Douglas W. Gamble
Professor
Education
B.A. In International Studies, Miami University (Ohio)
M.A. in Geography, University of Georgia
Ph.D. in Geography, University of Georgia
Specialization in Teaching
Dr Gamble has taught a wide-variety of physical and environmental geography courses with a focus on field courses and applied learning. He has received the National Council in Geographic Education Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award (2005), Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers Excellence in Teaching Award (2009), and the UNCW Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award (2010).
Research Interests
Dr. Gamble is an applied climatologist with interests in hydrology, climate variability, and coastal and island environments of the Caribbean and southeastern US. His current research projects included investigation of drought and double exposure vulnerability of Caribbean small-holding farmers and the relationship between precipitation event characteristics and atmospheric pollution in the Cape Fear Region. His research has received funding from the National Science Foundation, and NOAA, and been published in a variety of journals including Annals of the Association of American Geographers, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Coastal Research, and Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. Nearly half of his publications are co-authored with students.
Honors & Awards
The Principal's Research Award for Best Publication in the Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, University of West Indies-Mona, 2011. Paper: Climate change, drought, and Jamaican agriculture: local knowledge and the climate record. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100(4), pp. 880-893
Two papers (Gamble and Curtis, 2008 and Gamble et al., 2010) cited in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2013 Fifth Assessment Report: The Physical Science Basis and Impacts, Adaption, and Vulnerability volumes.