About the Author
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Rita A. Hagevik is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Theory & Practice in Teacher Education at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in Science Education and Forestry from North Carolina State University. Her teaching and research focuses on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related technologies, spatial cognition, visualization, and environmental science. Rita is the author of the GIS Live web site. Please send correspondence to rhagevik@utk.edu.
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