Scott Ogletree

Scott Ogletree

Lecturer in Landscape and Wellbeing

University of Edinburgh

About Me

Scott is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor in the USA system) in the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the Edinburgh College of Art, all within the University of Edinburgh. He is a researcher and instructor interested in connections between human well-being and the environment. He researches these connections using spatial and statistical tools to better understand how the natural world impacts people.

Interests

  • Data and geospatial science
  • Cities and development
  • Space and place
  • Environmental and social determinants of health

Education

  • PhD

    Clemson University

  • Master of Landscape Architecture

    Clemson University

  • BSc in Education

    University of Georgia

Publications

(2022). Curated dataset of accessible and recreational parks in the U.S.: Comparison to greenspace metrics and sociodemographics. Scientific Data.

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(2022). The complex relationship between greenspace and well-being in children with and without autism. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.

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(2022). Urban greenspace linked to lower crime risk across 301 major U.S. cities. Cities.

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(2021). Cultivating social capital in diverse, low-income neighborhoods: The value of parks for parents with young children. Landscape and Urban Planning.

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(2021). Evaluating Conservation Easement and Land Records Datain Rapidly Growing Counties in the United States and theImplications for Environmental Governance. Society and Natural Resources.

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Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Lecturer in Landscape and Wellbeing

University of Edinburgh

Jan 2023 – Present Edinburgh
Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
 
 
 
 
 

Research Fellow in Environmental Epidemiology

University of Edinburgh

Sep 2022 – Jan 2023 Edinburgh
As part of the GroundsWell Project working on data collection and analysis for evaluating community urban green and blue spaces to promote health and well being.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Fellow

University of Edinburgh

Jun 2021 – Jan 2023 Edinburgh
As part of the OPENspace Research Center and CRESH working on Woods In and Around Town (WIAT) projects.
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Researcher

North Carolina State University

Jun 2021 – Present North Carolina
Continuing research on grant funded project “Investigating the impact of environmental greenspace exposure on telomere length”
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

North Carolina State University

Sep 2019 – Jun 2021 North Carolina

Under Dr. Myron Floyd and Dr. Aaron Hipp

  • Coordinate dissemination of research project outcomes
  • Data analysis
  • Co-instruct course on Analysis and Evaluation in PRTM
  • Lead analysis and writing of research
 
 
 
 
 

Researcher

Park Solutions Lab - Clemson University

May 2019 – Aug 2019 South Carolina
Data management, and analysis of mobile device location data for project on visitor use management in national parks
 
 
 
 
 

Data Manager

Clemson University

May 2016 – May 2019 South Carolina
Data collection, management, and analysis for project on conservation easements in the USA.

Projects

Greenspace and Telomere Length

Grant funded research

Combining System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC)

Combining observations to understand park use in NYC

Project Ideas

Many research project ideas that I have.