Dr. Paul R. Burger

Professor

Office: COPH 240B   |    Phone: (308) 865-8683   |    Email: burgerpr@unk.edu

Paul R. Burger

Areas of Interest

  • GIScience & Spatial Analysis
  • Market Analysis, Socioeconomics & Demographics
  • Habitat Suitability
  • Medical & Health Care Accessibility

Education

  • Ed.D. Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1997
  • M.A. Geography, Kansas State University, 1994
  • B.S. Geography, Northwest Missouri State University, 1992

Dissertation and Thesis

  • Burger, P.R. 1997. Market Area Modeling and Network Analysis of an Agricultural Cooperative System Using a Geographic Information System. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
  • Burger, P.R. 1994. Who is the Unaligned Voter? Spatial Variation Among Kansas’ Third-Party Voters in American Presidential Elections. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

Faculty Appointments

  • 2010-present Professor, Department of Geography, University of Nebraska at Kearney
  • 2007-2011 Department Chair, Department of Sociology, Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Nebraska at Kearney
  • 2005-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Nebraska at Kearney
  • 2003-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Recent Publications

  • Burger, Paul R., Vrooman, Justin L., Hollman, Angela K., and H. Jason Combs. 2024. Mobile Health and Chronic Care: Using GIScience to Assess Health Care Accessibility Among Broadband Subscribers in Nebraska’s Micropolitan and Rural Areas. Papers in Applied Geography. doi 10.1080/23754931.2024.2312204
  • Combs, H. Jason, Combs, Tate, and Paul R. Burger. 2022. “Leaves From my Journal”: William T. Beatty’s Civil War Account of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Geographical Bulletin. 63(3): 175-187.
  • Burger, Paul R., Combs, H. Jason, Qureshi, Sajda, Windle, John, Barone, Timi L, and Martina Clarke. 2021. Spatial Analysis of Health Care Accessibility and Potential Mobile Health Usage in Nebraska. Pennsylvania Geographer. 59(2): 19-31.
  • Clarke MA, Qureshi S, Barone, T, Qi, Y, Windle JR, Combs J, Burger P. 2021. An mHealth Approach to Addressing Health Inequity. In: Kalra J., Lightner N.J., Taiar R. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 263. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_4
  • Hollman, Angela K., Obermier, Timothy R., and Paul R. Burger. 2021. Rural Measures: A Quantitative Study of the Rural Digital Divide. Journal of Information Policy. 11:176-201.
  • Combs, H. Jason, and Paul R. Burger. 2020. Nebraska’s Medicaid Expansion: An Interesting Rural-Urban Divide. Geographical Bulletin. 61(1): 29-36.
  • Bartee, R. Todd, Burger, Paul R., Heelan, Kate A., Coughlin, Ava, and H. Jason Combs. 2019. A Spatial Analysis of Cancer Survivors’ Accessibility to Exercise Programs Designed Exclusively for Their Needs. Pennsylvania Geographer. 57(2): 1-15.
  • Combs, H. Jason, Burger, Paul, Sogar, Christina, Campbell, Julie, Wulf, Timbre, Maughan, Suzanne, and Jody Van Laningham. 2019. Employing GIS to Address the Perceived Needs and Service Use among Youth Offenders Preparing for Reentry to Rural and Urban Communities. Papers in Applied Geography. 5(1-2): 119-125.
  • Combs, H. Jason, Winfield, Natasha, and Paul R. Burger. 2019. Nebraska’s Pioneer and Heritage Farms: A Geographical and Historical Perspective. Great Plains Quarterly. 39(1): 59-76.
  • Neal, Emma, Combs, H. Jason, and Paul R. Burger. 2018. A Geographical Comparison of Death Penalty Politics in Nebraska. Pennsylvania Geographer. 56(1): 1-14.
  • Pauley, Nicole M., Harner, Mary J., Brinkley Buckley, Emma M., Burger, Paul R., and Keith Geluso. 2018. Spatial Analysis of Borrow Pits along the Platte River in South-central Nebraska, USA, in 1957 and 2016. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies. 38:36-46.
  • Sydow, Spencer, Combs, H. Jason, and Paul R. Burger. 2017. Treasure Hunt Geography: Buying and Selling the History of Kansas Along U.S. Highway 36. Illinois Geographer. 59(1): 47-66.
  • Burger, Paul R., and Kimberly D. Cooper. 2017. A GIS-Based Market Location Study of a Veterinary Clinic in South Carolina. In Location Intelligence Research and Applications. Murray D. Rice, and Tony Hernandez, editors. Kent, Ohio: Applied Geography Conference. ISBN: 978-0991197514.
  • Chloupek, Brett, Burger, Paul, Combs, H. Jason, Pauley, Nicole, and Fletcher Sheridan. 2016. If You Build It Will They Come? Using GIScience to Estimate Retirement Community Demand and Evaluate Potential Locations in Salt Lake City, Utah. Illinois Geographer. 58(2): 1-18.
  • Taylor, Kaitlyn, Combs, H. Jason, and Paul R. Burger. 2016. A GIScience Approach to Analyzing Spatial Patterns of Voter Turnout in Omaha, Nebraska. Geographical Bulletin. 57(2): 99-114.
  • Burger, Paul R., Combs, H. Jason, and John T. Bauer. 2015. Market Area Analysis of Robinwood Retirement Community: How GIScience Integrates Marketing Geography and Spatial Analysis. Papers in Applied Geography. 1(4): 373-382.
  • Combs, H. Jason, Taylor, Kaitlyn, and Paul Burger. 2014. Generational Political Patterns: The Case Study of Presidential Election Results in Kearney, Nebraska. Pennsylvania Geographer. 52(2): 63-79.
  • Combs, H. Jason, and Burger, Paul R., 2014. Junk Jaunt Geography: Buying and Selling America’s Cultural Past in Central Nebraska. Great Plains Research 24(1): 47-58.
  • Burger, Paul, Chloupek, Brett, and H. Jason Combs. 2013. A GIScience Approach to Urgent Care Facility Site Selection in Nebraska. Papers in Applied Geography. 36: 495-504.
  • Heelan, Kate, Combs, H. Jason, Abbey, Bryce M., Burger, Paul, and Todd Bartee. 2013. Evaluation of School Transportation Patterns and the Associated Impact on BMI in Two Midwestern Communities. Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 10(5):6 32-640.
  • Burger, Paul R., and H. Jason Combs. 2011. Cleaning Up the Competition with GIScience: A Market Area Analysis of Yellow Van Cleaning Services. Pennsylvania Geographer. 49(2): 85-100.
  • Combs, H. Jason, Burger, Paul, and Jacob McGlade. 2011. A Geographical Analysis of eBay’s Antiques Sales in the United States. Illinois Geographer. 53(2): 33-48.
  • Burger, Paul R., and Brett R. Chloupek. 2010. GIS Spatial Analysis of University of Nebraska at Kearney Alumni Cohorts, 1930-2004. Great Plains Research. 20(2): 205-214.