Kelsey Nyland

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Kelsey Nyland

Assistant Research Professor

Climate and Environmental Change


Department: Geography and Environment

Contact:

Email: Kelsey Nyland
2036 H St, NW Washington DC 20052

Office Hours : by appointment only


Arctic Physical & Human Geography

Geomorphology & Glaciology

Climate & Environmental Change

GIS and Remote Sensing

GEOG 1002 - Intro. Physical Geography

GEOG 3128 - Geomorphology

GEOG 3218/6218 - Arctic Systems

GEOG 3194/6293 - Landscape Ecology

GEOG 6304 - Geographic Information Systems I

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Nyland, K.E., Kuklina, V.V., Tafrate, J.D., Hinton, R. 2024. Mapathons for Geographic Research: Indigenous-Engaged Informal Road Mapping in Southern Siberia. Geoforum, Submitted.

Nyland, K.E., Klene, A.E., Nelson, F.E., Shiklomanov, N.I. 2024. Permafrost Food Storage Monitoring and Vulnerability Assessment in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Arctic, In Press.

Nyland, K.E., Nelson, F.E., Higgins, D. 2024. A Bibliometric Assessment of Contemporary Cryoplanation Literature. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2024: 1-9, DOI: 10.1002/ppp.2214.

Nyland, K.E., Vandenberghe, J., Nelson, F.E. 2023. Cryoplanation Terraces and Cryopediments. In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00111-2.           

Nyland, K.E., Shiklomanov, N.I., Strelestkiy, D.A., Nelson, F.E., Klene, A.E., Kholodov, A.L. 2021. Long-term Trends from the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program in Alaskan Tundra Landscapes. Polar Geography, DOI: 10.1080/1088937X.2021.1988000.

Nyland, K.E., Nelson, F.E. 2020. Long-Term Nivation Rates, Cathedral Massif, Northwestern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2019-0176.

Nyland, K.E., Nelson, F.E., Figueiredo, P.M. Cosmogenic 10Be and 36Cl Geochronology of Cryoplanation Terraces in the Alaskan Yukon-Tanana Upland. 2020. Quaternary Research, DOI: 10.1017/qua.2020.25.

Nyland, K.E., Nelson, F.E. 2020. Time-Transgressive Cryoplanation Terrace Development through Nivation-Driven Scarp Retreat. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, DOI: 10.1002/esp.4751.

Nyland, K.E., Grebenets, V.I., Shiklomanov, N.I., Streletskiy, D.A. 2018. Igarka Vanishes: The Story of a Rapidly Shrinking Russian Arctic City. Focus on Geography, DOI: 10.21690/foge/2018.61.4f.

Nyland, K.E. Gunn, G.E., Shiklomanov, N.I., Engstrom, R.N., Streletskiy, D.A. 2018. Land Cover Change in the Lower Yenisei River Using Dense Stacking of Landsat Imagery in Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing, 10, DOI: 10.3390/rs10081226.

Nyland, K.E., Schaetzl, R.J., Ignatov, A., Miller, B.A. 2018. A New Depositional Model for Sand-Rich Loess on the Buckley Flats Outwash Plain, Northwestern Lower Michigan. Aeolian Research, 31, 91-104.

Nyland, K.E., Klene, A.E., Brown, J., Shiklomanov, N.I., Nelson, F.E., Streletskiy, D.A., Yoshikawa, K. 2017. Traditional Iñupiat Ice Cellars (Siġḷuaq) in Barrow, Alaska: Characteristics, Temperature Monitoring, and Distribution. Geographical Review, 107, 143-158.

Nyland, K.E., Shiklomanov, N.I., Streletskiy, D.A. 2017. Climatic- and Anthropogenic-Induced Land Cover Change around Norilsk, Russia. Polar Geography, 40, 257-272.

Nyland, K.E., Shiklomanov, N.I., Streletskiy, D.A., Klene, A.E., Nelson, F.E. 2012. Effect of Vegetation on Soil-Surface Temperatures in Northern Alaska. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost, 25 – 29 June 2012, Salekhard, Russia, International Contributions, 1, 295 - 300.

BA (Geography and Environmental Studies) The George Washington University, 2013

MA (Geography) The George Washington University, 2015

Ph.D. (Geography) Michigan State University, 2019