Jessie E. Christian
Coastal Hazards Program
Education and/or Training
M.S. 2023, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geoscience and Geography
B.S. 2020, Coastal Carolina University, Marine Science
Projects and/or Research Interests
Jessie Christian joined the DGGS Coastal Hazards Team after completing her Master's degree at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research interests include monitoring coastal hazards through community based monitoring methods, and mapping flooding and erosion around coastal Alaska. Jessie assists with coastal mapping, data collection and delivery to rural Alaskan communities.
Professional Experience
2023-present, Coastal Geologist, Coastal Hazards Program, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, AK
2022-2023, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
2020-2023, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
Selected Publications
- Horen, K.C., Brayton, C.E., Christian, J.E., Overbeck, J.R., Poisson, A.C., and Siemsen, Z.J., 2023, Single-beam bathymetric data near Stebbins, Alaska, collected July 10-11, 2022: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-10, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31008
- Horen, K.C., Christian, J.E., Doiron, Nadine, Poisson, A.C., and Siemsen, Z.J., 2023, Single-beam bathymetric data near Chefornak, Alaska, collected August 17, 2022: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-11, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31009
- Christian, J.E., Buzard, R.M., Maio, C.V., Spellman, K.L., Glenn-Turaqq, R.J., Bogardus, R.C., Krauss, E., Carlson, J., Carlson, D., Roche, R., Bond, D., Dunam, G., Johnson, A., McNeley, S., Flensberg, S., and Johnson, C., 2023, Community-based monitoring: Shoreline change in southwest Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab.
- Bogardus, R.C., Buzard, R.M., Dunam, G., Glenn, R.G., Letzering, M., Flensberg, S., Johnson, C., Roque, R., Baldwin, H., Christian, J.E., Carty, C., Bond, D., Balazs, M.S., and Maio, C.V., 2022, Dillingham coastal hazard assessment: University of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab, 75 p.
- Buzard, R.M., Christian, J.E., and Overbeck, J.R., 2021, Photogrammetry-derived orthoimagery and elevation for Napakiak, Alaska, collected June 30, 2021: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-20, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30793
- Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Miller, K.Y., and Christian, J.E., 2021, Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Napakiak, in Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Chriest, Jonathan, Endres, K.L., and Plumb, E.W., Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-1B, 45 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30782
Selected Presentations
- Christian, J.E., Horen, K.C., and Nieminski, N.M., 2024, Improving flood estimate accuracy with coastal inundation modeling (presentation): Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage, Alaska, Feb 5-9, 2024: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 12 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31156
- Horen, K.C., Nieminski, N.M., Poisson, A.C., and Christian, J.E., 2023, Monitoring event-driven erosion in Wainwright, Alaska (StoryMap): Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 20 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31097
- Christian, J.E., Buzard, R.M., Baldwin, H., Poisson, A.C., Siemsen, Z.J., and Anderson, G., 2023, Typhoon Merbok: Flood mapping with local observers/Indigenous knowledge: Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage, Alaska, February 2023.
- Christian, J.E., Maio, C.V., Glenn, R.G., Buzard, R.M., Spellman, K.L., and Flensberg, S., 2021, Citizen science: Shoreline change monitoring in southwestern Alaska (poster): American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, 13-17 December 2021.
