About

Jen Ziemke, (Ph.D., Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison), is one of the leading scholars in the field of crisis mapping. Her research applies spatial and temporal econometric analysis, dynamic visualization, and in-depth historical and archival research to develop unique crisis maps that reveal underlying complex processes. Jen is Co-Founder & Co-Director of the International Network of Crisis Mappers, Co-Curates the International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM) series & Assistant Professor of International Relations at John Carroll University (JCU). She is also a Crisis Mapping and Early Warning Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and consults for a number of international organizations in the US & Europe. 

Jen serves as Co-Founder & Co-Director of the International Network of Crisis Mappers, the world’s largest and most active international community of experts, practitioners, policymakers, technologists, researchers, journalists, scholars, hackers and skilled volunteers engaged at the intersection between humanitarian crises, technology and crisis mapping. Reuters AlertNet named Crisis Mapping one of its Top 20 Big Ideas in 2011.  Together with Patrick Meier, Jen co-organized the first three annual International Conferences on Crisis Mapping, ICCM 2009 (Cleveland), ICCM 2010 (Boston) & ICCM 2011 (Geneva).  ICCM 2012 will be held at the World Bank in Washington, DC.

Jen has been crisis mapping since 2005, applying spatial and temporal analysis, dynamic visualization, and in-depth historical and archival research to develop unique crisis maps that reveal underlying conflict processes. She employed these techniques to carry out a comprehensive data-driven study of the Angolan civil war. For this project, she coded and geo-referenced some 10,000 conflict events spanning all 41 years of this violent war using hundreds of sources and a detailed exhumation of Portuguese newspaper archives.

In January 2010, as part of the Ushahidi-Haiti team of volunteers, Jen helped process hundreds of urgent SMS messages coming directly from Haitian survivors after the earthquake. She has been involved in dozens of other real-time crisis mapping projects for disaster support, for example helping to track real-time news in Libya as a part of the Standby Task Force’s media monitoring and analysis team, operating at the behest of UN-OCHA.

Jen currently teaches a university course, entitled: “Crisis Mapping, New Media and Politics” at John Carroll University (the first such course of its kind) as well as courses on conflict processes, African politics, international security, and international relations.

Jen received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Political Science) and undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer on the Namibian side of the Angolan border from 1997-1999 and has hitchhiked 20,000 miles in over a dozen African countries.

Jen most enjoys blue-sky brainstorming & innovative ideation for complex problems. For example, she helped generate initial ideas for Hunch Works, the UN Global Pulse’s new program: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/blog/why-hunchworks. Jen looks forward to brainstorming new methods for the visualization & analysis of large datasets. She especially enjoys applying lessons learned from complex systems to help tackle hard problems.

Jen Ziemke, Ph.D.                      

POSITIONS	Co-Founder & Co-Director, International Network of Crisis Mappers & International Conference Series on Crisis Mapping (ICCM) www.crisismappers.net/ Assistant Professor, John Carroll University, 2008-Present Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), Program on Crisis Mapping & Early Warning. http://hhi.harvard.edu/programs-and-research/crisis-mapping-and-early-warning Conference Co-Organizer & Content Curator, International Conference on Crisis Mapping ICCM 2009 (Cleveland), hosted by JCU and HHI ICCM 2010 (Boston), hosted by HHI & JCU ICCM 2011 (Geneva), hosted by the Swiss Confederation, the ICT4Peace Foundation, & the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. ICCM 2012 (Washington, DC), hosted by the World Bank
EDUCATION	Ph.D., Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008. M.A., Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002 Major Fields: International Relations & Comparative Politics Minor: Quantitative & Formal Methodology Dissertation: From Battles to Massacres. Advisor: Scott Straus Substantive expertise: conflict, civil war violence and civilian abuse, African politics, archival analysis and event data, conflict event early warning, crisis mapping analytics, spatial econometrics. B.A., International Relations, University of Michigan, 1997
COURSES	JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY Assistant Professor of International Relations, 2008-Present • Political Science 397: Crisis Mapping, New Media & Politics • Political Science 333: International Security • Political Science 397b: International Conflict Processes • Political Science 334: International Institutions, Law & Human Rights • Political Science 397: Rwanda in Comparative African Perspective • Political Science 397: Uganda in Comparative African Perspective • Political Science 396: African Politics • Political Science 103: Introduction to International Relations Facilitated dozens of Honors & Independent Study theses and projects. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON • Political Science 660: African Politics (Lecturer) • Political Science 551: Quantitative Methodology (TA) • Political Science 505: Challenges of Democratization (TA) • Political Science 231: Politics in Multicultural Societies (TA) • Political Science 103: Introduction to International Relations (TA) • Political Science 106: Introduction to Comparative Politics (TA) • Political Science 104: Introduction to American Politics (TA) Innovation in Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, July 2007.
