Objective

Use my education, professional experience and technical skills to gain employment as a college level professor and researcher. 

Education

2007 - 2009                   UNC at Greensboro                     Greensboro, NC

Ph.D. Geography

§     PhD in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) within Geography Department.  Transferred graduate credits from the Earth Observation Systems Program at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia (2005 – 2006).    Dissertation Title:  “Turning Data into Information:  Assessing and Reporting GIS Metadata Integrity Using Integrated Computing Technologies”

1999 – 2002                  University of Idaho                        Moscow, Idaho

M.S. Geography

§       Degree in Geography with emphasis in GIS, Remote Sensing and GIS programming.  Thesis Title:  “A Survey of Interactive Mapping Applications in the Web Environment:  A New Approach to Choropleth Mapping”

1997 - 1999                   Loyola College                      Baltimore, Maryland

M.E.S. Computer Science

§     Languages studied include HTML, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, Assembly and Visual Basic.

1992 - 1995                   Columbia University              New York. New York

B.A Mathematics

§     Also earned special program in Secondary Science Education and New York State Teaching Certificate.

1990 - 1992                   Rowan University              Glassboro, New Jersey

Physical Science

§     Physical Science Major Until Transfer to Columbia University

Professional experience

2008 – Present              Winston-Salem State U.        Winston-Salem, NC

GIS Research Associate

GIS research associate in charge of assisting TCRL (Transforming Communities Research Laboratory) manager to do mapping projects and develop data for these projects, assist WSSU faculty and teach GIS courses and workshops.  Other activities include:

§         Regular software and database (spatial and aspatial) maintenance catered to local community based agencies and WSSU GIS needs at the Transforming Communities Research Laboratory (TCRL), a 12 seat GIS and IT laboratory used to support WSSU students and faculty, plus members of the community wishing to perform GIS research.

§         Application and web page development to deliver information about TCRL GIS data assets and instructional materials to the larger GIS data community.

§         Develop technical papers, posters and presentations for publications, workshops and conferences.

§         Writing grants catered to research to be performed by the TCRL. 

§         Develop workshops and exercises catered to professors and students wishing to integrate geospatial sciences into their curriculum and research. 

2007 – 2008                  Winston-Salem State U.        Winston-Salem, NC

GIS Instructor

Instructor for 3 credit Technical Analysis (JUS 4342) course using GIS offered through the Justice Studies Program at Winston-Salem State University.  In charge of all facets of presentation development, exercises and course assessment.  Received positive reception from students and administration. 

2003 - Present               Germanna Comm. College      Fredericksburg, VA

Adjunct Instructor

Adjunct instructor in geography department at local community college.  Classes taught include Introduction to Human Geography and World Regional Geography.  I occasionally teach a web-based World Regional Geography course. Also developed GIS curriculum with community college IT coordinator to deliver GIS instruction via the Internet to entire Virginia Community College System community.

2004 – 2008                  Fort A.P. Hill                    Bowling Green, Virginia

Senior GIS Specialist

In addition to previous responsibilities as a GIS Analyst at Fort A.P. Hill, also accountable for the following tasks:

§         Regular hardware and software maintenance of 12 Terabyte server containing U.S. Army GIS data and associated documentation

§         Maintenance and upkeep of ESRI SDE application and underlying Oracle 10g database used to store data

§         Implementation of HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and ArcIMS sites for the viewing and storage of online maps and related documentation

§         Programming of ArcGIS and related spatial and non-spatial applications using Java Script, ArcXML, ArcObjects, VBA and ASP/ASP.NET

§         RSC office manger in extended absences of permanent manager, reporting to AEC (Army Environmental Center) and ATSC (Army Training Service Center) from all facets of RSC management ranging from budget to tasking of RSC staff

§         Project lead on various mapping and technical projects as it relates to environmental stewardship and range management at U.S. Army Installations

2002 - 2003                   Fort A.P. Hill                    Bowling Green, Virginia

GIS Analyst

GIS Analyst in United States Army ITAM-SRP (Integrated Training Area Management – Sustainable Range Program) Program.  Create and assess geographic data that could be used in decision making processes regarding training and environmental stewardship on various military installations throughout the world.  Responsibilities include:

