Bio

As CGA Fellow for Social and Behavioral Science Applications, Aaron identifies and facilitates new collaborations between the Center and social science researchers across NC State, and advances geospatial community engagement with an equity lens. His work considers how, where and why public built environments impact health behaviors such as physical activity and recreation. He develops crowdsourcing approaches and uses emerging sensor technologies to study and visualize the interaction between built environments and community health behaviors. He is currently using webcams, web apps, GPS, and accelerometers in data collection. Other interests include infrastructure that supports workplace health, park use and accessibility, and geospatial decision support systems.

Publications

• A Guide to Evaluating Playground Interventions , SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)
• A guide to evaluating playground interventions , Discover Public Health (2026)
• Associations of municipal bicycle and pedestrian advisory committees with active travel-supportive zoning in the United States , SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)
• Context Matters: How History, Relationships, and Resourcefulness Shape Rural Physical Activity Systems , DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (2026)
• Exposure to forests and birdsong may reduce physiological stress among college students , Frontiers in Bird Science (2026)
• Implementing emerging methods to improve evaluations of playground and park renovations: a comparative case study on park use in low-income, predominantly black communities , International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (2026)
• Psychophysiological recovery from viewing nature and urban settings: A multisite replication , Journal of Environmental Psychology (2026)
• The Limits of AI-Driven Mobility Data in Children’s Leisure Research , Leisure Sciences (2026)
• Associations between private and public green space and housing prices in historically redlined neighborhoods: A case study in Miami, Florida , Urban forestry & urban greening (2025)
• Associations of geospatial measures of greenspace with adolescent moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: A systematic review , Landscape and Urban Planning (2025)