PAST POSITIONS & AFFILIATIONS	Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2001-2008. Angola Country Specialist, Amnesty International (USA), Oct. 2006-Jan. 2010. Visiting Scholar and Researcher, Center for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo, Norway, Feb-Apr 2006 Deep Roots, Inc. Managed the launch of this non-profit organization funding education for students throughout the developing world, 1999-2005. Adjunct Instructor, Elementary Mathematics and Business Ethics, Southern Ohio College, NE 2000-2001. Secondary school teacher, US Peace Corps, Namibia, 1997-1999 Hitchhiked 20,000 miles in over a dozen African countries. Co-authored, “Stories from the Traveler’s Classroom,” 1995.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS	Reuters AlertNet named Crisis Mapping one of its Top 20 Big Ideas. Jan 2011. In a global competition, the International Association of Emergency Management awarded 1st Place to the Libya Crisis Map for Technology & Innovation. Aug. 2011. In support of ICCM 2011: Combined funding in excess of half a million dollars from the Swiss Confederation, the ICT4Peace Foundation, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the World Bank, ESRI and John Carroll University. In support of ICCM 2010: $25,000 from Humanity United. $10,000 from United States Institute of Peace. $10,000 from the Open Society Institute. $10,000 from Knight Foundation. $7,500 from Google Mapmaker Team. $5,000 from ESRI. $5,000 from Ushahidi. $5,000 from the World Bank. $9,500 from the Hitachi Center, the Human Security Institute, IGL & the UIT GIS Center: Fletcher School/Tufts University. $6,000 from Political Science & Program on Ethics, John Carroll University. In-kind support: Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & GeoTime. In support of ICCM 2009: $25,000 grant from Open Society Institute. $20,000 from Humanity United. $10,000 from the United States Institute of Peace Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. $12,000 in-kind support from John Carroll University, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and GeoTime. $3,500 Ethics Across the Curriculum: Summer Course Development Fellowship to develop a new course, “Rwanda in Comparative African Perspective”. $1,500 Kahl Award for Internationalizing the Curriculum. Covered fees associated with the immersion trip to Reynosa, Mexico January 2010. $1,500 Kahl Award for Internationalizing the Curriculum. Covered fees associated with the immersion trip to Reynosa, Mexico January 2009. $1,200 grant from JCU to attend an online course, “Advances in Spatial Regression Analysis” at Arizona State University, January 12-15, 2009. $800 stipend for summer workshop, “GIS and Spatial Modeling for the Undergraduate Social Science Curriculum,” Ohio State University, June 2007. $20,000 fellowship for dissertation field research in Angola from the National Security Education Program, David L. Boren, 2005-2006 Scott Kloeck Jensen Pre-Dissertation Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005 (declined). Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for local summer study of Portuguese, 2005 (declined
PUBLICATIONS	“Sharing sensitive data on forced migrants,” with Prisca Benelli & Alessandro Guarino. Forced Migration Review: Technology & Communication. Issue 38: Oct. 2011. http://www.fmreview.org/technology/38-39.pdf “From Battles to Massacres” Journal of Economics & Politics. Forthcoming: 2012. “Crisis Mapping: The Construction of a New Interdisciplinary Field?” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries: Advances in Geospatial Information, Collections & Archives 8(2): pp. 101-117. 9 May 2012. “From Cultures of Participation to the Rise of Crisis Mapping in a Networked World,” with Sophia B. Liu. Routledge Handbook of Participatory Cultures. 2012. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415882231/ “The Democratic Republic of the Congo” in Countries and their Cultures, Volume 4, Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember: 2001
WORKING PAPERS & CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS	“The International Network of Crisis Mappers,” in Robert Backhaus, Lorant Czaran, Natalie Epler, Michael Leitgab, David Stevens, Joerg Szarzynski (Eds.): The 4C-Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development. Selected contributions to the Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology, 2010, http://www.un-spider.org/4c-challenge-communication-coordination-cooperation-capacity-development (2011). Peace Brief: “Lessons from Haiti & Beyond: Report from the 2010 International Conference on Crisis Mapping” United States Institute of Peace. With Jessica Heinzelman, D. Roz Sewell & Patrick Meier. March 7, 2011. http://www.usip.org/files/resources/PB83.pdf “Crisis Mapping: An approach for the empirical analysis of conflict patterns”, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative: Working Paper Series.
