Stuart Hamilton

Stuart Hamilton is a part-time Professor and Chair of the Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University (ECU) and the UNC Coastal Studies Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography (GIS) from the University of Southern Mississippi (2012), an M.S. in Geography (GIS) from SUNY Buffalo (2003), and a B.S. in Geography and Applied Social Science from Canterbury University (1996). His research focuses on remote sensing and GIS analysis of nearshore environments, particularly mangrove forest change, hurricane impacts, and interactions between environmental degradation and socioeconomic outcomes.