Lisa Davis (formerly Boulton)

 

Department of Geography

University of Alabama

230 Farrah Hall, Box 870322

Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0322

(205) 348-4992; Fax (205) 348-2278

ldavis3@bama.ua.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. (2005) - Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville                                                                                   

 

Dissertation: Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Geomorphic Adjustment in Three Sub-Watersheds of the Hatchie River Basin, West Tennessee.  Advisor: Carol P. Harden, Ph.D.

 

M.Phil. (2003) - Geography, University of Wales, Swansea (U.K.)                          

 

Thesis: Temporal Variations of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Nant-y-Fendrod, South Wales, U.K.   Primary Supervisor: Rory P. D. Walsh, Ph.D., External Examiner: Dr. Ian Douglas of the University of Manchester.

 

B.A. (1998) - Geography (magna cum laude) with Geology (minor), University of Southern Mississippi

                                                                                                           

Senior Thesis: Accelerated Sedimentation Measured in a Storm Water Detention Reservoir: Potential Causes and    

            Downstream Effects.   Senior Thesis Advisor:  Scott Lecce, Ph.D.                                          

 

 

APPOINTMENTS

 

Current - August 2005               Assistant Professor of Geography, Dept. of Geography, University of Alabama.

 

July 2005 - July 2004                  Graduate Teaching Associate/Course Instructor, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Tennessee                                                           

July 2004 - June 2004                 Course Instructor and Mentor, Math Science Regional Center, Univ. of Tennessee

                                               

Jan. 2003 - Jan. 2002                  Graduate Teaching Associate/Course Instructor, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Tennessee                                                           

July - June 2002                         Course Instructor and Mentor, Math Science Regional Center, Univ. of Tennessee

                                               

Jan. 2002 - May 2001                 Head Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Tennessee  

                                               

May 2001 - Aug. 2000               Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Tennessee

                                               

May 2000 - Sept. 1998                Lab Demonstrator/Departmental Tutor, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Wales, Swansea  

                                               

Aug. 1998 - Aug. 1997               Lab Instructor, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Southern Mississippi

                                               

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

Jul. 2004 - Jan. 2003               Research Assistant: "Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Geomorphic Adjustment in Three Sub-Watersheds of the Hatchie River, West Tennessee."

                                                Contract and Grant Co-Awarded to: Dr. Carol P. Harden and Lisa Boulton (Dept. of Geography, UT) by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation                                                       and Global  Environmental Change Research Group, UT.

 

Fall, 2003                                Field Research Assistant:  "Ft. Loudon Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program"

                                                Contract Awarded to: Dr. Carol P. Harden, Dept. of Geography, UT by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

 

May, 2003                               Lead Field Research Assistant - Expedition to Bolivia: "Comparitive Land Use History in the New World Tropics: Reconstructing Regional Patterns"

                                                Principal Investigator: Dr. Sally Horn, Dept. of Geography, UT; Funded by a grant from the A. W. Mellon Foundation.

 

March, 2002                           Field Research Assistant - Expedition to Costa Rica: "Examination of Modern Vertisols in the Neo-Tropics as Analogues for Paleovertisols to Aid in Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction and Understanding the Effects of Land Use Change on Pedigenetic Processes" 

                                                Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Claudia Mora (Earth and Planetary Sciences, UT), Dr. Steve Driese (Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, formerly UT), and Dr. Cynthia Stiles (Soil Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, formerly UT); Funded by a grant from the Global Environmental Change Research Group, UT.

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Aug. 1998 - May 1998            Field Research Assistant, "Wetland Mitigation Group - Camp Shelby Mississippi" -

                                                Contract Awarded to: Dr. David Patrick, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Southern Mississippi by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Accepted. Davis, L., 2007. Geomorphic Constraints on Mussel Habitat, Bogue Chitto Creek, AL.  Paper Presentation, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April17 - 21.

Boulton, L., 2006. Characteristics of Bank Failure in Channelized, Tributary Streams. Poster Presentation, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Morgantown, WV, November 19 - 21.

Boulton, L., 2006. "Sediment Storage and Channel Widening in a Channelized Tributary Stream." Paper Presentation, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 7 - 11.

