1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" 3 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> 4<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> 5<head> 6<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> 7<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../indiemaps.css"/> 8<title>indiemaps.com/bio | the bio and c.v. of cartographer zachary forest johnson</title> 9<meta name="keywords" content="cartography, information design, online maps, mapping portfolio, map design, visualization, Flash mapping, web maps, interactive mapping"/> 10<meta name="description" content="Here lies the bio page and c.v. of cartographer Zachary Forest Johnson. I make web maps and information visualizations. I'm also a graduate student in cartography at the University of Wisconsin. Here you'll find information about my work, papers, and talks."/> 11</head> 12<!-- This document will serve as my online resume --> 13<body> 14<div id="leftBar"> 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> 17<!-- Here's the standard navigation you see on all my pages --> 18<div id="navigation"> 19<ul> 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> 23</ul> 24</div> 25</div> 26<div id="page"> 27<div id="content"> 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. 29</p> 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. 32</strong></p> 33<div id="resume"> 34<div class="section"> 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> 112</div> 113<div class="section"> 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> 139</div> 140</div> 141<div class="item"> 142<div class="blogdate"> 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> 153</div> 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> 162</div> 163</div> 164</div> 165<div class="section"> 166<div class="item"> 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> 186</div> 187</div> 188<div class="item"> 189<div class="blogdate"> 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> 197</ul> 198</div> 199</div> 200</div> 201<div class="section"> 202<div class="item"> 203<div class="blogdate"> 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> 231</div> 232</div> 233<div class="item"> 234<div class="blogdate"> 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> 243</ul> 244</div> 245</div> 246</div> 247<div class="section"> 248<div class="item"> 249<div class="blogdate"> 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> 259</ul> 260</div> 261</div> 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> 271</div> 272<div class="item"> 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> 281</div> 282</div> 283<div class="item"> 284<div class="blogdate"> 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> 293</div> 294</div> 295</div> 296<div class="section"> 297<div class="item"> 298<div class="blogdate"> 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> 320</div> 321</div> 322</div> 323</div> 324</div> 325<div id="rightBar"> 326<p> 327<img src="../../images/me.png" alt="me"/> 328</p> 329<div id="bio"> 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> 334<h4>Contact</h4> 335<ul> 336 <li><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85ffe4e6edabe3abefeaedebf6eaebc5e2e8e4ece9abe6eae8">[email 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> 346</div> 347</div> 348</div> 349</div> 350<div id="mainfooter"> 351<p> 352 <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer"><img src="../../images/xhtml.gif" alt="Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict"/></a> 353<a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/"><img src="../../images/css2.gif" alt="Valid CSS 2.0"/></a> 354</p> 355</div>
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