Teaching Responsibilities

Geography of Natural Hazards, Human-Environment Interaction, Physical Geography, Global Geography.

PhD Geography, Louisiana State University 1999
MA Geography, University of Arkansas 1990
BS Agriculture, University of Arkansas 1980

Research Interests

Natural Hazards: Public policy, public awareness of hurricanes and tornadoes, landuse planning, National Flood Insurance Program.

Selected Publications

Chaney, P.L. 2007. Storm overwash and the knickpoint effect: Northwest Florida Coast, USA.Journal of Coastal Research 23 (1): 247-254.

Chaney, P. 2005. Spatial distribution pattern of tornado touchdowns in Alabama. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 28: 206-215.

Silapajarn, O., Boyd, C.E., Silapajarn, K. and Chaney, P.L. 2004. Effects of channel catfish farming on water quality in Big Prairie Creek, Hale County, Alabama. Bulletin 654, April 2004, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, Alabama. 51 pp.

Chaney, P.L. 2003. Tornado warning siren coverage in Lee County, Alabama: a GIS analysis case study. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 26: 352-360.

Chaney, P.L. 2002. A climatology of tropical cyclone activity in Alabama: 1886-1999. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 73 (1): 7-20.

Beck, J.M., Shaw, J.N., Chaney, P.L. and Hairston, J.E. 2002. Image rectification for recompiling and digitizing soil survey maps. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 57 (2): 95-100.

Chaney, P.L. and Stone, G.W. 1996. Soundside erosion of a nourished beach and implications for winter cold front forcing: West Ship Island, Mississippi. Shore & Beach 64 (1): 27-33.

Stahle, D.W. and Chaney, P.L. 1994. A predictive model for the location of ancient forests. Natural Areas Journal, Summer 1994: 151-158.