Department of Geography and Planning

Dr. Minxuan Lan (CV)

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Geographic Information Science May 2021
Minor: Criminal Justice (24 credit hours)
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

  • Dissertation title : Modeling Crime Using Activities and Sentiment Generated from Geotagged Tweets
  • Dissertation Committee Chair: Dr. Lin Liu

Master of Arts, Geographic Information Science April 2016
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

  • Thesis title : Examining the Impact of Bus Stop Location Change on Robbery
  • Thesis Committee Chair: Dr. Lin Liu

Bachelor of Science , Geographic Information Science April 2014
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

  • Capstone topic: The Use of Multilevel Modeling of the Ohio Happiness Index (OHI) in Ohio

Bachelor of Science, Geographic Information Science June 2014
Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

RESEARCH

Research Interests

  • Spatial temporal analysis and its applications on crime, public health and human sustainability
  • Data Mining , Natural language processing ( and their application s on social media big data
  • Substance abuse epidemic and drug problem

Publications (23)

  • Lan, M., Liu, L.*, Burmeister, J., Zhu, W., Zhou, H., & Gu, X. (2022). Are Crime and Collective Emotion Interrelated? A “Broken Emotion” Conjecture from Community Twitter Posts.Social Science Computer Review, 08944393221113210.(SSCI: Q1)
  • Liu, L., Lan, M.*, Eck, J., Yang, B. & Zhou, H. (2022). Assessing the Intraday Variation of the Spillover Effect of Tweets-derived Ambient Population on Crime. Social Science Computer Review,40(2), 512–533. (SSCI: Q1)
  • Zhang, X., Liu, L.*, Lan, M.,Song, G., Xiao, L., Chen, J. (2022). Interpretable Machine Learning Models for Crime Prediction. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems,94,101789. (SSCI: Q1)
  • Liu, L., Zhou, H.*, Lan, M.(2022). Agglomerative Effects of Crime Attractors and Generators on Street Robbery? An Assessment by Luojia 1-01 Satellite Nightlight. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112:2,350-367, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2021.1933888. (SSCI: Q1)
  • Xu, C., Yang, Y., Song, G.*, Liu, L.*, Lan, M., Chen, X., (2022). (2022). The impact of civil registration-based demographic heterogeneity on community thefts. Habitat International, 129, 102673.
  • Lan, M., Liu, L.*, & Eck, J. (2021). A Spatial Analytical Approach to Assess the Impact of a Casino on Crime: An Example of JACK Casino in Downtown Cincinnati. Cities,111,103003. (SSCI: Q1)
  • Zhou, H., Liu, L.*, Lan, M., Zhu, W., Song, G., Jing, F., Zhong, Y., Su, Z., Gu, X. (2021). Using Google Street View Imagery to Capture Micro Built Environment Characteristics in Drug Places, Compared with Street Robbery. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 88,101631. (SSCI: Q1)
  • Lan, M.*(2021).Modeling Crime Using Activities and Sentiment Generated from Geotagged Tweets.[Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center.
