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Recent Journal Articles 

(Note: names in bold and underlined are my graduate or undergraduate students, this includes one co-mentored student from another university; underlined, bold with a * is my former post-doc.)

• Klotzbach, P.J., E. Bercos-Hickey, K.M. Wood, C.J. Schreck III, M.M. Bell, E.S. Blake, S.G. Bowen, L.-P. Caron, D.R. Chavas, J.M. Collins, E.J. Gibney, K.A. Hansen, A.T. Hazleton, J.J. Jones, M.R. Lowry, A.T. Nieves-Jimenez, C.M. Patricola, L.G. Silvers, R.E. Truchelut, and J. Uehling. The Remarkable 2024 North Atlantic Mid-Season Hurricane Lull. Acccepted Geophysical Research Letters (September, 2025).
• Paxton, L, J.M. Collins, E. Dunn, R. Jones, A. Cecil, and J. Young (2025), Influence of COVID-19 Conditions on Resident Evacuation Behavior During Hurricane Ian. Weather, Climate, and Society. June.
• Hartnett, J.J., E.A. Dunn, J.M. Collins, L. Maas Cortes, R. Jones, (2025) Evacuation Decision-Making Post-COVID-19 Vaccine Availability: Implication of Compound Hazards in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 19, e94. .
•  Mol, J., N. Bloemendaal, H. de Moel, D. Amasino, and J.M. Collins, 2025. An Experimental Test of Risk Perceptions under a New Hurricane Classification System. Scientific Reports, 15 (30320). .
• Salim, M. Z., Qiang, Y., Dixon, B., J.M. Collins, J. A Disparate Disaster: Spatial Patterns of Building Damages and Associated Socio-Economic Factors by 2022 Hurricane Ian. Remote Sensing, 16(20), 3792, .
• Klotzbach, P., J.J. Jones, K.M. Wood, M.M. Bell, E.S. Blake, S.G. Bowen, L-P Caron, D. R. Chavas, J.M. Collins, E.J. Gibney, C.J. Schreck III, R.E. Truchelut, 2024. The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An Above-Normal Season Despite Strong El Ni帽o Conditions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105 (9). .
• Paul, D., J. Panda, A. Sarkar, S. Kumar, Y. Zhu, J.M. Collins, Comparing the atmospheric and ocean characteristics associated with two distinctly intensified pre-monsoon tropical cyclones over Bay of Bengal. 2024, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1-27, .
• Collins, J.M., E. Dunn, R. Jones, A. Polen, N. Rao, S. Murphy, M. Welford, 2024.  Hurricane Risk Perceptions and Evacuation Decision Making in the Post-Vaccine Era of COVID-19 in U.S. Atlantic Coastal States. Weather, Climate, and Society. 16 (1), 51-65. .
• Kaylor, S., Y. Elshorbany, J.M. Collins, and R. Rives, 2024. Environmental Perceptions of College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Professional Geographer, 76 (2), 133-146. Published online 2023. 10.1080/00330124.2023.2258425.
• Zhu, Y., J.M. Collins, J. Muller, P. Klotzbach, 2023. Accumulated Cyclone Energy-Based Tropical Cyclone Return Periods in Florida. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 113 (9), 2013-2030. .
• Polen, A.,  J.M. Collins, E. Dunn, S. Murphy, I. Jernigan, K. McSweeney, Y. Zhu, 2023. How Post-Immunization COVID-19 Context Affected Residents鈥� Evacuation Behavior During Hurricane Ida. Weather, Climate, and Society. .
• Muller, J., C. Paxton, J.M. Collins, and Y. Zhu, 2023.  Michael Mann in Great Figures of the Sustainability Field. Chapter 161. In: Brinkmann, R. Global Handbook of Sustainability.  Palgrave Publishing Company.
• Saunders, M, K. Ash, J.M. Collins, and R. Morss, 2023. Construal of Situational Risk and Outcomes 鈥� Exploring the Use of Radar Displays. Weather, Climate, and Society. 15 (1) 211-226. .