BOOK REVIEWS	Review of Stathis N. Kalyvas, 2006.  The Logic of Violence in Civil War.  New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Journal of Peace Research, 44(2): March 2007. Review of Robert Lyons and Scott Straus. Intimate Enemy: Images and Voices of the Rwandan Genocide. Zone Books, New York: 2006. Journal of Peace Research, 43(6): November 2006.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS	“Geospatial & Information Communication Technologies Applied to the Health-Security Interface: The Crisis Mappers Revolution: Volunteered Geographic Data & the Applicability of Web 2.0 Technologies to Mass Gatherings,” World Health Organization: Interdisciplinary group on Mass Gatherings. VIAG #18, January 2012. “The Changing Face of Warfare in the 21st Century.” International Humanitarian Law Magazine. Australian Red Cross. April 2012. “Crowd-generated Crisis Maps Revolutionize Humanitarian Response.” Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) Guest Blog Post. October 10, 2011. http://www.juhanproject.org/2011/10/crisis-maps/ “Disaster Relief 2.0 Blog Series: Collaborating for Effective Response”. UN Dispatch: March 28, 2011. http://www.undispatch.com/disaster-relief-2-0-blog-series-collaborating-for-effective-response “Outcomes and Lessons Learned from Polling Voters during election 2004,” with Atkeson, Lonna et. al.  Election Science Institute: 2005. Referee: International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, Africa Research Bulletin, Public Library of Science/PLoS Currents: Disasters, Routledge
DATASETS & CODEBOOKS	Created a publicly available dataset containing 9,216 georeferenced events of violence (battles and massacres) during the Angolan Civil War from 1961-2002. Contributed to the Armed Conflict Location Event Data Codebook (ACLED), International Peace Research Institute (PRIO): Oslo, Norway.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS	“Loss frames and deliberate civilian targeting in the Angolan war, 1961-2002,” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Toronto: September 5, 2009 “From Battles to Massacres: Explaining Spatial and Temporal Variation in Civilian Targeting During the Angolan Civil War, 1961-2002,” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting (MPSA), Chicago, IL: April 3, 2009. “From Battles to Massacres. (Version 2.0)” Prepared for the 3rd Annual Harvard-Yale-MIT Graduate Student Conference on Order, Conflict and Violence. Yale University, New Haven, CT. April 18-19, 2008. “From Battles to Massacres: An analysis of changing conflict patterns in Angola: 1961-2002,” Comparative Research Circle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2007. “From source to symbol: developing methods for coding armed conflict location events using ACLED,” Prepared for delivery at the Annual conference of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA: March 2006 “How violence in civil war can sputter and then surge: understanding the logic of escalation in the Angolan war,” Prepared for the GROW conference, Center for the Study of Civil War, PRIO: Oslo, Norway: February 2006. “Predation, Production or Presents? How revenue shapes violent patterns in civil war,” Prepared for the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association: September 2005. “Patterns of Civil War Violence: Uncovering the Logic,” Prepared for the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: April 2005.
