{"id":39100,"date":"2025-11-05T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/?page_id=39100"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:30:12","slug":"carlos-disla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/carlos-disla\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Disla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Geography Faculty<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Professor Carlos Disla<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"3a94a5f5ac99f0c5642cb0af3ba9a028\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Adjunct Professor of Geospatial Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>B.A. Biology\/Environmental Science from the University of Virginia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S. Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology from the University of Maryland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S. Geospatial Analysis from the University of Mary Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlos is the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Coordinator for Essex County, Virginia, where he uses GIS to make property and environmental information available to the public, as well as creates maps and compiles research to aid in policy decisions. Before that, he taught high school Chemistry, Marine Biology, and Earth Science at the Chesapeake Bay Governor&#8217;s School for Marine and Environmental Science. Carlos has a particular interest in wetland conservation, both for the\u00a0intrinsic value of wetlands and for the ecosystem services they provide!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Courses Taught<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GISC 200: Introduction to GIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GISC 351: Spatial Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1525\" height=\"1524\" data-attachment-id=\"39102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/disla_headshot-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1525,1524\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Disla_Headshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Disla\" class=\"wp-image-39102\" srcset=\"\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited.jpg 1525w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-768x767.jpg 768w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/Disla_Headshot-edited-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1525px) 100vw, 1525px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Monroe 328<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cdisla@umw.edu\">cdisla@umw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos is the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Coordinator for Essex County, Virginia, where he uses GIS to make property and environmental information available to the public, as well as creates maps and compiles research to aid in policy decisions. 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