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15<h1 class="title">indiemaps.com/<a href="../../bio/">bio</a></h1>
16<h2 class="subtitle">the bio page of cartographer zachary forest johnson</h2>
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20	<li id="firstPage"><a href="/"><span class="subdomain">home</span></a></li>
21	<li><a href="../../blog/"><span class="subdomain">blog</span></a></li>
22	<li><a href="../../portfolio/"><span class="subdomain">portfolio</span></a></li>
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28<p class="descr">Welcome to the bio and c.v. of cartographer Zachary Forest Johnson.  My latest project is the <a href="../../freedom_subdomain/index/">World Freedom Atlas</a>.  Check out the <a href="/">rest of my page</a> as well.
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30<p class="descr"><strong>
31Click <a href="http://www.indiemaps.com/docs/Resume_20080427.pdf">here</a> for my full resume in PDF format.
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35<div class="item">
36<div class="blogdate">
37<h5 class="year">Education</h5>
38<h5 class="time">2008</h5>
39</div>
40<h5><br/>Master of Science, Cartography and GIScience, University of Wisconsin</h5>
41<div class="blogbody">
42<ul>
43	<li>GPA: 4.0/4.0</li>
44	<li>Expected May 2008</li>
45	<li>Advisor Mark Harrower</li>
46	<li>Working thesis title: Cartograms for Political Cartography: A Question of Design</li>
47</ul>
48</div>
49</div>
50<div class="item">
51<div class="blogdate">
52<h5 class="time">2004</h5>
53</div>
54<h5>Master of Arts, Political Science, University of Wisconsin</h5>
55<div class="blogbody">
56<ul>
57	<li>Subfield concentration in International Relations and Political Theory</li>
58	<li>Advisor Mark Pollack</li>
59	<li>Degree earned May 2004</li>
60	<li>Additional two semesters of post-Masters graduate coursework completed Spring-Fall, 2005</li>
61</ul>
62</div>
63</div>
64<div class="item">
65<div class="blogdate">
66<h5 class="time">2003</h5>
67</div>
68<h5>Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International Relations, University of Arkansas</h5>
69<div class="blogbody">
70<ul>
71	<li>Graduated Magna Cum Laude, May 2003</li>
72</ul>
73</div>
74</div>
75</div>
76<div class="section">
77<div class="item">
78<div class="blogdate">
79<h5 class="year">Presentations</h5>
80<h5 class="time">2008</h5>
81</div>
82<h5><br/>Cartograms for Political Cartography: A Question of Design</h5>
83<div class="blogbody">
84<ul>
85	<li>Presented at the 2008 <a href="http://www.aag.org/">Association of American Geographers</a> meeting</li>
86	<li>As part of the session, "Visualization, Cartography, and Cognition", chaired by <a href="http://www.cas.sc.edu/geog/facStaff/battersby.html">Dr. Sarah Battersby</a></li>
87	<li>Saturday, April 19, 2008</li>
88</ul>
89</div>
90</div>
91<div class="item">
92<div class="blogdate">
93<h5 class="time">2007</h5>
94</div>
95<h5>World Freedom Atlas: A Visualization Tool for Social Scientists</h5>
96<div class="blogbody">
97<ul>
98	<li>Presented at the 2007 <a href="http://www.ssha.org/">Social Science Historical Association</a> meeting</li>
99	<li>As part of the session, "Cartographic Design for History", chaired by <a href="http://www.markmonmonier.com/">Dr. Mark Monmonier</a></li>
100	<li>Friday, November 16, 2007</li>
101</ul>
102</div>
103</div>
104<div class="item">
105<h5>AsthMap: A Visualization Tool for Mapping Asthma Exacerbations</h5>
106<div class="blogbody">
107<ul>
108	<li>Presented at <a href="http://nacis.org/">NACIS</a> 2007 in St. Louis, MO</li>
109	<li>Thursday, October 10, 2007</li>
110</ul>
111</div>
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114<div class="item">
115<div class="blogdate">
116<h5 class="year">Teaching</h5>
117<h5 class="time">2008</h5>
118</div>
119<h5><br/>Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Animated and Web-based Maps</h5>
120<div class="blogbody">
121<ul>
122	<li>Spring 2008</li>
123	<li>Teach all lab material</li>
124	<li>Assist Professor Mark Harrower with grading</li>
125</ul>
126</div>
127</div>
128<div class="item">
129<div class="blogdate">
130<h5 class="time">2007</h5>
131</div>
132<h5>Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cartography</h5>
133<div class="blogbody">
134<ul>
135	<li>Fall 2006, Spring 2007 + Fall 2007</li>
136	<li>Taught all lab material</li>
137	<li>Assisted Professor Mark Harrower with grading</li>
138</ul>
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143<h5 class="time">2005</h5>
144</div>
145<h5>Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Comparative Politics</h5>
146<div class="blogbody">
147<ul>
148	<li>Fall 2005</li>
149	<li>Led 2 discussion sections</li>
150	<li>Assisted Professor Ed Friedman with grading</li>
151</ul>
152</div>
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154<div class="item">
155<h5>Teaching Assistant, Introduction to American Politics</h5>
156<div class="blogbody">
157<ul>
158	<li>Spring 2005</li>
159	<li>Led 2 discussion sections</li>
160	<li>Assisted Lecturer Jeremy Zilber with grading</li>
161</ul>
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167<div class="blogdate">
168<h5 class="year">Work</h5>
169<h5 class="time">2007</h5>
170</div>
171<h5><br/>Project Manager and Cartographer, UW Cartography Lab</h5>
172<div class="blogbody">
173<ul>
