Kent State Geneva Faculty

Dr. Scott Sheridan is an associate professor of climatology in the Department of Geography at Kent State. His educational background includes BS and MS degrees in meteorology from Rutgers and Texas A & M, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. in climatology from the University of Delaware in 2000.

Sheridan’s research interests include several different areas of applied climatology, mostly involving the effects of climate on humans. He has had considerable experience in analyzing heat vulnerability; he has worked on the development of heat watch-warning systems for over two dozen cities worldwide, and has explored public behavior during heat warnings, the potential for changed frequency of heat waves in the future, as well as the interactions of heat and air pollution on human health. He has collaborated with the World Meteorological Organization headquartered in Geneva and a number of other national agencies throughout Europe and well as North America. From his work in this field, he recently was named editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Biometeorology.

Dr.Sheridan has been at Kent State since 2000. He presently serves as Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Geography. He teaches courses at a number of levels, from Climate Change and its Impacts and Research and Presentation at graduate levels, to introductory courses in meteorology and geography, as well as the Geography of Europe, He has also worked on a grant fostering collaboration between graduate students and K-12 teachers.This research culminated in his co-leading a 26-person field trip to Iceland. in Summer 2007.

An avid photographer and hiker, Dr. Sheridan has been fortunate enough to have visited 26 countries, though he’s still working on the last few US states. Scott has posted a number of his travel photos at http://sheridan.geog.kent.edu/exhib.html.

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