Assistant Directors / Senior Team
Wing Cheung is a Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science at Palomar College. He is also the Coordinator of the GIS Certificate and Associate’s Degree programs at the College. Professor Cheung has experience in environmental science (groundwater and surface water hydrology), GIS, grant writing, project management, program development, and research. He has a diverse academic background with Master Degrees in Public Affairs and Environmental Science. Wing is also the Principal Investigator of an Advanced Technological Education project grant from the National Science Foundation.
Contact: 760-744-1150 ext. 3652 or wcheung@palomar.edu
Adam Dastrup is the Coordinator of the Geosciences Department and an Associate Professor at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). While there he has taught a variety of courses related to physical and cultural geography, earth and environmental science, and geospatial technology. Until October 2015, Adam was the Principle Investigator for SLCC's portion of the Department of Labor's National Information, Security, and Geospatial Technology Consortium (NISGTC). He is also the founder of Open Geography Education, an open education resource (OER) for educators. At SLCC, Adam is a faculty leader in high impact practices, online learning, and educational pathways for students. Finally, Adam is heavily involved with advancing the teaching, learning, and application of geospatial technology in community college settings.
Contact: 801-957-4880 or adam.dastrup@slcc.edu
Scott Jeffrey is a Professor and the Program Director for the Geospatial Applications Program at the Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville, Maryland. A 1981 graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (B.S. in Geography) he received an M.S. in Geography and Anthropology from Louisiana State University (1985) and a post-baccalaureate certification from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Instructional Systems Design. Professor Jeffrey was awarded the 2008-2009 Maryland Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and, in 2009, under his tenure as Director the Geospatial Applications Program the was recognized by the Maryland State Department of Education as the Outstanding Career and Technology Education Program (Postsecondary).
Contact:sjeffrey@ccbcmd.edu
John Johnson is a GIS consultant and has degrees in Geography and Urban/Regional Planning and Business Administration. He also has a teaching credential and is certified as an ESRI and Trimble Authorized Instructor. John has helped to develop two community college GIS programs and has served as a GIS curriculum consultant on a number of projects.
Contact:760-889-8606 or John@gisws.com
Thomas R. Mueller has taught at California University of Pennsylvania for over 14 years. He has taught a wide variety of courses including World Regional Geography, GIS, crime mapping, demographic analysis, and spatial models in public safety. His research agenda has grown dramatically throughout his career at California University of Pennsylvania. He applies spatial theory to the real world, particularly using Geographic Information Systems. His key to building a successful research agenda is to produce work through a variety of scholarly endeavors, including conference presentations, grants, technical reports, book reviews and publications in professional journals. He also has taught numerous GIS workshops for members of the local community, professors at Cal U and other campuses, and for the K-12 community.
Contact: mueller@calu.edu
Ming-Hsiang (Ming) Tsou is a professor in the Department of Geography at San Diego State University. His research interests are in Internet mapping and distributed GIS applications, mobile GIS and wireless communication, multimedia cartography and user interface design, and software agents with GRID computing technology. He serves as the major university advisor to the GeoTech Center on matters of articulation and recruitment of minority students.
Contact: mtsou@mail.sdsu.edu
Candiya Mann serves as the GeoTech Center's external evaluator. She is a Senior Research Associate at the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center of Washington State University. She has served as an external evaluator of numerous NSF Centers and projects and a presenter for the EvaluATE Center at Western Michigan University.
