College of Liberal Arts & Sciences The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication The University of Iowa
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Marc Armstrong

Interim Director of the
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
E305B Adler Journalism & Mass Comm. Bldg. (AJB)
319-384-3383
marc-armstrong@uiowa.edu

Marc Armstrong is serving as interim Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He is a geographer by inclination and training, with baccalaureate (SUNY-Plattsburgh), masters (UNC-Charlotte) and doctoral (University of Illinois) degrees in that discipline. Armstrong has been a faculty member at Iowa since 1984, rising to the rank of Professor in 1998. He was named a Collegiate Fellow in 2005.

Professor Armstrong has considerable experience in academic administration. In particular, he has served as Departmental Executive Officer of the Department of Geography since 2000, as an Administrative Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2006 and 2007, and as interim Dean for Research in CLAS during the fall of 2006. In addition, he has served on several committees such as The University of Iowa’s Information Technology Advisory Committee and the Graduate Council (the executive committee of the Graduate College).

Armstrong’s research is in the area of geographic information science. He has published more than 100 academic papers and is also co-author or co-editor of several monographs. Specific areas of interest include high performance computing for geographic applications and privacy issues associated with the use of geographic information technologies. Armstrong has served as North American Editor of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science and he now serves as an editorial board member of four journals. He has also served on two study panels convened by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences.