Dr. Chi’s research is focused on socio-environmental systems, aiming to understand the interactions between human populations and built and natural environments and to identify important assets (social, environmental, infrastructural, institutional) to help vulnerable populations adapt and become resilient to environmental changes. His current work investigates climate change impacts on coastal communities in the Arctic and climate-driven migration and left-behind children in Central Asia. He is an expert in spatial and big data analytic methods and lead author of the textbook “Spatial Regression Models for the Social Sciences” (SAGE 2019).
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Recent Publications
Bride kidnapping and gendered labor migration: evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Hofmann, E. T. & Chi, G., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A multi-modal approach towards mining social media data during natural disasters -- a case study of Hurricane Irma
Mohanty, S. D., Biggers, B., Sayedahmed, S., Pourebrahim, N., Goldstein, E. B., Bunch, R., Chi, G., Sadri, F., McCoy, T. P. & Cosby, A., Jan 1 2021, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A multi-modal approach towards mining social media data during natural disasters - A case study of Hurricane Irma
Mohanty, S. D., Biggers, B., Sayedahmed, S., Pourebrahim, N., Goldstein, E. B., Bunch, R., Chi, G., Sadri, F., McCoy, T. P. & Cosby, A., Feb 15 2021, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 54, 102032.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Area- and Individual-Level Correlates of Self-Rated Health: Implications for Geographic Health Disparities
Moss, J. L., Roy, S., Clebak, K. T., Radico, J., Sell, J., Scartozzi, C., Zhou, S., Chi, G. & Oser, T., 2021, In: Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exposure to anti-Black Lives Matter movement and obesity of the Black population
Park, H. J., Francisco, S. C., Pang, M. R., Peng, L. & Chi, G., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Social Science and Medicine. 114265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening in the U.S
Pinto, C. N., Niles, J. K., Kaufman, H. W., Marlowe, E. M., Alagia, D. P., Chi, G. & Van Der Pol, B., May 18 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Remittances and household spending strategies: evidence from the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study, 2011–2013
Wang, D., Hagedorn, A. & Chi, G., 2021, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 47, 13, p. 3015-3036 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Subway development and obesity: Evidence from China
Xiao, C., Yang, Y. & Chi, G., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Transport and Health. 21, 101065.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterizing People’s Daily Activity Patterns in the Urban Environment: A Mobility Network Approach with Geographic Context-Aware Twitter Data
Yin, J. & Chi, G., 2021, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 111, 7, p. 1967-1987 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Energy choices in Alaska: Mining people's perception and attitudes from geotagged tweets
Abdar, M., Basiri, M. E., Yin, J., Habibnezhad, M., Chi, G., Nemati, S. & Asadi, S., May 2020, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 124, 109781.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review