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Kristen Erath

Experience Level: Entry Level
Location: Washington, DC
Last Updated: January 7, 2011

Experience

Teaching Assistant, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
August 2009 – December 2010
Facilitate GIS labs by guiding students through technical difficulties. Advise students on GIS projects during office hours. Teach two Global Climate Change labs per week. Lead nature walks and identify plants. Evaluate lab reports, papers and presentations.

GIS Intern, National Park Service, Asheville, NC
Summer and Fall 2010
Create interactive maps of cultural resources and natural hazards. Build relational Access database and geodatabase in ArcCatalog. Organize, update and maintain data for geospatial layers and attributes. Utilize Garmin GPS unit to gather field data.

Mapping Assistant, Appalachian Voices, Boone, NC
Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
Produce cartographic products using ArcGIS to display correlations between strip mining and social inequality. Assist in planning a fundraising event. Secure items for raffle and sell tickets.

Biology Research Assistant, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Summer 2007
Research different strains of algae to determine optimal growing conditions for the purpose of producing biodiesel. Monitor water quality, perform lipid analysis and utilize Microsoft Word and Excel for final report.

General Information

EDUCATION
MA, Geography, GIS Concentration
December 2010
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

BS, Biology/Ecology and Environmental Biology, Minor: Sustainable Development
December 2007
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

IT EXPERIENCE
-GIS: ModelBuilder, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, ArcHydro, ArcIMS, ERDAS Imagine, SPSS
-DB Design: Access, VBA, UML, SQL
-Adobe Suite: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

RELEVANT COURSEWORK:
Advanced GIS; GIS Databases and Modeling; Geocomputation; Digital Image Processing; Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis; Statistics; Cartographic Design with Adobe; Vegetation, Soils and Landforms; Botany; Zoology; Ecology; Environmental Studies.