# Center for Geographic Analysis GIS Institute In January and June, Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) offers a two-week program of intensive training in geographic information systems (GIS). The [GIS Institute](https://gis.harvard.edu/gis-institute) is designed for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty who want to learn spatial analysis and apply GIS methods in their research. Participants come from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. No previous GIS training is required. Applicants provide a faculty contact and a concise research proposal on work that will be done during the GIS Institute. Include your project idea and goals, spatial data needed for the project, whether you will collect or create these data or use pre-existing data. If you plan to use pre-existing data, indicate what type of data you will be using, and whether or not you have confirmed access to the data already. You will have several days to work on this project with help from the instructors, and present your results on the last day of the program. Harvard Sociology pays the $100 student registration fee for doctoral students in the Sociology, Sociology & Social Policy, and Organizational Behavior (Macro/Sociology Track) degree programs. Students who have been accepted should contact Jessica Matteson so that she can make payment arrangements directly. Current and Former GIS Institute Participants: 2009 – Matthew Baggetta 2009 – Weihua An 2009 – Min Zhou Winter 2011 – Mazen Elfakhani Winter 2011 – Jackelyn Hwang Winter 2011 – Jeremy Levine Winter 2013 – Margot Moinester Winter 2014 – Katherine Morris Summer 2014 – Kelley Fong Summer 2014 – Siobhan Greatorex-Voith Summer 2014 – Yanhua Bird Winter 2015 – Roland Neil Winter 2015 – Adam Travis Winter 2015 – Xiaolin Zhou Summer 2015 – Alvaro Santana Acuña Summer 2015 – Meghan Zacher Winter 2017 – Andrew Keefe Summer 2017 – Jared Schachner Winter 2019 – Cresa Pugh Winter 2019 – Ethan Raker Winter 2020 – Aaron Benavidez Winter 2020 – Aaron Fernandez Winter 2020 – Jasmine Olivier Winter 2020 – Michael Zanger-Tishler Winter 2022 – Matthew Brooke Summer 2024 – Nicole Letourneau Winter 2025 – Major Eason