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Projects & Publications

Projects

For detailed descriptions of selected projects, visit our core service area pages.

  • Sprockler Data Management and Analytics Services in Support of the RESPONDER Partnership Project (Queens University, 2026–2027)
  • Custom R Course for Fisheries Research (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2026)
  • Water Temperature Data Management and Reporting (Council of Yukon First Nations, 2025–2026)
  • Advancing Transportation through Linkages, Automation and Screening (ATLAS) Project (Axiom, HDR, NC DOT, 2017–2027)
    • Species distribution and habitat suitability modeling using machine-learning and GIS methods
    • Statewide high resolution wetland models with machine learning and field validation
    • Statewide Biotic Index modeling with Random Forest
    • Evaluating strategies to update and fine-tune the hydrologic curve models
    • Research design and analysis of patterns of bat detection in culverts
    • Hosting NCDOT monthly Model Lunch and Learn seminar series
  • Falls Lake Designated Use Management: Bayesian Belief Network to Explore Assumptions and Outcomes Relevant to Chlorophyll-a Criterion and Nutrient Management Alternatives (Brown & Caldwell, UNRBA, 2020–2026)
  • Expert Elicitation for Refining Modeling Inputs and Assessing Policy Scenarios in the CTEF Update (NatureServe Canada, 2025)
  • Data Collection and Analytics Support for Health Equity Research (Queens University, QED Insights, 2024–2025)
    • RECONNECT 2.0: Improving Hospital Care Experiences for Patients and Providers
    • Impacts of Displacement on Women and Girls in South Sudan
    • Addressing the Impacts of COVID-19 in Venezuela and Colombia
  • Scope Requirements and Strategy for Proposed Production Shiny Application (Yukon Finance, 2023)
  • R Coding and Data Analytics Support, Retainer Contract (Yukon Environment and Yukon Finance, 2022–2023)
  • R Course Development and Delivery (Yukon People Metrics and Analytics, 2022)
  • Bookdown Autoreport Generation: National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Survey Reports (Ohio State University, 2021–2023)
  • Benthic Reporting Application Pilot (Michael Baker International, 2021–2022)
  • Sensemaking and Decision Support Platform Development, Advisory Role (Spryng.io, 2018–2022)
  • SpryngR: An R Package for Sensemaking Data (QED Insights, 2020–2022)
  • R Course Development and Delivery, Multiple Topics (Yukon Environment, 2020–2022)
  • Yukon Climate Analog Explorer Web Application: Pilot Demonstration (Yukon Environment, 2020)
  • Application to Visualize and Report Temporal Trends in Survey Data: Updates and Expansion (Team Elements, 2020 & 2021)
  • NC Virtual Economic Engine: Warren County Schools Entrepreneurship Program (NCVEE, 2019–2020)
  • Pilot Visualization of Outcomes and Resource Allocation for Long-term Conservation Investment Plan (New Zealand DOC, 2019)
  • Moose Survey Analysis Scoping Exercise (Environment Yukon, 2018)
  • Preliminary Data Analysis of Disturbance Features in Eagle Plains (YLUPC, 2018)
  • NEPA Solutions Design Sprint (Sand County Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, 2018)
  • Bayesian Belief Networks for Adaptive Management of Wetlands (Missouri Dept. of Conservation, 2017)
  • Application to Visualize and Report Temporal Trends in Survey Data (Team Elements, 2017)
  • Application to Automate Leadership Survey Data Analysis and Reporting (Onfoot Consulting, 2017)
  • Wetland Delineation Using Generalized Additive Models (Honestat, NC DOT, 2016)
  • Interactive Data Visualizations for Endangered Species Recovery Planning and Decision Support (ASU, SESYNC, 2014–2017)
  • Strategic Decision Planning for Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery in Puerto Rico (NCSU, USFWS, 2014–2017)

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and co-edited volumes authored or co-authored by KDV team members.

