Faculty Profile

Lisa Nagaoka

Title
Professor
Department
Geography and the Environment
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

PhD, University of Washington, 2000.
Major: Anthropology
MA, University of Washington, 1992.
Major: Anthropology
BA, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1985.
Major: Anthropology

Current Scheduled Teaching*

GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Spring 2024 Syllabus

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

GEOG 5195.001, Advanced Geospatial Data Analytics, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4195.001, Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualization, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5195.001, Advanced Geospatial Data Analytics, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4195.001, Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualization, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 1000.001, National Parks: America's Best Idea, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5195.001, Advanced Geospatial Data Analytics, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4195.001, Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualization, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2021
GEOG 3200.001, Sustainability, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5195.001, Advanced Geospatial Data Analytics, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ARCH 2800.001, Archaeological Science, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4195.001, Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualization, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2020
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2020 Syllabus
GEOG 5960.002, Geography Institute, Spring 2020
GEOG 4885.001, Human Geography Topics, Spring 2020 Syllabus
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020
GEOG 2900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2020
GEOG 4900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2020
GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4960.002, Geography Institute, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5960.001, Geography Institute, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2019
GEOG 4900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2019
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5960.002, Geography Institute, Spring 2019 SPOT
GEOG 4885.001, Human Geography Topics, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4960.001, Geography Institute, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5960.001, Geography Institute, Fall 2018 SPOT
GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2016
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W1 2016
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2016
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2015 SPOT
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2015
GEOG 5900.705, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2015
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2015
GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Spring 2015 Syllabus
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2015 Syllabus
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2015
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2014 Syllabus
GEOG 5800.001, Research Design and Geographic Applications, Fall 2014
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2014
GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Spring 2014 Syllabus
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2014 Syllabus
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2014
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2014
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2013 Syllabus
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2013
GEOG 3420.001, Applied Biogeography, Spring 2013 Syllabus
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2013 Syllabus
GEOG 4900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2013
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2013
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2012 Syllabus
GEOG 5800.001, Research Design and Geographic Applications, Fall 2012
GEOG 4900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2012
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2012
GEOG 4980.001, Experimental Course, Summer 2012
GEOG 4980.001, Experimental Course, Summer 3W1 2012
GEOG 5960.001, Geography Institute, Summer 3W1 2012
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2012 Syllabus
GEOG 4900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2012
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2012
ANTH 4850.001, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2012 Syllabus
ARCH 4620.014, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2012 Syllabus
ARCH 5620.014, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2012
GEOG 4980.001, Experimental Course, Fall 2011 Syllabus
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2011 Syllabus
GEOG 5960.003, Geography Institute, Fall 2011
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2011
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W1 2011
GEOG 4900.707, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2011
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Spring 2011 Syllabus
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2011
ANTH 4850.012, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2011 Syllabus
ARCH 4620.012, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2011 Syllabus
ARCH 5620.012, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2011
GEOG 2110.001, Foundations of Geographic Research, Fall 2010 Syllabus
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2010
ANTH 4850.020, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2010 Syllabus
ARCH 4620.020, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2010 Syllabus
ARCH 5620.020, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2010
GEOG 4800.001, Applied Geography, Spring 2010 Syllabus
ANTH 4620.014, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2010 Syllabus
ARCH 4620.014, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2010
ARCH 5620.014, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2010
GEOG 4800.001, Applied Geography, Fall 2009
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2009
GEOG 5920.707, Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, Summer 5W1 2009
GEOG 4800.001, Applied Geography, Spring 2009
GEOG 4800.002, Applied Geography, Spring 2009
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2009
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2009
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2009
BIOL 4900.779, Special Problems, Spring 2009
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2008
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2008
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2008
GEOG 4900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2008
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2008
ANTH 4620.005, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2008
ARCH 4620.005, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2008
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2008
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2008
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2008
ANTH 3650.001, Origins of Civilization, Spring 2008
ARCH 3650.001, Origins of Civilization, Spring 2008
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2008
GEOG 5960.029, Geography Institute, Fall 2007
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2007
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2007
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2007
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2007
ANTH 4620.011, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2007
ARCH 4620.011, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2007
GEOG 5960.031, Geography Institute, Spring 2007
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2007
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2007
GEOG 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Spring 2007
GEOG 4900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2007
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2007
ANTH 4620.014, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2007
ARCH 4620.015, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2007
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2006
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2006
GEOG 4900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2006
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2006
ANTH 4620.012, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2006
ARCH 4620.012, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2006
GEOG 5960.007, Geography Institute, Spring 2006
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2006
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2006
GEOG 5960.029, Geography Institute, Fall 2005
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2005
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2005
ANTH 4620.011, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2005
ARCH 4620.011, Topics in Archaeology, Fall 2005
GEOG 5960.026, Geography Institute, Spring 2005
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2005
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Spring 2005
GEOG 4900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2005
GEOG 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2005
ANTH 4620.012, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2005
ARCH 4620.012, Topics in Archaeology, Spring 2005
ANTH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2004
ANTH 2500.002, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2004
ARCH 2500.001, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2004
ARCH 2500.002, Introduction to Archaeology, Fall 2004

