Author: Amy Spahn

Dan Trepal, IHA PhD student,  recently had a post published by the Canadian Historical Geographic Information Systems Partnership titled:  Map Your History! Building and Sharing a Historical Spatial Data Infrastructure with the Keweenaw Time Traveler Project.  Dan discusses the historical GIS infrastructure underpinning the Keweenaw Time Traveler Project (headed by Co-PIs Dr. Don Lafreniere, Dr. Sarah Scarlett, and IHA PhD candidate John Arnold ) and describes some of the upcoming public outreach activities the KeTT Team has planned for this spring and summer.

Waste Advantage Magazine published an article about the state of recycling in Houghton and Hancock, citing a study by Richelle Winkler’s (SS) class that kicked off a successful curbside recycling campaign. 

Adam Wellstead (SS) co-edited “Policy Work in Canada: Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities” in University of Toronto Press. It can be found here.

Audrey Mayer (SS) authored an article in Science discussing work-life balance as a researcher, professor and single mom. In her words, “I’ve come to appreciate that there is no one schedule that best produces excellent science or demonstrates dedication to its practice.”

Jonathan Robins (SS) was interviewed by investigative reporter Peter Guest for a story in Raconteur Magazine on the growth of oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia. Robins discusses factors which contributed to the emergence of palm oil as the most important fat in the global food system.

You can read the article on medium.com.

GeoConnexion, a UK based geotechnology magazine, featured an article about the partnership project between MTU Social Scientist’s Don Lafreniere and Sarah Scarlett and the Keweenaw National Historical Park to bring GIS-based career education to local high school students. Read the article.