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Texas State University

Dr. Jennifer Jensen

  • Chair - Professor - Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
  • ELA 355
  • tel:+15122451724
  • jj41@txstate.edu
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service

Featured grants

  • Yuan, Yihong (Principal), Jensen, Jennifer (Co-Principal). Developing a Web Mapping System for Election Precinct Search, Comal County Democrats, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $9989. (Submitted: April 2023, Funded: June 2023 - November 2024). Grant.
  • Jensen, Jennifer (Co-Principal), Green, Michael Clay (Principal), Hardy, Thomas (Co-Principal). Developing a process and conservation application for Landscape Conservation Design for the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative., Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $200000. (Funded: April 2017 - October 2018). Grant.
  • Jensen, Jennifer (Principal). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle monitoring of spectral response to plant productivity and mortality, Texas EcoLab; Brock Consulting Group, $149280. (Funded: January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2024). Grant.
  • Jensen, Jennifer (Principal). Mapping Historic and Current Ashe Juniper Presence and Abundance at Freeman Center Using Historic Aerial Photography and Multispectral Image Datasets, Texas State University, Research Enhancement Program Grant, $9980. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
  • Jensen, Jennifer (Principal). Texas Trends: Towards Developing An Interdisciplinary, Sustained Research Network in Land Change Science at Texas State University, Texas State University, Multi-disciplinary Internal Research Grant, $25000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
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Featured scholarly/creative works

  • Meitzen, K. M., Robertson, C. R., Jensen, J. L., Daugherty, D. J., Mayes, K. B., & Hardy, T. (2023). Applying Floodplain Inundation Modeling to Estimate Suitable Spawning Habitat and Recruitment Success for Alligator Gar in the Guadalupe River, Texas. Hydrology, 10(6), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10060123
  • Jensen, J., Pugh, G., & Wylie, A. G. (2024). Small Pond Classification in the Highland Lakes Watershed Using Sentinel 2 Imagery (p. 31). Austin, Texas, UA: Lower Colorado River Authority.
  • Jamil, R., Julian, J. P., Jensen, J., & Meitzen, K. M. (2024). Urban Green Infrastructure Connectivity: The Role of Private Semi-Natural Areas. Land.
  • Szpakowski, D. M., Jensen, J., Chow, T. E., & Butler, D. R. (2023). Assessing the use of Burn Ratios and Red-Edge Spectral Indices for Detecting Fire Effects in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Forests, 14(7), 1508. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3390/f1407150
  • Jensen, J. L. R., & Mathews, A. M. (2021). Terrain and surface modeling of vegetation height using simple linear regression. In Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data. CRC Press.
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Featured awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Professor Award, Geography and Environmental Studies Graduate Student Forum. 2023 - 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society (Texas State University). 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society (Texas State University). 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidental Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society (Texas State University). 2015
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Featured service activities

  1. Volunteer

    Hays County Election Clerk

    October 2019 - Present
  2. Member

    Vice President Information Techology Search Committee

    2023 - 2023
  3. Member

    Presidential Recuritment Task Force

    2022 - 2023
  4. Member

    Scheduling Committee

    2021 - 2023
  5. Member

    Faculty Senate Vice Chair

    2021 - 2023
  6. Chair

    Nontenure Line Faculty Committee

    2021 - 2023
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