GUEST LECTURES & EVENTS	Lecture: “Crowdsourced Data, Volunteer Activism & Crisis Mapping from a GIS Perspective,” GIS Users of Northern Ohio (GUONO). Cleveland: April 27, 2012. http://www.lakecountyohio.gov/Default.aspx?alias=www.lakecountyohio.gov/guono Lecture: “A revolution in humanitarian response.” Rochester Institute of Technology: April 25, 2012. http://www.rit.edu/news/release.php?id=49090 Keynote Address: 21st Annual Spatial-Digital Mapping Conference (GIS-SIG). Rochester, NY: April 24, 2012. http://www.nysgis.net/gissig-21st-annual-spatialdigital-mapping-conference-co-hosted-by-central-new-york-asprs Joint Field-based Experimentation, JFIX RELIEF 12-2: Research & Experimentation for Local & International Emergency First Responders. Naval Postgraduate School, Paso Robles, CA: Feb 2012. Lecture: “Introduction to Crisis Mapping: The Haiti Earthquake,” Notre Dame University (South Bend: IN): February 6, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7963IdNpXw Recomm Workshop: Instant Reboot of Telecommunications Infrastructure after a Cyber Attack. DARPA ISAT (Defense Advanced Research Projects: Information Science and Technology). US Department of Defense. San Diego, CA: January 2012. Second UN-Spider Expert Meeting: “Crowdsource Mapping for Preparedness and Emergency Response,” United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. Geneva: November 16, 2011. http://www.un-spider.org/crowdsource-mapping “Communities of Interest Leadership Meeting.” UN-OCHA, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Geneva: November 13, 2011. “Enhancing Information & Communication: Issues for Policymakers, Ambassadors, and Commanders,” A Transforming National Security Series Event. National Defense University. Washington, DC, Fort Lesley J. McNair: August 17, 2011. “Understanding the Strengths & Mapping the Needs of the Emergency Response Community for involvement in Crowdsourced Mapping” UN-SPIDER International Expert Meeting: Crowdsource Mapping for Preparedness & Emergency Response. Moderator for three breakout sessions. Vienna, Austria: 5-6 July 2011.  Featured Speaker, “SMS 4 SOS.” Conference: Net Change. Toronto: June 9-10, 2011. http://netchangeweek.ca/events/schedule/sms4sos/ Watch video here: http://www.marsdd.com/videos/entries/mobile-technology-in-times-of-crisis-ideas-mars/ Panelist: “Volunteer & Technology Communities.” Workshop: Information and Communication Technology for Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief.  Office of Naval Research & the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs. May 25-26, 2011. http://www.uccs.edu/~thhc/HADRTech.html “Introducing Crisis Mapping: An Interdisciplinary new field.” Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA: April 8, 2011. “The Libyan Uprising” City Club, Cleveland: March 30, 2011. “Applied Information and Communication Technologies in Humanitarian Crises.” Humanitarian Action Summit. Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. March 4-6, 2011. Introduced the UN’s Chief Information Technology Officer, Assistant Secretary General Dr. Choi Soon-hong. Boston, MA, October 1, 2010. “Blue-Sky Thinkers Workshop”, attended at the behest of the office of the UN Secretary General, which led to the creation of the new initiative: UN Global Pulse. April 2010. “Understanding the limits: What challenges need to be overcome to fulfill the design potential for a GIVAS system?” GIVAS Blue Sky Thinkers Workshop, United Nations Office of the Secretary General. Rockefeller Foundation: Bellagio, Italy: 6-9 April 2010. “Spatial Analysis in Conflict Research,” talk delivered at Yale University, April 2008.
