He is the recipient of the 2017 GeoTech Center’s Distinguished Geospatial Educator Award winner as selected by the GeoTech Center of Excellence. Jonathon is the principal investigator of a National Science Foundation grant for geospatial education. He is the GIS coordinator and is a leader implementing technology online and in the class, and spearheaded the new A.S. degree program in Geography and GIST Certificate. He teaches online and face to face sections in Introduction to GIS, Remote Sensing, as well as additional Physical Geography courses, and developed courses in Cartography, Spatial Analysis, and a Capstone Course in Geospatial Technology. He loves to play tennis and travel the world. Originally from California, he now lives with his family in Rochester, NY.