Research Interests
- Economic geography, theories of regional
differentiation, regional development policies and restructuring in non-central
regions, particularly in the Russian and Canadian North; neo-staple and
knowledge-based economies in peripheral regions, spatial determinants of economic
marginality;
- Geographic Information Science and statistical
techniques for advanced spatial analysis, application of GIS in social sciences
and economics, socio-economic determinants of land use-land cover change, urban
remote sensing;
- Spatial population analysis, demoeconomic and migration models;
- Micropolitan urban systems, single industry towns
Regional Interests
- Russia, Canada, The Arctic
Student advising and research
Graduate
- Michael Graham: MA, Human Geography (Chair)* - teacher, UK
- Borislav Nikoltchev: MA, Human Geography (Chair)* - PhD, OU
- Brian VanDrasek: MA, Human Geography (Chair)
- Philip A. Cavin: MA, Human Geography/Reg. Development (Chair)
- Jonathon J. Launspach: MA, GIS (Chair)
- Justin Thomas: MA, GISc (member)*
- Dmitry Ershov: MA, GISc (member)*
- Ying He: MA, GISc (member)*
Undergraduate research
- Arctic Fires Exploratory Study (AFES) Team: Jonathon Launspach, Kevin Jaque(*)
- Creative Arctic Team: Philip Cavin, Brian VanDrasek
- Urban LiDAR Team: Philip Cavin, Robert Stephens
- Iowa agriculture Team: Susan Meerdink, Bernard Conrad
- TREC: Taimyr Reindeer Team: Anna Pestrereva, Susan Meerdink
