Geographic Foundations of Geospatial Intelligence

Mark Corson has been a professional educator for over 20 years. Mark is a Professor of Geography at Northwest Missouri State University. Through a cooperative agreement with Penn State, he authored and teaches "Geographic Foundations of Geospatial Intelligence" as the foundation course for the Penn State Graduate Certificate Program in Geospatial Intelligence. Mark received his Bachelor of Science degree in Government from the University of San Francisco and his Master's and Doctoral Degrees in Geography from the University of South Carolina. He also has a Master's of Strategic Studies from the US Army War College. Mark began his teaching career in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York.

William Doe teaches in the Geospatial Intelligence Certificate program. He has taught a broad range of courses in physical and cultural/regional geography, land use planning, and environmental studies at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point, New York) and Western Illinois University. He currently teaches online at Colorado State University for the Sustainable Military Lands Management (SMLM) graduate certificate. He is an environmental geographer with research and applied expertise in military lands management, watershed management and modeling, ecosystem characterization, and sustainability practices for universities and federal installations.

Mike Thomas has been with the Federal Government in some capacity in the technical and intelligence analysis field for the past 30 years. His current responsibilities include designing and implementing intelligence based networks for various DoD users on behalf of SPAWAR LANT. Mike earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of the State of New York, a Master of Arts degree in Mathematics & Statistics from the University of West Florida, a Master's of Science in Military Arts and Sciences from the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), a Master's in Strategic Studies from the Air War College and lastly, finished a Doctorate in Information Systems while stationed at Georgia Tech.

Greg Thomas was in the law enforcement intelligence analysis field for the 26 years before coming to Penn State. Greg received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Sociology from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Public Administration from the Pennsylvania State University, and a PhD in Administration and Leadership Studies PhD from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation work focused on the role of state and local law enforcement in homeland security.