Faculty Profile for Dr. Injeong Jo

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Dr. Injeong Jo
Professor — Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
ELA 139
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.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Li, Y., Krause, S., McLendon, A., & Jo, I. (2022). Teaching a geography field methods course amid the COVID-19 pandemic: reflections and lessons learned. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2022.2041571
  • Jo, I. (2025). Geospatial technologies teacher education. In S. Bednarz & J. Mitchell (Eds.), Handbook of Geography Education. Springer.
  • 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
  • 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.

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: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University Alumni. 2020

Selected Grants

  • Jo, Injeong (Principal). E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Research Grant, National Council for Geographic Education: “Enhancing preservice geography teachers’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions of teaching spatial thinking”, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $4000. (Funded: 2009). Grant.
  • 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). Geography, Geospatial Technologies, and Teacher Education: Interdisciplinary Study, Faculty Development Leave Supplement Award, Texas State University, $20000. (Submitted: 2019, Funded: 2020). 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.

Selected Service Activities

Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
2025-Present
Member
Graduate Committee
September 2024-Present
Editor
Journal of Geography
2023-Present
Member
International Congress on Geographical Education - Scientific Committee
2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
South African National Research Foundation
2023-Present