People

Library Faculty & Staff

Nathan Piekielek, Kalin Librarian for Technological Innovations, Geospatial Services Librarian and Assistant Professor of Geography

Tara Anthony, GIS Specialist

 Heather Ross, Map Specialist

Students

Graduate

Grace Malley – Geography, 2019

Laura Stelsen – Anthropology, 2018/19

Zhiyue Xia – Ecosystem Science and Management, 2017/18 – Evaluating open-source tools to increase the discoverability and usefulness of historic aerial photographs

Tara Mazurczyk – Geography, 2016/17 – Climate risks to cultural heritage in American archives

Carolyn Fish – Geography, 2015/16 – Developing educational materials to integrate geospatial concepts and techniques into graduate and undergraduate curriculum

 

Undergraduate

Ishaan Anavkar, International Affairs, History, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Zhaogeng Deng, Geography, 2020, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Nicholas Friedken, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Katie Giesa, Geography, 2020, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Daniel Valadas, Geography, French, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Thomas Whalon, Geography, 2020, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Jamie Friedken, History, 2020 – Penn Pilot Historical Aerial Photos Project, Maps and Geospatial Electronic Resources Inventory, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Milan Liu, Political Science & Geography, 2020 – Penn Pilot Historical Aerial Photos Project, Maps and Geospatial Electronic Resources Inventory, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Brittany Waltemate, Geography and Comparative Literature, 2019 – Penn Pilot Historical Aerial Photos Project, current Maps and Geospatial Assistant

Joseph Grosso, Geography, 2019 – Penn Pilot Historical Aerial Photos Project

Ben Carlsen, Geography, 2018 – University Library Geospatial Data Inventory

Miranda Waldman, Geography, 2018 – A feasibility study of automating the georeferencing of historic aerial photographs

Colin Grube, Forestry, 2017 – A feasibility study of automating the georeferencing of historic aerial photographs

Connor Henderson, Geography, 2017 – Sanborn: Mapping People using Sanborn Fire Insurance maps

Jack Swab, Geography and History, 2017 – Sanborn: Mapping People using Sanborn Fire Insurance maps

Alia Horvath, Landscape Architecture, 2016 – Sanborn: State College Through Time

Kiersten Hudson, Geography, 2016 – Sanborn: State College Through Time

Sonia Kauffman, Geography and Women’s Studies, 2016 – Developing metadata in support of the CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project