The extended research section spans my Graduate Student career at the University of Nevada, Reno, ranging from 2018-2023. Much of the research domain was comprised of semester to year-long projects with the goal to publish or present at regional conferences. The research complements a unique curriculum path I followed, combining upper-level Geography courses (Advanced GIS, Spatial Analysis, Drone Technologies with GIS, Advanced Cartography & Design, Python in GIS) with upper-level courses in Information Systems and Statistics (Databases, Internet Programming, Data Science, Python for IS, Data Visualization, Econometrics, Structural Equation Models and Multilevel Modelling). The outcome of my pathway as a Masters of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) graduate resulted in a practical blend of the two disciplines.
2018-2019 – New Words to the English Language: A Spatial Analysis of New Words to the OED
2019-2020 – The Newspaper-Microblogging Ecosystem: Twitter and the Paper-bound Newspaper
2020-2021 – Understanding Yale Climate Change Opinion polls: A Data Science approach
2021-2022 – Districts of Reno-Sparks: Using Census Tract Level Data to Understand Communities in Reno-Sparks
2022-2023 – Cattle Grazing in the High Desert – Using Drone Photogrammetry to Understand Ecological Systems
2022-2023 – Using Structural Equation Models to Estimate Building Growth in the Reno-Sparks Community