Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1980
Other Distinguished Designations:
- Graduate Director of Geography Department
- Co-Executive Director, Applied Geography Conferences
- Faculty Master of Dickinson College
Teaching specialties:
- Natural Hazards
- Water Resources Management
- Environmental Impact Analysis
Research interests:
- Hazard Policy
- Disaster recovery patterns of the elderly
- Vulnerability of people and places
- E.I.S.
Recent Projects/Research Undertaken:
- Determining the vulnerability to hazards by using GIS
- Comparing warning and mitigation strategies in Slovenia and the U.S.
Recent Publications:
- Montz, B.E. and J. Cross and S. Cutter. 2003. Hazards. In Wilmott, C. (Ed.) Geography in America. Forthcoming
- Tobin, G.A. and B.E. Montz. 2003. "Natural hazards and technology vulnerability, risk and community response in hazardous environments." In Brunn, S., S. Cutter, and J.W. Harrington (eds.) Technoearth: Geographic Perspectives on Technology and Society. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Forthcoming.
- Montz, B.E. 2001. "Assessing the effects and effectiveness of flashflood mitigation strategies". In Gruntfest E. and J. Handmer (Eds.) Coping with Flash Floods. Doredrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 123-134.
- Montz, B.E. and E. Gruntfest. 2002. "Flashflood mitigation: recommendations for research and applications". Environmental Hazards 4: 15-22.
- Montz, B.E. 2001. "The politics of pesticides: geographic patterns of commercial applications in New York". Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences 24: 218-225.