Educational Background
B.A. (1989) - Department of Geography - Virginia Polytechnic University
Ph.D. (1998) - Department of Geography - University of North Carolina

Research Interest
My research interests fall broadly within the area of human-environment relations and human dimensions of global change. Much of my past research has focused on household level analysis of land management decisions to explore the spatial dimensions of deforestation and reforestation. I study the role of institutions and policy in local and regional level environmental change processes as well as the influence of various household dynamics (e.g. risk, vulnerability, uncertainty) in land change systems. Methodologically I utilize GIS, remote sensing, spatial modeling (particularly agent-based modeling) and experimental economics in many of my research projects.

Affiliations
Center for the Study of Instittions, Population and Environmental Change (Human Dimensions of Global Change)
Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis (Institutional Analysis and Design)
Interdisciplinary Experimental Laboratory (Experimental research in the Behavioral Sciences)
Carolina Population Center (University of North Carolina)
Association of American Geographers

Courses Taught
G338/G538 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science
G438/G539 - Advanced Geographic Information Science
G411/G511 - Sustainable Development

Representative Publications
Evans, T. P. and Kelley, H. In press. Assessing the transition from deforestation to forest regrowth with an agent-based model of land cover change for South-Central Indiana (USA). Geoforum.

Evans, T. P., Sun, W. and Kelley, H. 2006. Spatially Explicit Experiments for the Exploration of Land Use Decision-Making Dynamics. International Journal of Geographic Information Science. 20(9): 1013-1037.

Musacchio, L., Ozdenerol, E., Bryant, M. and Evans, T. P. 2005. Changing Landscapes, Changing Disciplines: Seeking to Understand Interdisciplinarity in Landscape Change Research. Landscape and Urban Planning.

Evans, T. P., and Kelley, H. 2004. Multi-scale analysis of a household level agent-based model of landcover change. Journal of Environmental Management. 72 (1-2), 57-72.

Evans, T. P., Ostrom, E., and Gibson, C. 2002. Scaling Issues with Social Data in Integrated Assessment Modeling. Integrated Assessment. 3 (2-3), 135-150.

Evans, T. P. and Moran, E. 2002. Spatial Integration of Social and Biophysical Factors Related to Landcover Change. Population and Development Review. Population and Environment: Methods of Analysis, W. Lutz, A. Prskawetz and W. Sanderson (eds). The Population Council, A Supplement to Vol. 28, 165-186.

Evans, T. P., Manire, A., De Castro, F., Brondizio, E. and McCracken, S. 2001. A Dynamic Model of Household Decision Making and Parcel Level Landcover Change in the Eastern Amazon. Ecological Modeling. 143 (1-2), 95-113.