Assistant Professor, Geography
s9trbn@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://qingqingchen.info
Education
- Ph.D. Geography, University at Buffalo
- M.Sc. Physics, National University of Singapore
- B.Sc. Physics, Minjiang University
Experience
- Assistant Professor, Geography, James Madison University (2025-present)
- Research Associate, Singapore University of Technology and Design (2018-2021)
- Research Engineer, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Center (2015-2018)
Research Interests
My research sits at the intersection of urban geography, critical GIScience and cartography, and geospatial big data, where I develop geocomputational and visual methods that use geospatial data to examine the social, relational and often overlooked non-visual sensory dimensions of urban life and their implications for planning and design.
Research focuses:
- Urban Analytics
- Geographic Data Science
- Multi-sensory Experience
- Spatial Analysis & Visualization
- Social Media & Big Data
Courses I Teach
- GEOG 215: Introduction to GIS and Cartography
- GEOG 367: Programming for GIS
- GEOG 350/465: Quantitative Geospatial Thinking
- GEOG 469: Applications of Geographic Information Systems - Urban Analytics
- ISAT 449: Emerging Topics in Applied Data Science
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