John J.

Swab
Education:
The Pennsylvania State University (Anticipated May 2017) GPA: 3.86/4.0
B.S., Geography (GIS Option)
College of Earth and Mineral
Sciences
B.A., History
College of the Liberal Arts
Member of the Schreyer Honors College and Paterno Fellows Honors
Program
St. Catherines College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Spring
2016)

Skills & Relevant Classes:

Advanced:
Intermediate:
Basic:
Classes:

ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online

OCR (ABBYY FineReader), Adobe Photoshop, QGIS
Regular Expressions, SPSS, R Statistical Package
Geography 361 (Cartography), 364 (Spatial Analysis), 461
(Dynamic Cartography)

Experience & Research:

Bednar Internship, Penn State University Libraries. Fall 2015, Summer 2016Present
Georeferenced/edited Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps to create multiple
mosaics of maps
Assisted team in the development of GIS workflows for map mosaicking
process
Visiting Researcher, Stanford University Spatial History Project. Summer
2015
Utilized OCR to extract data from city directories, cleaned and geocoded
data
Created a dynamic visualization to display data
Researcher, Friends of Harford, Harford County MD. Summer 2014
Authored a report about proposed changes to the water governance
structure in Harford County, Maryland for a local planning watch-dog
group
Teaching Assistant, EMSC 100S Exploring Real and Virtual Worlds.
Summer, Fall 2014
Edited student essays, created class activities around geospatial
technologies, and graded.

Presented independent (non-class) research at ten (10)

conferences/workshops since Fall 2013.

Awards:
Jeff Gockley GIS Memorial Award in Geography, Spring 2016
Phi Kappa Phi Freshman Award for Best Freshman Poster, November 2013

College Activities & Other Interests:

Member of UnderDoGs (undergraduate geography club), Treasurer Fall 2015 and
AY 16-17
Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Theta Upsilon (Geography) and Phi Alpha
Theta (History)
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 2012