Yoga Korgaonkar

I primarily teach courses in the online MS-GIST and BS-GIST programs that focus on Python programming, spatial analysis, and web-based GIS. I emphasize hands-on, applied learning through clear objectives, structured modules, and practical exercises that strengthen both technical abilities and analytical thinking and help students develop confidence in applying geospatial tools to real-world challenges.

My research leverages GIS and geospatial modeling in interdisciplinary projects that examine environmental processes, urban systems, and social equity. I collaborate broadly across institutions, contributing spatial analysis and visualization expertise to address environmental, historical, and community-centered questions.

I am currently serving as the lead of the Urban sub-team focusing on the impacts of urbanization on water availability in Arizona as part of the Arizona Tri-University Recharge & Water Reliability project. My graduate research focused on urban hydrology and the role of green infrastructure for flood mitigation, water augmentation and providing ecosystem services. I also developed the AGWA Urban tool that can be used to model urban hydrology and green infrastructure. 

I was also the Assistant Director of the Mapping Racist Covenants project, where our team created an interactive ArcGIS Experience to map Tucson subdivisions that still contain racially restrictive covenants. This work has helped reveal how discriminatory housing policies shaped neighborhood development and access to opportunity, and the project’s findings contributed to the passage of Arizona Senate Bill 1432, which now allows homeowners and HOAs to remove unlawful language from property covenants.

I also serve on graduate committees across multiple departments, providing guidance on spatial analysis, hydrology and hydrologic modeling, and geospatial methodologies for interdisciplinary research.