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Dr. Injeong Jo

  • Professor - Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
  • Professor - Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
  • Program Faculty - Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
Portrait of Dr. Injeong Jo

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

  • 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.
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  • 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
  • Jo, I. (n.d.). Teachers as visionaries: Aspirations for integrating GIS in the classroom. In International Perspectives on Geography Education. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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  • 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: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Excellence in Online Teaching, Texas State University. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Salvatore J. Natoli Dissertation Award, National Council for Geographic Education. 2013
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  1. Editor

    Journal of Geography

  2. Editorial Review Board Member

    International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education

  3. Editorial Review Board Member

    Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic and Environmental Education

  4. President

    Korea-America Association for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences

  5. Other

    Journal of Geography

  6. Editorial Review Board Member

    Journal of the Korean Geographical Society

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