GIS Chat Podcast
Podcast Host Jazzmen J. Wilson interviews GIS (Geographic Information Systems) professionals who work in utility, conservation, mining, cartography, programming, design, project management, film, and so much more!
GIS is a system that creates, manages, analyzes and maps all types of data. GIS is used broadly across many types of fields as noted above and has an impact on our daily lives.
Jazzmen started conducting personal interviews with people within the GIS community to discover what they do in their roles. She decided that it would be great to share with others who are interested in gaining knowledge about GIS or those who are already in the world of GIS to learn different point of views on how others apply this application in their careers.
This GIS Chat platform gives a chance to learn insight from the professionals who apply GIS in their careers but also a personal look on who these people are as individuals by keeping the conversation informal, informative, and honest.
GIS Chat Podcast
Justine Leach
Esri UX (User-Experience) designer, Justine Leach, gets passionate on the socio-economic issues surrounding South L.A, but also across America. Her background, coming from a first-generation biracial family and working as an English public-school teacher in South L.A, is why she is so passionate surrounding this topic.
We also learn why she transitioned from English teacher to UX designer, and how that all landed her a job at Esri, where her transferable skills thrive to this day.
Resources-
Education inequality surrounding young women and minorities:
- https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/feature-story/2022/10/leaving-no-girl-behind-in-education
- https://www.globalpartnership.org/sites/default/files/2018-07-gpe-high-cost-of-not-educating-girls.pdf
- https://data.unwomen.org/publications/progress-sustainable-development-goals-gender-snapshot-2022
- https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cgg/students-with-disabilities
- https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/03/16/as-schools-close-due-to-the-coronavirus-some-u-s-students-face-a-digital-homework-gap/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8761596/#:~:text=Girls%20experiencing%20COVID%2D19%20containment,%3B%2095%25%20CI%3A%201.55%20to
- https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2018/01/09/women-and-men-in-stem-often-at-odds-over-workplace-equity/ps_2018-01-09_stem_a-09/
- https://www.aauw.org/resources/research/the-stem-gap/
ArcGIS City Engine:
- https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/disney-animation-studios-used-city-engine-for/td-p/664822
- https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/announcements/esri-cityengine-used-to-create-oscar-nominated-effects-in-blade-runner-2049/
“Citizen Scientists Help Home In on Sea Turtle Home Ranges” by Dawn Wright
will.i.am and Esri
- https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcnews/will-i-am-embraces-gis/
- https://mediaspace.esri.com/media/t/1_0vvw771u?co3=true