§         GIS data and metadata development using a variety of techniques, including GPS use

§         GIS data upkeep to reflect changes in spatial and attribute data for Army GIS data and pertinent metadata using ESRI applications

§         Map creation, data analysis and subsequent distribution to various government agencies

§         Serve as source of technical knowledge for ITAM-SRP GIS personnel situated at various U.S. Army installations throughout the world

§         Meeting with installation Army personnel regarding individual installation mapping and data development goals.  Arrange with various installation range and environmental personnel to collect data and edit maps based on installation specific needs

§         Teach workshops and present technical papers at local and national conferences regarding GIS technology as it pertains to ITAM-SRP program goals and interests

2001 - 2002                   Potlatch Jr. – Sr. High School       Potlatch, Idaho

High School Teacher

High school earth science and physical science teacher for rural high school.

§         Served as assistant wrestling and head track and field coach.  Coached one wrestler to a second place finish at Idaho 1A-2A State Wrestling Championships.  Coached two athletes (1 male and 1 female) to runner-up finishes at Idaho 2A State Track and Field Championships.

§         Helped develop map and GPS curriculum for earth science students to increase geographic awareness and as an introduction to computer based tools used to create and read maps.

1999 - 2001                   University of Idaho                        Moscow, Idaho

Teaching Assistant

Teaching assistant for 1 credit physical geography laboratory taught in conjunction with 3-credit lecture class. 

§         Served as Head Teaching Assistant for 2000 – 2001 school year.  Coordinated schedule for more than 20 sections of this laboratory course.  Mediated conflicts between students, faculty and teaching assistants. 

§         Regularly met with professors to ensure that lecture and lab materials correlated with each other.

2000 - 2001                   Latah County                               Moscow, Idaho

GIS Data Coordinator

Worked with the Latah County Economic Development Council (EDC) to coordinate and maintain GIS database.  Duties included:

§         Acquire and project data into proper coordinate system.

§         Derive GIS data layers that could be used in the EDC decision making process.

§         Aid county administrators unfamiliar with GIS about making decisions in order to attract new industries to rural parts of Latah County.

1995 - 1999                   John Carroll School                   Bel Air, Maryland

High School Teacher

Math, science and computer programming teacher at coeducational private high school near Baltimore, Maryland.

§         Assistant wrestling coach for 4 years. 

§         Developed and delivered new Programming in C/C++ course for advanced students wishing to prepare for collegiate computer programming studies.

Workshops Taught

Mulrooney, Timothy. 2003. GIS Tools for Range Managers. RTLP (Range and Training Lands Program) Symposium. Hampton, Virginia, May 6.

Mulrooney, Timothy and Maple, R. 2003.  GPS/GIS Integration. 6^th Annual ITAM (Integrated Training Area Management) Conference. El Paso, Texas, August 11.

Mulrooney, Timothy, Maple, R. and Walters, J.  2003.  Spatial Analyst – Short Course. 6^th Annual ITAM (Integrated Training Area Management) Conference. El Paso, Texas, August 13.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2005.  GIS Data Sources. 8^th Annual ITAM (Integrated Training Area Management) Conference.  Indianapolis, Indiana, August 2 - 3.

Mulrooney, Timothy and Allan, T.  2005.  Publishing Map Documents Using the Publisher Extension.  8^th Annual ITAM (Integrated Training Area Management) Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana, August 3 - 4.

Mulrooney, Timothy and Maple, R. 2006.  GPS Support for SRP.  9^th Annual ITAM Conference.  Manhattan, Kansas, August 7 – 9. 

Mulrooney, Timothy and Allan, T.  2007.  SRP GIS Quality Assurance Procedures.  1^st Annual SRP (Sustainable Range Program) Workshop.  Hampton, Virginia, May 14 – 18. 

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2009.  Measuring the Impact of Your Work:  Data Collection, Benchmarks and Mapping.  National CCDO (Community Capacity Development Office) Conference.  Tampa, Florida, July 13. 

Presentations

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2003.  The LCM (Land Condition Model) for Modeling Military Lands.  23^rd    Annual ESRI Users Conference. San Diego, California, July 9.

