Jim Detwiler has been with the online geospatial program since 2000 and is the faculty lead for the Geospatial Programming and Web Map Development Certificate Program. He is currently lead instructor and author of GEOG 868: Spatial Database Management and GEOG 863: Web App Development. He is also part of a team of faculty responsible for teaching and maintaining GEOG 485: GIS Software Development, which he teaches both online for working professionals studying at a distance and face-to-face for traditional resident students. Jim earned a BS in Earth Science from Penn State and an MS in Geography from the University of Delaware.