  • Hernandez, A., Lan, M., MacKinnon, N., Branscum, A., & Cuadros, D*. (2021). “Know your epidemic, know your response”: Epidemiological assessment of the substance use disorder crisis in the United States. PloS one, 16(5), e0251502.(SCI: Q2)
  • Shu, S.*, Liu, H.*, Beck, R.A., Frappart, F., Korhonen, J., Lan, M., Xu, M., Yang, B., Huang, Y. (2021). Evaluation of Historic and Operational Satellite Radar Altimetry Missions for Constructing Consistent Long-term Lake Water Level Records. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25,1643–1670. (SCI: Q1)
  • Wang, Z., Liu, L.*, Haberman, C.P., Lan, M., Yang, B., & Zhou, H.(2021).Burglaries and Entry Controls in Gated Communities. Urban Studies, 0042098020972636. (SSCI: Q1)
  • Xu, C., Chen, X., Liu, L., Lan, M., & Chen, D. (2021). Assessing Impacts of New Subway Stations on Urban Thefts in the Surrounding Areas.ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information,10(10), 632.(SCI: Q2)
  • Liu, L.,Lan, M.*,Eck, J., & Kang, E. (2020). Assessing the Effects of Bus Stop Relocation on Street Robbery. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems,80,101455. (SSCI: Q1)
  • Yang, B., Liu, L.*, Lan, M., Zhou, H., & Wang, Z. (2020). A spatio-temporal Cokriging method for crime prediction using historical crime data and transitional zones identified from nightlight imagery. International Journal of Geographical Information Science,34(9),1740-1764. (SCI: Q1)
  • Liu, L., Zhou, H.*, Lan, M., & Wang, Z. (2020). Linking Luojia 1-01 Nightlight Imagery to Urban Crime. Applied Geography,125, 102267. (SSCI: Q1)
  • Yu, H., Liu, L.*, Yang, Bo., & Lan, M.(2020). Crime Prediction with Historical Crime and Movement Data of Potential Offenders Using a Spatio-Temporal Cokriging Method. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(12), 732. (SCI: Q2)
  • Liu, L.*, Li, L., Zhou, H., Jiang, C., & Lan, M.(2020). The Effects of Police CCTV Camera on Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits: A Case Study from Gusu District in Suzhou, China.Scientia Geographica Sinica,40(10): 1601-1609. (CSSCI)
  • Lan, M., Liu, L.*, Hernandez, A., Liu, W., Zhou, H., & Wang, Z. (2019). The Spillover Effect of Geotagged Tweets as a Measure of Ambient Population for Theft Crime. Sustainability,11(23), 6748.(SCI: Q2)
  • Zhou, H., Liu, L.*, Lan, M., Yang, B., & Wang, Z. (2019). Assessing the Impact of Nightlight Gradients on Street Robbery and Burglary in Cincinnati of Ohio State, USA.Remote Sensing,11(17), 1958.(SCI: Q1)
  • Wang, Z., Liu, L.*, Zhou, H., & Lan, M.(2019). How Is the Confidentiality of Crime Locations Affected by Parameters in Kernel Density Estimation? ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information,8(12), 544.(SCI: Q2)
  • Wang, Z., Liu, L.*, Zhou, H., & Lan, M.(2019). Crime Geographical Displacement: Testing Its Potential Contribution to Crime Prediction.ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information,8(9), 383.(SCI: Q2)
  • Du, F., Liu, L.*, Jiang, C., Long, D., & Lan, M.(2019). Discerning the Effects of Rural to Urban Migrants on Burglaries in ZG City with Structural Equation Modeling.Sustainability,11(3), 561.(SCI: Q2)
  • Lan, M.*(2016).Examining the Impact of Bus Stop Location Change on Robbery[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center.

