M.A.-Cartography, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison,
WI.
B.A.-Geography, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
CA.
Post-Graduate Diplomas in Cartography and Geomorphological
Survey, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
(ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands.
Certificate in Computer Aided Planning, Design & GIS, Institute
for Planning Studies, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England.
CURRENT TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Teaching: GIS: Survey of Applications & Techniques; Maps
and Graphs, Cartographic Design, Color Theory and Application, Introductory
Cartography, Cartographic Communication and Visualization; Web Page Design.
Research/Development: Youth Issues: Juvenile Victimization,
and Programs to reduce Delinquency and Improve Education Performance; Research
Analyst for Project Safe Neighborhoods; Uses of Animation and
Multimedia for Geographic Teaching Modules, e.g., Development of Interactive
Cartographic Web Exercises.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Lecturer, Cartographic Lab Manager, and Professional Affiliate
Member of the Graduate Faculty, Department of Geography
& Earth Sciences, UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. August 1996-Present.
Web Master, Web Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers,
1999 to 2002.
GIS/IP Lab Supervisor, Department of Geography & Planning,
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. January 1995-August 1996.
Lecturer, Department of Surveying and Land Studies, PNG University
of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. August 1988 - March 1994.
Local Conference Coordinator
Twentieth International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment,
held in Nairobi Kenya,
organized by Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM). August
- December 1986.
RESEARCH, PROJECT WORK & PRESENTATIONS:
GIS Maps for Effective Data Analysis, paper presented
at the 2003 Annual Computer Assisted Reporting Conference, Charlotte, NC,
March 14, 2003.
Cartography and GIS: Making a Better Map, paper presented
at the 2003 North Carolina Conference for Geographic Information Systems,
Winston-Salem, NC, February 20-21, 2003.
Project Safe Neighborhoods, October 2002 to present.
Member of the 3-person research data analysis partners to the Project Safe
Neighborhoods (PSN) for the Western District of North Carolina. The 3-year
Bureau of Justice Assistance grant focuses on reducing handgun violence in
our neighborhoods through a variety of community based strategies directed
at youth and adults.
Garo, Laurie A. Boyer and Wayne Sweeney, 2002. Crime Analysis
and Mapping using GIS, Community Policing Keeps America Safe Conference,
Department of Justice, July 14-17, 2002, Washington DC (in collaboration
with Carolinas Institute for Community Policing, and ESRI, Washington, DC).
Developed training materials for the Carolinas Institute for Community
Policing (CICP), July – October, 2002.
“Fostering Analytical Thinking and Graphic Communication
Skills in the Classroom using GIS to Analyze and Map Crime in Charlotte Neighborhoods”,
UNC-Charlotte Center for Faculty Teaching and Learning, September 12, 2001.
Paper presented at the "Teaching Week Focus on Faculty Innovators".
ESRI EdUc Conference and Workshop, San Diego, California, July 5-10,
2001. Presented GIS Access educational module on Crime Analysis and Mapping
and participated in advanced GIS and GPS-for-GIS workshops.
GIS Access Institute, Bend, Oregon, June 5-17, 2000. Developed Crime
Analysis & Mapping teaching module during this NSF sponsored
program to educate and assist GIS instructors on the use of ArcView, the
creation of GIS educational modules, and development of active learning strategies
for teaching GIS. The Module is published online at: http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/arclessons/
arclessons.cfm
Cartographic Production Manager: The North Carolina
Atlas: Portrait for a New Century, 2000. Managed production of
all maps and graphics for the atlas and completed one full edit of the text;
Agricultural Map Series for a display at the Museum of
the South, Charlotte, NC; Revision of the Map of Charlotte City Center
(formerly Uptown Charlotte, 1996).
Interactive Instructional Materials for Exploring Uses of Color
in Cartography:Illustrated Paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA., April, 2000.
An Interactive Virtual Exploration of Color Theory in Cartography:Illustrated Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association
of American Geographers, Honolulu, Hawaii, March, 1999.
Teaching Map Projections on the Web: Before and After the Virtual
Geography Department: Paper presented at the National Council on
Geographic Education, Orlando, Florida, October, 1997.
Principle Investigator: The North Carolina Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Inventory for 1990. Project done for the Energy Division, NC Department
of Commerce and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Department of Geography
& Planning, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Report published
August 1996.
Microcomputers in Geography & Planning: Textbook I wrote
for a class of the same title, Department of Geography & Planning, Appalachian
State University, Boone, NC. Published by the Hubbard Center for Faculty and
Staff Support, August 1995 and 1996.
Poster Sessions: Prepared poster sessions for NACIS, AAG and
SEEDAG Conferences for Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, UNC-Charlotte
and Department of Geography & Planning, Appalachian State University,
1995-1996.
Co-Researcher: The Use of Remote Sensing for Global Forest Assessment
in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. A project entitled Tropical Ecosystem
Environment Observation by Satellites (TREES), for the European Joint Research
Center, Italy. Results presented at the 7th Australasian Conference on Remote
Sensing, Melbourne, Australia, March 1994.
Thematic Map Production: Tourist Map of Papua New Guinea (1993);
1991 South Pacific Games Venues Maps of Lae and Port Moresby, PNG; Health
and Education Maps of Morobe Province, PNG, 1989-1990.
Landslide Hazard Assessment and Mapping using GIS and Remote Sensing:
A project I initiated at the Department of Surveying and Land Studies, PNG
University of Technology to determine the cause of the 1988 Kaiapit Landslide,
Kaiapit District, Morobe Province, PNG. Project taken over by PNG Geological
Survey in 1990.
Landcover/Landuse Change along the Nairobi-Thika Road: A project
I carried out using temporal LANDSAT data in 1987-88. Unpublished Seminar
Presentation, Geography Department, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.