Alexandra Cockerham Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Md

•Provide spatial and statistical analysis of scientific and health data to map food access in Baltimore City•Manage and analyze multiple data formats and manipulate datasets to provide custom visualization products for presentations and publications•Build and analyze models to test the relationship between food environments and dietary patterns among adolescent girls•Conduct in depth literature review on current methods and theories on food access and health and physical activity access mapping techniques•Manage physical activity mapping project through providing direction and making executive decisions for methods and execution•Create new shapefiles for integration with existing datasets to map physical activity locations and access in Baltimore City•Creation of new metric to measure physical activity access in Baltimore City using GIS methods and data•Supervise research assistant for creation of dataset for validation of physical activity mapping project•Educate and provide guidance to other employees using ESRI software to achieve maximum efficiency and reduce project time lines•Produce policy brief on the state of physical activity access in Baltimore City for presentation to city officials•Coordinate meetings and communicate through effective emails/PowerPoint presentations to ensure project requirements are being met on food access project and physical activity mapping project•Provide oversight and troubleshooting of geographic data•Responsible for providing periodic and special reports regarding the current status of the projects •Develop maps for in-progress publication reports, responsible for the overall accuracy of information and data

College Park, Md

•Acquisition and post-processing of satellite imagery•Creation of indices from satellite imagery to be used in analysis•Identification and extraction of features from satellite imagery and data for two projects: o Land cover mapping and change detection analysis of Mozambique o Impervious surface mapping of Maryland•Application of photogrammetric principles to aid the attribution of features as well as analysis and research of source data to aid the extraction of land class features of Mozambique and Maryland (respectively)•Investigate disturbance patterns through remote sensing image analysis, change detection analysis, and literature reviews•Creation and validation of disturbance index for Mozambique from change detection analysis•Acquisition and modification of publically available health data for utilization in analysis with results of impervious surface mapping •Utilize statistical analysis to model and test the relationship between impervious surface cover, land cover change, and health outcomes •Hand digitize training samples for the creation of Landsat burned area images for MODIS Burned Area Product validation •Acquire and process MODIS Burned Area and Active Fire data•Modify MODIS satellite tiles for integration into the WELD project

College Park, Md

•Awards & Honors: BSOS Student Employee of the Year•Modify World Wind Java product to display MODIS Burned Area and Active Fire Products

College Park, Md

Data processing and the maintenance of employee VISA card purchasing websitesCompleted small procurement orders, journal vouchers and on-line ordersLiaison between Budget and Accounting Office and other Campus Administrative OfficesMaintained financial accounts for over 70 staff members

Langley, Va

•Clearance: Secret (not active)•Kept records up to date•Produced written materials to be presented at weekly meetings

Master'S Degree, Geographical Sciences, 3.895/4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Graduation Committee Member, Orientation Committee Member, Graduate Student Organization Vice President

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Gis And Computer Cartography

Activities and Societies: Zeta Tau Alpha, Ten Woman PlanGraduated Summa Cum Laude