*Corresponding author

Grants (6)

  • Start-up Funds, $10,000, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, August 2022
  • Departmental IT Funds, $30,000, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, August 2022
  • Faculty Development Funds, $1,400, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH, October 2021
  • Professional Development Funds, $750, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH, October 2021
  • Graduate Student Stipend and Research Cost Program for Faculty Student Collaboration Award, $5000, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, May 2020
  • Graduate Student Government Research Fellowship for the Advancement of Diversity or Interdisciplinary Research, $1500, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, February 2019

Research Profiles

Invited presentations (3):

  • November 2021 A spatial analytical approach to assess the impact of a casino on crime: An example of JACK Casino in downtown Cincinnati (China Crime Geography and Crime Analysis Academic Salon (#12) in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
  • July 2021 Spatiotemporal Analysis of Culture and Society (Monthly Data Science Trainings: Analytical Workflows in Cambridge, MA)
  • July 2021 Workflow-based Spatiotemporal Analysis of Crime Incidents (2021 International Symposium on Spatial Economics and Spatiotemporal Innovation-Workshop in Tianjin, China)

Conferences (11)

  • February 2022 A Spatial Analytical Approach to Assess the Impact of a Casino on Crime: An Example of JACK Casino in Downtown Cincinnati (Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in New York, NY)
  • November 2021 A Spatial Analytical Approach to Assess the Impact of a Casino on Crime: An Example of JACK Casino in Downtown Cincinnati (3C GIS Day(s) 2021 in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland, OH)
  • October 2021 A Spatial Analytical Approach to Assess the Impact of a Casino on Crime: An Example of JACK Casino in Downtown Cincinnati (2021 East Lakes Division-West Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers Joint Virtual Annual Meeting in Toledo, OH)
  • October 2020 Assessing the Effects of Bus Stop Relocation on Street Robbery (2020 Annual Meeting of the East Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers in Bowling Green, OH)
  • August 2020 Assessing the Effects of Bus Stop Relocation on Street Robbery (The 7th International Conference on Crime Geography and Crime Analysis in Guangzhou, China)
  • June 2019 How Tweet Density Can Help in Explaining the Crime Pattern in Different Time Frames? (The 2019 Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis Symposium in Guangzhou, China)
  • April 2019 Can Tweets Help Explain the Crime Pattern? (Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC)
  • April 2018 Assessing the Correlation of Relocating Bus Stops on Street Robberies (Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA)
  • April 2017 Assessing the Impact of a New Casino on Neighborhood Crime in Downtown Cincinnati (Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA)
  • March 2016 Examining the Impact of Bus Stop Location Change on Robbery (Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA)
  • April 2015 Public Transit and the Spatial-Temporal Pattern of Robberies in Cincinnati, OH (Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL)
  • April 2014 The Use of Multilevel Modeling in the Happiness Index (HI) in Ohio (2014 University of Cincinnati Undergraduate Conference in Cincinnati, OH)

SKILLS

Computer Skills

Languages

  • Proficient: VB, VB.Net, Python, R, Java, ArcGIS Web AppBuilder
  • Intermediate: MATLAB, JavaScript, C#, C/C++

Programs

  • Proficient: ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Online, GeoDa, QGIS, Orange, KNIME, RStudio, SPSS, Stata, HLM, ENVI, ERDAS, PCI, Notepad++, PyScripter, NetBeans, Microsoft Visual Studio, Toad for Oracle, EmEditor , CorelDraw, Vegas Pro, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office
  • Intermediate: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD

Language Skill

  • Chinese: Native
  • English: Fluent

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Reviewer

  • Crime & Delinquency
  • Computers, Materials & Continua
  • Computational Urban Science
  • Cybernetics and Systems
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • International Conference on Physics, Mathematics and Statistics
  • ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information
  • Remote Sensing
  • Social Science Computer Review
  • Social Science Research
  • Social Sciences
  • Sustainability

Assistant Professor August 2022–Present

Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

  • Teaching courses:
    • Geographic Information Systems
    • Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research

Director of Spatial Social Science Research Lab August 2022–Present

The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

  • Conducting research projects related to public health, crime mapping, crime data analysis, and social media big data mining

Assistant Professor August 2021–July 2022

Department of Justice Sciences, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH

  • Taught courses:
    • Introduction to Criminal Justice
    • Introduction to Criminological Theory
    • Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
    • Introduction to Research Methods & Field Experience
  • Advised the Criminal Justice/Forensic Science Club
  • Served as a voting member in the Student Academic Development and Research Committee

Director of Crime Mapping and Analysis Research Lab August 2021–July 2022

The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH

  • Advised students on research, capstone, and thesis about crime analysis
  • Conducted research projects related to crime mapping, crime data analysis, and social media big data mining

Graduate Assistant August 2014–May 2021

Department of Geography and GIS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

  • Acted as a Teaching Assistant for courses of Introduction to GIS and Crime Mapping
  • Maintained ArcGIS Online organization account and users
  • Utilized spatiotemporal analysis to assess the spillover effect of social media data on crime
  • Utilized spatiotemporal analysis to reveal correlations between crime and public transit
  • Utilized spatiotemporal analysis to study the relationship between mental health and drug poisoning
  • Extracted attributes from the database and calculated necessary ancillary attributes for different land cover
  • Expanded text mining methods and analyzed research interests of faculty in the department
  • Modeled watersheds and simulated the hydrologic effects on watersheds

