About the author

Melissa Heil is a graduate student in the Department of Geography and GIScience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she studies urban geography.  She is also interested in exploring ways that geographic perspectives and tools can be used to improve public understanding of current events, like the budget impasse.  For more information, please visit https://melissakheil.wordpress.com/. 

Contact

For inquiries about the atlas, please email illinoisausterityatlas@gmail.com. Electronic copies of the maps will be made available to organizations impacted by the budget impasse upon request. 

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.