Mrs. Stenehjem is currently a Ph. D. graduate student in Entomology at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. Her research involves the use of geospatial technologies with community vector control programs. She is a 2007-2009 participant of the Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT) project, funded by the National Science Foundation with a 2012 grant to the National Council for Geographic Education, developed to address growing workforce need for geospatially-trained employees able to use remote sensing and geographic information systems.
She is also a 2009 participant of Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (T3G) Institute, a professional development program designed to train GIS educators to help other educators learn why and how to use GIS in their classrooms. Jackie has been an instructor/Assistant Professor at Williston State College, Williston, ND for the past 18 years in various science/medical and geographic information systems courses. Currently she is on leave to complete her graduate degree.