Mapping the 21st Century with Hendrix Students

Thesis Summary I utilized QGIS to investigate possible links between the distribution of traffic pollution and oppressed communities in the state of Arkansas. Using publicly available traffic data from the Arkansas Department of Transportation, I produced a heatmap modeling a “plume” of automobile pollution across the entire state. Zonal statist... Read More

Thesis Summary I utilized GIS in my undergraduate thesis research as I examined UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS). I became particularly interested in the relationship between what is deemed culturally important by those in power and the legacy of colonialism and racism. In my research, I broadly looked at the distribution of all 1,154 WHS with ... Read More