Recorded lecture materials
Graded
Responded to student emails
Dealt with complications related to COVID-19
(Approximately 180 students)
Fall 2020
Primary Instructor of Geography 1000, Introduction to Geography
Designed the course to meet course objectives
Worked with and managed a teaching assistant
Administered course in an online learning environment
Created Assignments, Quizzes, and Exams
Selected course materials
Recorded lecture materials
Graded
Responded to student emails
Dealt with complications related to COVID-19
(Approximately 180 students)
Spring 2020
Primary Instructor for Geography 1000, Introduction to Geography
Designed the course to meet course objectives
Administered the course in a traditional classroom environment
Created Assignments, Quizzes, and Exams
Selected course materials
Lectured 3 times a week face-to-face
Graded
Responded to student emails
Transitioned course to online environment in response to COVID-19
(Approximately 100 students)
Fall 2019
TA for Geography 1200, The City in the Western Tradition
Guest lectured on Geographic Information Science
Graded
Map and Geographic Information Center (MaGIC)
Produced GUI to access air photos using ArcGIS online
Tutor Student-Athlete Success Program
Tutored UConn Student-Athletes in geography courses
New Mexico State University; 2017- 2019
Spring 2019
TA for Geography 488, Water Resource Management
GIS and Water Resources
Assisted students with ArcGIS 10.5 and ArcHydro
Troubleshot ArcMap labs
TA for Geography 381, Cartography and GIS
Administered lab section of the course using ArcGIS 10.6
Troubleshot lab assignments for ArcGIS for desktop
Administrator for NMSU ArcGIS organization
Gave appropriate ArcGIS licenses to students and faculty
Managed Organizational ESRI privileges of students and faculty
Fall 2018
TA for Geography 482, Geodatabase Design
Assisted students with ArcGIS 10.6
Graded
TA for Geography 481, Fundamentals of GIS&T
Administered lab section of the course using ArcGIS Pro
Troubleshot lab assignments for ArcGIS Pro
Created assignments
Graded
TA for Geography 452, Landscape Ecology
Administered lab section of the course
Created assignments
Graded
TA for Geography 381, Cartography and GIS
Administered lab section of the course using ArcGIS 10.6
Troubleshot lab assignments for ArcGIS for desktop
Administrator for NMSU ArcGIS organization
Gave appropriate ArcGIS licenses to students and faculty
Managed Organizational ESRI privileges of students and faculty
Computer Lab Coordinator
Developed and enforced a schedule for the geography computer lab.
Spring 2018
TA for Geography 488, GIS, and Water Resources
Troubleshot ArcMap labs
Assisted students with ArcGIS and ArcHydro
TA for Geography 111, Geography and the Natural Environment
Taught lab section of course
Covered lectures when required
Graded
TA for Geography 112, World Regional Geography
Assisted students with course material
Graded
Fall 2017
TA for Geography 481, Fundamentals of GIS&T
Taught lab section of the course using ArcGIS
Graded
Created Assignments
TA for Geography 112, World Regional Geography
Graded
Managed Attendance
Created Assignments
Consulting work
NMSU Art Department; 2018
Worked to assist an artist in creating a large physical 3D terrain model with ArcGIS and SRTM DEM
Assisted with basic maintenance on a Laser cutter
(Approximately 20 hours)
AmeriCorps EPIC Internship
San Andres National Wildlife Refuge; 2016
Collected field data with Garmin GPS
Digitized collected data and produced maps using ArcGIS
Performed Early Detection Rapid Response surveys for invasive plants
Obtained FWS Off-Road Utility Vehicle Safety Training certification
Operated UTV and 4X4 vehicles over uneven desert terrain
Hiked to treatment sites over uneven desert terrain and data collection
Obtained Public Pesticide Applicators License
Worked with team to treat approximately 30 acres of Saltcedar
(See 2021 Geographical Bulletin Article)