| Date: | September 8th, 2026 |
| Time: | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
| Format: | Virtual |
| Speakers: | Map Competition Winners |
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Topic: Map Competition Winners
Join us for an upcoming Lunch & Learn featuring the winners of the Georgia Geospatial Association’s Map Competition!
We’ll hear directly from three talented student mapmakers as they share the stories, methods, and insights behind their award-winning work. From climate change discourse and housing inequity in Atlanta to the relationship between urban green spaces and mental well-being, these maps demonstrate how geospatial analysis can help us better understand complex issues facing communities today.
🗺️ Meet the Winners
🥇 First Place — Eileen Mburu, Georgia State University
The Geography of Climate Change Discourse in the Contiguous US
Explore how climate change belief and denial patterns on Twitter from 2015–2019 intersect with FEMA hazard risk, highlighting regions where vulnerable communities are also among the most ideologically divided.
🥈 Second Place — Benen Chancey, University of Georgia
Locating Landlords: Mapping Intra-Absentee Urbanism in Atlanta’s Peoplestown Community
Discover how this map reveals housing inequity in Peoplestown by mapping local landlords who own property within the historically Black, working-class neighborhood while living outside of it.
🥉 Third Place — Oluwaseun Ipede, Georgia Southern University
Urban Oases: The Critical Role of Green and Blue Spaces in Mental Well-Being
Learn what an analysis of urban green and blue spaces across major U.S. cities reveals about mental health—and why the benefits of nature aren’t the same in every community.
Come grab your lunch, learn from the next generation of geospatial professionals, and see how these students are using maps and spatial analysis to tell compelling stories about our world.
We hope you’ll join us!