Burrell E. Montz Department of Geography Brewster A-228 East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 montzb@ecu.edu Office:  (252) 328-6086  Fax:     (252) 328-6054 Dept:    (252) 328-6230	Background and Projects: B.A. Mary Washington College (mentor: Marshall Bowen) M.S. Oklahoma State University (mentor: Richard Hecock) Ph.D. University of Colorado (mentor: Gilbert White) I spent some time between graduate degrees as a planner and environmental consultant. After Colorado, I was on the faculty at Binghamton University where I was part of the Geography Department and the Environmental Studies Program. I joined the ECU Department of Geography in 2009, where I currently serve as Chair. I have been fortunate in that my research has taken me to various places in the United States as well as to New Zealand, Italy, and Slovenia. I enjoy interdisciplinary research and the opportunity to work with colleagues in different departments. My students are currently working on projects addressing coastal planning and vulnerability, the vulnerability of migrant farm workers, and the use of weather information by various emergency managers.
Research interests: Natural Hazards      Policy Warning response      Vulnerability Water Resources   Planning & Management      Non-point Source Mgmt      Watershed Mgmt Environmental Analysis      Impact Assessment      Planning and Policy Current Projects: 1. Weather &Emergency Management Decision Making 2. WAS*IS North Carolina 3. Integrating social science into coastal observing and the weather enterprise
Recent publications and work in progress: Tobin, G.A. and B.E. Montz. Forthcoming. Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration.  2nd Edition. New York: Guilford Publishing. Montz, B.E. and G.A. Tobin. Floods. In B. Warf (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Geography. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA. Forthcoming. Montz, B.E. and Tobin, G.A. 2010. Natural hazards: an evolving tradition in applied geography. Applied Geography. Forthcoming. Carson, S.E. and B.E. Montz. 2009. Planning for climate change: an analysis of vulnerability in Suffolk County, New York. Environmental Hazards 8:133-148. Montz, B.E. 2009. Emerging issues and challenges: natural hazards. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 141: 1-4. Montz, B.E. 2008. Client-driven education? Issues for an applied geography curriculum. In Bailly, A., L.J. Gibson and  K.H. Haynes. Applied Geography for the Entrepreneurial University. Economica Editions: Paris. pp. 41-49. Montz, B.E. and G.A. Tobin. 2008. Livin’ large with levees: lessons learned and lost. Natural Hazards Review 9(3): 150-157. Montz, B.E. and G.A. Tobin. 2008. From false sense of security to residual risk: communicating the need for new floodplain development models. Geograficky Casopis (Geographical Journal) of the Slovak Academy of Sciences 60 (1): 3-14. Knuepfer, P.L.K. and B.E. Montz. 2008. Flooding and watershed management. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 138: 45-51.