J. Chris Carter is a professor of geography at Long Beach City College. He has over 15 years of experience teaching human geography and GIS, as well as courses on world regional geography and economic geography. He has a BA in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, an MA from San Diego State University, an MBA from California State University, Long Beach, and a PhD in Geography from San Diego State University/University of California, Santa Barbara. He presented on crime patterns in Long Beach at the 2015 Esri User Conference.