Dr. Allison Bailey

Associate Professor

Office: Strickland 215, Gainesville
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Communication, Geospatial Technologies, Nature Education, Community Engagement, Collaboration with Environmental Non-Profit Organizations

Courses Taught

ENST 2030 Environmental Studies
ENST 3040 Environmental Communication
GEOG 1101 Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 1102 World Regional Geography
GISC 2011 Geographic Information Systems
GISC 4903 Special Topics in GIS
GEOL 1101K Geosciences I (eCore)
COMM 1100 Human Communication (eCore)

Education

Ed.D., Higher Education Administrative Leadership, Argosy University, 2010
GIS Graduate Certificate, University of West Georgia, 2017
M.A., Speech Communication, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1995
B.A., English Education with a minor in history, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1992

Research/Special Interests

Current research and projects include a climate change mixed methods study with Drs. Mitchem, Wilson, & Smith, an environmental education study with Dr. Bridges (GSU), a statewide tree canopy assessment funded by the Georgia Forestry Commission, a campus tree inventory using Collector app as part of UNG's application to become a member of Tree Campus USA, a sustainability study on Hurricane Creek with Dr. Ellis (Biology), a collaborative community engagement project with USFS on the Foothills Region of the Chattahoochee National Forest, an invasive plant control program on privet at Tumbling Creek with Dr. Diggs (Biology) and other education initiatives in geospatial technologies for public schools in Georgia.

Publications

Bailey, A.J. (2017). Key Role of Communities for Environmental Sustainability in Rural Canada. Journal of Community Engagement & Scholarship. 10(2). 124-126

Bailey, A.J. (2017). Agricultural Seed Biodiversity: A Book Review of Janisse Ray’s the Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food. Biodiversity International Journal. 1(1): 00001. DOI: 10.15406/bij.2017.01.00001

Bailey, A.J. & Patterson, R. (2015). Essential Guide to Presentation Software, 2e, Bedford St. Martin's Press.

Work Experience

Dr. Bailey has been a member of the faculty at the University of North Georgia since January 1998. She is most honored by her affiliations with non-profit organizations in the north Georgia region.

2017-2018 Education Committee Chair, GISCC
2017-2018 President, Association of Chicopee Village Residents
2013-2018 Elachee Nature Center Advisory Board
2013-2018 Elachee Nature Center Preschool & School Advisory Board
2015-2017 Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Wild & Scenic Film Festival Committee
2016-2017 USFS Collaborative Learning Partners Committee
2015-2017 Environmental Communication Division Education Board, National Communication Association
2015-2017 Member, Georgia ForestWatch
2015-2017 Member, Sierra Club
2015-2017 Member, IMBA/SORBA
2012 President, Gainesville Ballet Company Board of Directors

News Articles About Her Work

Affiliations

TRELIS Fellow 2018

Personal Information

Dr. Bailey's favorite thing about living in north Georgia is being able to walk or to ride her bike to the Gainesville campus on the Hall County Greenway, living adjacent to the 1600 acre nature preserve in her historic Chicopee Village 1926 bungalow, interacting with her pet chickens, and being in the woods with her family and her students to appreciate nature and to focus on restoration of riparian forests in Georgia.