Alumnus Kirk Goldsberry has been making headlines in geographic circles recently with his use of Geographic Information Systems to map “food deserts”—areas where consistent access to healthful food is limited or nonexistent. (The results of this work appear in multiple journals and have also appeared in American Scientist and ArcUser magazines.) Kirk describes his current research as follows: One of my most recent...
Read MoreThe UCSB Office of Public Affairs announced yesterday that Assistant Professor Peter Alagona (History and Environmental Studies; Geography Affiliated faculty member) has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award for research on the University of California’s Natural Reserve System and the role of biological field stations in American environmental history. Dr. Alagona is one of four UCSB Assistant...
Read MoreA recent New York Times article titled “Digital Maps Are Giving Scholars the Historical Lay of the Land” explores a new academic field known as “Spatial Humanities” that uses “Historical Geographic Information Systems” (HGIS) for research. “Historians, literary theorists, archaeologists, and others are using Geographic Information Systems — software that displays and analyzes information...
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