Patrick Abbott
Professor EmeritusCollege of SciencesGeological SciencesÉ«ÇéÊÓƵ[email protected]619-594-5586Area of Expertise
Natural disasters, earthquakes, emergency preparation, impact of humankind upon the earth, ancient climates
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Natural disasters, earthquakes, emergency preparation, impact of humankind upon the earth, ancient climates
Middle Eastern politics, political theory, Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian relations and conflict.
Organization behavior, legislators’ behavior, legislative institutions, Lebanon, Iraq, capacity building, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Middle East water conflict and homelessness.
Developmental Language Disorder, child language development and vocabulary learning.
Deforestation, economic development in less developed countries, natural resources and development, natural resource curse, environmental conservation, and trade and the environment
Soviet Union/Russia, Central Asia, Soviet Tajikistan, Soviet emancipation of women, Middle East and Gender
American politics, public policy, state and local politics, political behavior, intergovernmental relations
Computational mechanics, multiscale modeling of materials and material design.
Weather, hydrology, climate, climate change, meteorology, rainfall, precipitation, El Nino effect.
Autonomy, robot perception, robot learning, nonlinear dynamic systems and control and acoustics.
Women in Asia, women and international development, women, race, and class, feminist theory, privilege and oppression.
Child rights, youth activism, families and communities, geography of film and spatial philosophies.
Construction robotics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), future of work, digital transformation, interdisciplinary education, and workforce development.
Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine/Russia public opinion, societies and politics, great power competition around Eurasia & U.S. security challenges, ethnopolitical conflict and migration and ethnic relations in the former Soviet Union.
Bilingual credentials, dual language professional development/programs and Mexico international programs.
Spanish medieval and early modern literature and culture, book history, manuscript studies, interaction of popular and learned cultures, material culture, Miguel de Cervantes’s works, practices of reading and writing, poetry, and transatlantic studies –the Iberian Peninsula and colonial Mexico. The modern Mexican ballad (corrido), poetry, lyrics, ballads.
Computer networking, information systems, Internet, routing, net neutrality, information security, cyber security, firewalls, next-generation anti-virus, malware, attribution, cyber sabotage, cyber warfare, cyberwar, cyber terrorism, cyber crime, dark net, TOR, credit card fraud, computer crime, phishing, staying safe online, online shopping safety and internet crimes.
Air quality modeling, measurements of air pollution, source apportionment, health impacts, short-lived climate pollutants, environmental justice and community-based research/
New media, media studies, radio, social media (Twitter, Web 2.0, Facebook), relationship between technology and culture, social history of electronic communication from early radio to wireless delivery
Obesity prevention, physical activity promotion, health equity, cancer prevention, Latino health and dissemination and implementation science.
Intercultural communication, global health inequities, LGBTQ empowerment and social justice.
US foreign policy history; US presidential history; Cold War history; Vietnam War; history of US wars and international diplomacy and negotiations.
Latino health, family health, community health, obesity, nutrition, asthma control, diabetes control, acculturation, grocery stores and restaurants.
Polymers, mucus, reversible crosslinked networks and memory of matter.
Ceramic analysis, contextual analysis, depositional analysis, archaeological method and theory, archaic states, Mesoamerican cultural history, Maya archaeology, Maya ethnology, Eastern Mesoamerica and Central America. Archaeology, prehistory, cultural history and archaeological ceramics of parts of Belize, Guatemala and Mexico.
International business international trade, U.S. competitiveness, and trade policy.
Plant and animal ecology; insect ecology; habitat restoration, conservation, and biodiversity in grasslands.
Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza, modern philosophy, Oliva Sabuco, Ann Conway and mediaeval philosophy.
Hacking, cybersecurity, information security and privacy.
Communication and cancer (in the clinic and among family members), doctor-patient communication, communication in the courtroom, relational communication, healthcare and conversational and institutional interactions.