GIS Assistant Program

The GIS Assistant Program has two main objectives: (1) to facilitate student learning of spatial data analysis and (2) to facilitate the use of spatial data analysis techniques in faculty teaching and scholarship. The Program consists of GIS-savvy students available to help faculty, staff, and students with GIS-related needs. Assistantships are paid positions and Assistants work an average of 5 hours per week. Assistance can be large-scale such as helping a faculty member design a course module or implement spatial analyses for a research project. Or faculty can request someone for specific short-term tasks such as geocoding a dataset or creating a map.

 GIS Assistants

Fall 2023 & Spring 2024

WesGIS Fellow Project Professor
Theodore Zarobell (’24 CSS)
Jonah Yas (’25 BIOL, ENVS)
Aidan Trendell (’25 E&ES, CIS)
Iris Jiang (’25 E&ES, COMP)
Madeline Frew (’24 ENVS, GOVT)
Xingyan Guo (’25 ANTH)
Mason Rounds (’25 ENVS, ENGL)
Anya Le (’25 BIOL, E&ES)
Alessandro Kashap (’25)
Rishi Bhagat (’24 ECON)
Linda Lu (’24 ANTH)
Sofie Reitema (’26 ECON, GOVT)

Fall 2022 & Spring 2023

WesGIS Fellow Project Professor
Kolby Durocher (’25) Mapping Gentrification with Census Data K. Boulware and J. Torgerson
Joaquina Guevara (’23) Mapping Gentrification with Census Data K. Boulware and J. Torgerson
Fletcher Levy (’25) Mapping Fossil Stories in the Joe Webb Peoples Museum D. Griffith
Hannah Steinberg (’24) Mapping Fossil Stories in the Joe Webb Peoples Museum D. Griffith
Reese Chahal Mapping the Borderlands: the U.S.-Mexico Border and Digital Storytelling B. Winston
Caroline Jenkins Schemers and Redeemers: Capitalism and Christianity in the Early Republic J. Slaughter
Kayla Loubriel (’22) Biome Awareness Disparity in the conservation and ecological literature D. Griffith
Linda Lu Musical Geographies of Central Asia S. Daukeyeva
Will Wallentine (’23) Mapping Fire Refugia H. Poulos
Drew Gessel Mapping the Soil Properties of Oaxaca, Mexico L. Dolan
Rishi Bhagat (’25) City Diplomacy and Foreign Direct Investment MA Haddad

Spring 2022 and before

Semester Professor Course/Project GIS Assistant
F 2021 B. Chernoff South American fishes and geologic maps Thomas Davoren (’21 BA in E&ES, ’22 MA)
  A. Quintman Sacred sites in the Himalayas Madeline Frew (’24)
  K. Diver Island biogeography Jenna Otaola (’22 E&ES)
  E. Gorlewski Geographical patterns of the study abroad program; internationalizing the curriculum Debbra Goh (’24)
F 2020 & S 2021 L. Dombrowski History of Chinese Language Movie Theaters in North America Benjy Cahill (’21 ENVS, HIST)
  J. Slaughter HIST313: Schemers and Redeemers: Capitalism and Religion in the Early Republic Benjy Cahill
  J. Raynor Quantifying the Economic Benefits of Apex Predators: Wolf Impacts on Deer-Vehicle Collisions
Andrew Hennessy (’21 E&ES, BIOL)
  J. Torgerson Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor;
Constantinople as Palimpsest
Jesse Simmons (’21 ANTH, BIOL)
  S. O’Connell Visualizing glaciers through maps Andy Tan (’21 E&ES, ANTH, BIOL)
F 2019, S 2020 G. Shaw Medieval mobility Paul Willems (’20 PSYC)
J. TorgersonI. Bork-Goldfield Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor German Jews: Their Journey to America and Return to the Old Country Jesse Simmons (’21)
H. Poulos & B. Chernoff Population distribution of Agave plants in Big Bend National ParkSpatial patterns of hardhead silverside genetics Emilio Weber (’20 AMST)
S 2019 K. Boulware & J. Jacobsen Modeling gentrification in the U.S. Jenny Aguiar (’19 SOC, Data Analysis)
Grant Van Inwegen (’20 HIST, Data Analysis)
J. TorgersonI. Bork-Goldfield Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor