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE	UNISDR. “Crisis Mapping & Disaster Risk Reduction,” United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, December 2011. http://www.unisdr.org/archive/24223 UN-OCHA. “EXPERIENCE: How online volunteers helped respond to the humanitarian crisis in Libya,” UN Volunteers, August 2011. http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/resources/newsletter_august_2011.html Crisis Mappers featured on UN-OCHA’s website. “Virtual Volunteering Opportunities,” World Humanitarian Day, August 19, 2011. http://ochaonline.un.org/whd/volunteer.html Secure World Foundation. “International Experts Blend Space Technologies & Crowdsourcing to Enhance Disaster Management Tools,” July 12, 2011. http://www.newswise.com/articles/international-experts-blend-space-technologies-and-crowdsourcing-to-enhance-disaster-management-tools Voice of America News. “Crowdmapping Arab Spring – Next Social Media Breakthrough?” June 28, 2011. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Crowdmapping-Arab-Spring-Next-Social-Media-Breakthrough–124662649.html Government Computer News. “How GIS can make you a better citizen.” June 10, 2011. http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/13/mobile-geographic-information-systems.aspx The World Bank Blog. “How Scalable Web 2.0 is Changing the World of Disaster Management.” June 1, 2011. http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/how-scalable-web-20-changing-world-disaster-management PBS. “Crisis Mappers: Mobile technology helps disaster victims worldwide.”  May 13, 2011. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/security/video-crisis-mappers-mobile-technology-helps-disaster-victims-worldwide/9325/ IRIN. “Libya: How online mapping helped crisis response.” May 12, 2011. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92686 The World Bank/GFDRR Labs. “Volunteer Technology Communities: Open Development.” Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery. March 31, 2011. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MUMA-8FG8D8?OpenDocument UN Dispatch. “What the UN could not have done without the Volunteer Technical Community.” March 30, 2011.  http://www.undispatch.com/disaster-relief-2-0-what-the-un-could-not-have-done-without-the-volunteer-technical-community The New York Times. “Online Mapping Shows Potential to Transform Relief Efforts.” March 28, 2011.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/business/28map.html?_r=1 UN Foundation/Vodafone. “Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies.” http://www.unfoundation.org/global-issues/technology/disaster-report.html The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Academics Join Relief Efforts Around the World as Crisis Mappers.” March 27, 2011. http://chronicle.com/article/Academics-Join-Relief-Efforts/126912/ WKYC Channel 3. “JCU Professor making life-saving connections in Japan.” March 12, 2011. http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/180173/3/JCU-professor-making-life-saving-connections-in-Japan FastCompany. “Here’s a Map of the Humanitarian Crisis Hotspots in Libya (Don’t tell Gaddafi).” March 9, 2011.  http://www.fastcompany.com/1736822/libya-crisis-map-united-nations Reuters Alertnet: “AlertNet’s top 20 big ideas that don’t cost the earth.” January 7, 2011. http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/alertnets-top-20-big-ideas-that-dont-cost-the-earth/ Forbes. “Names you Need to Know in 2011: Crisis Mapping.” Nov. 16, 2010. http://blogs.forbes.com/susanadams/2010/11/16/names-you-need-to-know-in-2011-crisis-mapping/ Reuters Alertnet: “Q & A: Crisis Mappers look at Haiti lessons and beyond.” October 1, 2010. http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/57939/2010/09/1-111136-1.htm Éthiques & Sociétés, Le Magazine De Référence Des ONG: “La cartographie de crise.” September 2010. http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/crisis-mapping-organizers-hope-to-forge-connections-1.2347615 The Tufts Daily: “Crisis mapping organizers hope to forge connections,” September 29, 2010. http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/crisis-mapping-organizers-hope-to-forge-connections-1.2347615 Humanitarian Information Unit, US Department of State: “Haiti Earthquake: Breaking New Ground in the Humanitarian Information Landscape.” July 2010. http://crisismapping.ning.com/forum/topics/haiti-earthquake-breaking-new IRIN News: “Analysis: Finding Space for Crowd-sourcing in humanitarian response.”July 5, 2010.  