• Collins, J.M., A. Polen, E. Dunn, I. Jernigan, K. McSweeney, M. Welford, M. Lackovic, D. Col贸n-Burgos, and Y. Zhu. 2022. Hurricanes Laura and Sally: A Case Study of Evacuation Decision-Making in the Age of COVID-19. Weather, Climate, and Society, 14 (4) 1231鈥�1245  .
• Zhu, Y., J.M. Collins, P. J. Klotzbach, C. J. Schreck III, Hurricane Ida (2021). 2022. Rapid Intensification Followed by Slow Inland Decay. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 103 (10), E2354鈥揈2369 .
• Klotzbach, P., K. Wood, M. Bell, E. Blake, S. Bowen, L.P. Caron, J.M. Collins, E. Gibney, C. Schreck, R. Truchelut. A Hyperactive End to the Atlantic Hurricane Season: October鈥揘ovember 2020. 2021. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103 (1). E110-E128.
• Collins, J.M., A. Polen, E. Dunn, L. Mass, E. Ackerson, J. Valmond, E. Morales, D. Col贸n-Burgos. 2022.. Compound Hazards, Evacuations, and Sheltering: Evacuation Decision Making in the Pre-Vaccine Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the PRVI Region. Weather, Climate, and Society 14(2), 451-466. .
• Muller, J., C. Ercolani., J.M. Collins, and S. Ellis, S. 2022. Multi-proxy Characterization of Storm Deposits in Sanibel Island, Florida: A Modern Analog for Paleotempestology, Geomorphology, 402. 108148. .
• Zhu, Y., J.M. Collins, P. Klotzbach, 2021. Nearshore hurricane intensity change and post-landfall dissipation along the United States Gulf and East Coasts. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(17), e2021GL094680. 
• Collins, J.M., A. Polen, I. Jernigan*, D. Col贸n-Burgos*, K. McSweeney*, M. Spandri*. 2022. An Analysis of the Success of Virtual Research Experience for Undergraduates Programs in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society (July, 2021).  https://doi.org /10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0231.1.
• Zhu, Y., J.M. Collins, and P.J.  Klotzbach, 2021. Spatial variations of North Atlantic landfalling tropical cyclone wind speed decay over the continental United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 60(6), 749鈥�762. 
• Saunders, M., and J.M. Collins, 2021. Factors Influencing the Motivations & Perceived Usefulness of a Weather Radar Display in Tampa Bay. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society, 102 (6), E1192-E1205. .
• Zhu, Y., and J.M. Collins, 2021. Recent rebounding of the post鈥恖andfall hurricane wind decay period over the continental United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), e2020GL092072. 
• Collins, J.M., A. Polen, K. McSweeney, D. Colon Burgos, I. Jernigan, 2021. Hurricane Risk Perceptions and Evacuation Decision Making in the Age of COVID-19. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society. .
• Cerrito E., Mock, C., J.M. Collins, 2021. The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846: A Reconstruction of the Storm鈥檚 Track, Intensity, and Impacts. The Annals of the Association of the American Geographers, 111 (6), 1585-1601. .
• Bloemendaal, N., Hans de Moel, Jantsje M. Mol, P. Bosma, A. N. Polen, and J.M. Collins, 2021. Adequately Reflecting the Potential Impact of Tropical Cyclones Using the New Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale. Environmental. Research. Letter. 16 (1). .
• Ersing, R.L., C. Pearce, J.M. Collins, M. Saunders, A. Polen, 2020. Geophysical and Social Influences on Evacuation Decision-Making: The Case of Hurricane Irma. Atmosphere, 11 (8), 851. .
• Wood K.M., P. J. Klotzbach, J.M. Collins, R. E. Truchelut, LP. Caron, C. J. Schreck, 2020. Factors Affecting the 2019 North Atlantic Hurricane Season and the Role of the Indian Ocean Dipole. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (13), e2020GL087781. .
• Zhu Y., Y. Hu, and J.M. Collins, 2020. Estimating Road Network Accessibility during Hurricane Evacuation: A Case Study of Hurricane Irma in Florida. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 83, 102334.
