Chris Houser
Biographic Data
| ID | 3635401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Houser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Houser |
| SIGNATURE | HOUSER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Windsor |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7880-7619 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Perception of beach safety at a destination beach on the Great Lakes
Surf‐related drowning fatalities are a public health concern in the Great Lakes region of North America, and within Canada there are few beaches with lifeguards and no regional beach safety strategy. This short paper presents the results of a survey completed in the northern hemisphere summer of 2022 to determine the perceptions of beach users at Station Beach in Kincardine, Ontario, a popular tourist beach town on Lake Huron. Results suggest tha…
Textbook dune: Is there a representative and scale‐invariant beach‐dune profile
The Coastal Dune Model, used to examine controls on dune development and evolution, includes negative feedback between the wind and the evolving topography that results in a scale‐invariant beach‐dune profile. While a limited number of reference profiles appear to support the Coastal Dune Model assumption of scale‐invariance, previously published studies and conceptual models suggest that the beach‐dune profile is not scale‐invariant. Using a com…
The Field Geomorphologist in a Time of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
An increasing number of papers incorporate machine learning (ML) approaches to analyze spatially and temporally rich data sets in geomorphology. These data-driven approaches have the potential to significantly improve our understanding of complex systems across a range of scales and support the development of new theories of landform and landscape development that can eventually be incorporated into predictive models. Coupled with the growing ava…
Beach safety knowledge of visiting international study abroad students to Australia
Geomorphological Mapping and Geospatial Technology
Fieldwork and geomorphological mapping have been, and continue to be, important for the study of surface processes, process–form relationships, feedback mechanisms, system couplings, and landscape evolution. Geomorphological mapping has traditionally been a qualitative activity based upon human interpretation and intuition, but the rapid proliferation of geospatial technologies has transformed geomorphological assessment and mapping into an incre…
Riding the rip”: An experiential and integrated human–physical geography curriculum in Costa Rica
Integrating research into short-term study abroad programs is challenging because of language, fieldwork logistics, and traditional learning models based on passive classroom experiences. Experiential learning often makes use of research as experience, but relatively few examples integrate human and physical geography. Here, we describe an experiential and integrated human–physical undergraduate geography curriculum in Costa Rica. We combine rip …
Assessment of student and faculty mentor perceptions of an international undergraduate research program in physical geography
In this study, we assess whether students and their faculty mentors in a Research Experience for Undergraduates program have similar perceptions about the relative importance of different outcomes of their study abroad experience. Results of a Q-analysis reveal a significant difference of opinion between the students and the faculty mentors. It is argued that the faculty mentors need to spend more time in the field with their students and recogni…
Study Abroad Field Trip Improves Test Performance through Engagement and New Social Networks
Although study abroad trips provide an opportunity for affective and cognitive learning, it is largely assumed that they improve learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a study abroad field trip improved cognitive learning by comparing test performance between the study abroad participants (n = 20) and their peers who did not participate (n = 365). Test performance was statistically identical between these groups befo…
Study Abroad Field Trip Improves Test Performance through Engagement and New Social Networks
Although study abroad trips provide an opportunity for affective and cognitive learning, it is largely assumed that they improve learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a study abroad field trip improved cognitive learning by comparing test performance between the study abroad participants (n = 20) and their peers who did not participate (n = 365). Test performance was statistically identical between these groups befo…
Riding the rip”: An experiential and integrated human–physical geography curriculum in Costa Rica
Integrating research into short-term study abroad programs is challenging because of language, fieldwork logistics, and traditional learning models based on passive classroom experiences. Experiential learning often makes use of research as experience, but relatively few examples integrate human and physical geography. Here, we describe an experiential and integrated human–physical undergraduate geography curriculum in Costa Rica. We combine rip …
The Field Geomorphologist in a Time of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
An increasing number of papers incorporate machine learning (ML) approaches to analyze spatially and temporally rich data sets in geomorphology. These data-driven approaches have the potential to significantly improve our understanding of complex systems across a range of scales and support the development of new theories of landform and landscape development that can eventually be incorporated into predictive models. Coupled with the growing ava…
Beach safety knowledge of visiting international study abroad students to Australia
Assessment of student and faculty mentor perceptions of an international undergraduate research program in physical geography
In this study, we assess whether students and their faculty mentors in a Research Experience for Undergraduates program have similar perceptions about the relative importance of different outcomes of their study abroad experience. Results of a Q-analysis reveal a significant difference of opinion between the students and the faculty mentors. It is argued that the faculty mentors need to spend more time in the field with their students and recogni…
Study Abroad Field Trip Improves Test Performance through Engagement and New Social Networks
Although study abroad trips provide an opportunity for affective and cognitive learning, it is largely assumed that they improve learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a study abroad field trip improved cognitive learning by comparing test performance between the study abroad participants (n = 20) and their peers who did not participate (n = 365). Test performance was statistically identical between these groups befo…
Assessment of student and faculty mentor perceptions of an international undergraduate research program in physical geography
In this study, we assess whether students and their faculty mentors in a Research Experience for Undergraduates program have similar perceptions about the relative importance of different outcomes of their study abroad experience. Results of a Q-analysis reveal a significant difference of opinion between the students and the faculty mentors. It is argued that the faculty mentors need to spend more time in the field with their students and recogni…
Riding the rip”: An experiential and integrated human–physical geography curriculum in Costa Rica
Integrating research into short-term study abroad programs is challenging because of language, fieldwork logistics, and traditional learning models based on passive classroom experiences. Experiential learning often makes use of research as experience, but relatively few examples integrate human and physical geography. Here, we describe an experiential and integrated human–physical undergraduate geography curriculum in Costa Rica. We combine rip …
Geomorphological Mapping and Geospatial Technology
Fieldwork and geomorphological mapping have been, and continue to be, important for the study of surface processes, process–form relationships, feedback mechanisms, system couplings, and landscape evolution. Geomorphological mapping has traditionally been a qualitative activity based upon human interpretation and intuition, but the rapid proliferation of geospatial technologies has transformed geomorphological assessment and mapping into an incre…
Beach safety knowledge of visiting international study abroad students to Australia
Textbook dune: Is there a representative and scale‐invariant beach‐dune profile
The Coastal Dune Model, used to examine controls on dune development and evolution, includes negative feedback between the wind and the evolving topography that results in a scale‐invariant beach‐dune profile. While a limited number of reference profiles appear to support the Coastal Dune Model assumption of scale‐invariance, previously published studies and conceptual models suggest that the beach‐dune profile is not scale‐invariant. Using a com…
The Field Geomorphologist in a Time of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
An increasing number of papers incorporate machine learning (ML) approaches to analyze spatially and temporally rich data sets in geomorphology. These data-driven approaches have the potential to significantly improve our understanding of complex systems across a range of scales and support the development of new theories of landform and landscape development that can eventually be incorporated into predictive models. Coupled with the growing ava…
Perception of beach safety at a destination beach on the Great Lakes
Surf‐related drowning fatalities are a public health concern in the Great Lakes region of North America, and within Canada there are few beaches with lifeguards and no regional beach safety strategy. This short paper presents the results of a survey completed in the northern hemisphere summer of 2022 to determine the perceptions of beach users at Station Beach in Kincardine, Ontario, a popular tourist beach town on Lake Huron. Results suggest tha…
Geography (5 works) · Geology (4 works) · Geography Education and Pedagogy (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Cartography (2 works) · Coastal and Marine Dynamics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Data science (2 works)