diff --git a/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core.clj b/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core.clj
index a3b6b1d9..61a08854 100644
--- a/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core.clj
@@ -354,8 +354,10 @@
 
 (import-vars
   [zero-one.geni.core.dataset-creation
+   array-type
    create-dataframe
    map->dataset
+   map-type
    records->dataset
    struct-field
    struct-type
@@ -467,6 +469,7 @@
 
 (import-vars
   [zero-one.geni.core.data-sources
+   ->kebab-columns
    read-avro!
    read-csv!
    read-edn!
diff --git a/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core/data_sources.clj b/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core/data_sources.clj
index 0352ed2c..c4ad3db7 100644
--- a/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core/data_sources.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core/data_sources.clj
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 (defn remove-punctuations [string]
   (string/replace string #"[.,\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\`~()°]" ""))
 
-(defn normalise-column-names [dataset]
+(defn ->kebab-columns [dataset]
   (let [new-columns (->> dataset
                          .columns
                          (map remove-punctuations)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                         (cond-> (not (nil? schema))
                           (.schema (dataset-creation/->schema schema))))]
     (-> (.load reader path)
-        (cond-> (:kebab-columns options) normalise-column-names))))
+        (cond-> (:kebab-columns options) ->kebab-columns))))
 
 (defmulti read-avro! (fn [head & _] (class head)))
 (defmethod read-avro! :default
@@ -190,4 +190,4 @@
                     edn/read-string
                     (dataset-creation/records->dataset spark))]
      (-> dataset
-         (cond-> (:kebab-columns options) normalise-column-names)))))
+         (cond-> (:kebab-columns options) ->kebab-columns)))))
diff --git a/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core/dataset_creation.clj b/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core/dataset_creation.clj
index 033a16f2..5155d1f7 100644
--- a/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core/dataset_creation.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/zero_one/geni/core/dataset_creation.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     [zero-one.geni.defaults]
     [zero-one.geni.interop :as interop])
   (:import
-    (org.apache.spark.sql.types ArrayType DataTypes)
+    (org.apache.spark.sql.types ArrayType DataType DataTypes)
     (org.apache.spark.ml.linalg VectorUDT
                                 DenseVector
                                 SparseVector)))
@@ -28,18 +28,39 @@
    nil        DataTypes/NullType})
 
 (defn struct-field [col-name data-type nullable]
-  (let [spark-type (data-type->spark-type data-type)]
+  (let [spark-type (if (instance? DataType data-type)
+                     data-type
+                     (data-type->spark-type data-type))]
     (DataTypes/createStructField (name col-name) spark-type nullable)))
 
 (defn struct-type [& fields]
   (DataTypes/createStructType fields))
 
+(defn array-type [val-type nullable]
+  (DataTypes/createArrayType
+    (data-type->spark-type val-type)
+    nullable))
+
+(defn map-type [key-type val-type]
+  (DataTypes/createMapType
+    (data-type->spark-type key-type)
+    (data-type->spark-type val-type)))
+
 (defn ->schema [value]
   (cond
-    (map? value) (->> value
-                      (map (fn [[k v]] (struct-field k v true)))
-                      (apply struct-type))
-    :else        value))
+    (and (vector? value) (= 1 (count value)))
+    (array-type (->schema (first value)) true)
+
+    (and (vector? value) (= 2 (count value)))
+    (map-type (->schema (first value)) (->schema (second value)))
+
+    (map? value)
+    (->> value
+         (map (fn [[k v]] (struct-field k (->schema v) true)))
+         (apply struct-type))
+
+    :else
+    value))
 
 (defn create-dataframe
   ([rows schema] (create-dataframe @default-spark rows (->schema schema)))
diff --git a/test/zero_one/geni/data_sources_test.clj b/test/zero_one/geni/data_sources_test.clj
index b5f876bf..25e8bb99 100644
--- a/test/zero_one/geni/data_sources_test.clj
+++ b/test/zero_one/geni/data_sources_test.clj
@@ -12,6 +12,50 @@
 (def write-df
   (-> melbourne-df (g/select :Method :Type) (g/limit 5)))
 
+(facts "On data-oriented schema" :schema
+  (let [dummy-df (-> melbourne-df
+                     (g/limit 2)
+                     g/->kebab-columns
+                     (g/select {:rooms (g/struct :rooms :bathroom)
+                                :coord (g/array :longtitude :lattitude)
+                                :prop  (g/map (g/lit "seller") :seller-g
+                                              (g/lit "price") :price)}))
+        temp-file (.toString (create-temp-file! "-complex.parquet"))]
+    (g/write-parquet! dummy-df temp-file {:mode "overwrite"})
+    (fact "correct dataframe baseline"
+      (g/dtypes dummy-df) => {:coord "ArrayType(DoubleType,true)"
+                              :prop  "MapType(StringType,StringType,true)"
+                              :rooms (str "StructType("
+                                          "StructField(rooms,LongType,true), "
+                                          "StructField(bathroom,DoubleType,true))")})
+    (fact "correct direct schema option"
+      (-> (g/read-parquet!
+            temp-file
+            {:schema (g/struct-type
+                       (g/struct-field :rooms
+                                       (g/struct-type
+                                         (g/struct-field :rooms :int true)
+                                         (g/struct-field :bathroom :float true))
+                         true)
+                       (g/struct-field :coord (g/array-type :long true) true)
+                       (g/struct-field :prop (g/map-type :string :string) true))})
+          g/dtypes) => {:coord "ArrayType(LongType,true)"
+                        :prop  "MapType(StringType,StringType,true)"
+                        :rooms (str "StructType("
+                                    "StructField(rooms,IntegerType,true), "
+                                    "StructField(bathroom,FloatType,true))")})
+    (fact "correct data-oriented schema option"
+      (-> (g/read-parquet!
+            temp-file
+            {:schema {:coord [:short]
+                      :prop  [:string :string]
+                      :rooms {:rooms :float :bathroom :long}}})
+          g/dtypes) => {:coord "ArrayType(ShortType,true)"
+                        :prop  "MapType(StringType,StringType,true)"
+                        :rooms (str "StructType("
+                                    "StructField(rooms,FloatType,true), "
+                                    "StructField(bathroom,LongType,true))")})))
+
 (facts "On schema option" :schema
   (let [csv-path "test/resources/sample_csv_data.csv"
         selected [:InvoiceDate :Price]]