Maggi Kelly
My CV can be found here.
I am a geographer, trained in geospatial technologies and natural-human system interactions. I am interested in functional mapping of environment, participatory research, and integrated geospatial technology. My approach to research and outreach is applied and collaborative. The systems I focus on vary in type and scale, and include Sierra Nevada forests, San Francisco Bay wetlands, the California delta, and urban neighborhoods, but all of them are managed landscapes with a complex spatial structure that can be mapped using geospatial tools, and all of them have an interested group of stakeholders for whom the research results have importance. Through innovative and integrated methods, I provide data and expertise to understand the drivers and consequences of environmental change across California’s spatially complex, socially diverse and dynamic landscapes.
I have a B.A. in geography from UC Berkeley (with a year abroad at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth), a certificate in Cartography from Cal State Hayward (at which time I was also an intern at the National Mapping Division of USGS in Menlo Park), a M.A. in geography from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Colorado in Boulder. After grad school I was a National Research Council postdoc at the National Marine Fisheries Service lab in Beaufort NC. After a short visit as a lecturer in the geography department at San Diego State University I joined ESPM in 1999.
I am very conscious of the speed at which our geospatial field is evolving, and to that end I seek to build a community interested in applied geospatial research and outreach locally at UC Berkeley and across the state. I am faculty director of the Geospatial Innovation Facility, which is dedicated to bringing cutting-edge mapping technology to students, staff, faculty and others, and encourage everyone to visit us on the web or in person in Mulford Hall.
In the summer of 2008 I was awarded an "Excellence in Education" award from the California Geographic Information Association for my geospatial outreach and training program work.
I will also shamelessly promote the fact that I have been inducted into three halls of fame for my water polo past: the Berkeley High Athletic Hall of Fame, the UC Berkeley Athletic Hall of Fame, and the US Water Polo Hall of Fame. I now get my water polo fix through watching the Cal Women's Water Polo Team, and dabbling in Master's play on occasion.