Dr. Alberto Giordano

  • Professor at Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Research Affilate, Center for Advanced Genocide Research, Shoah Foundation, University of Southern California. 2016 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Bollettino dell Societa' Geografica Italiana (Bulletin of the Italian Geographical Society). 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Forensic Border Coalition. 2016 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Southwestern Geographer. 2013 - Present.
  • Texas State University Voting Delegate, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). 2007 - Present.

2024

  • Chair, Evaluation Committee. January 2024 - May 2024.
  • Member, Major Events Committee. January 2024 - May 2024.
  • Member, UCGIS Board Nominating Committee. February 17, 2024 - May 21, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation, HNDS-I Program, Proposals Review Panelist. May 2, 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation, HNDS-I Program, Proposals Review Panelist. October 9, 2023.
  • Chair, Dean Mary Brennan Summative Review. April 14, 2023.

2022

  • Member, Academic Program Review, Department of Biology, Texas State University. 2022.
  • Member, Graduate Fulbright Campus Committee for the 2022 student’s application cycle. 2022.
  • Member, Publications Committee, Social Science History Association. December 2019 - December 2022.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, Tenure and Promotion Review, Dr. Charles Travis, Department of History, UT Arlington. 2021.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee, Italian Conference on Geomatics and Geospatial Technologies - ASITA2021. December 13, 2020 - 2021.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, UCGIS Symposium 2021—Advancing GIScience-informed Policy Solutions. 2020 - June 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Countering Holocaust distortion on social media: Promoting the positive use of Internet social technologies for teaching and learning about the Holocaust, National Research Council of Italy and International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. 2021 - May 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Anja Nowak, Violent Space: The Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, Indiana University Press. Pre-publication manuscript review. 2021 - May 2021.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). January 1, 2020 - May 2021.

2020

  • Board Member of Conference Series, Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference Series. 2016 - 2020.
  • Past President and Board Member, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). January 1, 2020 - July 1, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT). May 6, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT). April 6, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Israel Science Foundation. March 2019 - March 2020.

2019

  • President, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). June 2018 - June 2019.
  • Board of Directors, National Center for Research in Geographic Education (NCRGE). 2014 - 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. September 2019.
  • President, UCGIS. July 2018 - June 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). April 2019.

2018

  • Chair, Department of Geography. September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2018.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Texas Alliance for Geographic Education (TAGE). 2017 - December 2018.
  • President Elect, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). June 2017 - June 2018.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Health and GIS Conference. May 17, 2018 - May 18, 2018.