YouthMappers was created in 2014 and launched on Capitol Hill in November 2015. Watch this recording of the event, including remarks from Carrie Stokes, USAID GeoCenter Director; Ann Mei Chang, Director of the US Global Development Lab at USAID; Dr. Patricia Solis, YouthMappers Director; Prasamsa Thapa, Student from Nepal; Ellie Davis, GWU student; and Nama Budhathoki of Katmandu Living Labs.
ABOUT US
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Students and their faculty advisors are invited to join YouthMappers, an international university consortium on Mapping for Resilience. We organize a global community of learners, researchers, educators, and scholars to create and use open geographic data that directly address locally defined development challenges worldwide.
This consortium supports university efforts to offer meaningful global learning experiences, build a socially engaged citizenry, enhance long-term scientific capacity around the world, and foster youth leadership.
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​Affiliation offers university students and their faculty advisors the chance to network with others around the world and exchange information, ideas, and results that lead to greater understanding of resilience. We provide guidance, model syllabi and teaching resources to develop and improve open mapping inside and outside of the classroom. There is no cost for affiliation or enjoying the benefits of being a part of the consortium. ​
Begin by starting a youth-led chapter of YouthMappers on your university campus. Then join in the various activities of data creation that the network promotes that directly serves development needs in the international community.
MEET OUR TEAM
Patricia Solís, Ph.D.
Arizona State University
Nuala Cowan, Ph.D.
George Washington University
Brent McCusker, Ph.D.
West Virginia University
Carrie Stokes
USAID GeoCenter
Marcela Zeballos
Managing Director
Elodie Nix
Technical Projects Manager
Zola Manyungwa
Communications Specialist
Jennings Anderson
Data Systems Analysis and Visualizations
Richard Hinton
Validation Hub Manager
Rory Nealon
USAID GeoCenter
Adele Birkenes
USAID GeoCenter
Chad Blevins
Technical Advisor
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) generously supports YouthMappers. Founding partners are Texas Tech University, The George Washington University, and West Virginia University. Arizona State University is the lead fiscal and administrative partner, in collaboration with TTU, GWU and WVU.
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Director, Principal Investigator
Patricia Solis, Ph.D., Arizona State University
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Co-Principal Investigators
Nuala Cowan, Ph.D., The George Washington University
Brent McCusker, Ph.D., West Virginia University,
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Managing Director
Marcela Zeballos, Texas Tech University
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​Technical Projects Manager
Elodie Nix, American Geographical Society
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Communications Specialist
Zola Manyungwa
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​Technical Advisor
Chad Blevins
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Data Systems Analysis and Visualizations
Jennings Anderson
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Steering Committee Members
Dr. Ryan Engstrom, The George Washington University
Richard Hinton, The George Washington University
Dr. Michael Mann, The George Washington University
Dr. Marie Price, The George Washington University
Dr. Jamison Conley, West Virginia University
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USAID
Carrie Stokes, Director of the USAID GeoCenter
Michael Crino, Deputy Director and Program Officer
Rory Nealon, Senior GIS Analyst and YouthMappers Activity Manager
Adele Birkenes, Geospatial Analyst
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Graduate Assistants
​Natalia Arruda, Arizona State University
​Maxwell Owusu, YouthMappers Validation hub
Finalist for the Service to America Medal, Carrie Stokes discusses in a TV interview with Government Matters, the work she and her team are doing that earned them this in the National Security and International Affairs category.