Mulrooney, Timothy, and Bower, A.  2003. Metadata Creation and Management.  6^th Annual ITAM (Integrated Training Area Management) Conference. El Paso, Texas, August 12.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2004.  Data Dictionary Basics. 7^th Annual ITAM Conference. San Francisco, California, August 11.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2005.  GIS as an Effective Educational Tool at Germanna Community College Geography Courses. Virginia Community College System New Horizons Conference.  Roanoke, Virginia, April 8.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2005. Technical Complications of Implementing Free Downloadable Data From the Internet. 8^th Annual ITAM Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana, August 2.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2006.  GIS Data Sources for Sustainable Range Program GIS.  9^th Annual ITAM Conference.  Manhattan, Kansas, August 7. 

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2007.  A Case Design in Range Design and Reconfiguration Utilizing GIS.  VAMLIS (Virginia Association of Mapping and Land Information Science) Annual Conference.  Richmond, Virginia, May 7. 

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2007. Grappling with Geographic Diversity:  A Spatial Analysis of NCAA Wrestling Programs.  VAMLIS (Virginia Association of Mapping and Land Information Science) Annual Conference.  Richmond, Virginia, May 8.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2009. The Effects of the 2006 Annexation of Winston-

Salem on Urban Crime Patterns.  North Carolina GIS Conference.  Raleigh, North Carolina, February 19.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2009.  Using GIS to Measure the Effectiveness of a Weed and Seed Initiative in Winston-Salem, 2001 - 2007.  National CCDO (Community Capacity Development Office) Conference.  Tampa, Florida, July 15.

Mulrooney, Timothy and Atkinson, A.  2010.  Using Geospatial Technology as a Catalyst for Increasing Diversity in the Geosciences.  Presentation for Faculty at Winston-Salem State University.  Winston-Salem, North Carolina, January 29.

Mulrooney, Timothy and Diluca, K.  2010.  Taking Stock:  Using Data to Guide our Local Strategies. Piedmont Triad Partnership Youth Mapping Workshop.  Lexington, North Carolina, February 25.

Carmichael, Mike and Mulrooney, T.  2010.  Using Research and GIS Strategically to Shape Action and Response Issues. ESRI Southeast Regional User Group (SERUG) Conference.  Charlotte, North Carolina, April 26 (planned).

Poster Presentations

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2003.  Wendell Ford Regional Training Center Installation Special Map.  Annual ESRI Users Conference. San Diego, California, July 9.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2008.  The Movement of Part I Crimes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 2002 - 2005.  Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting.  Greensboro, North Carolina, November 22 – 25.

Mulrooney, Timothy and Carmichael, M.  2009.  GIS for the Classroom and Research at Winston-Salem State University.  Winston-Salem State University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Showcase.  Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  April 2. 

Invited Talks

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2008.  Programming with ArcObjects, VBA and GIS Metadata. Geography 614:  GIS Programming and Design Application.   University of North Carolina, Greensboro.  November 20.      

Moderated Forums

GIS:  Are You Using It In Your Classroom? 2005. Virginia Community College System New Horizons Conference. Roanoke, Virginia, April 7.

Publications
(refereed)

Mulrooney, Timothy. 2002.  A Survey of Interactive Mapping Applications:  A New Approach to Web Mapping (Master’s Thesis).   Moscow, Idaho:  University of Idaho.

Bereitshaft, Bradley and Mulrooney, T. 2008.  A Comparative Assessment of Organic Farming Practices in the American Southeast.    Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting.  Greensboro, North Carolina, November 22 – 25. 

Mulrooney, T. and Carmichael, M.  2009.  Using GIS to Assess the Effectiveness of the Weed and Seed Initiative in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 2002 - 2005.    Journal of Justice Studies 1(1):  109 - 128.

Mulrooney, Timothy. 2009.  Turning Data into Information:  Assessing and Reporting GIS Metadata Integrity Using Integrated Computing Technologies (PhD Dissertation).   Greensboro, North Carolina:  University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

Publications    (non-refereed)

Walters, J. and Mulrooney, T. 2003. Case Study in Range Design / Reconfiguration Utilizing GIS.  Proceedings of the ESRI Users Conference, San Diego, California, August 3 - 7.

