THOMAS COVA
Professor
School of Environment, Society & Sustainability
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- ProfessorSchool of Environment, Society & Sustainability
BIO
Tom Cova is a Professor in the School of the Environment, Society & Sustainability. His research and teaching interests are environmental hazards, emergency management, and geographic information science. His primary research focus is wildfire evacuation analysis, and he currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Natural Hazards Review.
Recent interview with Jim Spiewak from KUTV News in Utah about wildfire evaucations in general.
Recent interview with Jeannette and Eddie from the Alerting Authority about evacuation research.
Recent opinion piece for the Salt Lake Tribune on wildfire preparedness in Utah.
INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- ProfessorSchool of Environment, Society & Sustainability1 Jul 2012 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Utah, Geography1 Jan 1999 - 30 Jun 2005
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Utah, Geography1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2012
DEGREES
- BS, Computer and Information ScienceUniversity of Oregon1986
- MA, GeographyUniversity of California Santa Barbara1995
- PhD, GeographyUniversity of California Santa Barbara1999