Institutional, management, and societal aspects of implementing geographic information systems
Public participation GIS, spatial data privacy, and ethics for GIS professionals
Education
Ph.D., Geography, University of Chicago, 1987 M.A., Geography, University of Cincinnati, 1984
M.P.A., Urban Affairs, Indiana University, 1979
A.B., Political Science and Environmental Studies, Indiana University, 1977
Selected Works
Managing Geographic Information Systems, Second edition (with J.K. Pinto) (First ed., 1994) New York: The Guilford Press (2008) (Also published in South Asia by Rawat Publications under contract with Guilford and is available in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar)
“Community Mapping” and “Public Access to Cartographic Information,” History of Cartography, Volume Six. (M. Monmonier, Ed.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. (2014)
“Tracking Public Participation: Democracy and Data Privacy,” Carlos Nunes Silva (ed.), Citizen e-Participation in Urban Governance. Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2013)
“Virtue Ethics for GIS Professionals,” Gerhard Navratil (ed.) Research Trends in Geographic Information Science. Berlin: Springer Verlag, pp. 27-38 (2009)
“Measuring the Benefits and Costs of GIS,” (pp. 255-264) Geographical, Information Systems, Vol. 2, Management Issues and Applications, Abridged (M. F. Goodchild, P. A. Longley, D. J. Maguire, and D. W. Rhind (Eds.), New York: John Wiley & Sons: 255-264 (2005)
“Certifying GIS Professionals: Challenges and Alternatives,” Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 5(1):67-76; and in the Proceedings of the 1992 URISA National Conference (both 1992). (This paper won the Horwood Critique Prize, at the 1992 URISA Conference.)
Bureaucrats, Clients and Geography: The Bailly Nuclear Power Plant Battle in Northern Indiana. University of Chicago Department of Geography Research Papers, #216. (1990)
Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs resources and social media channels