In honor of Woman’s History Month, Dr. Linda Loubert, (http://iur.morgan.edu/LL.html, an economics professor at Morgan State (http://morgan.edu/), created a project to put women who work in GIS on the map. She built a webmap for women to contribute their location, professional association and any other information they want to share. She expected it to get a few hundred hits just around the US, but it took off and she now has over 4000 contributors from all around the world.
Women in GIS can still contribute their information if they haven’t done so yet.
Linda says: “I started this project as a way to recognize women for the role they play in GIS. Women’s History Month is a great time to show the role that women are playing in one of the STEM fields and to encourage more women to be a part of this great field. I teach GIS to students and I use it in most of my research.”
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the map.
Dr. Loubert is already considering another similar project that would invite ALL GIS professionals to participate.
Linda’s contact info:
(443) 885-1885
Linda.Loubert@morgan.edu
http://www.morgan.edu/college_of_liberal_arts/departments/economics/facultystaff.html
(Mar. 13)