• Senkbeil, J., J.R. Reed, J.M. Collins, K. Brothers, M. Saunders, W. Skeeter, E. Cerrito, S. Chakraborty and A. Polen, 2020. Perceptions of Hurricane Track Forecasts in the U.S.A. Weather, Climate, and Society. 12 (1), 15鈥�29. .
• Wood, K.M., P.J. Klotzbach, J.M. Collins, and C. Schreck. 2019. The Record-Setting 2018 Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season. Geophysical Research Letters. 46 (16), 10072鈥�10081. .
• Senkbeil, J., J.M. Collins, J. Reed, 2019. Evacuee Perception of Geophysical Hazards for Hurricane Irma. Weather, Climate, and Society, 11, 217鈥�227. .
• Collins, J.M. 鈥淐limatology.鈥� In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
• Klotzbach, P., C. Schreck, J.M. Collins, M.M. Bell, E.S. Blake, and D. Roache, 2018. The Extremely Active 2017 North Atlantic Hurricane Season. Monthly Weather Review. 146 (10), 3425鈥�3443.
• Saunders, M., K. Ash*, and J.M. Collins, 2018. Understanding How Members of the Public Seek, Access, Comprehend, and Use Weather Radar Displays. Weather, Climate and Society, 10 (4), 673鈥�691. .
• Collins, J.M., R. Ersing, A. Polen, M. Saunders, and J. Senkbeil, 2018. The Effects of Social Connections on Evacuation Decision Making during Hurricane Irma. Weather, Climate and Society, 10 (3), 459鈥�469. .
• Rohli, R, J.M. Collins, R. Ersing, D. Lunsford, A. Weatherall, 2018: Hurricane Preparedness among University Residential Housing Assistants and Staff. Weather, Climate, and Society, 10 (2), 341鈥�359. .
• Collins, J.M., R.L. Ersing, and A. Polen (2017): Evacuation Decision Making during Hurricane Matthew: An Assessment of the Effects of Social Connections. AMS Weather, Climate and Society, 9 (4), 769鈥�776. .
• Collins, J.M. and D. Roache, 2017: The 2016 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: A Season of Extremes. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (10), 5071鈥�507. .
• Yoo. J.*, R. Rohli, J.M. Collins, 2017: Low-level Westerly Winds, Topography, and Tropical Cyclogenesis of Arlene (2005): Observations and Model Simulations. The Professional Geographer, 69 (3) 348鈥�361.
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• Collins, J.M., P. J. Klotzbach, R.N. Maue, D.R. Roache, E. S. Blake, C.H. Paxton, C.A. Mehta.   2016. The Record-Breaking 2015 Hurricane Season in the Eastern North Pacific: An Analysis of Environmental Conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (17), 9217鈥�9224. https://doi.org/ 10.1002/2016GL070597.
  This paper was also highlighted in EOS Research Spotlights as one of the best GRL papers of 2016.
• Ercolani, C., J. Muller, J.M. Collins, M. Saverese and L.Squiccimara, 2015: Intense Southwest Florida Hurricane Landfalls over the Past 1,000 Years. Quaternary Science Reviews. 126, 17鈥�25.
• Yoo, J.*, J.M. Collins and R. Rohli, 2015: An Investigation of the Tropical Cyclogenesis of Arlene (2005) Using the ERA-Interim Reanalysis and the WRF Model Simulation. The Professional Geographer, 67, 396鈥�411. .
• Hartnett, J., J.M. Collins, M. Baxter, D. Chambers, 2014: Spatiotemporal Snowfall Trends in Central New York. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 53, 2685鈥�2697. 
• Paxton, C., J.M. Collins, 2014.  Weather, Ocean, and Social Aspects Associated with Rip Current Drownings in the United States. Journal of Coastal Research, 72, Special Issue 1, 50鈥�55.
• Yoo. J.*, J.M. Collins and R. Rohli, 2014: Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Intra-Americas Sea: Hurricane Cindy (2005). The Professional Geographer, 66, 511鈥�524. .
