Associate Dean and Professor
Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas, United States
Stephanie Long has over 20 years of professional experience in GIS and Higher Education, a Master of Science in Geography from Texas State, and a GISP certification.
Currently, she is the Associate Dean for the Faculty Center for Learning Innovation where she directs a faculty community that champions innovative learning through collaboration, support, engagement, development, and connection. Stephanie works to develop programs of faculty-centered learning opportunities to assist faculty with developing, implementing, and analyzing teaching improvement and innovation techniques. Recently, she played an integral role in the collegewide scaling of a Hybrid Flexible (HyFlex) course delivery approach and has since hosted external workshops for college faculty across the nation who are interested in the HyFlex modality.
Stephanie is also a Professor of GIS where she develops classroom and online curricula, contributes to departmental strategic initiatives, and values the lifelong learning that comes with being a professor. She has also taught college courses in World, Physical, and Cultural Geography. Stephanie enjoys bringing her varied real-world experience to the classroom to better prepare students for a career in GIS and collaborate with faculty on innovative teaching and learning techniques.
Her public speaking includes presentations covering the topics of Environmental Impact Analysis, Automating Workflows, Programming, Competency-Based Education, Hybrid Flexible (HyFlex) Implementation, and Integrating Generative AI in Higher Education.
Recently the Geography Department of Texas State University presented Stephanie with the Mary Beth Booth Award for Outstanding Service by an Extramural Educator in recognition of her history in preparing students for success. Stephanie was also spotlighted by Austin Community College for her work developing online GIS courses and was announced as ACC eFaculty of the Year for 2020.
Stephanie loves spending time with family, paddling, hiking, bird watching, photography, and just about anything outdoors.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
