Deborah S.K. Thomas

Deborah Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of
Colorado at Denver, where she is also affiliated faculty with the Doctoral Program
in Health and Behavior Sciences and the advisor for the Environmental Health
Option in the Masters of Environmental Sciences Program. She completed her
Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina in 1999, specializing in hazards
geography, and has over ten years of experience working with geographic
information systems (GIS) in a variety of social science application areas,
including hazard management, environmental health and crime mapping.

Her research interests focus on issues of vulnerability as they relate to both
natural and human-induced hazards and environmental health hazards, often
incorporating social applications of GIS. Dr. Thomas is currently examining
drought impacts on Colorado’s resort industry with the support of a Quick
Response Grant funded by the Natural Hazards Center. She also has funding
to test the utility of a GIS-based field interview application within a tuberculosis
disease control program as a model for potential use with bioterror-related
disease control efforts. She has several book contributions and has published
in the Journal of Geography, the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and
Disasters and Social Science Quarterly. Deborah also serves as a social and
behavioral science associate editor for Natural Hazards Review.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

Book Chapters
Thomas, D.S.K, S.L. Cutter, M.E. Hodgson, M. Gutekunst, and S. Jones. 2003.
“Use of Spatial Data and Geographic Technologies in Response to the
September 11 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center” in Impacts of
and Human Response to the September 11, 2001 Disasters: What Research
Tells Us. Special Publication #39. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Research and
Applications Information Center, University of Colorado. (forthcoming)

Thomas, D.S.K. 2003. “Public Health, Law Enforcement, and Hazards
Management” p. 9-15 in The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism. S.L.
Cutter, D.B. Richardson, and T.J. Wilbanks (eds.). Routledge: New York
and London.

Thomas, D.S.K. and J.T. Mitchell. 2001. “Which Are The Most Hazardous
States?” in American Hazardscapes. S.L. Cutter (ed.). Washington, D.C.:
Joseph Henry Press.

Refereed Articles and Proceedings
Mitchell, J.T., D.S.K. Thomas, A.A. Hill, and S.L. Cutter. 2000. “Catastrophe in
Reel Life versus Real Life: Perpetuating Disaster Myth through Film. International
Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 18(3): 383-402.

Thomas, D.S.K., J.T. Mitchell, M.S. Scott, and S.L. Cutter. 1999. “Developing
a Digital Atlas of Environmental Risks and Hazards.” Journal of Geography.
98(5): 201-207.

Mitchell, J.T., D.S.K. Thomas, and S.L. Cutter. 1999. “Dumping in Dixie Revisited:
The Evolution of Environmental Injustices in South Carolina.” Social Science
Quarterly 80(2): 229-243.




	Deborah S.K. Thomas Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences University of Colorado at Denver phone: 303-556-6370 email: deborah.thomas@cudenver.edu Web: http://thunder1.cudenver.edu... .		Deborah Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Denver, where she is also affiliated faculty with the Doctoral Program in Health and Behavior Sciences and the advisor for the Environmental Health Option in the Masters of Environmental Sciences Program. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina in 1999, specializing in hazards geography, and has over ten years of experience working with geographic information systems (GIS) in a variety of social science application areas, including hazard management, environmental health and crime mapping. Her research interests focus on issues of vulnerability as they relate to both natural and human-induced hazards and environmental health hazards, often incorporating social applications of GIS. Dr. Thomas is currently examining drought impacts on Colorado’s resort industry with the support of a Quick Response Grant funded by the Natural Hazards Center. She also has funding to test the utility of a GIS-based field interview application within a tuberculosis disease control program as a model for potential use with bioterror-related disease control efforts. She has several book contributions and has published in the Journal of Geography, the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters and Social Science Quarterly. Deborah also serves as a social and behavioral science associate editor for Natural Hazards Review. Curriculum Vitae Selected Publications Book Chapters Thomas, D.S.K, S.L. Cutter, M.E. Hodgson, M. Gutekunst, and S. Jones. 2003. “Use of Spatial Data and Geographic Technologies in Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center” in Impacts of and Human Response to the September 11, 2001 Disasters: What Research Tells Us. Special Publication #39. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado. (forthcoming) Thomas, D.S.K. 2003. “Public Health, Law Enforcement, and Hazards Management” p. 9-15 in The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism. S.L. Cutter, D.B. Richardson, and T.J. Wilbanks (eds.). Routledge: New York and London. Thomas, D.S.K. and J.T. Mitchell. 2001. “Which Are The Most Hazardous States?” in American Hazardscapes. S.L. Cutter (ed.). Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press. Refereed Articles and Proceedings Mitchell, J.T., D.S.K. Thomas, A.A. Hill, and S.L. Cutter. 2000. “Catastrophe in Reel Life versus Real Life: Perpetuating Disaster Myth through Film. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 18(3): 383-402. Thomas, D.S.K., J.T. Mitchell, M.S. Scott, and S.L. Cutter. 1999. “Developing a Digital Atlas of Environmental Risks and Hazards.” Journal of Geography. 98(5): 201-207. Mitchell, J.T., D.S.K. Thomas, and S.L. Cutter. 1999. “Dumping in Dixie Revisited: The Evolution of Environmental Injustices in South Carolina.” Social Science Quarterly 80(2): 229-243.