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

Select Articles

Nyland, K. E., Kuklina, V. V., Tafrate, J. D., & Hinton, R. (2025). Indigenous-Engaged Mapathon for Informal Road Research in Southern Siberia. Geographical Review, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2025.2466664

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