Peter Howe

S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | Environment and Society

Associate Dean for Strategic Academic Initiatives


Peter Howe

Contact Information

Office Hours: By Appointment
Office Location: NR 218
Phone: (435) 797-9457
Email: peter.howe@usu.edu
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Educational Background

PhD, Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, 2012
Fingerprints of Global Warming on Public Perceptions and Beliefs
MS, Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, 2009
Hurricane Risk Perceptions and Preparedness among Florida Business Owners
BA, Political Science, (International Studies), Arizona State University, 2007
BS, Geography, (Geographic Information Science), Arizona State University, 2007
Imparting the Waters: Discourse Geographies of an Arizona Water Rights Settlement

Biography

Peter D. Howe is the Associate Dean for Strategic Academic Initiatives in the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and a Professor of Geography in the Department of Environment and Society. Dr. Howe is a human-environment geographer and environmental social scientist whose research focuses on public perceptions of climate change and environmental risks, using large-scale social surveys, geospatial analysis, statistical modeling, and geovisualization.

Teaching Interests

GIS, geospatial analysis, natural hazards, human-environment geography

Research Interests

human dimensions of global change, risk perception, climate change vulnerability and adaptation, natural hazards, spatial analysis, survey methods, GIS, multilevel modeling, geovisualization

Awards

Faculty Researcher of the Year, 2019

S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources

Warren J. Mitofsky Innovators Award co-recipient, 2018

American Association for Public Opinion Research

Fellow, Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards & Disasters Researchers Fellowship Program, 2014

National Science Foundation

Selected participant, DISCCRS VIII Symposium, 2013

Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research, National Science Foundation

Finalist, J. Warren Nystrom Award, 2013

Association of American Geographers


    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Howe, P., Olson-Hazboun, S., (2018). Public Opinion on Climate Change in the United States: Trends, Factors, and Implications for Rural America: Approaches to Address Climate Change at the Local Level. Routledge

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Publications | Fact Sheets

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

Public or Trade Journal

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | MultiMedia

Software

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Publications | Technical Reports

AES Reports

    Research Reports

    Other Reports

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Publications | Other

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Teaching

      ENVS 6889 - Environmental Risks and Decision Making, Fall 2025
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2025
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2025
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2025
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2025
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2024
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2024
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2024
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2024
      CAS 6889 - Environmental Risks and Decision Making, Fall 2023
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2023
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2023
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2023
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2023
      CAS 6889 - Environmental Risks and Decision Making, Fall 2022
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2022
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2022
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2022
      GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2022
      GEOG 6400, 4400 - Natural Hazards and Society, Fall 2022
      GEOG 4210 - Geography of Utah, Spring 2022
      CAS 6889 - Environmental Risks and Decision Making, Fall 2021
      GEOG 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2021
      GEOG 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2021
      GEOG 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2021
      GEOG 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2021
      CAS 6889 - Environmental Risks and Decision Making, Fall 2019
      GEOG 4400 - Natural Hazards and Society, Fall 2019
      ENVS 6700, 7700 - Research Approaches in Environment and Society, Fall 2019
      CAS 6889 - Environmental Risks and Decision Making, Fall 2018
      GEOG 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2018
      ENVS 6700, 7700 - Research Approaches in Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Science and Management, Fall 2018
      GEOG 4400, 6400 - Natural Hazards and Society, Spring 2018
      GEOG 4400 - Natural Hazards and Society, Spring 2018
      CAS 6889 - Environmental Risks and Decision Making, Fall 2017
      ENVS, GEOG, WILD 1800, 6900 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2017
      GEOG 4210 - Geography of Utah, Spring 2017
      ENVS, GEOG, WILD 1800, 6900 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2016
      HONR 4900 - Senior Thesis/Project, Spring 2016
      GEOG 4950, 6900 - Special Topics, Spring 2016
      ENVS 6900 - Graduate Special Topics, Fall 2015
      GEOG, WILD 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2015
      GEOG 6900 - Climate and Society, Spring 2015
      GEOG 4210 - Geography of Utah, Spring 2015
      GEOG 6900 - Graduate Special Topics, Spring 2015
      GEOG,WILD 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2014
      GEOG 4210 - Geography of Utah, Spring 2014
      GEOG 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Fall 2013

      Graduate Students Mentored

      Jared Young, Environment & Society, August 2024
      Rachel Clarke, Environment & Society, August 2022
      Jace Colby, Environment & Society, September 2023 - May 2027
      Jace Colby, Environment & Society, January 2022 - August 2023
      Brittany Shield, Environment & Society, August 2018 - May 2023
      Kane Cook, Environment & Society, August 2020 - December 2022
      Yajie Li, Environment & Society, August 2015 - December 2021
      Kirsten Goldstein, Environment & Society, August 2017 - December 2019
      Emily Esplin, Environment & Society, August 2016 - December 2018
      Forrest Schoessow, Environment & Society, August 2015 - May 2018
      Karen Mendenhall, Other, May 2015 - May 2018


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