Adjunct Instructor June 2020–August 2020

Department of Geography and GIS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

  • Taught course Introduction to Human Geography

Ph.D. Fellow August 2016–May 2020

Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System (CAGIS), Cincinnati, OH

  • Developed Survey. 123, Workforce projects, and Web Apps with ArcGIS Online & ArcGIS Pro
  • Developed ArcMap tools and templates by using VB. Net and Python
  • AutoCAD file Export and Send (VB.Net)
  • Automatic Tangent Point Detection and Data Entry (VB.Net)
  • Produced thematic maps
  • Maintained geodatabases and converted data formats by using Python
  • Monitored office email, voicemail, and telephone

Master Intern May 2015–July 2016

  • Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System (CAGIS), Cincinnati, OH
  • Developed ArcMap tools and templates by using VB.Net and Python
    • Auto Legend (VB.
    • Auto Selection and Exhibition (VB.
    • Auto Reconciliation and Updating (Python)
  • Produced thematic maps
  • Updated geodatabases and convert ed data formats by using Python
  • Monitored office email, voicemail and telephone

Office Assistant September 2011–July 2012

Office of Director, Sun Yat-Sen University (Zhuhai Campus), Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

  • Worked with Director of Sun Yat-Sen University (Zhuhai Campus) and staff with office routines, guest reception, and website management

AAG Conference Volunteer March 2016, April 2017, April 2018, and April 2019

AAG Annual Conferences in San Francisco, CA, Boston, MA, New Orleans, LA, and Washington, DC

  • Worked with conference staff and other volunteers on directing people, monitoring facilities, and setting up the exhibitions

HONORS

  • 2nd Place Award - Student Paper Presentation Competition of the 2020 Annual Meeting of the East Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers, Bowling Green, OH, USA, October 2020
  • 1st Place Award - Student Paper Competition of the 7th International Conference on Crime Geography and Crime Analysis, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, August 2020
  • Robert Bruce McNee Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of
  • Geography and GIS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2019 and 2020 (The only two-time winner of the award in the Department during the past 25 years)
  • Graduate Assistant Scholarship, Department of Geography and GIS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2014 2021
  • Graduate Student Health Insurance Award, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2014 2021
  • Graduate Student Government (GSG) Conference Travel Awards, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2014 2020
  • College Marshal, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, April 2014
  • Centennial Geography Scholarship, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, March 2014
  • Geography STEM Scholarship, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, March 2014
  • Global Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2012 2014
  • University of Cincinnati Dean’s List, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2012 2014
  • Outstanding Student Leader, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, May 2012
  • Outstanding Student Assistant, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, March 2012
  • Outstanding Student Leader, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, May 2011

LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVITY

  • Member, The American Society of Criminology (ASC), United States, 2022-present
  • Member, The Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice, United States, 2022-present
  • Member, The American Association of Geographers (AAG), Washington, DC, 2014-present
  • Member, The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS), Ann Arbor, MI, 2022-present
  • Member, National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, Detroit, MI, 2022-present
  • Co-advisor, Criminal Justice/Forensic Science Club, The University of Findlay, August 2021-July 2022
  • Member, Geography Graduate Student Association, University of Cincinnati, September 2017-August 2021
  • Member, Cultural Connections, University of Cincinnati, August 2013-May 2021
  • Vice President, Geography Graduate Student Association, University of Cincinnati, September 2016-August 2017
  • Secretary, Geography Graduate Student Association, University of Cincinnati, September 2015-August 2016
  • Treasurer, Geography Graduate Student Association, University of Cincinnati, August 2014-September 2015
  • Secretary, GeoCats Student Group, the Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, August 2013-April 2014
Last Updated: 10/26/22