1. HELENA
J.
TAFLIN
htaflin@gmail.com
410.925.2930
helenataflin.com
Objectives
and
Strengths
Seeking
GIS-‐oriented
employment
to
utilize
background
in
demographics
and
geographical
research
including
quantitative
methodologies,
experimental
design,
data
visualization
and
spatial
intelligence.
Research
interests
include
applied
science,
GIS
methods
and
spatial
analysis,
particularly
for
neighborhood/local
issues.
Education
San
Diego
State
University,
San
Diego,
CA
Fall
2014-‐May
2016
Master
of
Science
in
GIScience,
Department
of
Geography
• Coursework:
Quantitative
Methods,
Computer
Programming
for
GIS,
Knowledge
Visualization,
Internet
Mapping,
Multi-‐Criteria
Decision
Analysis
in
GIS
University
of
New
Mexico,
Albuquerque,
NM
Spring
2010-‐2014
Bachelor
of
Arts
in
Political
Science
and
History
• Honors
degree
in
both
fields,
summa
cum
lade
• GPA:
4.0/4.0
Technical
Skills/Experience
• Geographic
Information
System
software
(ArcMap
10.x)
• SAS,
SPSS
and
STATA
software
• Excel
and
PowerPoint
• Python
2.7
• HTML/Javascript/CSS
Research
Experience
San
Diego
State
University,
San
Diego,
CA
Fall
2014-‐Spring
2016
Thesis:
Food
Environment
and
Health
Outcomes
Among
Urban
Ghanaian
Adult
Women
Research
Assistant,
San
Diego
State
University
Fall
2015-‐Spring
2016
Project:
Food,
Ethnicity
and
Place:
Feeding
Families
and
Nourishing
Communities
Co-‐PIs:
Dr.
Pascale
Marcelli
and
Dr.
Fernando
Bosco
Research
Assistant,
San
Diego
State
University
Fall
2014-‐Spring
2016
Project:
The
Urban
Transition
in
Ghana
and
Its
Relation
to
Land
Cover
and
Land
Use
Change
Through
Analysis
of
Multi-‐scale
and
Multi-‐temporal
Satellite
Image
Data
Co-‐PIs:
Dr.
Douglas
Stow
and
Dr.
John
Weeks
