Bio
Dr. Atkinson’s research interests revolve around understanding the capabilities and limitations of current and future satellite remote sensing systems, coupled with geographic information systems modeling, to examine regional scale environmental questions. He was named UNT’s Decker Scholar in 1997, for outstanding research in science and technology and Toulouse Scholar in 2008, for outstanding teaching and scholarly/creative achievements of the university's graduate faculty. He has authored or coauthored more than one-hundred scientific papers, technical reports, books, and book chapters. He research program has been funded by entities such as the Health Resources and Services Administration, NASA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Trinity River Authority, the Perot Group and others (more than $7.3 million). He has presented results of his research at over ninety scientific meetings around the world.
Education
Ph.D., Engineering and Applied Science; Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, 1985
M.S., Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, 1982
B.S., Biological Science, Oklahoma State University, 1979
Courses
BIOL 1132: Intro to Environmental Science
BIOL 4100: Intro to Environmental Impact Assessment
BIOL 5030: Foundations of Environmental Science
BIOL 5100: Environmental Impact
BIOL 6320: Remote Sensing
BIOL 6341: Advanced Impact Assessment
Articles
Canter, L.W., Atkinson, S.F. and Sadler, B. (2011). Special Issue on Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 31(5), 451-452.
Atkinson, S.F. and Canter, L.W. (2011). Assessing Cumulative Effects of Projects Using Geographic Information Systems. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 31(5), 457-464.
Canter, L.W. and Atkinson, S.F. (2011). Multiple Uses of Indicators and Indices in Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 31(5), 491-501.
More Articles
Slye, J.L., Kennedy, J.H., Johnson, D.R., Atkinson, S.F., Dyer, S.D., Ciarlo, M., Stanton, K., Sanderson, H., Nielsen, A.M., Price, B.B. (2011). Relationships Between Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Structure with Geospatial Habitat, In-Stream Water Chemistry, and Surfactants in the Effluent Dominated Texas Trinity River. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30(5), 1127-1138.
Canter, L.W., Atkinson, S.F. and Sadler, B. (2010). Introduction to a Special Issue on Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 28(4), 259-260.
Canter, L.W. and Atkinson, S.F. (2010). Adaptive Management with Integrated Decision Making – An Emerging Tool for Cumulative Effects Management. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 28(4), 287-297.
Becker, W., Nennich T.D. and Atkinson, S.F. (2010). Survivability of Bovine Derived Escherichia coli Subjected to Temperatures Typical of Summer in Texas. Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 23, 19-25.
Atkinson, S.F., Hunter, B.A. and English, A.R. (2010). Prioritizing Riparian Corridors for Water Quality Protection in Urbanizing Watersheds. Journal of Water Resources and Protection. 2, 675-682.
Williamson, P. Billingsley, P., Teltow, G., Seals, J., Turnbough, M. and Atkinson, S. (2010). Borrelia, Ehrlichia and Rickettsia spp. in Ticks Removed from Humans, Texas. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 16(3), 441-446.
Atkinson, S.F., Johnson, D.R., Venables, B.J., Slye, J.L., Kennedy, J.R., Dyer, S.D., Price, B.B., Ciarlo, M., Stanton, K., Sanderson, H., and Nielsen, A.M. (2009). Use of Watershed Factors to Predict Consumer Surfactant Toxic Units in the Upper Trinity River, Texas. Science of the Total Environment. 407(13), 4028-4037.
Books and Books Edited
Avina, A., Tiwari, C., Williamson, P.C., Oppong, J. and Atkinson, S.F. (2011) Chapter 18: A Spatially Explicit Environmental Health Surveillance Framework for Tick-Borne Diseases, in Maantay JA and McLafferty S, eds, Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health – Geotechnologies and the Environment. 4(3), 357-371.
Atkinson, S.F. Chapter 13: Water Impact Assessment, in Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment. Petts, J., editor. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England.
Atkinson, S.F., Acevedo, M.F., Dickson, K.L and Rolbiecki, D.A. Distinguishing Between Chlorophyll-a and Suspended Solids in Lake Water using Hyperspectral Data. Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems and Hydrology. Engman, E.T., editor. International Society for Optical Engineering.
More Books
Educating Environmental Scientists for the 21st Century, in After Earth Day - Continuing the Conservation Effort Dickson, K.L., Schoolmaster, F.A. and Atkinson, S.F. University of North Texas Press.
Ground Water Contamination from Saltwater Intrusion and Limitation on Agricultural Activities, in Ground Water Quality and Agricultural Practices (Fairchild, D. M., editor) Atkinson, S.F. Lewis Publishers.
Posters/Presentations
Kala, A.K., Atkinson, S.F., and Mikler, A. (2012) West Nile Virus Disease Prediction Modeling Using GIS Techniques. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York City, New York, February 24-28.
Avina, A., Atkinson, S.F., Frank,D.M., Pierce, K., Illoldi-Rangel, P., Rivaldi, C, Scheurmann, J., Sarkar, S. and Williamson, P.C. (2010). The Ecology of Vectors and the Epidemiology of Two Tick-borne Diseases in Texas. 60th James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man, Austin, Texas, June 9-11.
Avina, A., Tiwari C, Williamson, P.C., Oppong, J., Atkinson, S.F. (2010). A Spatially Explicit Environmental Health Surveillance Framework for Tick-Borne Diseases. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, April 14-18, Washington, D.C.
More Presentations
Canter, L.W. and Atkinson, S.F. (2008a). Adaptive Management and Integrated Decision Making – An Emerging Tool for Cumulative Effects Management. Presented at the International Association for Impact Assessment, Assessing and Managing Cumulative Environmental Effects, Special Topic Meeting, November 6-9, 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Canter, L.W. and Atkinson, S.F. (2008b). Environmental Indices and Habitat Suitability Models. Presented at the International Association for Impact Assessment, Assessing and Managing Cumulative Environmental Effects, Special Topic Meeting, November 6-9, 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Atkinson, S.F., Canter, L.W. and Mangham, W.M. (2008). Multiple Uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA). Presented at the International Association for Impact Assessment, Assessing and Managing Cumulative Environmental Effects, Special Topic Meeting, November 6-9, 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Atkinson, S.F., Kennedy, J., Slye, J., Johnson, D. and Venables, B. (2008). Aquatic Habitat Modeling via Watershed Data Using GIS Modeling. Presented at the International Association for Impact Assessment, Assessing and Managing Cumulative Environmental Effects, Special Topic Meeting, November 6-9, 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Atkinson, S.F. (2005). Cumulative Effects Analysis for Environmental Impact Assessment. Presented at the 2005 Advanced Environmental Law for EoD Environmental Professionals Symposium, Washington, D.C., June 9-10.
Atkinson, S.F. (2005). Landuse Change in North Central Texas as observed by Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery. presented at the NASA Texas GIS Forum, Austin, Texas, April 26.
