Robert Shepard, assistant professor of geography at UNL, leads the first presentation of the MAP Academy’s Fall 2021 Methodology Applications Series.

His presentation, “Space Scale and Site: The Limits and Lies in Our Understanding of Residential Segregation,” will reveal some of the ways in which geographic scale impacts measures of demographic evenness, isolation and clustering, illustrating how much of the scholarship on residential segregation has been limited — and even entirely misleading.

The theme of the 2021-22 Methodology Applications Series is “Pursuing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Research: Design and Methodology Considerations.”