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I am an Assistant Professor of the Learning Sciences and Curriculum Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Education. My research and teaching focus on how people learn with graphic and geographic data, including history and science learning with tools like geographic information systems (GIS). My PhD is in Learning Sciences program at Northwestern University.

Publications & presentations

• American Migrations, funded by an NSF Early Career Award, a 5-year program of research to investigate teaching and learning the histories of African American and Latino migrations in Americn history, using GIS to map historical census data
• GIS for History, an NEH-funded project to create an on-line GIS resource of interactive US historic census data maps and curriculum for use in high school and university classrooms.
• Teaching and Learning with GIS, an NSF-funded research project examining middle-grades students' development of scientific reasoning and reflective thinking with geographic data in science and social studies inquiry projects.
• Teachers Infusing Technology in Urban Schools, a U.S. Department of Education-funded project to help teacher preparation programs develop meaningful uses of technology in teacher education courses and public school field experience placements.
• The UIC Big City Teacher Preparation Initiative, a MacArthur Foundation-funded project to develop resources for urban teacher education.  GIS data mapping is used to represent and study relationships between the university's teacher preparation programs, public schools, and Chicago communities.

Contact me at joshuar@uic.edu