John J.

Swab

Education:
The Pennsylvania State University (Anticipated May 2017) GPA: 3.86/4.0

B.S., Geography (GIS Option)

B.A., History

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

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:
ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online
Intermediate:
OCR (ABBYY FineReader), Adobe Photoshop, QGIS
Basic:

Regular Expressions, SPSS, R Statistical Package
Classes:
Geography 361 (Cartography), 364 (Spatial Analysis), 461 (Dynamic Cartography)
Experience & Research:
Bednar Internship, Penn State University Libraries. Fall 2015, Summer 2016- Present

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