Education
Ph.D., Geography (Climatology; Public Health Cognate), Kent State University 2014
Dissertation: An evaluation of seasonality through
four delineation methods: A comparison of mortality responses and the relationship
with anomalous temperature events
M.A., Geography (Climatology), Kent State University
2010
Thesis: The impact of winter weather on human health:
A regional approach to understanding vulnerability in the United States
B.S., Earth Science- Meteorology; Math Minor, California
University of Pennsylvania 2008
Areas of Expertise
Climatology, Meteorology, Public Health Cognate
Recent Publications
Allen, M. J., Vecellio, D. J., & Hoffman, J. S. (2025). "Evaluating the Relationship
between Heat-related Illness and Cooling Center Location in Virginia," Natural Hazards, 121 (4), 4293-4308.
Allen, M. J., Daniela Arsenović, J., Savić, S., & Nikitović, V. (2024) "Mortality
Risk during Heatwaves: An Evaluation of Effects by Heatwaves Characteristics in Serbia,"
Geographica Pannonica, 28 (4).
Allen, M. J., Young, J., Grote, L/, Simon, A., Carter, S., Sullivan, M., Maxwell,
G., Hurst, G., & Whytlaw, J. (2024) "Using the Chesapeake Bay to Learn Climate Change,"
The Geography Teacher, 21 (4), 176-179.
Colucci, A. R., Vecellio, D. J., & Allen, M. J. (2023) "Critical physical geographies
of air, atmosphere, and climate," Progress in Environmental Geography, 27539687231204639.
Allen, M. J., Whytlaw, J., Hutton, N., Hoffman, J. (2023) "Heat-Mitigation in the
Southeast United States: Are Cooling Centers Equitable and Strategic," Southeastern Geographer, 63 (4), 366-385, 10.1353/sgo.2023.a912266
Allen, M. J. (2023). "The North American Honeybee," in Drake, D.M., ed. Economic
Geographies of US Livestock: Taking Stock and Mapping it. London: Palgrave-Macmillan
Allen, M. J., Hoffman, J. Whytlaw, J., Hutton, N. (2022) "Assessing Virginia Cooling
Centers as a Heat Mitigation Strategy." Journal of Emergency Management, 20 (3), 205-224.
Allen, M. J., D. J. Vecellio (2022) "Extreme Heat and Cold," in McGee, T.K., & Penning-Rowsell,
E.C. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Environmental Hazards and Society. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367854584
Blando, J., Allen, M.J., Galadima, H., Tolson, T., Akpinar-Elci, M., Szklo-Coze, M.
(2022) "Observations of Delayed Changes in Respiratory Function among Allergy Clinic
Patients Exposed to Wildfire Smoke," International Journal of Environmental Research Public Health ,19(3), 1241; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031241
Colucci, A. R., Vecellio, D. J., & Allen, M. J. (2021). "Thermal (In) equity and incarceration:
A necessary nexus for geographers," Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 25148486211063488.