• Collins, J.M. and P. Flaherty, 2014: Keeping an 'Eye' on Tropical Research Data: The NOAA Hurricane Hunters, Their Missions and Their Recent Work with the 色色研究所 to Archive Historical Information. The Florida Geographer, 45, 14鈥�27 (This is very similar to the 2013 paper with some changes).
•  J.M. Collins, B. Middlekauff and C. Paxton, 2014: Fort De Soto Park, and Mullet Key: Beach Processes, Management, and History. The Florida Geographer, 45, 63鈥�79.
• Mazza Schoonard, C., J.M. Collins, C. Paxton and C. Meindl, 2014: Explaining the Spatial Variability of Summer Rainfall in Pinellas County, Florida Using ArcGIS. Physical Geography, 35, 107鈥�122. .
• Roberts, K., J.M. Collins, C. Paxton, R. Hardy and J. Downs, 2014: Weather Patterns Associated with Green Turtle Hypothermic Stunning Events in St. Joseph Bay and Mosquito Lagoon, FL Physical Geography, 35, 134鈥�150.
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• Collins, J.M. 2014. 鈥淐limatology.鈥� In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press. 1鈥�20. . While this bibliographic entry in an encyclopedia is not original research, I conducted extensive work for this 20-page document which was peer-reviewed.
• Collins, J.M. and P. Flaherty, 2013: NOAA Hurricane Hunters: A Historical and Mission Perspective. The Florida Geographer, 44, 57鈥�71.  See above.
• Collins, J.M., D.R. Roache, E.W. Kopp IV, D. Lunsford, 2012: Analysis of Temperature Variability over Antarctica using the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 35, 412鈥�420. See above 2015 chapter in Selected Readings in Applied Climatology.
• Collins, J.M., 2011: Temperature Variability over Africa. Journal of Climate, 24, 3649鈥�3666.
• Collins, J.M. and D.R. Roache, 2011: The 2009 Hurricane Season in the Eastern North Pacific Basin: An Analysis of Environmental Conditions. Monthly Weather Review, 139, 1673鈥�1682.
• Collins, J.M. and D.R. Roache, 2010: The Inactive 2009 Hurricane Season in the North Atlantic Basin: An Analysis of Environmental Conditions. The National Weather Association鈥檚 National Weather Digest, 34, 117鈥�128.
• Collins, J.M., 2010: Contrasting High North-East Pacific Tropical Cyclone Activity with Low North Atlantic Activity. Southeastern Geographer, 50, 83鈥�98.
• Collins, J.M., C.H. Paxton and A.N. Williams, 2009: Precursors to Southwest Florida Warm Season Tornado Development. National Weather Association鈥檚 Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology, EJ12.
• Collins, J.M., R. Rodrigues Chaves and V. da Silva Marques, 2009: Temperature Variability in South America between 1948鈥�2007. Journal of Climate, 22, 5854鈥�5869.
  60. Collins, J.M., A.N. Williams, C.H. Paxton, R.J. Davis and N.M. Petro, 2009: Geographical, Meteorological, and Climatological Conditions Surrounding the 2008 Interstate-4 Disaster in Florida.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 32, 153鈥�162.
• Sullivan, J. and J.M. Collins, 2009: The Use of Low Cost Data Logging Temperature Sensors in the Evaluation of an Urban Heat Island in Tampa, Florida. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 32, 252鈥�261.
• Collins, J.M., 2008: Coming to America: Challenges Facing Faculty Coming to United States鈥� Universities and an Assessment of the Opportunities for New Academics.  Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32, 179鈥�188.
• Collins, J.M., 2007: The Relationship of ENSO and Relative Humidity to Interannual Variations of Hurricane Frequency in the North-East Pacific Ocean. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 30, 324鈥�333.
• Hinkel, D.M. and J.M. Collins, 2007: Assessment of Hurricane Vulnerable Populations in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 30, 307鈥�313.
• Collins, J.M. and I.M. Mason, 2003: Seasonal Environmental Conditions Related to Hurricane Activity in the North East Pacific Basin.  New England St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Proceedings, 33, 44鈥�50.
• Collins, J.M. and I.M. Mason, 2000: Local Environmental Conditions Related to Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity in the NE Pacific basin. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 3881鈥�3884.

