Spatial Literacy in Public Health:: Faculty-Librarian Teaching Collaborations

About

Laureen P. Cantwell-Jurkovic PhD MSLIS is the Head of Access Services & Outreach at Colorado Mesa Universitys Tomlinson Library. She co-edited Finding Your Seat at the Table: Roles for Librarians on Institutional Regulatory Boards and Committees (Rowman & Littlefield 2022) and was sole editor for Intersections in Healing: Academic Libraries and the Health Humanities (Rowman & Littlefield 2024). She has also published book chapters and articles on topics ranging from librarians on IRBs to libraries and MOOCs from library spaces as curiosity drivers to Covid-era curbside pickup services from information literacy activism to digital badging and more. As part of being liaison to CMUs Davis School of Business she works with students and faculty within entrepreneurship marketing and other concentrations to bring GIS tools and research opportunities into their lives. Tammy E. Parece PhD is an Assistant Professor of Teaching with The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio where she teaches geospatial technologies to undergraduate and graduate students. She has a Geospatial and Environmental Analysis PhD from Virginia Tech. Her research includes the physical and social evaluations of urban areas for urban agriculture. She has published several book chapters and journal articles and presented many conference papers related to urban agriculture. Additionally she specializes in geographic education including geospatial technology courses. Her publications include book chapters journal articles and several technical and laboratory manuals related to geospatial technology education. She has taught numerous professional development workshops in geospatial technologies. Additionally she taught at Colorado Mesa University both traditional geography courses and geospatial technology courses from 2016 - 2022 and developed their Geography Education and Outreach Program.