Chris Lukinbeal is the founding Director of Geographic Information Systems Technology Programs at the University of Arizona and an Professor of the School of Geography and Development. He earned his PhD in Geography from San Diego State University and University of California, Santa Barbara. Chris is a cultural geography and cartographer with research interests in representation, visualization, media, and cinema. Chris is a Past President of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, editor for the book series, Digital Spaces and Media Geography at Mainz, an Associate Editor for the American Association of Geographer’s journal Geohumanities, and a Founding Editor for Aether: The Journal of Media Geography 2007-2012) His books include Media’s Mapping Impulse 2019) Mediated Geographies and Geographies of the Media 2015) Place, Television, and the Real Orange County 2012) The Geography of Cinema 2008) Interested in working with MA/PhD students in media geography, critical cartography, digital geographies and geohumanities.