Dr. R. Gary Pumphrey

Assistant Professor of Geography

Office: A210G
Phone: (325) 942-2201
E-mail: gary.pumphrey@angelo.edu

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
M.S., Texas Tech University
BGS, Texas Tech University

Areas of specialization: Water resources in arid and semi-arid climates, water conservation, municipal water policy, market versus regulatory approaches to municipal water conservation, consumer attitudes toward water as a resource, human-water resource interactions, Ogallala aquifer.

Publications: “Urban and Rural Attitudes toward Municipal Water Controls: A study of a semi-arid region with limited water supplies,” Ecological Economics, 2008, Volume 65, Issue 1; "Survey Explores Residents' Attitudes Toward Conservation," in The Cross Section, September 2005, Volume 51 No. 9; "The West Texas Wind: A Source of Renewable Energy," Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences, Volume 27 (2004); and other articles. Dr. Pumphrey also has a long list of conference presentations.

Awards: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant starting August 2008 entitled, "Changing Societal Attitudes towards Water Scarcity: Ethanol Production and Increasing Groundwater Depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer." Participating institutions: Angelo State University, North Carolina A & T State University, Texas Tech University. Award Amount: $747,528 for 3.5 years; Summer Dissertation Research Award Scholarship (Department of Geography, Texas Tech). Research Grants include funding for the study on Water Conservation on the Texas Southern High Plains and Rolling Plains (2004).

Memberships: Sigma Xi, American Association of Geographer; and American Water Resources Association.