Resume
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Education
2022–
Pennsylvania State University
Doctor of Philosophy: Geography
2022
Pennsylvania State University
Master of Science: Geography
4.0 Overall GPA
2020
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science: Honors in Cartography and GIS
3.973 Overall GPA, Dean's list for all 8 semesters
Research Positions
Fall 2020–Summer 2022
Department of Geography, Penn State
Graduate Research Assistant
Spring 2019–Summer 2020
University of Wisconsin Cartography Lab, UW-Madison
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Fall 2018–Summer 2020
Geospatial Data Science Lab, UW-Madison
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Prestby, T. J. , Robinson, A. C., McLaughlin, D., Dudas, P. M., & Grozinger, C. M. (2023). Characterizing user needs for Beescape: A spatial decision support tool focused on pollinator health. Journal of Environmental Management, 325, 116416. DOI
Hart, D.A., Prestby, T., & Roth, R.E. (2022). Design and Evaluation of Coastal Web Atlases: Best Practices and Future Opportunities for Map Representation, Interaction, and Usability. Coastal Management, 50(6), 514-548. DOI
Prestby, T. (2022). Design Techniques for COVID-19 Story Maps: A Quantitative Content Analysis. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-20. DOI
Song, Z., Roth, R.E., Houtman, L., Prestby, T., Iverson, A., & Gao, S. (2022). Visual Storytelling with Maps: An Empirical Study on Story Map Themes and Narrative Elements, Visual Storytelling Genres and Tropes, and Individual Audience Differences. Cartographic Perspectives. DOI
Bley, K., Caldwell, K., Kelly, M., Loyd, J., Roth, R.E., Anderson, T.M., Bonds, A., Plevin, J., Madison, D., Sims, T., Spencer, C., Archuleta, C., Ellner, Z., McDowell, T., Nestel, C., Noterman, E., Smith, N., Velednitsky, S., Underwood, N., Darlington, R., Gao, Y., George, A., Miller, L., Prestby, T., & Vongkusolkit, J. (2021). A Design Challenge for Transforming Justice. GeoHumanities. DOI
Robinson, A. C., Peeler, J., Prestby, T., Goslee, S. C., Anton, K., & Grozinger, C. M. (2021). Beescape: Characterizing user needs for environmental decision support in beekeeping. Ecological Informatics. DOI
Li, B., Gao, S., Liang, Y., Kang, Y., Prestby, T., Gao, Y., & Xiao, R. (2020). Estimation of regional economic development indicator from transportation network analytics. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-15. DOI
Prestby, T., App, J., Kang, Y., & Gao, S. (2020). Understanding neighborhood isolation through spatial interaction network analysis using location big data. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 52(6), 1027- 1031. DOI
Book Chapters
Roth, R.E., Sack, C.M., Baldrica-Franklin, G., Chen, Y., Donohue, R., Houtman, L., Prestby, T., Tolochko, R., & Underwood, N. (2021) Web Mapping: A Workbook for Interactive Cartography and Visualization on the Open Web (Version 0.2). University of Wisconsin Cartography Laboratory. DOI
Gao, S., Li, M., Rao, J., Mai, G., Prestby, T., Marks, J., & Hu, Y. (2021). Automatic urban road network extraction from massive GPS trajectories of taxis. Handbook of Big Geospatial Data, 261. DOI
Refereed Conference Extended Abstracts
Prestby, T.(2022). Content Analysis of COVID-19 Cartographic Journalism. Abstracts of the ICA, 5, 65. DOI
Robinson, A. C., Prestby, T.J., McLaughlin, D., Dudas, P., & Grozinger, C. (2022). Evaluating User Needs for Geovisualization of Pollinator Health and Ecosystems. Abstracts of the ICA , 5, 157. DOI
Prestby, T. (2021). Characterizing Storytelling in COVID-19 Cartographic Journalism. Abstracts of the ICA, 3, 245. DOI
Roth, R. E., Sack, C. M., Baldrica-Franklin, G., Chen, Y., Donohue, R., Houtman, L.,Prestby, T., Tolochko, R., and Underwood, N. (2021). Introducing Web Mapping: A Workbook for Interactive Cartography and Visualization on the Open Web. Abstracts of the ICA, 3, 254. DOI
Presentations
Song, Z., Roth, R.E., Houtman, L.,Prestby, T. , Iverson, A., & Gao, S. (2022). Visual Storytelling with Maps: Update and Outlook from an Empirical Study. AutoCarto. Redlands, CA. November 3.
Prestby, T. (2022). Surveying the Design of Story Maps in Digital Journalism. NACIS. Minneapolis, Minnesota: October 20.
Prestby, T. (2022). Design Techniques for COVID-19 Story Maps: A Quantitative Content Analysis. EuroCarto. Vienna, Austria: September 21.
Prestby, T. (2022). Design Techniques for COVID-19 Story Maps: A Quantitative Content Analysis. EuroCarto. Vienna, Austria: September 21.