http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89735 CNN: “Citizens Monitor Gulf Coast After Oil Spill.” May 6, 2010. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/06/crowdsource.gulf.oil/ Washington Post: “Crisis mapping brings online tool to Haitian disaster relief effort.” January 16, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502650.html National Public Radio: “Emerging Field of Crisis Mapping Brings Order to Chaos.” Ideas Stream, National Public Radio: WCPN 90.3: 1/21/11. http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/news/29410/ Boston Globe: “Tufts map steered action amid chaos.” April 5, 2010. http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/04/05/tufts_project_delivered_aid_to_quake_victims/ WKYC Cleveland: “JCU Professor Sends Relief to Haiti Victims using Crisis Mapping.” January 24, 2010 http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=129407&catid=3.. The Global Post: “Opinion: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information.” November 29, 2009. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/091124/out-africa-crowdsourcing-crisis-information UTNE Reader: “Mapping the Crisis.” November 19, 2009. http://www.utne.com/Science-Technology/Mapping-the-Crisis-International-5805.aspx TED Blog: “Ushahidi aggregates, disseminates Haiti crisis info” January 14, 2010. http://blog.ted.com/2010/01/ushahidi_brings.php Reuters AlertNet: “Crisis Mapping Brings X-Ray Style Clarity to humanitarian response.” October 12, 2009. http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/57939/2009/09/12-144735-1.htm Lift: “The First International Conference on Crisis Mapping.” Lift Conference: August 15, 2009. http://liftconference.com/news/first-international-conference-crisis-mapping-iccm-2009 USAID Global Development Commons: “Crisis Mapping in Angola Helps to Predict When Combatants Will Target Civilians.” Global Development Commons, United States Agency for International Development (USAID): August 12, 2009. http://www.globaldevelopmentcommons.net/taxonomy/term/2854 Selected Blog Coverage: Amnesty International USA, CivMil.org, Commonweal, iRevolution, Lift Conference, New Tactics in Human Rights, NiJel.org, Ushahidi, The Homeland Security Blog, ReadWriteWeb, The World Bank
UNIVERSITY SERVICE	Division III Representative, Faculty Council: 2009-2012 Secretary/Treasurer, JCU Division of the American Association of University Professors. 2010-Present. Information Technology Services Steering Committee: 2011-2012. Advisory Committee, Peace, Justice & Human Rights: 2009-Present. Immersion Experience Team Leader, Crisis Mapping Immersion to Uganda, Center for Service & Social Action: Kampala & Gulu: January 2013. Immersion Experience Team Leader, Center for Service and Social Action: Kigali, Butare & Gisenyi, Rwanda: January 2011. JCU Immersion Experience Team Leader, Reynosa, Mexico: January 2009 & 2010.
PUBLIC SERVICE	Analytic Team & Media Monitoring Team, Crisis Mappers Standby Taskforce. Generated statistical analysis of real-time Crisis Map data for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA): Disaster Simulation (Earthquake in Colombia). November 15-16, 2010. http://colombia.standbytaskforce.com/ Analytic Team & Media Monitoring Team, Crisis Mappers Standby Taskforce. Generated statistical analysis of real-time Crisis Map data for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA): Libya Crisis Map. Feb-Apr 2011. http://libyacrisismap.net/main Helped create a new program, “Hunch Works,” for the United Nations’ Office of the Secretary General. United Nations Global Pulse Camp 1.0., New York: Dec. 4, 2010. Online at http://www.unglobalpulse.org/blog/why-hunchworks & http://sites.google.com/site/unglobalpulse/workspace-capabilities/hunch-labs/conceptualizing-the-global-pulse-hunch-lab Haiti-Ushahidi Urgent Response Team (monitoring and mapping incoming SMS text messages from Haitians after the earthquake): January & February 2010.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	“Advances in Spatial Econometrics”, Arizona State University, January 2009. “GIS and Spatial Modeling for the Undergraduate Social Science Curriculum,” SPACE Summer Workshop, Ohio State: June 2007. Intensive course on Spatial Regression Models, UNC-Chapel Hill, Mar. 2007. IQRM Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods, Arizona State, Jan. 2006. ICPSR course, Spatial Data Analysis, University of Michigan, August 2005. Archival field research & training: Centro de Linguas, Lisbon, 2005. Reference information available upon request.