Nicholas Chrisman, Geographer

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The short version:

Nicholas Chrisman is a retired Professor who worked at a number of Universities in Australia, Canada, USA, UK and France from 1972-2014.

Education:

• PhD 1982: University of Bristol (UK) Geography
  • thesis titled: Methods of spatial analysis based on error in categorical maps
• BA 1972: University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Geography

Employment:

• 1972-1982: Programmer/Analyst, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis
• 1982-1987: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies
• 1987-2004 through ranks to Professor, University of Washington, Geography
• 2005-2012: Professeur titulaire, Universite´ Laval, sciences ge´omatiques
• 2013-2014: Professor and Discipline Head, RMIT University, geospatial sciences.

Version of 14 April 2015