Robinson, A. C., Prestby, T. J. , McLaughlin, D., Dudas, P., & Grozinger, C. (2022). Evaluating User Needs for Geovisualization of Pollinator Health and Ecosystems. EuroCarto. Vienna, Austria: September 21.
Prestby, T. (2021). Characterizing Storytelling in COVID-19 Cartographic Journalism. International Cartography Conference. Florence, Italy: December 16.
Prestby, T. (2021). Mapping Multiscale Pollinator Big Data. Center for Pollinator Research Symposium. State College, Pennsylvania: November 16.
Roth, R.E., Sack, C.M., Baldrica-Franklin, G., Chen, Y., Donohue, R., Houtman, L., Prestby, T., Tolochko, R., & Underwood, N. (2021). Introducing "Web Mapping: A Workbook for Interactive Cartography and Visualization on the Open Web". North American Cartographic Information Society Annual Conference. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: October 14.
Hart, D.A., Prestby, T., & Roth, R.E. (2021). Design and Evaluation of Coastal Web Atlases: Best Practices and Future Opportunities for Map Representation, Interaction, and Usability. CoastGIS. Virtual: September 16.
Hart, D.A., Prestby, T., & Roth, R.E. (2021). Enhancing the Wisconsin Coastal Atlas as a Resource to Support Adaptive Coastal Management. International Coastal Atlas Network Steering Meeting. Virtual: September 27.
Hart, D.A., Prestby, T., & Roth, R.E. (2020). Designing Coastal Web Atlases: Best Practices and Future Directions. Social Coast Forum. Charleston, South Carolina: February 6.
Prestby, T., App, J., Kang, Y., & Gao, S. (2020). Visualizing Neighborhood Isolation by Spatial Interaction NetworkAnalysis. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado: Canceled.
Prestby, T., Gao, S., Liang, Y., Kang, Y., & Li, B. (2020). Linking Traffic Volume to Economic Development IndexUsing Big Data and Gravity Models. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Washington,DC: April 4.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
Fellowships
2022
Graduate Research Fellowship. National Science Foundation
2019–20
Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship. UW–Madison.
Grants
2022
Student Travel Grant. North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS).
2021
Student Travel Grant. North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS).
2021
Graduate Enrichment Grant. Department of Geography, Penn State.
2019
Bromley Research Travel Grant. L & S Honors Program, UW–Madison.
2019
Student Travel Grant. North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS).
Awards
2022
Young Scientist Award. International Cartographic Association.
2022
William and Mary Easterling Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award. Department of Geography, Penn State.
2021
Young Scientist Award. International Cartographic Association.
2021
Early Career Scholar Award. U.S. National Committee to the International Cartographic Association.
2021
Geospatial Scholarship. US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
2021
Damon Anderson Memorial Scholarship. Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA)
2020
Olmstead Award for Excellence in Cartography. Department of Geography, UW–Madison.
2020
Student Membership Award. North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS).
2020
Jerome Kohn Geographic Excellence Award. Department of Geography, UW–Madison.
2019–20
Phi Beta Kappa. UW–Madison.
2018
William F. Vilas Merit Scholarship. UW–Madison.
2018–20
College of Letters and Sciences Dean's List. UW–Madison.
2017
Community Environmental Scholar. UW–Madison.
2016–20
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean's List. UW–Madison
Map Awards
2021
David Woodward Award for Best Digital Map, Honorable Mention. Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS).
2021
Arthur Robinson Award for Best Print Map, Honorable Mention. Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS)
2019
Barbara Bartz Petchenik Cartographic Excellence Award. Department of Geography, UW–Madison.
2019
Keynote's Choice Award. Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA).
2019
Thematic Map Award, First Place. Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA).
Teaching and Pedagogy
Spring 2020
Department of Geography, UW–Madison.
Teaching Assistant
Service
2022–
Editorial Board–Social Media, Journal of Maps
2022–
Reviewer, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
2021–
Reviewer, Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS) Journal.
2021–
Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) President. Department of Geography, Penn State.
2021–2022
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Connection (UROC) Graduate Coordinator. Department of Geography, Penn State.
Professional Experience
May 2021–August 2021
Cartography Team, Apple Maps
Cartography Intern
January 2019–August 2020
University of Wisconsin Cartography Lab, UW-Madison
Web Developer
Study Abroad Experience
Summer 2019
Discover in Scandanaiva. Copenhagen, Denmark
Spring 2018
Wageningen University and Research (WUR) Exchange. Wageningen, Netherlands
Summer 2016
UW Greenhouse Program in Nicaragua. Nicaragua
Skills
Cartography/Graphic Design:
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Blender, Mapbox Studio
Web Development:
HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap, jQuery, Leaflet, D3, GIT, Angular, JSON
Data Analysis/GIS:
QGIS, ArcGIS, Python, (Geo) Pandas, R, Excel, JMP
Language:
Intermediate Spanish
Professional Memberships
2019–
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
2019–
Cartography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG–CSG)
2019–