Dr. Kathy Sherman-Morris Assistant Professor Meteorology   Office: Hilbun Hall Room 301E Phone: (662) 325-4243 Fax: (662) 325-9423 kms5@geosci.msstate.edu

Kathy returned to Mississippi State in January, 2003 after completing her PhD coursework in geography at Florida State University. Her research interests include weather hazards, mass media and distance learning. At MSU, she combines all of these as a distance learning and broadcast meteorology instructor.

Outside of work, Kathy enjoys cooking, gardening and travel. She also enjoys spending time with her husband John, and dogs Mopey and Charlie. She originally is from Easton, Pennsylvania in the beautiful Lehigh Valley.

Education

PhD Geography 2006 Florida State University, FL. Dissertation: A Place for PSI: Finding a Role for Parasocial Interaction in Hazards Research

MS Geosciences 1999 Mississippi State University, MS.  Thesis: Perceptions of El Niño: The Effect of Media on Public Perception

BSE Social Studies, Geography Concentration and Minor 1997 Mansfield University, PA

Experience

Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, 2007

Instructor, Mississippi State University, 2003-2006

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, 2000-2002

Mentor, 2 + 2 Distance Learning Program, Florida State University, Fall 2000 and 2001

Field Assistant/Interviewer, Hazards Management Group, Summer 2000

Graduate Research Assistant, Florida State University, 1999-2000

Lecturer, Mississippi State University, Summer 1999

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mississippi State University, 1997-1999

Selected Publications and Presentations

Sherman-Morris, Kathleen (2005) Enhancing threat: Using cartographic principles to explain differences in hurricane threat perception. The Florida Geographer. vol. 36, pp. 61-83


Philip E. Steinberg and Kathleen Sherman-Morris (2004) People and Places: A Case Studies Workbook to accompany Human Geography by Knox and Marston (working title). Prentice Hall.

Philip E Steinberg, Andy Walter, and Kathleen Sherman-Morris (2002) Using the Internet to Integrate Thematic and Regional Approaches in Geographic Education. The Professional Geographer 54(3) 332-348.

Summer 2001, Paper presentation at International Symposium on Geographic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. San Marcos, TX; Your Place or Mine? Fusing Regional and Thematic Geography Through Web-based Collaborative Learning.

Spring 2000, Poster presentation at 96th annual meeting of AAG, Pittsburgh, PA; Tropical-Cyclone Induced Fatalities.

Professional Affiliations

National Weather Association
Association of American Geographers
Southeastern Division of AAG