Dr. Joann Mossa

Associate Professor

mossa@geog.ufl.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Fluvial Geomorphology
• Coastal Geomorphology
• Soils

Educational Background

• PhD -- Geography, Louisiana State University, 1990
• MS -- Geography, Louisiana State University, 1983
• BA -- Geography, Rutgers College, 1980

Recent Courses

• GEO 4221 Coastal Morph/Process
  GEO 4281 Fluvial/Morph Process
  GEO 4930 Senior Seminar
  GEO 5945 Field Course in Geography   
  GEO 6938 Fluvial /Morph Process
  GEO 6938 Coastal /Morph/ Process

Recent Publications

Research Papers

Mossa, J., 2006, Quantifying Channel Planform Change, Papers of the Applied Geography Conference, V. 29, pp. 65-70.

Mossa, J., E. Latrubesse, and A. Gupta. 2002. Preface to Geomorphology of South and Central American Rivers, Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband 129: v-vi.

Mossa, J., E. Latrubesse, and A. Gupta. 2002. South and Central American Rivers, Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband 129, 158 pp.

Reports and Proceedings
Mossa, J., and D. Coley. 2004. Planform Changes of Pascagoula River Tributaries, Mississippi: Year 2 Interim Report, Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pat Harrison Waterway District, Mississippi Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Geological Survey, 280 pp.

Mossa, J. 2003. Channel Changes and Human Impacts in the Leaf River, Mississippi. In 2003 Proceedings, Mississippi Water Resources Conference, Raymond, MS, 172 pp.

Mossa, J. 2003. Geomorphic Assessment of Channel Changes Along a Modified Floodplain, Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Year 1 Interim Report, Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pat Harrison Waterway District, Mississippi Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Geological Survey, 121 pp.

Graduate Students Currently Supervised

• Ph.D.
• Ann Foster
• Jim Rasmussen
• Keith Yearwood
• Masters
• Ellen Bozarth
• April Hendrix Davis
• Ursula Garfield
• Glenn Hermansen
• Lisa Ann Walsh

In My Own Words

Joann Mossa is a geomorphologist specializing in fluvial and coastal systems.  She is particularly interested in fluvial and coastal areas impacted by humans.  Current work is focusing on channel instability in disturbed floodplains, especially rivers with floodplain mining.  She is also assisting students examining morphologic changes of developing coastlines.  Regionally, she specializes in the southeastern United States, areas between and including Louisiana and Florida.  Funding sources have included the USGS, MMS, COE, NASA, SJRWMD, FDOT, LDOTD, and LDNR, amongst others.

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