Geosciences
Assistant Professor
Research Areas: GIScience, Remote Sensing, Applied GIS, Drones / Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UASs), LiDAR, Geographic Data Collection, Water Quality, Water Resources, Honey bees, Glacial Archaeology
Office: 2046F Haley Center
Lab: 2130 Haley Center
Address:
2050 Beard Eaves Coliseum
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-4069
E-Mail: s.rogers@auburn.edu
Bio
Dr. Rogers is a tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Science (GIScience) in the Department of Geosciences at Auburn University. She joined Auburn in January of 2017. Prior to commencing her current position, she was a Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor within the same department. She has taught many geospatial courses including Introduction to GIS, Quantitative Methods and Spatial Analysis, Drones and Geospatial Applications, and Geographic Field Methods and enjoys the challenge of keeping up with technology.
Dr. Rogers is broadly trained in geography with expertise in geographic information science (GIScience) and applied GIS. Her current research interests span several different research domains including: the use and effectiveness of geographic data production using unoccupied aerial systems (UAS), human perceptions and spatiotemporal analyses of water quality and contamination, the effects of environmental characteristics on honey bee colony mortality across the United States, glacial archaeology, Participatory GIS, and citizen science. She leads the Geospatial Innovation, Development, and Environmental Applications (GeoIDEA) lab within the geography section of the Department of Geosciences.
Dr. Rogers earned her PhD in Geography in 2014 from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland where she worked on a multidisciplinary project with archaeologists, historians, and glaciologists to model glacial archaeological potential in the Pennine Alps using geospatial methods. She received her MS in Applied Geomatics from Acadia University (Wolfville, NS, Canada) in 2010 where she was co-advised by Dr. Nelson O’Driscoll (Acadia) and Dr. Tim Webster from the Center of Geographic Sciences (COGS) and tested cutting edge fluorescence LiDAR technology for monitoring dissolved organic matter in the Bay of Fundy and Annapolis Basin. Dr. Rogers completed her BA in Geography from Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, NS, Canada) in 2007.
In her spare time, Dr. Rogers loves to be outside with Geoff, Ruby, and Arthur, either hiking, camping, playing a racquet sport, looking for the nearest body of water (preferably the ocean), or eating.
The GeoIDEA Lab 