Eric is currently the Associate Director of Educational Innovation in the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University. He serves as Director of several graduate programs, including NC State's Masters of Geospatial Information Science & Technology and Graduate Certificate in GIS, along with assisting the PhD in Geospatial Analytics program. Eric's work includes course and curriculum development, and research focused on K-12, undergraduate, and graduate geospatial pedagogy along with space/time geostatistics as it relates to water quality, resources, and public health.