Dr. Marynia Kolak's Healthy Regions & Policies Lab was recently awarded a 2-year, $1.4 million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for a new social determinant of health (SDOH) data discovery...
GIS and Society
Our department has a long tradition of research on the social and political aspects of geospatial technologies, from critical cartography to digital geographies. This critical perspective is ever more valuable in a world where the volume and variety of geospatial data are growing exponentially. Our research specializations include feminist GIS, developing new methods of qualitative GIS, and the political and racial economy of data and digital technologies.
Faculty working in GIS and Society
Julie L Cidell
Acting Head
Professor
Brian Jordan Jefferson
Associate Professor
Associate Head
Marynia Aniela Kolak
Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Mei-Po Kwan
Adjunct Professor
Mark Jason Lara
Assistant Professor
Shaowen Wang
Head
Professor
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