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Hilburn, Andrew M

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Assistant Professor

CONTACT INFO

(956) 326-2662
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ahilburn@tamiu.edu
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AIC-340

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COURSES TAUGHT

Contemp Studies of Soc Probs (SOCI 5301)
General World Geography (GEOG 1303)
GIS for the Social Sciences (GEOG 3354)
GIS for the Social Sciences (GEOG 3451)
Human Impact on the Envrmnt (GEOG 3310)
Latin American Historical Geog (GEOG 3352)
Nat, Cult, & Soci in Mex & Cen (GEOG 3355)
Physical Geography (GEOG 1301)
Political Geography (GEOG 3353)
Political Geography (PSCI 3353)
Special Issues in Criminal Jus (CRIJ 4340)
Special Studies in Sociology (SOCI 4375)
Special Topics in Geography (GEOG 4340)
Texas Geography (GEOG 3314)

RESEARCH

Current Research:

Revisiting the directionality to crime. A new methodological approach

Using Participatory Risk Mapping to Gauge Perceptions of Risk along the US-Mexico Border

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EDUCATION

University of South Alabama (Bachelor of Arts)
University of Kansas (Doctor of Philosophy)
Univ of Southern Mississippi (Master of Science)

PUBLICATIONS

Book Review:

World Regions and Places - Pearson 2016

Book Chapter:

A River Runs through Risk? Using Online Participatory Risk Mapping (PRM) to Gauge Public Risk Perception along the US-Mexico Border. - Routledge 2018

Journal Article:

From Cognitive Maps to Transparent Static Maps: Tools for Territorial Control in La Muskitia, Honduras - Cartographica 2017

Gauging the Material Magnitude, Public Perception, and Governance of Roadside Litter in a Rural Mexican Municipio - Human Ecology 2016

At home or to the dump? Household garbage management and the trajectories of waste in a rural Mexican municipio. - Journal of Latin American Geography 2015

Two Pictures Are Worth 1,068 Words: A Pedestrian Bridge as a Political Landscape in Small-Town Mexico. - Focus on Geography 2015

Participatory Risk Mapping of Garbage-Related Issues in a Rural Mexican Municipality. - Geographical Review 2015

Empirical environmental justice research in hydrocarbon extraction areas: Examining current approaches outside the U.S. using a Mexican case study - Applied Geography 2019

Smith, D., P. Herlihy, J. Kelly, A. Ramos, A. Hilburn, J. Dobson, and M. Aguilar-Robledo. 2012. Using Participatory Research Mapping and GIS to Explore Local Geographic Knowledge of Indigenous Landscapes in Mexico. - FOCUS on Geography 2012

Other:

A Q-methodology Approach to Understanding Perspectives on Household Waste Management Practice in a Rural Mexican Municipality - Society and Natrual Resources

Assessing Healthcare Careers in Laredo through a Study on Local Healthcare Education Needs

Initial Results from UTHSCSA-Regional Campus Survey Monkey Study Examining the Current and Future Job Market for Healthcare and Dental Professions in Laredo and Surrounding Areas

GRANTS

Grants:

Territorializing Processes and Local Property Practices in Mexico's Newly Established Hydrocarbon Concession Areas

A Report on the Community Dynamics and Public Perception of a Former Hospital Property in Laredo, Texas, USA.

PORTS-TO-PLAINS INTEGRATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION

Assessing Healthcare Careers in Laredo through a Study on Local Healthcare Education Needs

EXHIBITS

AWARDS

Scholar of the Year - TAMIU Dept. of Social Sciences - 12-01-2016

Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Fellowship - U.S. Department of Education - COMEXUS - 07-30-2010

Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG) Summer Field Research Award – Ph.D. Level - Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers - 05-30-2009

Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant - Tinker Foundation - 05-30-2009

Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant - Tinker Foundation - 05-30-2008

PUBLIC SERVICE

I spoke at Miami Univeristy's Geography Colloquium.