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Wolverton, S. J., Nagaoka, L. A., Rick, T. (2016). Applied Zooarchaeology: Four Case Studies.
Wolverton, A., Nagaoka, L. A., Wolverton, M. (2015). Breaking In: Women’s Accounts of How Choices Shape STEM Careers.. Stylus Press.
Book Chapter
Neme, G., Abbona, C., Gil, A., Otaola, C., Johnson, J., Nagaoka, L. A., Wolverton, S. J. (2023). Late Holocene Environmental Rebound in Northwest Patagonia: Zooarchaeological, Stable Isotope, Radiocarbon, and Ancient DNA Evidence. Questioning Rebound: People and Environmental Change in the Protohistoric and Early Historic Americas, edited by E. L. Jones and J. L. Fisher. 43-53. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.
Nagaoka, L., Neme, G. (2023). Late Holocene Environmental Rebound in Northwest Patagonia: Zooarchaeological, Stable Isotope, Radiocarbon, and Ancient DNA Evidence. Questioning Rebound: People and Environmental Change in the Protohistoric and Early Historic Americas. University of Utah.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2021). Using the management of urban species to teach conservation biogeography. Effective Approaches to Human Ecology Education. Society of Ethnobiology.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2019). Human behavioral ecology and zooarchaeology. Springer-Verlag.
Wolverton, S. J., Nagaoka, L. A. (2018). Zooarchaeology: Investigating Past Interactions Between Humans and Other Animals. Ethnozoology: Animals in Our Lives. 25-43. London: Academic Press.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2012). The Overkill Hypothesis and conservation biology. In, Zooarchaeological Perspectives on Issues in Conservation Biology , edited by S. Wolverton and R. L. Lyman..
Nagaoka, L. A. (2010). Declining Foraging Efficiency and Moa Carcass Exploitation in Southern New Zealand. In, Evolutionary Ecology and Archaeology: Applications to Problems in Human Evolution and Prehistory, edited by J. Broughton and M. Cannon.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2008). Taphonomy of Twilight Beach seals Related Links: http://www.geog.unt.edu/~lnagaoka/TBtaphonomy2008.pdf.
Nagaoka, L. A. (1993). Faunal assemblages from the To'aga site. In, The To'aga Site: Three Millennia of Polynesian Occupation in the Manu'a Islands, American Samoa, edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Terry L. Hunt, pp. 189-216. Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility No. 51..
Nagaoka, L. A. (1988). Lapita subsistence: The evidence of non-fish archaeofaunal remains. In, Archaeology of the Lapita Cultural Complex: A Critical Review, edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Terry L. Hunt, pp. 117-133. Thomas Burke Washington State Memorial Museum Research Report No. 5.,.
Book Review
Nagaoka, L. A. (2002). Review of The Archaeologist's Laboratory: The Analysis of Archaeological Data.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2001). Review of Waihou Journeys: The Archaeology of 400 Years of Maori Settlement by Caroline Phillips.
Conference presentation
Wolverton, S. J., Nagaoka, L. A., Rice, M. D. (2022). Career thinking among geography majors in a sophomore class at UNT. Applied Geography Conference.
Instructor's Manual
Ponette, A. G., Nagaoka, L. A., Williams, H. F., McGregor, K. M., Maxey, G. (2018). Earth Science Laboratory Manual. Stipes Publishing, L.L.C..
Journal Article
Pan, F., Nagaoka, L., Wolverton, S. J., Atkinson, S. F., Kohler, T. A., O'Neill II, M. (2021). A Constrained Stochastic Weather Generator for Daily Mean Air Temperature and Precipitation. Atmosphere. 12(2), 22 pgs..
Andrew, G., Nagaoka, L. A., Wolverton, S. J. (2019). A geospatial method for estimating soil moisture variability in prehistoric agricultural landscapes. PloS ONE. 14(8), e0220457.
Laura, E., Nagaoka, L. A., Wolverton, S. J. (2019). Animal resource use among Mesa Verde farmers related to socio-environmental change. Journal of Anthropological Research. 73(3), 361-392.
Traci, P., Charles, R., Wolverton, S. J., Nagaoka, L. A. (2018). Conservation Implications of Late Holocene Freshwater Mussel Remains of the Leon River in Central Texas. Hydrobiologia: The Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 810, 477-487.
