Melissa Scott Brown, Center for Spatial Analysis

Melissa Scott Brown

Assistant Director of Research and Education

(405) 325-4871,

Melissa Scott Brown
Center for Spatial Analysis
3100 Monitor Ave, Ste 180
Norman, OK 73072-7807

Education

  • M.A. Geography, 2009, University of Oklahoma
  • B.A. Geography,  2004, University of Oklahoma

Research Interests

  • Integrating qualitative, non-spatial data in geographic information systems
  • Bridging the socio-cultural and spatial subfields of geography

Current Research

  • Comparing semantic and spatial similarity of culture groups

Grants & Awards

  • 2009 University of Oklahoma Organizational Staff Council Distinguished Service Award 
  • 2008 Richard L. Nostrand Award for Excellence in Cultural Geography
  • 2007 Design and Implementation of a Public Participatory Geospatial Web Portal for Reporting and Updating Lake Record Fish. Principle Investigator: Rashed, Co-Investigator: Brown. May 1, 2007-April 30, 2008. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation - $144,318
  • 2007 Ralph E. and Margaret Olson Graduate Scholarship
  • 2004 Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Consortium funding for GeoGirl program
  • 2004 Clyde Bollinger Award
  • 2003 Ralph E. and Margaret Olson Undergraduate Scholarship
  • 1998 Executive Women International Scholarship

Conference Presentations & Papers

  • Cheuk, M.L., M. Brown, and M. Yuan.  2005.  Developing a 3-D model of    
    downtown Oklahoma City using LiDAR data.  2005 Annual Meeting of the
    Association of American     Geographers.   
  • Fagin, T.D. and M. Brown. 2003. From a Treeless Prairie to an Urban Forest:
    the transformation of the biogeography of Norman, Oklahoma, 1820 -Present. Inaugural Meeting of the International Biogeography Society. 
    Mesquite, NV.

Publications

  •  Purcell, D., Brown, M.S., and Gokmen, M. 2009. Achmed the Dead Terrorist and Humor in Popular Geopolitics. GeoJournal. DOI 10.1007/s10708-009-9258-9
  • Fagin, T.D. and M. Brown.  2004.  Historical Accounts of the Transformation  
    of  a Prairie Town. Oklahoma Native Plant Record, Vol. 3 (1) 51- 67.

Professional Development & Synergistic Activities

  • Rethink, Recycle, Redesign Art Show - planning committee
  • Geoinformatics-  planning committee
  • Cleveland County 4H Geospatial Team - Alert, Evacuate, Shelter adult sponsor
  • Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Consortium - project coordinator

Personal Interests

Hiking, biking, reading, sleeping and other things I used to do before I went to grad school.