Chris Goranson

innovate GIS design Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy You can find me on LinkedIn

I teach classes in GIS, data visualization, and at the intersection of design, innovation, and analytics.

Classes I'm currently teaching

Innovate

Policy Innovation Lab

Experiential prototyping and human-centered design with government / non-profits working in the public interest
GIS

Geographic Information Systems

Basics of cartography, ArcGIS Pro, methods of spatial analysis

Spatial Data Science

Object detection with ML, predictive modeling with ArcGIS Pro, exploratory data analysis, web-based mapping
Design

Telling Stories with Data

Design fundamentals, chart types, and knowing your audience

Design Thinking

Methods in brainstorming, HMW questions, workshop techniques

Other stuff

Workshops

Intro to data visualization, design thinking, moonshot thinking and premortems, GIS bootcamps, and more! If you're interested in any of these, you can reach out via LinkedIn or with the fine folks at Blue Tiger.

Tutorials

I don't maintain these as much anymore, but there's still a lot of good stuff on my old YouTube channel.
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Projects

The Policy Innovation Lab has completed over 50 projects in support of Public Interest Technology since 2018.
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Geo Information Systems

My first position working with GIS was in 1997(!) I still have a copy of ArcInfo 1.0 on tape somewhere.

  1. The last 20...

    Carnegie Mellon

    2018 - Present
    Distinguished Service Professor

  2. PIF / 18F

    2014 - 2018
    Presidential Innovaion Fellow
    Experience Design Lead

  3. The New School

    2011 - 2014
    Director Parsons Institute for Information Mapping

  4. NYC Dept Health

    2004 - 2011
    Director GIS Center