Anthony Robinson
E. Willard & Ruby S. Miller Professor Of Geography at Penn State University
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Robinson is a distinguished geography professor and director who has built and led Penn State’s online geospatial education programs and the GeoGraphics Lab, serving over 8,000 learners and coordinating 30+ faculty across 100+ annual course offerings. He designed and taught the Coursera MOOC "Maps and the Geospatial Revolution," which enrolled over 150,000 students from 200 countries, demonstrating his ability to scale cartographic education globally. His research focuses on novel cartographic representation and interaction methods applied across epidemiology, emergency management, education, and ecology, blending rigorous scholarship with practical impact. Based in State College, he pairs deep academic credentials (PhD, MS, BS in Geography from Penn State and East Carolina) with a track record of operational leadership in online learning that predates most modern MOOCs. An uncommon strength is his sustained decade-plus experience translating advanced geovisualization research into widely accessible digital courses and tools.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Geography, PhD, Geography at Penn State UniversityB.S., Geography, B.S., Geography at East Carolina University
Github Skills (6)
campus9
react5
javascript2
python1
spring1
java1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
pennstategeog467/sample-final-submission
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
pennstategeog467/campus-map
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Live campus map website.
Contributions:2 PRs, 28 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
campuscampus-mapreactmap
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