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Nancy White, MLA, PhD
Director, UNC Coastal Studies Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, ECU
Office:
217 Budleigh Street, PO Box 699
Manteo, NC 27954
Phone: 252-475-3663
Fax:252-475-3545
Email: nmwhite@csi.northcarolina.edu
Bio
Nancy White began as director of the Coastal Studies Institute in July of 2003. Prior to this, she served as Director of Research, Extension and Sponsored Programs and Research Associate Professor at North Carolina State University 's College of Design , where she published over 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers. She lectures on designing for water quality nationally and internationally.
Nancy serves on a wide array of committees, boards and review panels, including the DENR Division of Land Quality's Technical Advisory Committee, WRRI Technical Advisory Committee, APNEP Advisory Board-Co Chair, Marine Sciences Advisory Council, the Kitty Hawk Town Planning Board, The Outer Banks Hotline Board of Directors.
Education
Ph.D. in Forestry/Water Resources, 1996 North Carolina State University M.L.A. in Landscape Architecture/Multidisciplinary Studies, 1991 North Carolina State University A.B. in Political Science/Fine Arts, 1975 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Research Interest
Watershed Hydrology/Planning, Land Use, Water Quality, Landscape Ecology, Bacterial fate and transport, Coastal Sustainability, Hydrologic Restoration, Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Analysis
Current Projects
Efficiencies in green building and sustainable design. Assessment of bacterial source tracking methodologies and land use contributions to bacterial contamination.
Publications
Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings
Line, Daniel E and NM White. 2006. Effects of Development on Runoff and Pollutant Export. WERF. Accepted for publication. (Control No. 05-06-0579RR)
Kirby-Smith William and NM White. 2005. Bacterial Contamination Associated with Estuarine Shoreline Development. Journal of Applied Microbiology. JAM-2005-0127.R1.
Berke, Philip R., Joe McDonald, Nancy M. White, Dan Line, Michael Holmes, Kat Oury, Rhonda Ryznar. 2003. "Greening Development to Protect Watersheds: Is New Urbanism the Answer?" Journal of American Planning Association, V69, #4, pps 397-413.
Jennings, GD; Dan Line, Bill Hunt, Deanna Osmond, Nancy White, 2002. Neuse River Basin Pollution Source and Best Management Practices, Proceedings of the AWRA Coastal Issues Conference, Austin TX.
Line, D. E., NM White, DL Osmond, Gregory Jennings and Carolyn Mojonnier. 2002. Pollutant Export from Various Land Uses in the Upper Neuse River Basin, Water Environment Research, V74, #1.
Line, D.E. and N. M. White. 2001. Efficiencies of Temporary Sediment Traps on Two North Carolina Construction Sites. TRANS of the ASAE 44(5): 1207-1215.
Danielson, Leon E., C. Suzanne Hoover, Christy A. Perrin, Nancy M. White, Ron Elmore and Jennifer L. Platt. 2000. Using Collaborative Problem-solving to Protect North Carolina's Coastal Resources: The Experience of the White Oak River Advisory Board. National Conference on Tools for Urban Water Resource Management and Protection - Proceedings, EPA/625/R-00/001, pps. 183 – 188.
White, Nancy M., Daniel E. Line, JD Potts, William Kirby-Smith, Barbara Doll and W.F. Hunt. 1999. Jump Run Creek shellfish restoration project. Journal of Shellfish Research, Vol. 19, No.1., 473-476, 2000.
White, Nancy, Michael Holmes, and Leon Danielson. 1999. Development of land use change indicators to support watershed based restoration of shellfish resources impacted by fecal coliform contamination. In: Proc., International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Cork, Ireland, October 1999.
White, Nancy M. and Leon E. Danielson. 1999. WECO-Watershed Education for Communities and Officials. Proc. Science into Policy: Am. Water Res. Conf., June 28 – Jul 1, Bozeman, MT.
Frank M. Wefering, Leon E. Danielson, and Nancy M. White. 1998. Using the amoeba approach to measure progress toward ecosystem sustainability. Ecological Modelling, 130 (2000) 157-166.
White, N.M.; Daniel E. Line, Casson Stallings, and G.D. Jennings. 1994. GIS and the spatial analysis of fecal coliform bacteria ecology, Phase I: Landform model development. In: Proc. International Water Quality Modeling Conference, 1995, Orlando, Fl., ASAE , April 1995.
Jennings, G.D.; D.E. Line, S.W. Coffey, Jean Spooner, N.M. White, W.A. Harman, and M.A. Burris. 1994. Water quality and land treatment in the Long Creek watershed project. Clean Water Conference, ASAE, March 1995, Kansas City, MI.
White, N.M.; G.D. Jennings, and W.A. Harman. 1994. Ecological modeling of riparian systems using a GIS. In: Proc: Computers in Agriculture Conference 1994: Fifth International Conference. ASAE Pub. # 03-94, ASAE, St. Joseph, MI. pp 592-597.
Reports
White, Nancy. 2002. Protecting estuarine water quality through design. Pub #: UNC–SG–01-13
Hunt, William F. and Nancy White. 2001. Designing rain gardens (bio-retention areas). Series Title: Urban waterways; AG (Series) ; 588-3.
Cherry, Diane; Leon Danielson, Steve Smutko, Tom Vukina, and Nancy White. 1998. Framework and methodologies for estimating the benefits from erosion and sedimentation pollution control. Report to NC Sedimentation and Pollution Control Commission. June, 1998.
White, NM and Jennifer Platt. 1997. Guidelines for the Administration of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund. Report to Coastal Land Trust and Environmental Defense Fund.
White, NM. 1996. Spatial analysis of fecal coliform bacteria fate and transport. NCSU Thesis, Department of Forestry, Raleigh, NC.
White, N.M. 1991. Design of River Trails to support water quality education efforts of the Streamwatch Program. NCSU Thesis, Department of Landscape Architecture, Raleigh, NC.
Doll, Barbara and Andy Coburn. 1995. Served as contributing member of Environmental Systems Team report, NC Sea Grant Study: Adequacy of the existing AEC structure in protecting coastal resources from cumulative impacts; 1995. |
