Presentations
Invited Presentations
*Student contributors.
2021
- McDonald, Y. J. on behalf of the Vanderbilt Drinking Water Justice Lab. (2021). Building a framework to inform equitable drinking water health policy. Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy, Health Policy Virtual Grand Rounds, virtual.
- McDonald, Y. J., Anderson, K. M.*, Caballero, M. D.*, Ding, K. J., Fisher, D., Hill, E., and Morkel, C*. on behalf of the Vanderbilt Drinking Water Justice Lab. (2021). Where are the community water systems? A systematic review of geospatial representation of United States community water system service areas. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Geography & GIS Virtual Colloquium, virtual.
2020
- McDonald, Y.J. (2020). Access to water infrastructure: Colonias. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Water Science and Technology Board Meeting, virtual.
2018
- McDonald, Y. J. and Jones, N. E. Drinking water violations and environmental justice in the United States, 2011-201. Conference of Ford Foundation Fellows, Washington DC.
Conference Presentations
2022
- Caballero, M. D.*, Anderson, K. M.*, and McDonald, Y. J. (2022). Crude oil production and regulation of BTEX in drinking water in the United States. (Oral Presentation); American Association of Geographers Conference, virtual.
- McDonald, Y. J., Anderson, K. M., Caballero, M. D., Ding, K., Fisher, D. H., Morkel, C. P., & Hill, E. L. (2022). Geospatial representation of United States community water system estimated service area boundaries: A crucial step to assessing water justice at the community level. (Oral Presentation); American Association of Geographers Conference, virtual.
2021
- Anderson, K. M.*, Gasteyer, S., Lander, P., Manners, J., and VanDerslice, J. (2021). Utilizing collaboration to address the complexities of drinking water. In Y. J McDonald and K. M.* Anderson [Panel presentation] American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, virtual.
- Anderson, K. M.* and McDonald, Y. J. (2021) Operators know best: Utilizing public water system operators to understand technical, managerial, and financial challenges facing community water systems in Tennessee. In K. M. Anderson* and Y. J. McDonald, From Theory to Practice: Addressing Evidence Gaps and Applications of the Drinking Water Disparities Framework [Paper presentation] American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, virtual.
- Kim, A.*, Manapat, A.*, Caballero, M. D.*, Semenov, D.*, and McDonald. Y. J. (2021). So exactly where are community water systems located? In K. M. Anderson* and Y. J. McDonald, From Theory to Practice: Addressing Evidence Gaps and Applications of the Drinking Water Disparities Framework [Paper presentation] American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, virtual.
- Caballero, M. D.*, Gunda, T., McDonald, Y. J., and Gilligan, J. M. (2021). Pollution in the press: Employing text analytics to understand regional water quality narratives. In K. M. Anderson* and Y. J. McDonald, From Theory to Practice: Addressing Evidence Gaps and Applications of the Drinking Water Disparities Framework [Paper presentation] American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, virtual.
- McDonald, Y. J., Murray, E.*, Preetam, C., Allison, K.*, McKane, R., and Hill, E. (2021) Health-based drinking water violations: A human body systems framework to understanding human health. In K. M. Anderson* and Y. J. McDonald, From Theory to Practice: Addressing Evidence Gaps and Applications of the Drinking Water Disparities Framework [Paper presentation] American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, virtual.
2020
- Caballero, M. D.*, Gunda, T., McDonald, Y. J., Gilligan, J. M. (2020). Pollution in the press: Employing text analysis to understand regional water quality metrics [Poster presentation]. American Geophysical Union Annual Conference, virtual.
- McDonald, Y. J. (2020) Demystifying community water systems location: A case study in Tennessee [Paper presentation]. American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, virtual.
- Anderson, K. M.* and McDonald, Y. J. (2020). Unmasking differences: How using the correct unit of analysis in geospatial drinking water research has the potential to reveal community-level differences [Paper presentation]. Applied Geography Annual Conference, virtual.
2019
- McDonald, Y. J. and Anderson, K. M.* (2019). A community-based participatory research approach: Collaborating with key Tennessee drinking water stakeholders to understand community water systems [Paper presentation]. Applied Geography Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC.
- McDonald, Y. J. (2019). Tennessee community water systems operators insights on the infrastructure challenges of ensuring a safe drinking water supply [Paper presentation]. In Doing critical community geography to inform policy: Approaches and outcomes, American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, Washington D.C.
2018
- McDonald, Y. J. and Jones, N. E. (2018). Environmental justice: Drinking water violations in the US, 2011-2015 [Poster presentation]. AcademyHealth, Seattle, WA.