German Jews: Their journey to America and Return to the Old Country

Jesse Simmons (’21)
F 2018 P. Wagoner ARHA 382 Treasure-Trove: Numismatics and the Archaeology of Money Azher Jaweed (’19 HIST, ENVS)
K. Boulware & J. Jacobsen Modeling gentrification in the U.S. Jenny Aguiar (’19 SOC, Data Analysis)
Grant Van Inwegen (’20 HIST, Data Analysis)
S 2018 B. Adams SISP 245 Ethnography and Design Louisa Winchell (‘18 ENGL, ENVS); Sophia Ptacek (‘18 SISP)
F 2017 I. Bork-Goldfield German Jews: Their journey to America and return to the Old Country Louisa Winchell (‘18 ENGL, ENVS)
S. Versey PSYC 325 Healthy Places: Practice, Policy, and Population Health Louisa Winchell (‘18 ENGL, ENVS)
S 2017 D. Gandolfo Course Materials; Story Maps; Georeference old Lima maps Sam Raby (‘17 MATH)
K. Diver QAC 231 Introduction to (Geo)Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization Tessa Hill (‘16 E&ES, ‘17 E&ES-MA)
G. Shaw Travelers Lab Elizaveta Kravchenko (‘19 PSYC, SISP)
K. Birney & C. Parslow CCIV 341Visualizing the Classical Mira Klein (‘17 GOV, ENVS)
M. Gilmore Planetary geomorphology Avi Stein (‘17 ASTR)
P. Patton LIDAR / drone Will Speiser (‘17 E&ES)
E. Charry MUSC 275 Music and Downtown New York Will Speiser (‘17 E&ES)
S. Versey & H. Poulos NYC and urban development project Mira Klein (‘17 GOV, ENVS); Nadja Shannon-Dabek (‘17 ENGL, RELI)
J. Torgerson COL 128 Constantinople: From Rome to Istanbul Nadja Shannon-Dabek (‘17 ENGL, RELI)
B. Johnston Disease in Japan Elizaveta Kravchenko (‘19 PSYC, SISP)
C. Patterson-Faye SOC 399 Hot Mamas: Black Women, Body Size and Sexuality Sam Raby (‘17 MATH)
S. O’Connell E&ES 199 Introduction to Environmental Science and Sustainability Sam Raby (‘17 MATH)
L. Bui AMST 336 Comparative Asian and Latina/o Immigrant Experiences Grace Wong (‘18  AFAM, GOV)
E. Grimmer-Solem Generating static + dynamic maps of traveler journeys for book Sam Raby (‘17 MATH); Elizaveta Kravchenko (‘19 PSYC, SISP)
S. Raby QAC 420 Designing Mapping Technologies for Social Justice (student forum) Mira Klein (‘17 GOV, ENVS)
F 2016 D. Gandolfo Course Materials; Story Maps; Georeference old Lima maps Sam Raby (‘17 MATH)
J. Kleindienst Wesleyan campus tree map Tessa Hill (‘16 E&ES, ‘17 E&ES-MA)
K. Diver WesGIS Website help Grace Wong (‘18  AFAM, GOV)
G. Shaw Travelers Lab (Gary Shaw, History) Elizaveta Kravchenko (‘19 PSYC, SISP)
K. Birney & C. Parslow CCIV 341 Visualizing the Classical (spring 2017 course) Mira Klein (‘17 GOV, ENVS)
M. Gilmore Planetary geomorphology Avi Stein (‘17 ASTR)
P. Patton E&ES 220 Geomorphology; LIDAR / drone Will Speiser (‘17 E&ES)
E. Charry MUSC 275 Music and Downtown New York Will Speiser (‘17 E&ES)
S. Versey & H. Poulos NYC and urban development project Mira Klein (‘17 GOV, ENVS); Nadja Shannon-Dabek (‘17 ENGL, RELI)
S 2016 C. Fullilove The Political Geography of Biodiversity Mads O’Brien (‘16, E&ES, SISP); Remy Johnson (‘16 NS&B)
A. Hornstein Words vs Action project Mads O’Brien (‘16, E&ES, SISP); Sophie Breitbart (‘16 BIOL)
G. Shaw Medieval Bishop Movement Stephanie Ling (‘16 MATH)
C. Dimas map making assistance and GIS instruction Sophie Breitbart (‘16 BIOL)
C. Maines Architecture and Monastic Life to the 13th Century Sophie Breitbart (‘16 BIOL)
L. Bui GIS instruction Sophie Breitbart (‘16 BIOL)
K. Diver QAC 231 Introduction to (Geo)Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization Tessa Hill (‘16 E&ES, ‘17 E&ES-MA)
M. Katz ARHA 211 Early Medieval Art: Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Mediterranean Sam Raby (‘17 MATH)
D. Gandolfo ANTH 249 From Metropolis to Megalopolis Sam Raby (‘17 MATH)
Y. Velez map making assistance and GIS instruction Grace Wong (’18 AFAM, GOV)
F 2015 C. Fullilove The Political Geography of Biodiversity Mads O’Brien (‘16, E&ES, SISP); Remy Johnson (‘16 NS&B)
G. Shaw HIST 211 Digital History; Medieval Bishop Movement Stephanie Ling (‘16 MATH)
F. Cohan & D. Krizanc BIOL/COMP 327 Evolutionary and Ecological Bioinformatics Sophie Breitbart (‘16 BIOL)
S 2015 A. Williams HIST 211 Digital History Kate Cullen (‘16, E&ES, HIST)
C. Zamboni ITAL 112 Intermediate Italian II Kate Cullen (‘16, E&ES, HIST)
 C. Maines ARHA 213 Monastic Utopias: Architecture and Monastic Life to the 13th Century DeNeile Cooper (‘15, ANTH); Margaret Daly (‘15, ANTH)
 R. Ficek CHUM 309 Road Trip! Mobility and Encounter in the Americas Talia DeRogatis (‘15, AMST, ENVS)
 J. Torgerson COL 128 Re-imagining East and West: Constantinople between Rome and Istanbul Marjahn Finlayson (‘15, E&ES)
G. Shaw HIST 201 Medieval Europe Abby Shneyder (‘17 HIST, ITAL)
M. Kingsley Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Sadasia McCutchen (‘17, CSS)
QAC Tutor with GIS proficiency Mads O’Brien (‘16, E&ES, SISP)