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GIS Day at Tennessee State University 2020
Student Presentations 1: 9:35 am Central Time
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3625482653?pwd=Q2c4dG5iVHBPbjEwMndnVUx6TEFRUT09
Meeting ID: 362 548 2653 Passcode: TSUGISDAY
“Community-Led Air Quality Monitoring: Turning Victims into Advocates”
Gabriella Mabayyed
Junior, Biology Major
Tennessee State University
This project is focused on Pleasantville, Texas, where the lack of zoning laws has affected air quality — mostly of low-income minority families. Through the use of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) EJSCREEN database, variables were selected to show health risks and air toxins in the area at state and national levels.
Student Presentations 2: 9:50 am Central Time
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3625482653?pwd=Q2c4dG5iVHBPbjEwMndnVUx6TEFRUT09
Meeting ID: 362 548 2653 Passcode: TSUGISDAY
“Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications in the Assessment of Urban Population Vulnerability to Coronavirus”
Students enrolled in Dr. David A. Padgett’s World Regional Geography (GEOG 1010) courses conducted analyses of the relative vulnerability of the populations of several large U.S. cities to COVID-19. During these presentations, the students will share data visualizations of their research results using ArcGIS Online.
Student Group 1: Elijah Poston, Knekylen Smith, Cervantes Reed, and Nina Boyd-Strozier
Cities: Baltimore, Maryland; Miami, Florida; Seattle, Washington; and St. Louis, Missouri
Student Presentations 3: 11:10 am Central Time
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3625482653?pwd=Q2c4dG5iVHBPbjEwMndnVUx6TEFRUT09
Meeting ID: 362 548 2653 Passcode: TSUGISDAY
Student Group 2: Brandon Brown, Victoria Clark, Kima Craft, Tradarius Durden and Faith McMullen
Cities: Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Pensacola, Florida (https://arcg.is/vPurq).
Note: these five cities include environmental justice communities associated with the HBCU Community-Based Organization (CBO) Gulf Equity Consortium (https://www.dscej.org/our-work/hbcu-cbo-gulf-equity-consortium).
NorthStar Presentation: 3:00-4:00 pm Central Time
A GIS Day Event: GIS for Impact in Real Time
News origin: Tennessee State University