174	<li>Project Lead on <a href="../../blog/index-php/portfolio/inhalerViz-txt/">AsthMap</a></li>
175	<li>Worked on other projects, including static maps</li>
176</ul>
177</div>
178</div>
179<div class="item">
180<h5>Student Flash Programmer, UW Sea Grant</h5>
181<div class="blogbody">
182<ul>
183	<li>Hired by David Hart</li>
184	<li>Primary Flash programming for the <a href="../../blog/index-php/portfolio/dashboard-txt/">Hydrologic Dashboard</a></li>
185</ul>
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190<h5 class="time">more</h5>
191</div>
192<h5>And much, much more</h5>
193<div class="blogbody">
194<ul>
195	<li>
195Upward Bound Mentor, University of Arkansas, 2002</li>
196	<li>Orientation Leader, University of Arkansas, 2000</li>
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204<h5 class="year">Awards</h5>
205<h5 class="time">2007</h5>
206</div>
207<h5><br/>AAG/CSG National Geographic Mapping Award</h5>
208<div class="blogbody">
209<ul>
210	<li>For my <a href="https://indiemaps.com/portfolio/print/afCartogram.pdf">World Armed Forces Cartogram</a></li>
211	<li>Received a $600 cash award and other prizes</li>
212</ul>
213</div>
214</div>
215<div class="item">
216<h5><br/>David Woodward Award for Best Electronic Map, Student Division, CaGIS/ACSM Map Design Competition</h5>
217<div class="blogbody">
218<ul>
219	<li>For the <a href="../../freedom_subdomain/index/">World Freedom Atlas</a></li>
220	<li>Received a $500 cash award and other prizes</li>
221</ul>
222</div>
223</div>
224<div class="item">
225<h5>Barbara Bartz Petchenik Award for Cartographic Design, UW Geography</h5>
226<div class="blogbody">
227<ul>
228	<li>For <a href="../../wiscMapper/">wiscMapper</a></li>
229	<li>Received 175 American dollars, cash</li>
230</ul>
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235<h5 class="time">2004</h5>
236</div>
237<h5>University Fellowship, Graduate School, U of Wisconsin</h5>
238<div class="blogbody">
239<ul>
240	<li>A highly competitive fellowship(only 5-8 are given out each year, for the entire University)</li>
241	<li>Paid a stipend and remitted tuition</li>
242	<li>Released me from TA/PA/RA duties, to concentrate on classes and research</li>
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250<h5 class="year">Leadership</h5>
251<h5 class="time">2007</h5>
252</div>
253<h5><br/>Student Coordinator, Madison Area Cartographic Design and Discussion (MACDAD)</h5>
254<div class="blogbody">
255<ul>
256	<li>Schedule speakers</li>
257	<li>Manage email list</li>
258	<li>Setup meeting space</li>
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262<div class="item">
263<h5>Project Lead, Hydrologic Dashboard</h5>
264<div class="blogbody">
265<ul>
266	<li>Worked for Coastal GIS Specialist David Hart</li>
267	<li>Developed an application for viewing and analyzing USGS streamflow/precip/other statistics</li>
268	<li>For more info and beta, go <a href="../../blog/index-php/portfolio/dashboard-txt/">here</a></li>
269</ul>
270</div>
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273<h5>Project Lead, AsthMap</h5>
274<div class="blogbody">
275<ul>
276	<li>Worked for Principal Investigator David Van Sickle</li>
277	<li>Along with Andrew Woodruff, Eve McGlynn, and Robert Roth</li>
278	<li>Developed an application for investigating asthma inhaler usage in Dane Co, WI</li>
279	<li>For more info and beta, go <a href="../../blog/index-php/portfolio/inhalerViz-txt/">here</a></li>
280</ul>
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285<h5 class="time">more</h5>
286</div>
287<h5>And much, much more</h5>
288<div class="blogbody">
289<ul>
290	<li>Campus Organizer, New Voters Project/University of Wisconsin, 2004</li>
291	<li>President, Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honors Society), University of Arkansas, 2002-03</li>
292</ul>
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299<h5 class="year">Software</h5>
300</div>
301<h5><br/>Really good at</h5>
302<div class="blogbody">
303<ul>
304	<li>Adobe Flash (including Actionscript 3)</li>
305	<li>Adobe Illustrator</li>
306	<li>PHP</li>
307	<li>Python</li>
308	<li>ArcGIS Suite</li>
309</ul>
310</div>
311</div>
312<div class="item">
313<h5>Pretty good at</h5>
314<div class="blogbody">
315<ul>
316	<li>Adobe Photoshop</li>
317	<li>mySQL</li>
318	<li>Web standards (XHTML, CSS)</li>
319</ul>
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327<img src="../../images/me.png" alt="me"/>
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330<h3>Zachary Forest Johnson</h3>
331<p>
332I am a cartographer specializing in online maps and information visualizations.  I am in the second year of a M.S. program in Cartography and GIS at the U of Wisconsin.  In a previous life, I studied Political Science (gaining a BA from the U of Arkansas and a MA from the U of Wisconsin).  My other passions include running, politics, typography, and gin and tonics.
333</p>
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336	<li><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85ffe4e6edabe3abefeaedebf6eaebc5e2e8e4ece9abe6eae8">[email&#160;protected]</a></li>
337	<li>608/251.6354</li>
338</ul>
339<h4>My Links</h4>
340<ul>
341	<li><a href="/">indiemaps.com</a></li>
342	<li>del.icio.us/indiemaps/</li>
343	<li>trsly highlighted quotations</li>
344	<li><a href="http://www.geography.wisc.edu/">Wisconsin Geography</a></li>
345</ul>
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