Katherine K. Hirschboeck
Expertise Katherine (Katie) Hirschboeck is a faculty member Emerita (retired) in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and a former Chair of the Global Change Ph.D.Minor Graduate Interdisciplinary Program. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geography, with a minor in Geology, from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her Ph.D. degree in Geosciences was awarded by the University of Arizona in 1985 and her dissertation examined the hydroclimatic causes of mixed distributions in Arizona flood records, linking them to climatic variability. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Oklahoma in 1984 and subsequently held a faculty position at Louisiana State University in the Department of Geography and Anthropology where she was tenured as an Associate Professor of Geography in 1990. In 1991, she joined the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona as an Associate Professor of Climatology.
Dr. HIrschboeck continues to be active in many professional organizations including the Association of American Geographers (for whom she served as the Water Resources Specialty Group secretary/treasurer and chair); the American Quaternary Association (for whom she served as paleoclimatology councilor); the American Meteorological Society; American Geophysical Union; American Institute of Hydrology; American Water Resources Association; the Geological Society of America; and the Tree-Ring Society. She also served on the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) Committee on Geography within the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources of the NAS's Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources.
Biography
Katherine (Katie) Hirschboeck is a faculty member in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and recently stepped down as the Chair of the Global Change Ph.D.Minor Graduate Interdisciplinary Program. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geography, with a minor in Geology, from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her Ph.D. degree in Geosciences was awarded by the University of Arizona in 1985 and her dissertation examined the hydroclimatic causes of mixed distributions in Arizona flood records, linking them to climatic variability. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Oklahoma in 1984 and subsequently held a faculty position at Louisiana State University in the Department of Geography and Anthropology where she was tenured as an Associate Professor of Geography in 1990. In 1991, she joined the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona as an Associate Professor of Climatology.
Dr. HIrschboeckis active in many professional organizations including the Association of American Geographers (for whom she served as the Water Resources Specialty Group secretary/treasurer and chair); the American Quaternary Association (for whom she served as paleoclimatology councilor); the American Meteorological Society; American Geophysical Union; American Institute of Hydrology; American Water Resources Association; the Geological Society of America; and the Tree-Ring Society. She also served on the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) Committee on Geography within the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources of the NAS's Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources.
In addition to her teaching and research activities in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Dr. Hirschboeck holds joint appointments in the departments Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, the School of Geography and Development, and maintains close interdisciplinary ties with the Geosciences Department, Arid Lands Resource Sciences, and the Institute of the Environment.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Geosciences
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Hydroclimatology of Flow Events in the Gila River Basin, Central and Southern Arizona
- M.S. Geography
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- The Response of Flooding in the Upper Mississippi Valley to Twentieth Century Climatic Fluctuations 1925-1969
- B.S. Geography
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2004 - 2014)
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research University of Arizona (1991 - Ongoing)
- Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1990 - 1991)
- Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1985 - 1990)
- Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1984 - 1985)
- Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma (1984)
Biography
Katherine (Katie) Hirschboeck is a faculty member in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and recently stepped down as the Chair of the Global Change Ph.D.Minor Graduate Interdisciplinary Program. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geography, with a minor in Geology, from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her Ph.D. degree in Geosciences was awarded by the University of Arizona in 1985 and her dissertation examined the hydroclimatic causes of mixed distributions in Arizona flood records, linking them to climatic variability. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Oklahoma in 1984 and subsequently held a faculty position at Louisiana State University in the Department of Geography and Anthropology where she was tenured as an Associate Professor of Geography in 1990. In 1991, she joined the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona as an Associate Professor of Climatology.
Dr. HIrschboeckis active in many professional organizations including the Association of American Geographers (for whom she served as the Water Resources Specialty Group secretary/treasurer and chair); the American Quaternary Association (for whom she served as paleoclimatology councilor); the American Meteorological Society; American Geophysical Union; American Institute of Hydrology; American Water Resources Association; the Geological Society of America; and the Tree-Ring Society. She also served on the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) Committee on Geography within the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources of the NAS's Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources.