 

Boulton, L., 2005. "Reach Scale Sediment Processes in a Channelized Tributary." Poster Presentation, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL, November 20 - 22.

 

Boulton, L. and Harden, C. P., 2005.  "Changing Sediment Dynamics in an Adjusting Watershed." Paper Presentation, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April 5 - 9.

 

Boulton, L. and Harden, C. P., 2004.  "Reach continuity and its implications for understanding geomorphic adjustment processes in channelized streams." Paper Presentation, Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Biloxi, MS, Nov. 21 - 23.

 

Boulton, L. and Harden, C. P., 2004.  "Channel morphologic adjustment in response to channelization in three tributaries of the Lower Hatchie River, west Tennessee (U.S.A.)." Paper Presentation, 30th International Geographical Congress, Glasgow, Scotland (U.K.), August 15 - 20.

 

Boulton, L. and Harden, C. P., 2004. "Channel morphologic adjustment in response to channelization in Richland Creek, a tributary of the Hatchie River, west Tennessee." Paper Presentation, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 14 - 19.

 

Boulton, L. and Harden, C. P., 2004. "Including sediment dynamics in studies of geomorphic adjustment: preliminary results from a tributary of the Hatchie River, west Tennessee." Paper Presentation, American Water Resources Association - Tennessee Division, Montgomery Bell State Park, TN, March 31 - April 2.

 

Boulton, L. and Harden, C. P., 2003.  "Preliminary results from a study of geomorphic adjustment in Richland Creek, a tributary of the Hatchie River, west Tennessee." Poster Presentation, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, Nov. 22 - 25.

 

Boulton, L. and Grissino-Mayer, H., 2003. "Reconstructing gully activity using dendrochronology: an example from Red Bluff Gully, south-central Mississippi," Poster Presentation. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 5 - 8.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Davis, L., In Review.  Spatial patterns of geomorphic adjustment in channelized, tributary streams. Physical Geography.

 

Boulton, L. and Harden, C. P., 2004. Including sediment dynamics in studies of geomorphic adjustment: preliminary results from a tributary of the Hatchie River, west Tennessee. Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association - Tennessee Division, Montgomery Bell State Park, TN, March 31 - April 2. Non-Peer Reviewed.

 

Contributor to Matthews, J. A. (ed.), 2001. The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Environmental Change, Arnold Publishing.

 

Walsh, R. P. D., Thornton, G. J. P., Boulton, L., and Ellis, A. C., 2000. Changes in heavy metal pollution levels and dynamics in the Nant-y-Fendrod Stream since 1965 with rehabilitation of the Lower Swansea Valley, South Wales. Proceedings of Water in the Celtic World: Managing Resources for the 21st Century, July 3-7. Non-Peer Reviewed.

 

 

GRANTS AWARDED AS P.I. OR CO-P.I.

 

Pending                                     Alabama Water Resources Institute - USGS, $24,750: "Spatio-temporal complexity of geomorphic processes and sediment dynamics in an alluvial river." Principal                                                   Investigator, submitted with Derek Williamson (UA-Civil and Environmental Engineering).

 

April 2006                                 Research Advisory Committee, University of Alabama, $5,000.

 

Aug. 2005 - Mar., 2004        Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant - National Science Foundation, $9531: "Spatio-temporal patterns of geomorphic adjustment in three sub-                                                   watersheds of the Hatchie River, west Tennessee." Co-P.I. with Dr. Carol P. Harden.

 

May, 2004                                 Travel Grant - Association of American Geographers & the National Science Foundation, $1900: to present at the 30th International Geographical Congress,                                                   Glasgow, Scotland U.K.), August 15 - 20. 

 

Dec. 2003 - Jan. 2003                Research Contract - Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Matching Funds - Global Environmental Change Research Group (UT), $40,000                                                    (total award): "Geomorphic adjustment in three sub-watersheds of the Hatchie River, west Tennessee." Co-Awarded with Dr. Carol P. Harden.

 

  

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Association of American Geographers; Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers; American Geophysical Union; International Association of Geomorphologists.