Mulrooney, Timothy and Zech, A. 2003. Monitoring Land Condition Related to Military Training.  Proceedings of the ESRI Users Conference, San Diego, California, August 3 - 7.   

Mulrooney, Timothy. 2006.  SDTS and Compatibility Issues with ESRI ArcGIS 9.x Software.  Proceedings of the 9^th Annual ITAM Conference, Manhattan, Kansas, August 7 - 10.

Mulrooney, Timothy and Carmichael, M. 2009.  Putting Maps and GIS to Use in the Community and Classroom.  Winston-Salem, North Carolina:  The Transforming Communities Research Laboratory.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2010.  Thinking Big Picture About Metadata.  North Carolina Arc/Info Users Working Group Newsletter.   Summer, 2010 (in submission).  

External Grant Awards

Mulrooney, Timothy (PI) and Carmichael, M. (Co-PI).  2009 – 2010.  Federal Geographic Data Committee, National Spatial Data Infrastructure CAP (Cooperative Agreement Program) Grant, Award G09AC00-5.  Metadata 101: Hands-On GIS Metadata Training and Support for North Carolina.  $24,173.    

Mulrooney, Timothy and Carmichael, M.  2009.  Forsyth Futures Indicators Data Development [Collect, store and analyze data for publication to assess quality of life issues in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County].  $6,000.

Atkinson, Alvin (PI), Snipes, V. (co-PI), Mulrooney, T. (co-PI), Smith, R. (co-PI), Montgomery, S. (co-PI) and Carmichael, M. (co-PI).  2009 – 2012.  National Science Foundation, OEDG (Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences) Program, Track 1 (Proof of Concept).  Winston-Salem Geoscience Initiative.  $194,420.

Mulrooney, Timothy.  2009.  Forsyth Futures Web Site Re-Design [http://www.forsythfutures.org].  $1,975.   

Courses Taught

High School Level:  Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Physical Science, Earth Science, Introduction to Programming, Programming in C/C++

College Level: Introduction to Human Geography, World Regional Geography, Physical Geography Lab, Introduction to GIS, Technical Analysis

Classes I Could Teach (in addition to courses listed above):  Digital Cartography, Advanced GIS, GIS Modeling, Internet GIS, GIS Programming, Spatial Statistics, GIS Project Management, Elementary Statistics, Research Methods, Population Dynamics, Natural Hazards, Application Programming, Web Design

Accreditations

Idaho State Teaching Certification (Secondary Earth Science, recently expired), Army Corps of Engineers GIS / GPS Short Course, Level I Terrorism Awareness Training.  ESRI Instructor-led courses: Introduction to ArcIMS, Building GeoDatabases, ArcObjects Programming; USMC Intermediate Range Safety Course

Software Experience

ArcGIS Suite 9.x and extensions, ArcGIS Server, ArcINFO, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, Oracle 10g, MySQL, ERDAS Imagine, LizardTech GeoExplorer, Microsoft Office, SPSS, Pathfinder Office for Trimble ProXRS and GeoXT GPS Receiver.   Programming Experience: ArcObjects, VB/VBA, AML, HTML, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, .NET, ASP (VBScript), Perl, ArcXML, R, PHP, Assembly

Professional Memberships

Member, Gamma Theta Upsilon (Geography Honor Society)

Member, Association of American Geographers

Member, Southeast Division, Association of American Geographers (SE-DAAG)

Member, National Scholar Honors Society

Member, North Carolina Science Teachers Association

Member, North Carolina Arc/Info Users Working Group

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata Working Group

Security Clearance

Secret

Awards Received

Excellence in Action Award (Company Award for Outstanding Work at 2007 SRP Conference)

All New York-State Collegiate Wrestling Team, 1992- 93 and 1993 – 94 Seasons

Captain, Columbia University Wrestling Team, 1994 – 95 Season

Various Letters of Appreciation from Colleagues and Former Students

Extracurricular Activities

Finisher, New York City (2003 – 2005) and Charlotte (2009) Marathons