Delta Project Publications

Upcoming Presentations

SEDAAG Conference - Lexington, KY
Nov. 23-24, 2025

Unraveling the Ground Truth: Mapping Socio-Economic Risks in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta

• Md. Shahnewaz Hossain, Shrinidhi Ambinakudige, Brian Williams, Dean Hardy

Geospatial and Community Perspectives on COPD Prevalence in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

• Joe Mensah, Shrinidhi Ambinakudige, Brian Williams, Md. Shahnewaz Hossain

Life on this Land: Exclusion, Belonging and Persistence in the South Delta

• Taylor Patterson, Brian Williams, Anthony White

Weathering the Storm: The Mental Health Aftermath of an EF-4 Tornado in South Delta, Mississippi

• Destiny Crockett, Fikriyah Winata, Hattie Spencer, Sarah Lalk, Dean Hardy, Brian Williams, Shrinidhi Ambinakudige

Undergraduates in Action: Community Engagement in Geosciences Course Designs Citizen Science Activities for “Weather & Wellness” Event in Mississippi Delta

• Sarah Lalk, Taylor Patterson, Destiny Crockett, Brian Williams, Shrinidhi Ambinakudige

Publications

Presentations

1. Newton, R., Fosu, B., Lin, Y.H., Ambinakudige S., Williams, B., & Dyer, J. (2025). Water Scarcity and Crop Yields in Underserved Communities. Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, MS.
2. Bowman C., Fosu, B., Lin, Y.H., Dyer, J., Ambinakudige, S., & Violett, B. (2025). Validating Gridded Hydroclimate Datasets Against Station Observations for Agricultural Applications in the Mississippi Delta. Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, MS.
3. Lin, Y.H., Fosu, B., He, J., Dyer, J., Ambinakudige, S., & Bowman, C. (2025). Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on U.S. Climate: A CMIP6 LUMIP Analysis. Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, MS.
4. Patterson, T., & Williams, B. The Continuum of Plantation Ecologies: Racialized Climate Vulnerability in the Mississippi Delta. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Detroit, MI.
5. Boateng, C., Ambinakudige, S., Mensa, J., & Marfo, J. Evaluating Air Pollution from Agriculture and Health Risk in Vulnerable Communities in the U.S.: A Study of the Mississippi Delta. AAG, Detroit, MI.
6. Hardy, D., Malkoc, C., Kowu, N., Hansen, N., Palmer, A., Toussaint, E., Williams, B., Crockett, D., Patterson, T., & Barra, M. Multiple Meanings of Environmental Justice: Examining the U.S Army Corps’ Yazoo Backwater Area. Water Management Project in Mississippi. AAG, Detroit, MI.
7. Violett, B., Fosu B., Lin, Y.H., Dyer J., Ambinakudige S., Williams, B., Hardy, D., Barra, M., & Crockett, D. (2024, November 23-25). Cropland Expansion in the Mississippi Delta: Panacea or Peril Amidst a Worsening Climate? SEDAAG Meeting, Greenville, SC.
8. Lin, Y.H., Fosu B., He, J., Dyer, J., Ambinakudige, S., & Bowman, C. (2024). Historical and Future Climate Impacts of LULCCs in the United States: A CMIP6 LUMIP Analysis. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C.
9. Beegum, S., Reddy Kambham, R., Reddy, V., Ambinakudige, S., Timlin, D., Fleisher, D., & Yeşilköy, S. (2024, December 9-13). Planting for perfection: How to maximize cotton fiber quality with the right planting dates in the face of climate change. AGU24 Meeting, Washington, D.C.
10. Lin, Y.H., Fosu, B., He, J., Dyer, J., Ambinakudige, S., & Bowman, C. (2024). Historical and Future Climate Impacts of LULCCs in the United States: A CMIP6 LUMIP Analysis. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C.
11. Bowman, C., Lin, Y.H., Fosu, B., Dyer, J., & Ambinakudige, S. Quantifying the climate impact of land use and cover changes in the Southern US: Insights from CMIP-LUMIP. Undergraduate Student Research Symposium. Mississippi State University. April 2024.
12. Owens, A., Crockett, D., & Ambinakudige, S. An Investigation into Social Vulnerability and Flood Risks in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. Undergraduate Student Research Symposium. Mississippi State University. April 2024. The poster was awarded a winner of the Spring 2024 Gulf Coast Research special area competition.
13. Hossain, M. S., Ambinakudige, S., Hardy, D., Williams, B., Crockett, D., & Owens, A. (2024, November 23-25). Mapping social susceptibility to climate impacts in the Mississippi Delta: A pathway to environmental justice. Paper presented at the SEDAAG Meeting, Greenville, SC.
14. Violett, B., Lin, Y.H., Dyer, J., Ambinakudige, S., Williams, B., Hardy, D., Crockett, D., Barra, M., & Fosu, B. (2024, November 23-25). Cropland expansion in the Mississippi Delta: Panacea or peril amidst a worsening climate? Paper presented at the SEDAAG Meeting, Greenville, SC.
15. Lalk, S., Cartwright, J., & Ambinakudige, S. (2024, November 23-25). Community engagement utilizing citizen science: Increased awareness of relationships between weather and local environments. Paper presented at the SEDAAG Meeting, Greenville, SC.
16. Winata, F., Spencer, H., Crockett, D., Patterson, T., Williams, B., & Ambinakudige, S. (2024, November 23-25). Using participatory GIS mapping to evaluate access to health care experienced by residents in tornado-prone areas in Mississippi. Poster presented at the SEDAAG Meeting, Greenville, SC.
17. Crockett, D., Winata, F., Spencer, H., Williams, B., & Ambinakudige, S. (2024, November 23-25). Climate resilience and recovery of elder residents among the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta region. Paper presented at the SEDAAG Meeting, Greenville, SC.
18. Williams, B., Ambinakudige, S., Barra, M., Clary, R., Crockett, D., Dyer, J., Fosu, B., Hansen, N., Hossain, M. S., Hardy, D., Lalk, S., Kowu, N., & Malkoc, B. (2024, November 23-25). Research, education, and outreach on climate change and adaptive resilience in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. Paper presented at the SEDAAG Meeting, Greenville, SC.
19. Beegum, S., Reddy, K. R., Reddy, V., & Ambinakudige, S. (2024). County-level estimation of optimal planting dates to maximize cotton fiber quality in the U.S. Paper presented at the Summer Science & Engineering Symposium, 2024. Mississippi State University.