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GIS in Education: A Tool to Increase Social Justice Advocacy and Action

November 17, 2023

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Cal Poly Pomona and Mt. San Antonio College will be partnering in Geographic Information System (GIS) Day: Bridges to the Future.  This day will bring together students, faculty, staff, local schools, communities, organizations, and public and private industries to celebrate the amazing work happening in GIS.

Here is the panel line- up:

Co-Moderators: 

  • Jenelle Pitt-Parker, Dean, College of Education and Integrative Studies 
  • Jen Bjerke, Lecturer of Geography and Doctoral Student in Educational Leadership; Professor of Geography and GIS, San Bernardino Valley College  

Panelists: 

  1. Dr. Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes, Assistant Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College 
  2. Dr. Annie Danis, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Cal Poly Pomona 
  3. Karen D. Harris Tyrell, Co-Founder/Executive Director, Let’s Talk LD; Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership  
  4. Dr. Thomas Tan, Executive Director of Technology Services, Huntington Beach City School District 
  5. Dr. Eliud Partida, Assistant Professor, STEM Education; Anti-racist/Anti-bias Education 
  6. Dr. Socorro Morales, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership