Dr. Shadi Malek

Dr. Shadi Maleki is a UCGIS TRELIS fellow recipient of the NSF-funded Carolyn Mary Mini Grant to study gender disparity, work-life integration, and mentorship opportunities for people working in the geospatial field.

She is passionate about using GIS to study community health, resilience, and sustainability and has years of teaching and research experience in this field.

Dr. Maleki has a Ph.D. in Geographic Information Science from Texas State University and worked as a visiting faculty at Clark University prior to joining THRC.

Relevant Publications

Maleki, S., Hagelman III, R. R., & Lavy, B. L. (2022). Neighborhood Child Friendliness: A Comparative Analysis of Parental Landscape Perceptions and Geographic Information Systems-Based Urban Planning Indexes. The Professional Geographer, 1-14.

Maleki, S., Julian, J. P., Weaver, R. C., Lopez, C., & Kraft, M. (2022). Social Demand for Urban Wilderness in Purgatory. Ieva Misiune Daniel Depellegrin, 247.

Maleki, S., & Mohammadalizadehkorde, M. (2021). A Visual Insight Into Tweeting Activity Before and During Natural Disasters: Case Study of Hurricane Harvey. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR), 12(3), 1-15.

Ashford-Hanserd, S., Sarmiento, E., Myles, C. C., Rayburn, S. W., Roundtree, A. K., Hayton, M. P., ... & Maleki, S. (2020). African American Experiences in the Historic Dunbar Neighborhood in San Marcos, Texas: A Case Study of Counter-Life Stories. Social Sciences, 9(10), 177.

Maleki, S., Warren, E., Hagelman III, R. R., Navarro, A., & Wait, M. Investigating Children’s Field Trip Experiences Through Sketch Maps.