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Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

University of Arkansas

Chris Angel

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Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
Environmental Dynamics
University of Arkansas
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Chris is a Doctoral Academy Fellow and has been involved with CAST since 2006 working mainly with the Center's EAST Initiative team, educating 5-12 grade students in the use of GIS, GPS, Web Design, and 3D visualization software and techniques. Chris has professional experience working in GIS/GPS, Cartography, Urban Planning, Secondary Education, Web Design & Development, Remote Sensing, and human geography. Previous research focus includes spatial analysis of nomadic settlements near Petra, Jordan working with the Petra Project.

Chris is working to complete the Ph.D. in the Environmental Dynamics program at the University of Arkansas through funding provided by the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies. 

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. University of Arkansas, Environmental Dynamics, 2013 - Dissertation Title: "Comprehensive Analysis of Nabataean Urban Geography and Morphology in Petra, Jordan"
Specialty: Urban Geography of the Classical & Developing World, Ancient Urban Geography, Middle East and North Africa, Cartography, Advanced Geospatial Analysis 

M.A. University of Arkansas, Geography, 2008 - Thesis: "Umm Sayhoun: a unique permanent Bedouin settlement in Southern Jordan"
Specialty: Middle East and North Africa, Urban Geography, Cartography 

B.A. Arkansas Tech University, History & Political Science in Secondary Education, Minor: Philosophy, 2004 cum laude
Arkansas Initial Teacher's Licensure - 2006

COURSES TAUGHT:

Human Geography (Summer 2012) 
GEOS Introduction to Cartography (Fall 2010 & Fall 2011)
GEOG 410V - Urban Geography: From the Classical to the Developing World (Fall 2012) 

CO-TEACHING/GUEST LECTURES

Geography of the Middle East & North Africa (Fall 2011 & Fall 2012)
Urban Geography (Spring 2012)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Urban Morphology of Ancient and Contemporary Developing World Settings
Innovative Techniques in Cartographic Analyses
Urban Geography of the Middle East, North Africa, and the Developing World  

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (Articles & Chapters):

2011 "Umm Sayhoun: Culture, History and Geography." Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra: Drive to Development or Destruction. Springer Press.

2011 "Umm Sayhoun: Geography and History of a Permanent Bedouin Settlement above Petra, Jordan." Annual Department of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ), 55.

PUBLICATIONS (Maps):

"Oblique 3-D view of the Valley of Petra," ArcNews Summer 2012

"3-D View of Petra: Digital Elevation Model with Monuments" in "Archaeologists Dig up New Uses for GIS" Cadalyst Sept. 2012

PRESENTATIONS:

Holistic Assessment of Nabataean Urban Geography and Morphology in Petra, Jordan. Association of American Geographers, April 2013

Preliminary Assessment of Nabataean Urban Morphology in Petra, Jordan. The American Assocaition for the Advancement of Science: Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division. April 2012

Umm Sayhoun: Evolution and Morphology of a Bedouin town above Petra, Jordan. Association of American Geographers, April 2011

Evolutionand Morphology of a Bedouin town above Petra, Jordan. Association of American Geographers, April 2010

Umm Sayhoun: a Bedouin settlement in Southern Jordan. Invited to present in ICAHM's Landscape Preservation - Sixth Annual World Archaeological Congress in Dublin, Ireland. July 2008.

Umm Sayhoun: a unique permanent settlement in Jordan. Presentation for GIS Day, University of Arkansas, November 2008.