Faculty Profile for Dr. Injeong Jo

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Dr. Injeong Jo
Professor — Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
ELA 338
phone: (512) 245-3206
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Ph. D. 2011. Geography. Texas A&M University, College Station.
Dissertation: Fostering a spatially literate generation: Explicit instruction in spatial thinking for preservice teachers.

M. S. 2007. Geography. Texas A&M University, College Station.
Thesis: Aspects of spatial thinking in geography textbook questions.

B. A. 1999. Geography Education. Seoul National University, South Korea.

Research Interests

 Geography education, Teacher preparation, Teacher professional development, Spatial thinking education, Geospatial technologies in education, Environmental education in geography

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Jo, I. (2025). Geospatial technologies teacher education. In S. Bednarz & J. Mitchell (Eds.), Handbook of Geography Education. Springer.
  • Huh, S., & Jo, I. (2024). Geography teachers’ pedagogical reasoning and action while integrating sustainable development into APHG courses. Journal of Geography, 123(4), 97–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2024.2382114
  • Jo, I., & Hong, J. E. (2023). GIS learning and college students’ acquisition and understanding of spatial concepts. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 48(5), 763–774.
  • Huh, S., & Jo, I. (2023). Successes and struggles: Evaluating geospatial technologies integration in geography lesson using TPACK. Journal of Geography. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2023.2224814
  • Huh, S., & Jo, I. (2024). Teachers’ evolving knowledge base for teaching sustainable development in the geography classroom. The Journal of Social Studies Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/23522798241278270

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Outstanding Service Award, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. April 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Excellence in Online Teaching, Texas State University. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Salvatore J. Natoli Dissertation Award, National Council for Geographic Education. 2013

Selected Grants

  • Jo, Injeong (Principal). Knowledge base for geography teaching: Building evidence-based model and assessment tools, National Council for Geographic Education, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $4000. (Funded: January 2024 - December 2025). Grant.
  • Jo, Injeong (Principal). Learning trajectories of geography educators to incorporate spatial thinking into classrooms, National Council for Geographic Education, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $4000. (Funded: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020). Grant.
  • Hong, Jung Eun (Principal), Jo, Injeong (Co-Principal). The Nature of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) for Geography Teaching, National Center for Research in Geographic Education, Institutional (Higher Ed), $15000. (Funded: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018). Grant.
  • Jo, Injeong (Principal). Texas Funds for Geography Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), “Enhancing Teachers’ TPACK on GIS for World Geography Classrooms”, State, $27234. (Funded: January 2016 - December 2017). Grant.
  • Jo, Injeong (Principal), Hong, Jung Eun (Co-Principal). Effect of Learning GIS on Students’ Progression in Geospatial Concepts Understanding, National Council for Geographic Education, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $19777. (Funded: January 2016 - December 2017). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Editor
Journal of Geography
2023-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
2017-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic and Environmental Education
2016-Present
President
Korea-America Association for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences
2021-2022
Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
2025-Present