Ryan Burns

Monterey, California United States

Research Assistant

Education

Doctoral candidate in geography at University of Washington, affiliated with UW’s Simpson Center through the Certificate in Public Scholarship program. Recently a research assistant with the Commons Lab at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Serves on the leadership boards of two specialty groups of the Association of American Geographers: the Socialist & Critical Geography SG, and the Geographic Information Systems & Science SG. I earned my B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) at Eastern Kentucky University, and myM.S. from San Diego State University, each in geography. My research interests are in the social and political implications of new mapping and mass collaboration techn...