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Thirty inspiring stories of remarkable women who are true stars As STEM continues to advance and shape our understanding of our world, so, too, are women, who are taking charge and using research and new approaches to achieve more than they imagined.
Women and GIS: Stars of Spatial Science, the second volume in the Women and GIS series,¿tells the stories of¿how 30 diverse women in STEM applied themselves and overcame obstacles and life's challenges using a combination of maps, analysis, and geographic information systems (GIS).
From planetary scientists to civil engineers and from entrepreneurs to urban planners, the strong, passionate women in this volume of
Women and GIS: Stars of Spatial Science serve as mentors to motivate readers who are developing their own life stories and inspire their potential in a new way. By reading the stories in this book, young women might be better able to chart their own futures.
List of contents
Foreword
Preface
Temenoujka Bandrova, building on her love of drawing and math
Ashali Bhandari, planning for a more resilient India
Cecille Blake, growing GIS from the ground up in Jamaica
Janey Camp, improving communities inside and out
Nicole D. Franklin, furthering equity and social justice
Sophia Garcia, ensuring that every person counts
Valrie Grant, a vision for spreading the joys of geotechnology
Elizabeth Groff, using GIS to expand criminal justice policy
Tanya Harrison, bringing Mars to the masses
Grania Kelly, using art and science to create landscape stories
Amrita Lal, powering drones over the South Pacific
Kelsey Leonard, using tribal wisdom to care for water resources
Megan McCabe, leading the search for a lost airliner
Anne Hale Miglarese, bringing technology to the developing world
Catherine Nakalembe, empowering the people close to the land
Anita Palmer, advocating for students and the world
Olivia Powell, championing GIS in the police service
Rhiannan Price, fostering sustainable development
Barbara J. Ryan, promoting open data for everyone
Diana Sinton, connecting spatial thinkers to GIS
Hoáng Chi Smith, helping refugees tell their stories
Amy Steiger, piloting a career in the office and in the field
Eleanor Stokes, going where the big questions lead her
Hannah Trew, speaking out loud and clear in a unifying voice
Ingrid H. J. Vanden Berghe, Belgium's "geo-broker" of GIS data
Verónica Vélez, fighting for social and racial justice in education
German Whitley, choosing her own GIS adventures
Chyana Lena Williams, bringing geo-business intelligence to Africa
Susan Wolfinbarger, shaping our understanding of global conflict
Rae Wynn-Grant, saving the bears and the wildlife
Acknowledgments
About the author
Jane Goodall
Summary
Women and GIS, Volume 2: Stars of Spatial Science features 30 inspiring stories of diverse women using geospatial technology to improve the world. These women serve as guiding stars to motivate all readers.
