Tobin Hindle, Ph.D.
Scientist & Graduate Program Director
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Geosciences
Boca Raton Campus | SE 462
About:
- Ph.D. in Comparative Studies (麻豆女郎) 2006
- Graduate Certificate in Environmental Studies (麻豆女郎) 2006
- MS in Biology (麻豆女郎) 1997
- BS in Limnology (University of Central Florida) 1986
Research Interests:
- Human-Environmental Interactions
- Ecological Regeneration
- Strategies to integrate Science, Society, and Nature
- Geographical Information Science
- eLearning
Teaching
- SLS 1412 Freshman Learning Community Experience
- ESC 2070 The Blue Planet
- GEO 4275 Human-Environmental Interactions in South Florida
- GEO 6277 Human-Environmental Interactions
- ESC 6206 Earth Science for Educators I
- GEO 6920 Geosciences' Colloquium Series
Dissertations and Theses Supervised:
- Keren Bolter, Ph.D., "Comparing Perceived Risk versus Actual Risk to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study for Broward County, Florida," Fall 2014
- Amanda Mulcan, M.S., "Environmental Siting Suitability Analysis For Commercial Scale Ocean Renewable Energy: A Southeast Florida Case Study," Summer 2014
Dissertation and Theses Committee participation:
- Delores Forbes, Ph.D., "Augmented Reality/GIS: An Analysis of its Efficacy as an Educational Tool in the Geosciences," Fall 2014
- John Zahina, Ph.D., 鈥淎ttitudes and perspectives about backyard food gardening : a case study in South Florida,鈥 Spring 2013
- Augliere, Bethany, M.S., 鈥淗ome on the range: spatial ecology of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the Bahamas,鈥 Fall 2012
- Mary Crider, M.S. Thesis 鈥淭he social and environmental effects of shrimp mariculture: Case studies of two coastal villages in Ecuador,鈥 Spring 2012
- Pitti, Joseph, M.S. Thesis 鈥淢apping and analyzing the Florida reef tract in Palm Beach County in relation to major storm events in a GIS database,: Spring 2012
- Jason Whitman,M.S., Variations in Model Discretization Methodology in Groundwater Modeling. (1999)
Recent Publication & Presentations
- Hindle, T., "Everglades Restoration," in The Encyclopedia of Geography, SAGE Publications, 2010.
- Hindle, T., 鈥淭he Regeneration of Nature: an alternative to ecological restoration,鈥 Presented at the Second Annual PISA Conference: Arts, Culture and Society: Memory, Community, and Public Value, 2004.
- Harlin, J. and Hindle, T., 鈥淚ntermediate ArcView GIS,鈥 Pearson Publishing, 2003.
- Hindle, T., 鈥淓cological Regeneration鈥 Presented at the Public Intellectuals Student Association Symposium: Can We Build an Emerald City in the Ivory Tower? 2003.
- Hindle, T., 鈥淩egenerative Ecosystem Concept for Storm Water Retention Areas,鈥 Presented at the Second Annual South Florida Environmental Ethics Conference, April 2003.
Grants & Awards
- Hindle, T., "Enhancing eLearning in the Sciences." 麻豆女郎 Technology fee award, 2011 - 2011 $33,000.
- Root, T., Hindle, T., Owens, D., Frazier, E. "Remote Education and Assessment of Critical Habitats". 麻豆女郎 Technology fee award, 2011 - 2013 $73,000.
- Hindle, T., "Academic Service-Learning in STEM". 麻豆女郎 award, Spring 2011. $600
- Hindle, T., "Stereo 3D Geovisualization". 麻豆女郎 Technology fee award, 2010 - 2012. $59,000.
- Hindle, T., "Internet and Mobile GIS Mapping Project". 麻豆女郎 Technology fee award, 2009 - 2011 $27,000.
- Root, T. and Hindle, T., Earth System Science Education Alliance partnership, a National Science Foundation GEO-Teach project, funded through the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. 2007 - 2009. $40,000