Mapping Mountains: Adventures in US National Parks Faculty and FIG Assistant

Hi - I'm Dr. Kohler (or Nick). My academic interests focus on land use and land cover change; human-environment interactions; and conservation and development. I also am interested in outdoor recreation in 'natural' and human environments - the Geography of Outdoor Adventure. My regional research focus has been on the countries of mainland Southeast Asia, and on the west of the US and Canada. I teach courses in remote sensing, geospatial data science, and human-environment relations in the Geography Department. My research concerns natural and cultural world heritage management and conservation, land use change related to economic development, environmental monitoring with remotely sensed data, crowdsourced database development and mapping, and the geography of outdoor adventure sports. I love mountains and rivers,  the complex human and natural landscapes of the national parks and monuments of North America, and mapping and storytelling. I look forward to working with the FIG group to develop graphic map-based stories that explore some of the landscapes and history of these conservation areas.

Email: nicholas@uoregon.edu

Hi everyone! My name is Makenna, and this is my second year as the Mapping Wilderness FA. I’ll be a senior this fall and I'm majoring in Anthropology (on the archaeology track) and Spatial Data Science & Technology, with a minor in Planning, Public Policy, and Management (PPPM). 
Outside of school, I'm a huge Marvel and DC nerd. Some of my favorite current comic runs are Batman, Zatanna, and Absolute Wonder Woman. I also love movies and TV—my current favorite show is Girls, and my Letterboxd top four are Kiki’s Delivery Service, But I’m a Cheerleader, Dirty Dancing, and Bottoms— please, please make assumptions about me based on that. 
A few other random things I love include matcha, banana iced lattes, full-art Pokémon cards, and watching Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova with my lovely roommates. I'm excited to meet everyone and help make this a great term!

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