Janna Caspersen

University of Tennessee Knoxville, Geography, Graduate Student

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Janna Caspersen Ph.D. is an Oak Ridge Institute Science and Education (ORISE) Visiting Scientist at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Her research currently focuses on qualitative narrative analysis of social media using machine learning.

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Papers by Janna Caspersen

Measuring Agreement in Participatory Mapping

by Janna Caspersen and Tracy Van Holt

Field Methods, 2017

Structure of ethnic violence in Sudan: a semi-automated network analysis of online news (2003–2010)

Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory, 2012

Mining textual sources of data can be used to design studies and test theories at temporal and sp... more Mining textual sources of data can be used to design studies and test theories at temporal and spatial scales unheard of in the past. This opens up new opportunities for conflict studies and ethnographic research. We conducted a semi-automated network analysis of the 2003-2010 Sudan Tribune online news articles and modeled ethnic-group conflict in Sudan. We tested whether an ethnic group's connections to the environment (livestock, biomes, and other resources) and other ethnic groups was associated with severe conflict and peace terms and whether ethnic-group richness at a given geospatial location was associated with severe conflict. Ethnic groups with more connections to livestock, environmental resources, and those ethnic groups with denser environmental-resource networks in their sphere of influence had more co-occurrences with severe conflict terms. Ethnic groups that had more connections to biomes in their sphere of influence were co-associated with peace terms. Locations that had high ethnic-group richness were associated with a higher frequency of severe conflict terms.

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Book Chapters by Janna Caspersen

The 10-Year Anniversary of the Civil Rights Pilgrimage: An Experiential Exploration into History, Diversity, Equality, and Equity

Dark Tourism and Pilgrimage , 2019

Barbecue Tourism: The Racial Politics of Belonging within the Cult of the Pig

by Janna Caspersen and Derek H Alderman

Routledge Ethics of Tourism: Tourism Experiences and Animal Consumption: Contested Values, Morality and Ethics, 2018

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Big Data in Emerging Cities

Routledge Advance in Regional Economics, Science and Policy: Big Data for Regional Science, 2018

Emergence of big data collection and analysis techniques offer unique opportunities for efficient... more Emergence of big data collection and analysis techniques offer unique opportunities for efficient urban planning. This chapter discusses big data in urban science and its challenges and opportunities in urban planning, with a special focus on the Energy and Mobility sectors. Through examples and case studies, we illustrate the present state of big data application and highlight how urban areas, especially those emerging with new growth, can utilize big data to efficiently meet energy and mobility challenges.