Dan Scollon is an instructor and coordinator for Shasta College’s Geography and Geospatial Program, where he has taught since 1996. He has also taught in the Global Education Program traveling with students to Honduras, Indonesia, South Africa, Guyana, Fiji and San Francisco. He is also the advisor for the GeoAdventure Club.
Dan has an academic background that includes degrees in Computer Science (B.S., Cal Poly, '86) and Geography (M.A., San Francisco State University, '94) where his Master's thesis involved GIS mapping and analysis of tidal marsh habitat on San Francisco Bay. He is a registered Geographic Information Systems Professional.
Over the years Dan has worked with students, the community and professional organizations including NorthStateGIS and Redding Area GIS Users (RAGU), both of which he helped found. Other affiliations include Shasta Living Streets, Shasta Land Trust, the California Geographical Society, California Map Society and California Geographic Information Association. He has been an active member of the Borneo Project since 1994, where he initiated a participatory mapping and GIS program which remains active to this day. Dan is an alumni of the East West Center in Honolulu, the city where he was born. He is also the host of a weekly radio show called Jazz Influences.
On the personal side, Dan is married with two children, ages 18 and 21. He enjoys time with family and friends hiking, cycling, playing and listening to music, being engaged in the issues of the day, and reading about peoples and places. Life motto: carry a passion for life-long learning.