Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences

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Seda Şalap-Ayça

Assistant Professor of Practice
seda_salapayca@brown.edu
Lincoln Field, Room 212
IBES, Room 301
Research Profile
Research Interests Environmental Science
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Biography

I am a GIScientist passionate about solving spatial decision making problems and understanding the role of uncertainty in spatial models, particularly for human-environment interactions. I did my Ph.D. in Geography in a joint doctoral program between UC Santa Barbara and San Diego State University. As a Ph.D. Student, I focused on spatially explicit uncertainty and sensitivity analysis methods for land use models. At UMass, Amherst, as a researcher and educator, I have taught an array of GIS courses at various levels. At Brown, I am eager to engage with diverse minds and continue to work with my colleagues on the complexities of human-environment dynamics.

Recent News

The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning

Seda Şalap-Ayça selected as 2023 Sheridan Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow

Assistant Professor of Practice Seda Şalap-Ayça has been selected as a Sheridan Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow. The Fellows program is a yearlong, cohort-based learning community that provides the opportunity for a small group of junior faculty from across the disciplines to come together to reflect upon and discuss their teaching and their students’ learning with Sheridan staff. "As an early career faculty," said Şalap-Ayça, "I strongly believe that this fellowship experience will help me to improve my pedagogic knowledge, collaborate with teaching-related projects, and more importantly apply what I learned in my courses and share with the teaching community."
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