Professional Preparation
Appointments
Publications 
Synergistic Activities 
Collaborators & Other Affiliations 

Professional Preparation

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MILWAUKEE (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
    Bachelor of Arts, with Honors, Geography, 
    Certificate in Russian and East European  Studies;
    December 1979
    Emphasis: Cartography, Cultural Geography, Russian and East European Studies

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MILWAUKEE (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
    Master of Arts, Geography; not completed
    Emphasis: Cartography

Appointments

CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE CENTER (CARTOGRAPHIC SERVICES LABORATORY), UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MILWAUKEE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Lab Manager II, Director/Head Cartographer, September 2001 to present

Lab Manager I, Acting Director/Head Cartographer, July 2000 to August 2001

Lab Manager I, Associate Director/Head Cartographer, March 1999 to June 2000

Drafter III-Cartographer, Head Cartographer, March 1983-February 1999

Drafter II-Cartographer, Head Cartographer, December 1980-March 1983

Drafter I (LTE), Head Cartographer, March 1980- December 1980

Student Employee, Assistant Cartographer, April 1978-March 1980

GEORGE BANZHAF CO., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Project Cartographer, April 1978

COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MILWAUKEE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Student Employee, December 1975-May 1978

STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OLD WORLD WISCONSIN, Eagle, Wisconsin
Museum Interpreter, and Salesperson, June 1976-November 1976

Publications

Schenstrom, Donna. “University Cartographic Laboratory Homepages: Marketing Tool or Marginal Presence,” Cartography Bulletin Board, Cartographic Perspectives, Winter 1997

A selected bibliography of maps included in publications authored by others: limited to books by current (1998) University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee faculty, 1980-1998 (WARNING! Takes you to another web page; this is a large file with a potentially long download time.)

Paper and Poster Presentations (WARNING! Takes you to another web page; this is a large file with a potentially long download time.)

Synergistic Activities

Created various cartographic materials for use by persons needing non-standard materials and/or information (i.e. tactual maps, additional accessibility information)

Developed a large scale travel time work–around for use with basic GIS software not including that feature, 1998

External Professional Service
    Association of American Geographers (AAG)
        Microcomputer Specialty Group/Computer Applications Specialty Group 
            Software Exchange Coordinator, 1999-present
        Paper/Panel Session Organizer, 1991
    Map Society of Wisconsin
        Board Member, 2000-present
        Secretary, 2001-present
    North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
        Board Member, 1994-1995, 1999-2001    
            Twentieth Anniversary Committee Chair, 2000
        Editorial Board, 1990-1993
        Field Trip Organizer, 1991
        Paper/Panel Session Organizer,

See other professional activities. (WARNING! Takes you to another web page; this is a large file with a potentially long download time.)

Collaborators & Other Affiliations

Collaborators    Andrews, Sona, Assistant Vice Provost for Campus Climate, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
    Brooks, Arthur, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
    Schwanke, Todd, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
    Smith, Roger, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors    Flannery, James J. Sr., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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