Case’s Research Endeavors...

“If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.”

- Wittgenstein -

Academia often forces people to choose a very narrow specialty within an already-narrow sub-field, even while touting the need for broad applicability. I eschew this restrictive disciplinary practice – as I argue in this Op-Ed for the American Association of Geographers, Chapter Two of my book, & elsewhere – and instead choose to focus on bridging perceived divides between physical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. In fact, my books and peer-reviewed research span the discipline’s gamut: from Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles, Diversity and Sociocultural Impacts in the Andes, and Urban Geomorphology, to humanistic geography broadly speaking, sense of place, and actor-network theory. I’ve also been an invited reviewer for numerous books, articles, and grant proposals, served in multiple advisory capacities, presented my research or been an invited speaker over 60 times at different professional events, and authored 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in addition to more than two-dozen commentary and commission pieces. I am also Associate Director of the multi/trans/interdisciplinary Stone Heritage Research Alliance.

Current, Ongoing, and Past Projects

​Geomorphology & Rock/Stone Decay Science:

  Exploring the Science of Scenery...

• Petroglyph assessment in Petrified Forest NP (AZ)

• Citizen Science and Rock Art in Wadi Rum, Jordan

• RASI validated by Scanning Electron Microscopy

• Importance of terminology in Geomorphology

• Rock Decay & Cultural Resource Management

• RASI as a rock art management technique

• Geo-spatial advances in rock art assessment

• Rapid ecological assessments and hazards

• Biological soil crusts and biogeomorphology

• Biogeomorphology of desert fires

• Micrometeorology of Biological Soil Crusts

Experiential Education:

  Promoting in situ learning at all levels...

• Earning National Honors for Teaching!

• My Geography by Rail® program...

• Being named an Early Career Scholar by the Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education

• Using concept maps help validate fieldwork’s importance in learning (award winning paper) 

• Fieldwork’s role in rock & stone decay science 

• Online geography graduate programs 

• Critical pedagogy in geography 

Humanistic Geography:

  Appreciating the sense and spirit of place...

• Sense of Place in Jordan's Eastern Desert

• Experiencing Geography through Travel & Field Studies

• An Actor-Network view of Physical Geography

• Assessing Environmental and Landscape Change using Historic Repeat Photography: Tourism and Agriculture

• Using music to understand Geomorphology

• My invited reviews of Yi-Fu Tuan’s most recent books, Romantic Geography and The Last Launch

​Other Interests & Projects:

• Aesthetics and Architecture

• Area Studies (Arid Lands, Caribbean, Europe,
  Latin America, Japan, US West)

• Botany (and Phytogeography)

• Curriculum Development and Assessment

• Digital/GeoHumanities

• Field Studies/Methods/Techniques

• Geographic Thought & Epistemology

• Medieval & Renaissance Cartography

• Mythology, Religion, & Belief Systems

• Popular/New/Social Media

• Rock Art and Geoarchaeology