Journal Articles

  • Bartels SA, Purkey E, Hoff S, McDonough L, Nolan D, Fyfe J, Messenger D, Drew CA, Walker M (In Prep) Seeing the same encounter differently: A paired mixed-methods study of patient and provider perspectives in emergency department care. Academic Emergency Medicine.
  • Bartels SA, Gallardo Perez E, Collier A, Drew CA, Romero C, Camino Z, Ángel De Gouveia J, Aldersey HM, Pritchard J (In Review) Left out and left behind during the COVID-19 pandemic: A sensemaking study on exclusion, inequality, and resilience among members of equity-deserving groups in Colombia and Venezuela. International Journal for Equity in Health.
  • Chandiru Drama J, Elizeo Abdalla B, Lindrio PI, Oneka RS, Mazira LS, Galdine Loyda O, Drew CA, Tasker H, Lee S, Bartels SA (2025) 'This caused our journey': the relationship between sexual and gender-based violence and cross-border Sudan to South Sudan migration. Conflict and Health. 19(1):58.
  • Iacona G, Avery-Gomm S, Maloney RF, Brazill Boast J, Crouse D, Drew CA, Epanchinn-Niell R, Hall S, Maguire L, Male T, Newman J, Possingham H, Rumpff L, Runge MC, Weiss K, Wilson R, Zablan M, Gerber LR (2022) Hurdles to developing quantitative decision support for Endangered Species Act resource allocation. Frontiers in Conservation Science. Volume 3.
  • Gerber LR, Runge MC, Maloney RF, Drew CA, Avery-Gomm S, Iacona GD, Brazil-Boast J, Crouse D, Epanchin-Niel RS, Hall SB, Maguire LA, Male T, Morgan D, Newman J, Possingham HP, Rumpff L, Weiss KCB, Wilson RS, Zablan MA (2018) Resources and recovery under the Endangered Species Act. Science. 362:284–286.
  • Drew CA, Eddy M, Kwak T, Cope WG, Augspurger (2018) Hydrologic characteristics of freshwater mussel habitat: novel insights from modeled flows. Freshwater Science. 37(2):343–356.
  • Pickens B, Mordicai M, Drew CA, Alexander-Vaughn L, Keister A, Morris H, Collazo J (2017) Indicator-driven Conservation Planning Across Terrestrial, Freshwater Aquatic, and Marine Ecosystems of the South Atlantic, USA. Journal of Fisheries and Wildlife Management. 8(1):219–233.
  • Drescher M, Perera AH, Johnson CJ, Buse LJ, Drew CA, Burgman MA (2013) Towards rigorous use of expert knowledge in ecological research. Ecosphere. 4(7):Article 83.
  • Rogers SL, Collazo JA, Drew CA (2013) King rail (Rallus elegans) occupancy and abundance in fire managed coastal marshes in North Carolina and Virginia. Waterbirds. 26(2):179–188.
  • Rogers SL, Collazo JA, Drew CA (2013) Nest occurrence and survival of King Rails in fire-managed coastal marshes in North Carolina and Virginia. Journal of Field Ornithology. 84(4):355–366.
  • Hightower JE, Harris JE, Raabe JK, Brownell P, Drew CA (2012) A Bayesian spawning habitat suitability model for American shad in southeastern United States rivers. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 3(2):184–198.
  • Pijanowski BC, Iverson LR, Drew CA, Bulley HNN, Rhemtulla JM, Wimberly MC, Bartsch A, Peng J (2010) Addressing the interplay of poverty and the ecology of landscapes: a grand challenge topic for landscape ecologists?. Landscape Ecology. 25:5–16.
  • Drew CA, Eggleston DB (2008) Juvenile fish densities in Florida Keys mangroves correlate with landscape characteristics. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 362:233–243.
  • Favreau JM, Drew CA, Hess GR, Rubino MJ, Koch FH, Eschelbach KA (2006) Recommendation for assessing the effectiveness of surrogate species approaches. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15:3949–3969.
  • Drew CA, Eggleston DB (2006) Currents, landscape structure, and recruitment success along a passive-active dispersal gradient. Landscape Ecology. 21:917–931.
  • Hess GR, Koch FH, Rubino MJ, Eschelbach KA, Drew CA, Favreau JM (2006) Comparing the potential effectiveness of conservation planning approaches in central North Carolina, USA. Biological Conservation. 128:358–368.

Textbooks

  • Perera AH, Drew CA, Johnson CJ (Eds.) (2012) Expert Knowledge and its Application in Landscape Ecology. Springer, New York, NY.
  • Drew CA, Wiersma Y, Huettmann F (2011) Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology. Springer, New York, NY.

Technical Reports

  • Drew CA, Kwak TJ, Cope WG, Augspurger T (2015) Hierarchical Landscape Models for Endemic Unionid Mussels: Building Strategic Habitat Conservation Tools for Mussel Recovery in the South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative: Final Report. Prepared for the USFWS South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Raleigh, NC.
  • Drew CA, Pickens B, White R, Collazo J (2015) Assessment of South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Terrestrial Indicators: Final Report. Delivered to the South Atlantic Conservation Cooperative, March 2015.
  • Drew CA, Stocking J, Collazo JA (2015) Strategic Decision Planning for Endangered Species Recovery in Puerto Rico: Final Report. Delivered to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Caribbean Ecological Services Field Office, March 2015.
  • Alexander-Vaughn LB, Collazo JA, Drew CA (2014) Strategic Conservation Planning for the Eastern North Carolina/Southeast Virginia Strategic Habitat Conservation Team. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Technical Bulletin 336, October 2014.
  • Drew CA, Collazo JC (2014) Bayesian Networks as a Framework to Step-Down and Support Strategic Habitat Conservation of Data-Poor Species: A Case Study with the King Rail (Rallus elegans) in Eastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia. Delivered to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Raleigh Field Office, September 2014.
  • Drew CA, Alexander-Vaughn LB, Collazo JA, McKerrow A, Anderson J (2013) Developing an Outcome-Based Biodiversity Metric in Support of the Field to Market Project: Final Report. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Technical Bulletin 334, December 2013.
  • Drew CA, Alexander-Vaughn LB, Collazo JA (2012) Science Summary in Support of Manatee Protected Area (MPA) Design in Puerto Rico. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Technical Bulletin 330, October 2012.