Online Abridged Curriculum Vitae
Last updated 11 October 2018
Department of Geography – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)
1317 Alumni Hall – Campus Box 1459, Edwardsville, IL 62026 email: alablac@siue.edu
Academic Appointments:
2018-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)
2016-2018: Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University
2016-2018: Program Manager, Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, LSU
2016-2018: Program Manager, Disaster Science and Management (DSM) Program, LSU
2015-2016: Postdoctoral Scholar, IIHR – Hydroscience & Engineering, University of Iowa
Education:
Ph.D. in Geography, 2015, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Dissertation title: “Winter Precipitation Hazards in the United States”
Committee: Thomas L. Mote (Advisor); John A. Knox; Andrew J. Grundstein; Alan E. Stewart
M.S. in Geography, 2008, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Thesis title: “Non-tornadic Convective Wind Fatalities in the United States 1977-2007”
Committee: Walker S. Ashley (Advisor); Mace Bentley; David Changnon
B.S., Upper Division Honors in Meteorology, 2006, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
A.A., 2003, Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
Refereed Publications:
Black, A.W., G. Villarini, and T.L. Mote, 2017: Effects of Rainfall on Vehicle Crashes in Six U.S. States. Weather, Climate, and Society, 9, 53-70. [More Information]
Williams, C.A., P.W. Miller, A.W. Black, and J.A. Knox, 2017: Throwing Caution to the Wind: National Weather Service Wind Products as Perceived by a Weather-Salient Sample. Journal of Operational Meteorology, 5, 103-120. [Full Text]
Miller, P.W., A.W. Black, C.A. Williams, and J.A. Knox, 2016: Quantitative Assessment of Human Wind Speed Overestimation. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55, 1009-1020. [More Information]
Miller, P.W., A.W. Black, C.A. Williams, and J.A. Knox, 2016: Maximum Wind Gusts Associated with Human-Reported Nonconvective Wind Events and a Comparison to Current Warning Issuance Criteria. Weather and Forecasting, 31, 451-465. [More Information]
Black, A.W., and T.L. Mote, 2015: Effects of Winter Precipitation on Automobile Collisions, Injuries, and Fatalities in the United States. Journal of Transport Geography, 48, 165-175. [More Information]
Black, A.W., and T.L. Mote, 2015: Characteristics of Winter Precipitation Related Transportation Fatalities in the United States. Weather, Climate, and Society, 7, 133-145. [More Information; “Paper of Note” in BAMS]
Knox, J.A., J.A. Rackley, A.W. Black, V.A. Gensini, M.Butler, C.Dunn, T.Gallo, M.R.Hunter, L.Lindsey, M.Phan, R.Scroggs, and S.Brustad, 2012: Tornado debris characteristics and trajectories during the 27 April 2011 super outbreak as determined using social media data. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94, 1371-1380. [More Information]
Black, A.W., and W.S. Ashley, 2011: The relationship between tornadic and nontornadic convective wind fatalities and warnings. Weather, Climate, and Society, 3, 31-47. [More information; also featured in the Tornado Warning, Preparedness, and Impacts special collection]
Gensini, V., A.W. Black, D. Changnon, and S. Changnon, 2011: September 2008 heavy rains in Northeast Illinois: meteorological analysis and impacts. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, 104, 17-33. [More Information]
Black, A.W., and W.S. Ashley, 2010: Nontornadic convective wind fatalities in the United States. Natural Hazards, 54, 355-366. [More Information]
Ashley, W.S., and A.W. Black, 2008: Fatalities associated with nonconvective high-wind events in the United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 717-725. [More Information]
Book Chapters and Other Publications:
Knox, J.A., A.W. Black, J.A. Rackley, E.N. Wilson, J.S. Grant, S.P. Phelps, D. Nevius, and C. Dunn, 2016: Automated turbulence forecasting strategies. Aviation Turbulence: Processes, Detection, Prediction. Robert Sharman and Todd Lane, eds., Springer. [More Information]
Changnon, S.A., and A.W. Black, 2009: 2008: A record wet and stormy year in Illinois. Report of Investigation 117, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL. [PDF]
Selected Conference Proceedings/Presentations:
Black, A.W., 2017: Rainfall Impacts on Automobile Accidents in the United States. 113th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA.
Miller, P.W., A.W. Black, C.A. Williams, and J.A. Knox, 2016: Estimating in “Vane”: A Quantitative Description of Wind Speed Overestimation by Human Observers Versus Instrument Measurements. 96th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Williams, C.A., P.W. Miller, A.W. Black, and J.A. Knox, 2016: Throwing Caution to the Wind: National Weather Service Wind Products as Perceived by a Weather-Savvy Public. 96th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA. [More Information]
Williams, C.A., A.W. Black, and J.A. Knox, 2015: Throwing Caution to the Wind: A Weather Savvy Perspective on Wind Terminology and Wind-Related Damage. 40th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, Oklahoma City, OK.
Knox, J.A., A.W. Black, and coauthors, 2015: Case Study of a Deadly Wake Low-Caused Windthrow Event. 40th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, Oklahoma City, OK.
Knox, J.A., P. Miller, and A.W. Black, 2015: A preliminary consistency assessment between reported nonconvective wind magnitudes in Storm Data and local station measurements. 40th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, Oklahoma City, OK.
Black, A.W., 2015: Winter Precipitation Impacts on Automobile Accidents in the United States. 111th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL.
Black, A.W., 2014: Effects of Winter Precipitation on Automobile Collisions, Injuries, and Fatalities in the United States. 69th Annual Meeting, Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers, Athens, GA.
Black, A.W., 2014: Winter Precipitation Impacts on Automobile Accidents in the United States. 37th Applied Geography Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Gilliland, J.M., J.D. Durkee, A.W. Black, P.G. Dixon, S. Gunter, and J. A. Knox, 2014: Long-term trend analysis of surface wind speeds over the southern United States. 110th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL.
Black, A.W., 2014: Winter Precipitation Impacts on Automobile Accidents in the United States. 110th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL.
Ramseyer, C.A., J.A. Rackley, A.W. Black, and J.A. Knox, 2014: “Superstorm” Sandy’s Social Media Surge in Twitter: A Three-Dimensional Analysis. 94th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, GA.
Black, A.W., 2014: Assessment of Indirect Fatalities from Winter Precipitation. 94th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, GA.
Black, A.W., 2013: Distribution of Winter Weather Losses in the United States. 109th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA.
Black, A.W., J.A. Knox, J.A Rackley, V.A. Gensini, M.Butler, C.Dunn, T.Gallo, M.R.Hunter, L.Lindsey, M.Phan, R.Scroggs, and S.Brustad, 2012: Analysis of Tornado Debris Trajectories During the 27 April 2011 Super Outbreak as Determined Using Social Media Data. 67th Annual Meeting, Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers, Asheville, NC.
Rackley, J.A., J.A. Knox, A.W. Black, V.A. Gensini, M.Butler, C.Dunn, T.Gallo, M.R.Hunter, L.Lindsey, M.Phan, R.Scroggs, and S.Brustad, 2012: Using Social Media for Scientific Research: Experiences from a Tornado Debris Research Project. 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Nashville, TN.
Knox, J.A., J.A Rackley, A.W. Black, V.A. Gensini, M.Butler, C.Dunn, T.Gallo, M.R.Hunter, L.Lindsey, M.Phan, R.Scroggs, and S.Brustad, 2012: Analysis of Tornado Debris Trajectories During the 27 April 2011 Super Outbreak as Determined Using Social Media Data. 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Nashville, TN.
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