Workshop

GIS for Humanities Workshop

Left: Jennifer Grek Martin; Right: Jennifer Strang

Jennifer Grek Martin is completing an Interdisciplinary PhD at Dalhousie University, in which she explores why and how people use fantasy film and literature to give meaning to Real World places. This project builds on previous work in Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she researched the role of iconology in representations of Hungary in 17th century Dutch atlases, and in Information Management at Dalhousie University, where she explored how we visualize landscapes in both text and film.

Jennifer has worked for many years as a digital cartographer, creating maps and other digital illustrations for academic publications. After moving to Halifax in 2007, she taught introductory geography and cartography classes at both Saint Mary’s University and Dalhousie University and found that teaching allows her to blend her love for learning with a desire to share what she has learned. She is currently a full-time faculty member in the School of Information Management at Dalhousie.

Jennifer Strang is a GIS Analyst at Dalhousie University Libraries since 2005. In her role she is heavily involved in teaching students, staff and faculty about the uses of GIS, particularly the Esri ArcGIS suite of tools. Jennifer runs non-credit lunch time series (4 different sessions) called Lunchless Learns where participants learn the basics of GIS. Jennifer also does a number of guest lectures on various topics of GIS in many faculties and classes. Besides the more informal teaching, Jennifer also has taught GIS classes and been a collaborator on others. Jennifer also is one of the main GIS resources to students , staff and faculty to answer GIS questions, develop methodologies, as well as help with project planning and finding the available resources.