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Education

PhD, Geography, Texas A&M University, 2016

MS, Geography, University of Idaho, 2012

BA, Geography – GIS, University of Northern Colorado, 2010


Research Interests

Forrest’s research investigates how students learn GIS, especially in the growing field of CyberGIS. Through analysis of curriculum and instruction in GIS, Forrest aims to build an evidence-based understanding of how GIS programs function, and what knowledge, skills, and practices make up the GIS degree. He has additional research interest in geography education, geography in higher education, resources of the elements, and tropical glaciers.


Recent Publications

Bowlick, F. J., D. W. Goldberg, and S. W. Bednarz. 2018. Valuable Components of CyberGIS: Expert Viewpoints through Q-Method Interviews. Transactions in GIS, published online 8/8/2018.

Bowlick, F. J., and D. J. Wright. 2018. A Dark-Side to Data-Centric Geography? Implications or Geography’s Frontier. The Professional Geographer, published online 4/23/2018.

Myers, D. J., C. M. Schweik, R. Wicks, F. Bowlick, and M. Carullo. 2018. Developing a Land Cover Classification of Salt Marshes Using UAS Time-Series Imagery and an Open Source Workflow. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences, XLII-4/W8, 155-162.

Pierstorff, R., J. Horney, D. Goldberg, F. Bowlick, and T. Hammond. Revision in Review. Bike Network Equity: A GIS and Qualitative Analysis of Several American Cities. Journal of Transportation Geography

Shook, E., F. J. Bowlick, K. K. Kemp, O. Ahlqvist, P. Carbajales, D. DiBiase, E.-K. Kim, S. Lathrop, B. Ricker, P. Rickles, J. Rush, J. Swift, and S. Wang. In Production. Cyber Literacy for GIScience: Toward Formalizing Geospatial Computing Education. The ProfessionalGeographer, accepted 5/8/2018.

Bowlick, F. J., Goldberg, D. W., & Bednarz, S. W. (2017). Computer Science and Programming Courses in Geography Departments in the United States. The Professional Geographer69(1), 138-150.

Bowlick, F. J., Bednarz, S. W., & Goldberg, D. W. (2015). Student Learning in an Introductory GIS Course: Using a Project‐Based Approach. Transactions in GIS.

Bowlick, F., Andermatt, K., Besmar, C., Erbe, J., Lopez III, R., White, J., … & Carroll, K. M. (2015). Defining the Palouse: Using Overlap Analysis to Delineate an Informal Region. Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers77, 40-51.

Bowlick, F. J., & Kolden, C. A. (2013). Effects of an introductory geography course on student perceptions of geography at the University of Idaho. Journal of Geography in Higher Education37(4), 515-535.