Contextualizing COVID-19 in the NY City Region: a Comparative Approach

Text and data visualizations by Jesse W. Torgerson; data collection by Rachel Chung (’20) and Ezra Kohn (’20); mapping by Grant van Inwegen (’20) and Jesse Simmons (’21) with assistance from Kim Diver. Please see our introductory post. The Traveler’s Lab at Wesleyan University has applied our movement-focused approach to … Continue…

COVID-19 in the NYC Commuting Region: A Travelers’ Lab Study

Updated: April 30, 2020. Follow-up post (5/12/2020) here. by Rachel Chung, Grant van Inwegen, Ezra Kohn, Jesse Simmons, and Jesse W. Torgerson The Traveler’s Lab at Wesleyan University studies the movement of people and objects during the middle ages. Our focus on travel brings overlooked and unrecognized realities to standard … Continue…