Kimberly E. Klockow Doctoral Candidate in Geography Research Assistant The University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Climatological Survey E: kklockow@ou.edu C: 765.532.0300 Primary Education M.S. Professional Meteorology, August 2008, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma B.S. with Honors in Economics, 2006, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana B.S. in Synoptic Meteorology, 2006, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Minors: German, Communication, Psychology Professional Experience August 2009 Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. August 2006 Graduate Research Assistant, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma. 2007-2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Meteorology, Norman, Oklahoma. 2004 2005 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. 2004 Undergraduate Researcher, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Norman, Oklahoma. Peer- Reviewed Publications (1) Klockow, K.E. and R.A. McPherson, 2013: Characterizing uncertainty in tornado warnings. In preparation for submission to Wea. Climate Soc. (2) Peppler, R.A., K.E. Klockow, and R.A. McPherson, 2013: Tornado Folk Science: Place- based understandings of risk in the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak. In preparation for submission to Natural Hazards Review. (3) Goebbert, K., H.C. Jenkins- Smith, K.E. Klockow, M.C. Nowlin, C.L. Silva, 2012: Weather, Climate, and Worldviews: The Sources and Consequences of Public Perceptions of 1
Changes in Local Weather Patterns. Wea. Climate Soc., 4, 132 144. (4) Hoekstra, S., K.E. Klockow, R. Riley, J. Brotzge, H. Brooks, S. Erickson, 2011: A Preliminary Look at the Social Perspective of Warn- on- Forecast: Preferred Tornado Warning Lead Time and the General Public s Perceptions of Weather Risks. Wea. Climate Soc., 3, 128 140. (5) Klockow, K. E., R. A. McPherson, and D. S. Sutter, 2010: On the Economic Nature of Crop Production Decisions Using the Oklahoma Mesonet. Wea. Climate Soc., 2, 224-236 Non- Refereed/Technical Publications (1) Klockow, K.E. and R.A. Peppler, 2012: Folk science: Local understandings of the tornado hazard on April 27, 2011. Wea. and Soc. Watch, 6(1), 5-7. (2) Klockow, K.E., 2011: Investigation of individuals spatial awareness and estimation of uncertainty relating to response during the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak. University of Colorado National Hazards Center Grant Program, funded by NSF CMMI1030670. (3) Klockow, K. E., and R. A. Peppler, 2009: Decision making and risk: Traveling to the 2007 AMS Annual Meeting. Weather and Society Watch, 3(4), 31 Grants Received (1) 2012 - $75,110.00 award. NOAA- OAR Social Science Research Competition NA12OAR4590118 The impact of uncertainty information on tornado warning response: Developing recommendations for warning best practices. (2) 2011 - $2015 award. University of Colorado National Hazards Center Quick- Response Grant Program, funded by NSF CMMI1030670 Investigation of individuals spatial awareness relating to response during the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak. Conference s 93 rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2013, Austin, Texas. Representations of risk space and decision- making in tornado warnings. Oral Tornado stories in Central Oklahoma - Town Hall meetings to help understand local knowledge and beliefs. Oral (given jointly with R.A. Peppler) 2
Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, 2012, San Francisco, CA Representations of risk space and decision- making in tornado warnings. Oral Lake Tahoe Science Conference, 2012, Incline Village, NV Seeing the world through a lens: How do people form opinions on climate change? Invited Speaker & Panelist 2012 Integrated Warning Team Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO. Tornado warning response: Theory, case studies, and thoughts on the upcoming Central Region Experiment Invited Speaker 2012 Warn- on- Forecast Workshop, Norman, OK. Future of Severe and High- Impact Weather Warnings Panelist Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 2012, New York City, New York Accessing and understanding tornado warnings: The April 27, 2011 outbreak Oral 92 nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana. How forecast and warning information did, and did not, shape response in the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak. Oral National Weather Association Annual Meeting, 2011, Birmingham, AL. Preliminary Look at Public Perceptions of and Responses to Warnings in the 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak. Oral Conference on Weather Warnings Communication, 2011, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Decision- making based on warning design: How individuals infer uncertainty and choose to respond Oral Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 2011, Seattle, Washington Seeing the world through a political lens: The connection between weather and climate change perceptions and beliefs Oral 91 st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2011, Seattle, Washington Space and spatiality in warnings: a new way to evaluate warning comprehension Poster *Award for best student poster presentation in POLICY symposium Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah Spatial risk perception in dynamic hazard events Poster 3
