Category Archives: SSI News

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Not long after she began her studies in the master’s program in Geography at San Diego State University, Shea Ellen Gilliam finally embraced her identity as a transgender woman. As she began her medical transition, she concurrently structured her master’s thesis to explore integration of transgender athletes into the cis-centric sporting spaces of women’s roller…

Dr. Katsuhiko Oda, assistant professor (teaching) with the USC Spatial Sciences Institute and Dr. Thomas Herman of the California Geographic Alliance announce that registration is now open for a three-day workshop for K-12 school teachers on teaching with geospatial technology. In this workshop, teachers will learn how geographic knowledge, skills and reasoning can be enhanced…

An-Min Wu, lecturer in the USC Spatial Sciences Institute, has been elected to be secretary of the Faculty Council of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences for the academic year 2019 - 2020. In this capacity, Wu also will represent the USC Dornsife Faculty Council at the University's Academic Senate. In 2018 - 2019…

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has announced that it has selected USC Spatial Sciences Institute student Kevin Mercy to participate in its 2019 Young Professionals Golden Ticket program. Mercy, a USC M.S. in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) student, is one of 30 individuals who will have the exclusive opportunities as a Golden…