2026
Poulos, A., Hassan, U., Wilson, K., Vanos, J., & Middel, A. (2026). Differences in Children’s Physical Activity During Outdoor and Indoor School Recess in Hot Weather. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1(aop), 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0448
Poulos, A., Hassan, U., Wilson, K., Price, P., Vanos, J., Quilla, J., (2026) “Differences in Schoolchildren’s Emotional State After Indoor Versus Outdoor Recess in Extreme-Heat Weather.” Journal of School Health.
https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.70135
Vanos, J. K, et al. (2026) “Hot Topics: Building Capacity for Extreme Heat Adaptation Through Transdisciplinary Training.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0341.1
2025
Guardaro, M., et al. (2025) “HeatReady Neighborhoods: A Planning Rubric for Extreme Heat.” Journal of the American Planning Association, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 177–91.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2024.2396923
Poulos, Allison, and Kylie Wilson. “Effect of Heat on Outdoor Recess in Arizona Elementary Schools, July–September 2023.” Public Health Reports, vol. 140, nos. 5–6, 2025, pp. 437–40.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549251342205
Poulos, A., Albaloul, O., Min, H., & Kulinna, P. H. (2025). “I Need the Shade”: Experiences and Perceptions of Elementary School Children During Recess in Hot Weather. Journal of School Health, 95(3), 254-263
https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13537
Wilson, K., Schulke, M., Hudson, C., Vanos, J., Winsor, R. C., & Poulos, A. (2025). Connections between play location during recess, physical activity, and school connectedness: a US case study. Health Promotion International, 40(3), daaf019.
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf019
2024
Vanos, J. K., and Hyndman, B., editors (2024). The Impact of Extreme Weather on School Education : Protecting School Communities. Routledge
2023
Guardaro, M. (2023). Strengthening Heat Action Plans in the United States. American journal of public health, 113(5), 465-467.
https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307260
Vanos, Jennifer, et al. “A Physiological Approach for Assessing Human Survivability and Liveability to Heat in a Changing Climate.” Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, no. 7653, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43121-5
2022
Guardaro, M., Gastelum, A., Winkle, R., Munoz Encinas, M., Vanos, J., Shortridge, A., Basset, S., & Hondula, D. (2022). HeatReady Neighborhoods Community Action Plan.
Poulos, A., Wilson, K., Lanza, K., & Vanos, J. K (2022). “A Direct Observation Tool to Measure Interactions between Shade, Nature, and Children’s Physical Activity: SOPLAY-SN.” The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 19, no. 1, no. 127.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01355-4
Shortridge, A., VI, W. W., White, D. D., Guardaro, M. M., Hondula, D. M., & Vanos, J. K. (2022). HeatReady Schools: a novel approach to enhance adaptive capacity to heat through school community experiences, risks, and perceptions. Climate Risk Management, 36, 100437.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2022.100437
2021
Hondula, David M, et al. (2021). “Novel Metrics for Relating Personal Heat Exposure to Social Risk Factors and Outdoor Ambient Temperature.” Environment International, vol. 146, no. 106271.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106271
2020
Guardaro, M., Messerschmidt, M., Hondula, D. M., Grimm, N. B., & Redman, C. L. (2020). Building community heat action plans story by story: A three neighborhood case study. Cities, 107, 102886.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102886
2019
Messerschmidt, M., Guardaro, M, et al. (2019). Greater Phoenix Heat Action Planning Guide.
https://keep.lib.asu.edu/items/141415
2018
Guardaro, M., Messerschmidt, M., Hondula, D., & Grimm, N. B. (2018, December). Nature’s Cooling Systems: Neighborhood-Built Community Heat Action Planning. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2018, pp. PA43E-1388).
https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307260
McGregor, G. R., and Vanos, J. K.. (2018). “Heat: A Primer for Public Health Researchers.” Public Health, vol. 161, 2018, pp. 138–46.
2017
Vanos, J. K., Herdt, A. J., & Lochbaum, M. R. (2017). Effects of physical activity and shade on the heat balance and thermal perceptions of children in a playground microclimate. Building and Environment, 126, 119-131.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.09.026
Vanos, J. K., et al. “Schoolyard Shade and Sun Exposure: Assessment of Personal Monitoring During Children’s Physical Activity.” Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol. 93, no. 4, 2017, pp. 1123–32.
https://doi.org/10.1111/php.12721
2016
Vanos, J. K., Middel, A., McKercher, G. R., Kuras, E. R., & Ruddell, B. L. (2016). Hot playgrounds and children’s health: a multiscale analysis of surface temperatures in Arizona, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 146, 29-42.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.10.007
2015
Hondula, D. M., Balling, R. C., Vanos, J. K., & Georgescu, M. (2015). Rising temperatures, human health, and the role of adaptation. Current Climate Change Reports, 1, 144-154.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-015-0016-4
Vanos, J. K. (2015). Children’s health and vulnerability in outdoor microclimates: A comprehensive review. Environment international, 76, 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.11.016