Margaret A. Reams

Position: Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences

Phone: 225-578-4299

Fax: 225-578-4286

E-mail: [email protected] 

Office: 2115 Energy, Coast and Environment Building

Bachelor's Degree(s): B.A. History & Psychology, Huntingdon College, 1978

Master's Degrees(s): M.A. Political Science, University of Georgia, 1984

Ph.D.(s): Ph.D. Political Science (Public Policy), University Of Georgia, 1990

CV: Curriculum Vita of Margaret A. Reams

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Research Interests

Environmental policy and management; social-ecological resilience; sustainability;  energy policy; community engagement

Classes Taught

ENVS 7040 Environmental Planning and Management 
ENVS 7041 Environmental Policy Analysis 
ENVS 7042 Environmental Conflict Resolution
ENVS 7950 Environmental Program Evaluation 
ENVS 7995 Environmental Sciences Graduate Seminar 
ENVS 7997 Environmental Research Practicum 

Awards & Honors

Honors and Scholarships

Keynote Speaker. “Building and Sharing Knowledge for a Changing Environment”, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research Program Showcase, April 19, 2024

Public Lecture. “Trusted Sources”, LSU Science Café Public Lecture, September 26th, 2023

Keynote Speaker. “Applying resilience theory to community engagement with residents facing cumulative environmental exposure risks: lessons from Louisiana’s industrial corridor”, 2018 Central and Eastern European Conference on Health and the Environment, Krakow, Poland, June 10-14, 2018

Keynote Speaker. “Measuring Vulnerability, Resilience and Sustainability”, Flood Awareness and Raising Community Resilience, Middleburg, Netherlands, January 31-February 1, 2013.

LSU Foundation Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, 1998

Synergistic Activities

Associate Director for Community Engagement, LSU Institute for Energy Innovation, 2024 -

Leader, LSU Superfund Research Center, Community Engagement Core, funded by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2011 – 2024.

2016-2022 Member National Institute for Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), Environmental Heatlh Sciences Review Committee (EHSRC)

2013-2020 Member, LSU Council on Research

2013-2015 Member, Coastal Community Resiliency Advisory Group, Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration

Recent Publications

Awolesi, O., Salter, C. A., & Reams, M. (2024). A Systematic Review on the Path to Inclusive and Sustainable Energy Transitions. Energies, 17(14), 3512. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17143512

Awolesi, O., & Reams, M. (2024). Green building development in the US capitals: a focused comparative analysis with Baton Rouge. Urbanization, Sustainability and Society, 1(1), 133-168. https://doi.org/10.1108/USS-01-2024-0005

Bryant JR, Odera M, Subra W, Vallee B, Rivers L III, Kelley B, Cramer JA, Wilson A., Tran J, Beckham T, Irving J, Reams MA, Oral Histories Document Community Mobilization to Participate in Decision Making regarding a Hazardous Waste Thermal Treatment Facility. (2024) Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 29:1, 57-73 DOI://10.1080/13549839.2023.2249498. 

Sauermilch W, Irving J, Reams M, Guo C, Cormier S, Richmond-Bryant J. Empowering Citizens Through the Development and Deployment of a Community-based Environmental Health Reporting Tool. (In Press) Environmental Justice. 2024.

Odera MA, Kelley B, Rivers III L, Wilson A, Tran J, Patel K, Vallee B, Subra W, Cramer JA, Irving JK, Reams M, Richmond-Bryant J. An oral history study as a tool for understanding environmental justice aspects of human exposures to hazardous waste thermal treatment emissions in Colfax, LA. Environmental Justice. 2024; DOI://10.1089/env.2023.0003.

Nina S. N. Lam, Michelle Meyer, Margaret Reams, Seungwon Yang, Kisung Lee, Lei Zou, Volodymyr Mihunov, Kejin Wang, Ryan Kirby & Heng Cai (2023) Improving social media use for disaster resilience: challenges and strategies, International Journal of Digital Earth, 16:1, 3023-3044, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2023.2239768

Ryan H. Kirby, Margaret A. Reams, Nina S. N. Lam The Use of Social Media by Emergency Stakeholder Groups: Lessons Learned from Areas Affected by Hurricanes Isaac and Sandy (2023) Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, May. DOI:10.1515/jhsem-2021-0031

Zeynep Altinay, Lauren L. Morris, Margaret A. Reams (2023) Information Needs of Coastal Residents in Louisiana, USA:  Implications for Risk Communication, Journal of Coastal Research (2023) doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-22-00125.1 

Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Matilda Odera, Wilma Subra, Brenda Vallee, Chloe Tucker, Christopher Oliver, Alyanna Wilson, Jessica Tran, Blair Kelley, JenniferCramer, Jennifer Irving, Chuqi Guo, Margaret Reams (2022) A community-integrated geographic information system study of air pollution exposure impacts in Colfax, LA, Local Environment, 27:6, 728-746, DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2022.2075840

Reams, MA, Irving JK, Applying Community Resilience Theory to Engagement with Residents Facing Cumulative Environmental Exposure Risks: Lessons from Louisiana’s Industrial Corridor. Reviews on Environmental Health, 2019. 34(3): DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515 reveh-2019-0022

Kirby, R.H., MA Reams, Lam, NS. L Zou, G. J. Dekker, D. Q. P. Fundter. Assessing Social Vulnerability to Flood Hazards in the Dutch Province of Zeeland. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019. 10: 233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-019-0222-0

Margaret A. Reams, Kim A. Anderson, Anna K. Harding, Wilma Subra, Nina S.N. Lam, Steven G. O'Connell and Lane G. Tidwell, "Response, Recovery and Resilience to Oil Spills and Environmental Disasters: Exploration and Use of Novel Approaches to Enhance Community Resilience" 2017. Journal of Environmental Health (September 2017)

Lei Zou, Nina S. N. Lam, Shayan Shams, Heng Cai, Michelle A. Meyer, Seungwon Yang, Kisung Lee, Seung-Jong Park & Margaret A. Reams (2018): Social and geographical disparities in Twitter use during Hurricane Harvey, International Journal of Digital Earth, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2018.1545878

Lam, NSN, YJ Xu, KB Liu, DE Dismukes, MA Reams, RK Pace, Y Qiang, S Narra, K Li, TA Blanchette, H Cai, L Zou, V Mihunov. Understanding the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural –Human System:  Research Methods, Challenges, and Prospects. Water.2018,10,1054; doi:10.3390/w10081054.

Volodymyr V. Mihunov,., Nina SN Lam, Lei Zou, L., Robert V. Rohli, Nazla Bushra, Margaret A. Reams, & Jennifer E. Argote  Community Resilience to Drought Hazard in the SouthCentral United States. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2018. 108(3), 739-755.