Books

• Collins, J.M., J. Done, and Y. Zhu, Eds: Tropical Cyclone Risk. Vol. 3. Springer. (Upcoming).
• Collins, J.M., J. Done, Y. Zhu, and P. Wilson, Eds, 2024: Advances in Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate. Vol. 2. Springer. 
• Collins, J.M. and J. Done, Eds, 2022: Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate. Vol. 2. Springer. 347 pp.
• Collins, J.M. and K. Walsh, Eds, 2019: Hurricane Risk. Vol. 1. Springer, 260pp.
• Collins, J.M. and K. Walsh, Eds, 2017: Hurricanes and Climate Change. Vol. 3. Springer, 255pp.
• Collins, J.M., R. Rohli and C. Paxton, 2017:  Florida Weather and Climate: More than Just Sunshine.  University Press of Florida, 247pp.
• Waterford, C. (Content advisor: Jennifer Collins), 2018: Hurricane Harvey. Redline Publications. 
• Willett, E. (Content advisor: Jennifer Collins), 2018: Hurricane Irma. Redline Publications. 

Refereed book chapters

(Note: names in bold and underlined are her past graduate or undergraduate students, this includes one co-mentored student from another university; underlined, bold with a * are my former post-docs.) 

• Paxton, L.D., J.M. Collins, L. Myers, 2024: Reconsidering the Saffir-Simpson Scale: A Qualitative Investigation of Public Understanding and Alternative Frameworks. In: Advances in Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate. Collins, J.M., Done, J, Zhu, Y., and P. Wilson (Eds).  Springer. Peer-reviewed.  
• Ersing, R., B. Ward, J.M. Collins. 2022: Exploring the Role of Social Networks in Hurricane Preparedness Planning:  A Study of Public Housing Residents. In Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate. In Vol. 2. 323-340. Collins, J.M. and Done, J (Eds). Springer. Peer-reviewed. 
• Zhu, Y., and J.M. Collins, 2022: The response of hurricane inland penetration to the nearshore translation speed. In Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate. In Vol. 2. 43-56. Collins, J.M. and Done, J (Eds).  Springer. Peer-reviewed.
• Collins, J.M. and C. Paxton, 2021: Tropical Cyclone Impacts (pp. 167-181). In:  Extreme Events and Climate Change by Federico Castillo and Michael Wehner (Eds). Wiley. 
• Collins, J.M. and D. Roache, 2019: The 2015 Hurricane Season in the North Atlantic: An Analysis of Environmental Conditions. In Hurricane Risk. Vol. 1. J.M. Collins. and K. Walsh, Eds., Springer, 123鈥�134. Peer-reviewed.
• Collins, J. M., C. Paxton, T. Wahl, & C. Emrich, 2017: Climate and Weather Extremes. In E. P. Chassignet, J. W. Jones, V. Misra, & J. Obeysekera (Eds.), Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts (pp. 579鈥�615). Gainesville, FL: Florida Climate Institute. . Editorially reviewed.
• Muller, J., J.M. Collins, S. Gibson, L. Paxton, 2017: Recent Advances in the Emerging Field of Paleotempestology. Hurricanes and Climate Change Vol. 3. J.M. Collins. and K. Walsh, Eds., Springer, 1鈥�34. Peer-reviewed.
• Yoo. J.*, R. Rohli, J.M. Collins, 2016: Large-scale Low-level Circulation and the Unique Development of Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Recent Developments in Tropical Cyclone Dynamics, Prediction, and Detection, A. Lupo, Ed., InTech Publications, 89鈥�109. Peer-reviewed.
• Collins, J.M., D. R. Roache, E.W. Kopp IV, & D. Lunsford, 2015:鈥疭easonal Trends in Antarctic Temperature Reanalysis.鈥� Selected Readings in Applied Climatology, R.V. Rohli, and T.A. Joyner, Eds., Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Ltd., 74鈥�87. (This is the 2012 Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences paper listed below which was SELECTED for this special edition). Peer-reviewed.