TEACH

I LOVE helping people understand how to use complex tech tools! Check out my GIS courses & workshops below.

Current Role:

Penn State University, Dutton e-Education Institute, Faculty Member & Lead Instructor, Environmental Applications of GIS, 2008 - current.

• Designed curriculum, lesson plans, and labs for a 10 week, online spatial analysis course.  The materials are available in Penn State's Open Educational Resources.  

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United States

University of Southern California, Spatial Sciences Institute, Los Angeles, CA, May 5, 2014.

• Designed and led a workshop for 25 participants entitled "Spatial Analysis: Application and use of community asset mapping to enhance social work practice."
• Description: This interactive workshop introduced several cutting-edge spatial technologies including Esri Maps for Office, ArcGIS Online and Story Maps in the context of a r

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting Workshop Instructor, Tampa, FL, April 2014.  

• "Becoming a Certified GISP and Why It Matters for Your Geospatial Career," "You're Hired - Tips & Tricks for Impressive Resumes & Portfolios" and "Networking: Promoting Yourself by Making Connections that Count."  

University of Southern California, School of Social Work, Guest Lecturer, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 29th, 2013.

• Designed and led a hands-on location analytics lab for 25 Master's students introducing Esri's Community Analyst and ArcGIS Online.  

Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 9th-13th, 2013.  

• Co-Instructor, Becoming a Certified GISP and Why It Matters for Your Geospatial Career.  

Alaska Survey & Mapping Conference, Workshop Instructor, Speak Spatially - Strategies for Effective GIS Communication, Anchorage, Alaska, Feb 2013.

• Designed and led an 8 hour workshop for 20 participants.
• Description: Do you have an innovative idea for a GIS project or initiative, but can’t seem to get it off the ground?  Many great GIS ideas fail to launch because the value of the project gets lost in translation. This interactive workshop will help you develop a roadmap to turn your GIS idea into action.  Learn more at http://www.aksmc.org/.

University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Lecturer, Ann Arbor, MI, Sept – Dec.  2010. 

• Wrote and presented lectures related to database theory and design, data analysis, GIS, and GPS for NRE 501: Institutions and Resources: Theory and Methods Research Seminar.

University of Michigan, GIS Workshop Author & Instructor, Ann Arbor, September 21, 2010. 

• Designed and presented a GIS Workshop to School of Natural Resources and Environment Master’s students entitled, “GIS Skills Module: Forests, Carbon, and Climate Change.”  

Climate Change and Adaptation Training Webinar, Ann Arbor, MI, Feb. 16, 2009. 

• Presented training webinar related to the Climate Change and Adaptation Data Entry Program and Google Earth to a team of students at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Visiting Lecturer, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 13 & 15, 2008. 

• Wrote and presented lectures related to database theory and design, data analysis, GIS, and GPS for NRE 501: Institutions and Resources: Theory and Methods Research Seminar.

GIS Interactive Mapping Workshop, City of River Rouge, MI, Jan. 10, 2007. 

• Designed and presented a one-day session to train city staff and elected officials how to use a custom interactive GIS mapping application.

International

Bali - Mapping Technologies for Small Businesses & Startups, The Hub in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Mar. 18, 2015.

• Developed and taught a hands on workshop covering ArcGIS Online, National Geographic Map Maker and Meograph multimedia web mapping platforms.

East Java - Esri Education Ambassador, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Geomatics Department, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Feb. 23 - March 7, 2015.

• Developed and taught a 2 week course for 25 Geomatics Faculty, Graduate and Undergraduate Students.
• Topics: Geodatabase Design, Digital Story Telling, Field Data Collection, ArcGIS Online (Web Maps, Story Maps, Organization Administration), Collector for ArcGIS App, and GIS Web Portfolios. 

Thailand - Asian Institute of Technology, Visiting Lecturer, Bangkok, Aug. 2011.  

• Developed and led a two-week Masters level GIS and database workshop for fifteen forestry and climate change professionals from Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia.

India - International Forestry Resources and Institutions, GIS Workshop Author & Instructor, Hyderabad, Jan. 9 & 16, 2011. 

• Designed and presented a two part ArcGIS Explorer Online and ArcGIS Desktop Workshop to forestry experts from Germany, India, Nepal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Thailand - Asian Institute of Technology, Visiting Lecturer, Bangkok, Jul. 20-28, 2009. 

• Wrote and presented seven lectures and labs related to International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) field data collection, IFRI Data Entry Application, Microsoft Access 2007 queries, data backup and security, and quality control procedures.  

England - University of Gloucestershire, International Forestry Resources and Institutions, GIS Workshop Author & Instructor, Cheltenham, Jul. 11-13, 2008. 

• Demonstrated how to recode database variables for statistical analysis and presented plans to integrate geospatial technology into the IFRI program using ArcGIS, Google Earth, and GPS to a team of international scholars.