Enhancing Communication in Cross- Disciplinary Research (ECCDR) Workshop, 2010, Coeur d Alene, Idaho Developing a New Generation of Cross- Disciplinary Researchers: An Interactive Panel Session to Address Common Pitfalls and Challenges. Panel organizer and moderator 90 th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia Seeing the world through a political lens: the connection between weather and climate change perceptions and beliefs. Oral 89 th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona Estimating the economic benefits of the Oklahoma Mesonet to Agricultural Producers in the state of Oklahoma. Oral Experiencing the weather: Public perceptions of climate change Poster 88 th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana Estimating the economic benefits of the Oklahoma Mesonet to the state of Oklahoma. Poster To travel or not to travel? The case of AMS 2007: A risk assessment case with a weather salient community. Poster Purdue Climate Change and Impacts Conference, 2006, West Lafayette, Indiana The economic impacts of tornadoes: linking changes in financial distress to changes in consumption Oral Third Annual Great Lakes Meteorology Conference, 2005, Valparaiso, Indiana The economic impacts of tornadoes: A broad analysis of post- event consumption Oral 85 th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2005, San Diego, California The economic impacts of tornadoes: A broad analysis of post- event consumption Oral Honors, Awards, and Professional Service 2013 AMS Societal Impacts Board Co- Chair for Planning, Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio- Economic Research, 94 th AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 4
2012 Invited speaker & panelist, Lake Tahoe Basin Science Conference: Environmental Restoration in a Changing Climate. Incline Village, NV, May 2012. Ralph and Margaret Olson Geography Award & Scholarship, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma. April 2012. Appearance as warning response expert on NOVA Deadliest Tornadoes program. Invited participant, NOAA Weather Ready Nation: Science Imperatives for Severe Thunderstorm Research. Birmingham, AL, April 2012 Facilitator: Department of Energy Complex Flow Workshop. Boulder, CO, Jan. 2012. Invited Panelist, Warn- on- Forecast Workshop, Future of Severe and High- Impact Weather Warnings. Norman, OK 2012 Organizer, Working at the intersection of Geography and Atmospheric Science: Early career scholars Panel session at AAG Annual Meeting, New York City, NY, 2012 Organizer and Panelist, Communicating Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Atmospheric Sciences in Geography Panel session at AAG Annual meeting, New York City, NY, 2012 AMS Societal Impacts Board Co- Chair for Planning, Eighth Symposium on Policy and Socio- Economic Research, 93 rd AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX 2011 Invited participant: NOAA Weather Ready Nation Vital Conversation. Norman, OK, December 2011 Invited participant: National Academies of Science workshop on Urban Meteorology. Woods Hole, MA, July 2011. AMS Societal Impacts Board o Chair, Subcommittee for Geographers o Planner, Young Professionals Reception Planning Committee, Seventh Symposium on Policy and Socio- Economic Research, 5
92 nd AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA Award for best student poster presentation in AMS POLICY symposium, Seattle, Washington 2011. Panel co- organizer and facilitator: Town Hall Meeting to Study the 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak. National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL. Mentor, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. Deriving Population Exposure Fatality Rate Estimates for Tornado Outbreaks Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Amber Cannon, OU NWC REU 2011 Co- organizer, National Weather Center Benefit Bash, Proceeds benefiting: Heart of Central Oklahoma Chapter of the American Red Cross ($2000) 2010 o Subcommittee for Non- members o Subcommittee for Young Professionals Co- Chair, AMS Student Conference Planning Committee Enhancing Communication in Cross- Disciplinary Research (ECCDR) Scholarship, 2010 Mentor, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. Public Response to the 10 May 2010 Norman, Oklahoma Tornado. Sarah Stalker, REU 2010. Co- mentor for senior capstone project, Flash Flood Risk Perception. Kelsey Mulder and Curtis MacDonald. University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, Oklahoma, 2010. Co- organizer, National Weather Center Benefit Bash, Proceeds benefiting: Heart of Central Oklahoma Chapter of the American Red Cross ($1600) 2009 Travel grant sponsored by Joe Friday for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 89 th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2009 Co- Chair, AMS Student Conference Planning Committee AMS Board of Higher Education Graduate Representative 6
Mentor, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. A social perspective of warn on forecast: Ideal tornado warning lead time and the general public s perceptions of weather risks. Stephanie Hoekstra, REU 2009. Co- organizer, National Weather Center Benefit Bash, Proceeds benefiting: Victim of February 10, 2009 Lone Grove tornado ($750) 2008 Invited participant, Advanced Weather and Society*Integrated Studies Workshop. Norman, OK, September 2008. Invited participant, Societal Impacts Program s Weather and Society Integrated Studies Workshop. Boulder, CO, August 2008 Invited participant, American Meteorological Society Policy Colloquium. Washington, D.C., June 2008 AMS Board of Higher Education Graduate Representative Co- Chair, AMS Student Conference Planning Committee 2007 Session Chair, AMS Student Conference Planning Committee 2006 American Meteorological Society Industry Fellowship, 2006 2007 Outstanding Senior Award in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 2006 Best Student Award, Purdue Climate Change and Impacts Conference, 2006 AMS Student Conference Planning Committee 2004-2006 President, Purdue University Meteorological Association (2004 2006) Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Beta Phi, Golden Key 7