Education:
Master of Science, Hunter College - 2022 (GeoInformatics)
Master of Library Science, Queens College (CUNY) - 2018 (Library Science)
Bachelor of Arts, Hunter College (CUNY) - 2015 (English Creative Writing)
Areas of Expertise:
Professor Philogene's research interest is primarily in Spatial Data Science and GIS. Her work has involved various applications of GIS to evaluate impacts of environmental and community health. Her current research interests focus on community health, spatial epidemiology, environmental hazards, chronic disease analysis, and remote sensing. Her current research is focused on community health and spatial epidemiological analysis, often using large amounts of publicly available data.
Books and Publications
Philogene, S. 2023. "The Brooklyn Health Map: Reflections on a Health Data Dashboard for Brooklyn, NY." Code4Lib Journal, (56). (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023
Philogene, S. "Using GeoSpatial Analysis to Evaluate Relationships Between Cancer Incidence and Social Factors in Brooklyn, NY." [Thesis]. CUNY Academic Works. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2022
Philogene, S. 2022. "The Brooklyn Health Map: Reflections on a Health Dashboard Visualizing Connections between Social Factors and Health Outcomes in Brooklyn, NY." Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, 18(1-2): 22-40. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Philogene S., Ni-Meister W. "Relationship between Fire Events and Land Use Changes in the State of São Paulo, Brazil." Remote Sensing, 13(15), 2853. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Philogene, S. "Twitter Use by Academic Libraries in New York State." Urban Library Journal, 25(2). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2019
Creative Work
Brooklyn Health Map. Interactive Brooklyn-based health dashboard. 2021
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Adelène Moffat Fellowship from the Society of Women Geographers. (Grants and Fellowships) 2022
CTAR: CUNY Technology Access Research Project. Sheena Philogene and Cailean Cooney (City Tech), co-principal investigators. $10,500.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2022
Alice Hudson Award for Best Interactive Map: The Brooklyn Health Map, from The New York Map Society. (Awards and Honors) 2021
Miriam and Saul B. Cohen Prize for Geographic Excellence. (Awards and Honors) 2021
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Member of the Week. (Awards and Honors) 2019
The Graduate Center, Breaking Open: An Open Pedagogy Symposium New Librarian Fellow.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2019
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Philogene, S. "Evaluating Healthcare Barriers and Outcomes Within Hispanic and Latino Population in Brooklyn, NY, Using Spatial Trend Analysis." Scientific Seminar on Health Disparities in the Latinx Community, Brooklyn College Cancer Center (BCCC-CURE). Brooklyn, NY, September 30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022
Contel, M., Basil, J., Gibney, B., Philogene, S., Bartolome, A., & Saxena, A. "Introducing the Brooklyn College Cancer Center (BCCC- CURE): Exploring Possibilities for Collaboration Across Schools and Disciplines." The 24th Annual Brooklyn College Faculty Day Conference, Brooklyn NY, May 20. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2021
Philogene, S. "Investigating the Relationship between Fire Events and Land Use Changes in Sao Paulo, Brazil" (Lightning talk). Cutting Edge Research and other Critical Topics in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science as part of Geography (and Environmental Science) Awareness Week. New York, NY, November 18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020
Bakaitis, E., Smith-Cruz, S., Philogene, S., Cabana, A., & Yoon, B. "Breaking Open: Race and Labor in Open Pedagogies at CUNY." Outside of the Box: Redefining Ethical Innovation in the Academic Library, 2019 ACRL/NY Symposium. New York, NY, December 6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Philogene, S. "Analyzing Occupational Trends and Bias in 1950's 'I want to Be' Book Series" (Poster). The 23rd Annual Brooklyn College Faculty Day Conference, Brooklyn NY, May 16.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Philogene, S. "Promoting Kanopy Updates Using LibGuides." (Lightning Talk). ACRL National Library Marketing & Outreach Interest Group (NYC), Berkeley College, New York, NY, April 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2019
Philogene, S. "Twitter Use by Academic Libraries in New York State." (Poster). LACUNY Institute, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY, May 3.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
