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Julia Yingling

USA

8+ years of experience as a developer and interdisciplinary researcher. Skilled in geospatial and linguistic technology, quantitative and qualitative research, automating and improving systems, and project organisation. Industry experience in agriculture, utilities, healthcare, and academia. Extensive global cultural awareness and experience working with the private and public sectors, small and large teams, in multilingual environments, and with numerous stakeholders.

Bilingual English and French
Looking for remote work only

SKILLS

Languages and Libraries: Python (arcpy, pyqgis, geopandas, scikit-learn, spacy, nltk, genism), SQL (PostgreSQL/PostGIS), basic JavaScript and HTML

GIS and Tools: ArcGIS (Desktop/Pro/Online), QGIS, ENVI, Mapbox, Tableau, SPSS, Stata, APIs, basic AWS

Workflow: version control (Git/GitHub), data pipelines, model training and evaluation, Django, Salesforce

EDUCATION

McGill University (Montreal, Canada)
2026 MA Geography
- Thesis: “Research Cooties: Topic Gendering in Geography Conference Presentations,” which applied topic modeling and automated gender encoding to identify patterns in how research in the field of geography is gendered
- Coursework: Quantitative Methods for Social Science Research, Advanced GIScience, Advanced Urban Geography
2018 BA Political Science, Minor in Geography
- Thesis: “Transnational Sanctuary and Civil Conflict: Geospatial Analysis of the Lord’s Resistance Army,” using temporal spatial modeling of various counterinsurgency tactics’ impacts on the LRA’s use of ungoverned spaces

WORK EXPERIENCE

2016-2025 Research Assistant, Dept of Geography, McGill University
- Performed computational linguistics EDA and sentiment analysis, web scraping, data entry and encoding, GIS analysis, literature review, and cartographic digitization for electoral, social, and political geography projects.

Teaching Assistant, Dept of Geography, McGill University
- 2020: GEOG 407 Geospatial Programming
- 2025: GEOG 409 Geography of Developing Asia

2018-2020 GIS Analyst, CANNForecast
- Developed, implemented, and managed new georeferenced PostgreSQL database of pipe networks from 10+ partner municipalities.
- Automated geoprocessing quality check workflows using python scripting
- Created all cartographic visuals for the company, and researched geospatial factors of predictive mapping of E. Coli outbreaks and pipe ruptures.

2018-2020 GIS Specialist, Ceres Imaging
- Performed image processing and quality assurance on raster imaging for agricultural projects.
- Coordinated with sales team to create 50+ custom vector layers for special client requests.
- Formerly project administrator for distributed contracting team of 20+ in the Philippines, Eastern Europe, and South America; created a new training package for contractors; lead hiring and onboarding; managed pay and expenses

MEMBERSHIP

Member, American Association of Geographers
Member, Canadian Association of Gographers
Student Member, Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, McGill University (2019-2026)

Julia Yingling

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