Interview with Biology Prof. DeeAnn Reeder about using GIS in teaching and research

Post author By Janine Glathar
Post date September 19, 2011

Over the 2010-11 academic year, a team of GIS student assistants worked with Prof. DeeAnn Reeder to develop maps and GIS data for use in her teaching and research.

Ted Heitzman, ’12 and Paul Reamey, ’11 developed a series of maps and datasets for Prof. Reeder’s work on white-nose syndrome in bats.

Dan Dougherty, Geography/History ’12 and Mike Grasso, Environmental Studies ’13, worked with with Prof. Reeder and her research assistant Megan Vodzak, Biology ’08, on developing maps for a field guide atlas of mammals in Sudan.

Below is an interview* with Prof. Reeder about those two projects and her future plans for using GIS both in the field and in the classroom.

*One of these days I’ll wear a mic so that you can actually hear my questions.

By Janine Glathar

Janine Glathar joined the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship team in 2009 to fill the newly-created role of GIS Specialist at Bucknell. She has worked in the field of geospatial technologies for more than 15 years as research specialist, technical analyst and software trainer. Prior to joining L&IT at Bucknell, Janine spent seven years doing applied GIS research in Philadelphia’s non-profit social services sector as the GIS Senior Analyst for Philadelphia Safe & Sound and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. Before transitioning to the social services research world, Janine worked for the GIS software company ESRI as a trainer and education/non-profit coordinator. She earned a B.A. in European History and Russian Language/Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. If you ask Janine where she’s from, she’ll tell you she’s a Navy brat and will probably offer to show you a map of all of the various places she’s lived over the years.

Areas of expertise:
ArcGIS, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Scholarship, GIS, Google Earth, Spatial Thinking

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