- Department Chair, Social Sciences
- Director, Geospatial Research Facility
- Associate Professor of Geography and GIS
- djlafren@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2189
- AOB 215 (Spring 23' Office Hours Tuesdays 9-11am)
Research Interests
- Environmental Change and Life Course Epidemiology
- Urban Environments and Population Health
- Public Participatory GIS
- Historical GIS & Deep Mapping
- Spatial Humanities
- Deindustrialization and Shrinking Cities
- Time-Space Integration and Modeling in GIS
- Demography and Historical Record Linkage
- Sense of Place and Neighborhood Construction
Ryan Williams, GISP, MGIS
- Assistant Director, Geospatial Research Facility
- rywillia@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1485
- GLRC 312
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic Information Systems
- Database Development
- GIS Tool and Process Development
- Integrating Web, GIS, Database and Analytics Tools
Dan Trepal
- Senior Geospatial Research Scientist
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Social Sciences
- djtrepal@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3580
- GLRC 318
Education
- PhD, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Michigan Technological University
- MS, Industrial Archaeology, Michigan Technological University
- BS, Anthropology and History, Cleveland State University
Research Interests
- Industrial and Urban Archaeology
- Historical GIS
- Deindustrialization
- Industrial Landscapes
- The Archaeology of Brownfields
- Spatial Analysis of Historical Industrial Pollutants
- Big Data Approaches to Archaeology
- Publicly-engaged Scholarship
Daniel J. Lizzadro-McPherson
- Geospatial Research Scientist
- djlizzad@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3418
- GLRC 316 and 318
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geostatistical Analysis
- Lake Superior Geology, Coastal Geomorphology, and Geoheritage
- GPS, GIS Data Collector Applications, and Mapping Technologies
- Web-based GIS Data Dissemination and Applications
- Interdisciplinary GIS Project Management
Bob Cowling
- GIS Data Librarian
- rcowling@mtu.edu
- GLRC 316
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Geospatial Metadata
- Cartography
- Web-based GIS application development
- Geospatial data management, discovery, and dissemination
James Juip
- GIS Analyst
- PhD Student, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology
- jajuip@mtu.edu
- GLRC 316
Advisor
Education
- BS, Geology - Earth Science Education, Michigan Technological University
Research Interests
- Industrial Heritage Interpretation
- Community Based Heritage Management
- GIS Applications for Heritage Interpretation
- Great Lakes Mining History
- Turn-of-the-Century Geologic and Survey Methods in the Great Lakes
Gary Spikberg
- GIS Specialist
- gaspikbe@mtu.edu
- GLRC 316
Research Interests
- Heritage Interpretation
- French Canadian Migration
- Record Linkage
- Virtual Reality
- Deep Mapping
- Historical GIS