In addition to her teaching and research activities in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Dr. Hirschboeck holds joint appointments in the departments Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, the School of Geography and Development, and maintains close interdisciplinary ties with the Geosciences Department, Arid Lands Resource Sciences, and the Institute of the Environment.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Geosciences
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Hydroclimatology of Flow Events in the Gila River Basin, Central and Southern Arizona
- M.S. Geography
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- The Response of Flooding in the Upper Mississippi Valley to Twentieth Century Climatic Fluctuations 1925-1969
- B.S. Geography
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2004 - 2014)
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research University of Arizona (1991 - Ongoing)
- Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1990 - 1991)
- Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1985 - 1990)
- Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1984 - 1985)
- Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma (1984)
Biography
Katherine (Katie) Hirschboeck is a faculty member in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and recently stepped down as the Chair of the Global Change Ph.D.Minor Graduate Interdisciplinary Program. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geography, with a minor in Geology, from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her Ph.D. degree in Geosciences was awarded by the University of Arizona in 1985 and her dissertation examined the hydroclimatic causes of mixed distributions in Arizona flood records, linking them to climatic variability. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Oklahoma in 1984 and subsequently held a faculty position at Louisiana State University in the Department of Geography and Anthropology where she was tenured as an Associate Professor of Geography in 1990. In 1991, she joined the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona as an Associate Professor of Climatology.
Dr. HIrschboeckis active in many professional organizations including the Association of American Geographers (for whom she served as the Water Resources Specialty Group secretary/treasurer and chair); the American Quaternary Association (for whom she served as paleoclimatology councilor); the American Meteorological Society; American Geophysical Union; American Institute of Hydrology; American Water Resources Association; the Geological Society of America; and the Tree-Ring Society. She also served on the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) Committee on Geography within the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources of the NAS's Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources.
In addition to her teaching and research activities in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Dr. Hirschboeck holds joint appointments in the departments Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, the School of Geography and Development, and maintains close interdisciplinary ties with the Geosciences Department, Arid Lands Resource Sciences, and the Institute of the Environment.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Geosciences
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Hydroclimatology of Flow Events in the Gila River Basin, Central and Southern Arizona
- M.S. Geography
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- The Response of Flooding in the Upper Mississippi Valley to Twentieth Century Climatic Fluctuations 1925-1969
- B.S. Geography
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2004 - 2014)
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research University of Arizona (1991 - Ongoing)
- Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1990 - 1991)
- Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1985 - 1990)
- Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1984 - 1985)
- Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma (1984)
Biography
Katherine (Katie) Hirschboeck is a faculty member in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and recently stepped down as the Chair of the Global Change Ph.D.Minor Graduate Interdisciplinary Program. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geography, with a minor in Geology, from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her Ph.D. degree in Geosciences was awarded by the University of Arizona in 1985 and her dissertation examined the hydroclimatic causes of mixed distributions in Arizona flood records, linking them to climatic variability. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Oklahoma in 1984 and subsequently held a faculty position at Louisiana State University in the Department of Geography and Anthropology where she was tenured as an Associate Professor of Geography in 1990. In 1991, she joined the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona as an Associate Professor of Climatology.
Dr. HIrschboeckis active in many professional organizations including the Association of American Geographers (for whom she served as the Water Resources Specialty Group secretary/treasurer and chair); the American Quaternary Association (for whom she served as paleoclimatology councilor); the American Meteorological Society; American Geophysical Union; American Institute of Hydrology; American Water Resources Association; the Geological Society of America; and the Tree-Ring Society. She also served on the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) Committee on Geography within the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources of the NAS's Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources.
In addition to her teaching and research activities in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Dr. Hirschboeck holds joint appointments in the departments Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, the School of Geography and Development, and maintains close interdisciplinary ties with the Geosciences Department, Arid Lands Resource Sciences, and the Institute of the Environment.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Geosciences
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Hydroclimatology of Flow Events in the Gila River Basin, Central and Southern Arizona
- M.S. Geography
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- The Response of Flooding in the Upper Mississippi Valley to Twentieth Century Climatic Fluctuations 1925-1969
- B.S. Geography
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2004 - 2014)
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research University of Arizona (1991 - Ongoing)
- Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1990 - 1991)
- Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1985 - 1990)
- Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University (1984 - 1985)
- Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma (1984)
Degree(s)
- PHD Geosciences,1985, University of Arizona