GIS as a Job Skill: A Panel Discussion with Industry Professionals (focus on Archaeology)

About this event

A contribution to the colloquium series, Anthropology’s Future: Research and Practice for the Next Generation of Scholars . This panel aims to discuss the current job market and the place that geographic information systems (GIS) holds within it as a methodology, paradigm, and practice that has a wide-reach and broad application in many fields. The first part will include introductions of the panelists followed by questions from the audience exploring GIS in industry. Then, after a short break, the second part will consist of small group discussions where attendees can ask direct questions of different GIS specialists from around the area. This panel hopes to connect students with current professionals outside the university to help contextualize the skills they can learn at UW with the real job tasks they might be asked to do in the future.

Panelists include Emma Tomaszewski a GIS Specialist with the Skagit Conservation District; David Carlson a UW PhD Candidate and Project Archaeologist with CRC; Lamai Larsen a Senior GIS Analyst with Environmental Science Associates; Johonna Shea the Cultural Resources GIS Specialist with Willamette Cultural Resources Associates, LTD; Tyler Crocker the GIS Program Manager for the Snoqualmie Tribe; and Naomi Provost Head of Engineering at CTrees who will explore GIS as a Job Skill and discuss their experiences using geographic information systems (GIS) in various industries. See the abstract below and attached flyer (a PDF and a JPEG version) for more details.