Anthony Robinson

Anthony C. Robinson is a Professor of Geography and Director of Online Geospatial Education Programs at Penn State. Online geospatial education programs under Robinson's leadership include Penn State's Master of GIS and Master of Spatial Data Science programs operated in collaboration with the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute. He is also the Director for the GeoGraphics Lab in the Department of Geography.

Robinson currently serves as Chair of the Cartography & Mapping Specialty Group for the American Association of Geographers, Vice Chair of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) Commission on Geovisualization, and recently served as President of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS).

Robinson's research focuses broadly on designing and evaluating geovisualization tools to improve geographic information utility and usability. He has focused this work in ecology, epidemiology, crisis management, national security, and higher education domains. His research efforts have involved characterizing how users assemble and collect their analytical results, developing new systems for ecological decision support, studying the use of visualization tools using eye-tracking, and exploring issues related to map symbol standardization in the context of emergency management.

From 2013 - 2023, Robinson taught one of Penn State’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)—Maps and the Geospatial Revolution—which drew over 150,000 students from over 190 countries during its run.