Nagaoka, L. A., Rick, T., Wolverton, S. J. (2018). The overkill model and its impact on environmental research. 8, 9863-9696.
Popejoy, T., Wolverton, S. J., Randklev, C., Nagaoka, L. A. (2017). An interpretive framework for assessing freshwater mussel taxonomic abundances in zooarchaeological faunas. Quaternary International. 427, 34-46.
Dombrosky, J., Wolverton, S. J., Nagaoka, L. A. (2016). Archaeological data suggest broader earlier historic distribution of Blue sucker (Cycleptus longatus, Actinopterygii, Catostomidae) in New Mexico. Hydrobiologia: The Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 77(1), 255-263. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-015-2639-9
Wolverton, S. J., Nagaoka, L. A. (2016). Introduction. Journal of Ethnobiology. Archaeology as Ethnobiology. 46(3), 473-475.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2015). Differential carnivore damage as a potential indicator of resource availability and foraging efficiency.. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 22, 822-856.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2012). On behavioral depression in white-tailed deer..
Nagaoka, L. A. (2009). Antipodean perspectives on zooarchaeology: Behavioral ecology, taphonomy, and applied research ..
Wolverton, S., Nagaoka, L. A., Fullerton, B., Densmore, J. (2008). White-tailed deer harvest pressure & within-bone nutrient exploitation during the mid- to late Holocene in southeast Texas. Before Farming. 2008(2), .
Nagaoka, L. A. (2006). Declining foraging efficiency and seal carcass exploitation in southern New Zealand.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2006). Ranking the top archaeological journals.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2005). Declining foraging efficiency and moa carcass exploitation in southern New Zealand.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2005). Screening experiments and differential recovery of Pacific Island fish.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2002). Explaining subsistence change in southern New Zealand using foraging theory models.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2002). Explaining subsistence change in southern New Zealand using foraging theory models.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2002). The effects of resource depression on foraging efficiency, diet breadth, and patch use in southern New Zealand.
Nagaoka, L. A. (2001). Using diversity measures to understand changes in prey exploitation in southern New Zealand.
Nagaoka, L. A. (1994). Differential recovery of Pacific Island fish remains: Evidence from the Moturakau Rockshelter, Aitutaki, Cook Islands.
Nagaoka, L. A. (1990). An Ancestral Polynesian occupation at To'aga, Ofu Island, American Samoa.
Journal Special Issue
Nagaoka, L. A., Wolverton, S. J. (2016). Archaeology as Ethnobiology. Journal of Ethnobiology. 46(3), .
Monograph
Nagaoka, L. A. (2004). "In the footsteps of von Haast…the discoveries something grand": The emergence of zooarchaeology in New Zealand. In, Change Through Time, 50 Years of New Zealand Archaeology, edited by L. Furey and S. Holdaway, pp. 193-214..

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Nagaoka, L. A. (Principal), Wolverton, S. J., Pan, F., Atkinson, S. F., "Modeling Crop Failure Potential in Late Pueblo Mesa Verde Villages," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $116206 Funded. (February 2015February 2020).
Wolverton, S. J., Johnson, J., Nagaoka, L. A., "The Use of “Ancient” DNA for Interpreting Predation and Mammalian Population Dynamics.," Sponsored by NSF Archaeology, Federal, $55069 Funded. (20162019).
Nagaoka, L. (Principal), "GiS and Archaeological Research in Western Argentina," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $7500 Funded. (20122012).
Grant - Service
Nagaoka, L., "Updating Data Analytics Capacity in Geography Curriculum," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (September 1, 2021May 31, 2022).
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    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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