Alumni Testimonials

Joseph Kerski (CU Boulder Class of 2000, B.A. & Ph.D. in Geography) is Geographer and Education Manager at Esri. He is currently focusing on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in education. He has served as the President of the National Council for Geographic Education and has given 2 TED Talks on “The Whys of Where”.  He holds 3 degrees in Geography and has served as geographer in 4 sectors of society, including government (NOAA, US Census Bureau, USGS), academia (Penn State, Sinte Gleska University, University of Denver, others), private industry (as Education Manager for Esri), and nonprofit organizations (with roles in geography and education associations). 

Julie Dunbar (CU Boulder Class of 1993, BA in Geography), is Manager of Editorial Development in Reference Solutions, Contemporary Issues, Geography & World Cultures at ABC-CLIO. She is a highly experienced Editorial Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the publishing industry.

Dan MacGrath (CU Boulder Class of 2013, M.A. & Ph.D. in Geography) is Assistant Professor in Geosciences at Colorado State University. Dan is a geoscientist who utilizes novel in situ geophysical and remote sensing tools to study earth surface processes, particularly related to the cryosphere. In addition to doing local fieldwork in Colorado, his research has involved more than 15 expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska and Patagonia.

Emily Baker (CU Geography MA '15) is a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, AK. As part of her job, Emily studies the impacts of climate change on Alaskan glaciers. You can see a little bit more of her work here.