Our faculty have experience in a variety of GIS disciplines. Learn more about our expert faculty here!
Meet Jeffrey L. Brewer, the program director for the Master’s in Geographic Information Systems at University of Cincinnati Online. Since 2017, Jeffrey has been an Assistant Professor-Educator in the Department of Geography & GIS at the University of Cincinnati. His extensive research spans urban sustainability, historical geography, and archaeology, with a particular focus on sustainable water management in subtropical regions. Jeffrey’s interdisciplinary approach explores the cultural geographies of food and sport, including the geospatial dynamics of craft breweries and urban cycling networks. With a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Cincinnati, Jeffrey is dedicated to advancing the understanding of human-environment relations and urban landscapes. As Program Director, he brings a wealth of experience and expertise to guide students through the dynamic field of Geographic Information Systems.
The faculty displayed below are actively teaching MS GIS online students in the current semester. This is list is subject to change. If you’d like to learn more about a faculty member, click their name to go to a profile.
Kevin Raleigh
Department Head Associate Professor Educator Email: [email protected] Interests: Urban-economic geography, political geography, and quantitative techniques
Lin Liu
Professor Graduate Director Co-Director of GIS Center Email: [email protected] Interests: GIS, geographic visualization, quantitative methods, location analysis, crime mapping and analysis, and Geo-simulation.
Xi Chen
Associate Professor Email: [email protected] Xi’s education and experience encompass a deep understanding of water resources, environmental studies and modeling, and physical geography. He earned his doctorate in environmental engineering in 2014.
Diego Cuadros
Associate Professor Email: [email protected] Interests: Medical and health geography, GIS applications in epidemiology, environmental studies, mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, host-pathogen and pathogen-pathogen interactions, health economics assessment
Changjoo Kim
Associate Professor Email: [email protected] Interests: Geographic Information Science, Urban Transportation, Networks, Location Analysis, Spatial Modeling addressing theoretical and practical questions in urban and economic geography through the application of GIS methods.
Robert South Professor Email: [email protected] Interests: Regional economic development, industrial location, Latin America
Tomasz Stepinski
Professor Thomas Jefferson Chair Professor Email: [email protected] Interests: Space Informatics, planetary geomorphology, land change science, remote sensing, GIS
Here are some estimated salaries based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
These jobs have an average growth rate of 7% over the next 10 years.
According to gisgeography.com these are the types of jobs you can typically get with an MS in GIS are as follows;
According to psmarketresearch.com the market growth rate over the next 10 years in Geographic Information Systems is 11.6%. Companies are investing in this type of technology in a wide variety of industries
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