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Dr. Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg is a
Professor of Social and Environmental Sciences at Brandman University-Chapman
University System, Irvine, CA. The theme
throughout her research is examining people and their relationship to space and
place.
Steinberg's research interests include
environmental sociology, research methods, social inequality, community,
geospatial research (GIS) and policy. Sheila has always been interested in the
weather and climate from living in so many different parts of the U.S.
Recently, she co-authored a book entitled GIS Research Methods: Incorporating Spatial Perspectives for Esri Press
and has also co-authored a chapter on this topic entitled
"Geospatial Analysis Technology and Social Science Research" in the Handbook
of Emergent Technologies, Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Editor, Oxford University
Press 2011. In 2006, she co-authored a book for Sage Publications
entitled, GIS for the Social Sciences: Investigating Space and Place. In
2013, she joined Brandman University where she now teaches courses related to
social and environmental sciences.

William A. Sprigg, Ph.D., Yale University is Research
Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona, the current and founding director of
the World Meteorological Organization's Pan-America Center for airborne dust
forecasting in Barbados, and research associate of the Public Health Institute
in California. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society's Board on
Environment & Health, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Committee for Digital
Earth Observations, and the Serbian Program of Basic Research, Environmental
Protection and Climate Change. Former positions include
Distinguished Professor at California's Chapman University, Director, U.S.
National Research Council Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, head of the
U.S. National Climate Program Office, and architect of the U.S. Climate
Program. He participated in the first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change.