Faculty Profile for Dr. Kimberly Michelle Meitzen
Dr. Kimberly Michelle Meitzen
Associate Professor — Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
ELA 382
phone: (512) 245-1336
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Meitzen, K. M. (2023). Geomorphic Impacts of Dam Removal. In The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. Wiley. https://doi.org/https://doi-org.libproxy.txstate.edu/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg2162
- 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
- Lookingbill, T. R., Meitzen, K. M., & Julian, J. P. (2022). Riverscapes. In The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Ecology. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/https://doi-org.libproxy.txstate.edu/10.4324/9780429399480
- Dascher, E. D., & Meitzen, K. M. (2020). Dams are Coming Down, but not Always by Choice: The Geography of Dam Distributions, Failures, and Removals in Texas. Texas Water Journal. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v11i1.7092
- Manning, A. B., & Meitzen, K. M. (2019). Blanco River Riparian Forest Regeneration Following a Record Flood in Central Texas. Southwestern Naturalist. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1894/0038-4909-64.3-4.195
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Richard Wayne Simmons Geography Advocate Award, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. 2023
- Award / Honor Nominee: San Marcos Women's Hall of Fame, City of San Marcos. 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Research Award, Texas State University. 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Queen of the River, Mermaid Society of San Marcos Texas. 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award in Service, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. 2021
Selected Grants
- Julian, Jason Paul (Principal), Meitzen, Kimberly Michelle, Butler, David R. Resilience and Bio-Geomorphic Systems: The 48th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, NSF-Geomorphology & Land Use Dynamics, Federal, $39250. (Funded: 2017 - 2018). Grant.
- Meitzen, Kimberly Michelle (Principal). Research Enhancement Proposal, Texas State University. Reconstructing an Old-Growth Cypress Forest from Legacy Effects of Historic Logging, $8000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
- Meitzen, Kimberly Michelle. Friends of Congaree Swamp Research Grant, Friends of Congaree Swamp, $500. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
- Meitzen, Kimberly Michelle. Society of Wetland Scientist Student Research Grant, Society of Wetland Scientists, $500. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
- Meitzen, Kimberly Michelle. Biogeography Specialty Group PhD Student Research Grant, Biogeography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, $700. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Hydrology
2024-Present
Member
Major Events Committee
2024-Present
Member
Conservation Measures Subcommittee Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan (EAHCP)
2024-Present
Member
Upper San Marcos River Watershed Protection Planning Team with the City of San Marcos
2024-Present
Member
National Academy of Sciences and Engineering, Mississippi River Trans-Delta Initiative Standing Committee
2023-Present