September 2009
Associate Professor & Director, Geography Program
Department of Political Science & Geography
Phone: (757) 683-3849
Email: jleib@odu.edu
1987‑1992:
1985-1987:
1982-1985:
1980-1982: Attended
Political Geography, American South, ‘Race’ and Ethnicity, Cultural Geography, Geography Education
2008 – Present: Department of Political Science & Geography,
July 2008 – Present: Associate Professor
Courses taught at
Undergraduate Courses
Cultural Geography
Political Geography
Sports Geography
Regional Geography of the United States and Canada
Graduate Seminar
Cultural Geography (scheduled to be taught in Spring Semester 2010)
January 1997 - August 2001: Assistant Professor
August 1995 - December 1996: Visiting Assistant Professor
Courses taught at
Graduate courses
Seminar in Political Geography
Seminar in Race and Place
Seminar in Geography and Social Justice
Geography Research Methods
Directed Individual Study
Undergraduate courses
World Regional Geography
Human Geography
Geography of the
Political Geography
Geography and Social Justice
Sports Geography
Directed Individual Study
Other Course
Global Changes, Local Conflicts (Team taught for the Florida State University’s Senior Citizens Academy with Dr. Barney Warf, Professor, Department of Geography)
Graduate Advising
Currently Ph.D. co-advisor for:
- Daniel McGowin (ABD)
- Nick Quniton (ABD)
Ph.D. Advisor for students who have graduated:
- Ilhan Kaya (2003). Dissertation title: Shifting Turkish-American Identities in the
- Gabriel Popescu (2006) Dissertation title: Transborder State Reterritorialization in Eastern Europe: The
- Thomas Chapman (2007). Dissertation title: Constructing the “Moral
Landscape” Through Local Anti-Discrimination Law: Discourse, Debate, and Dialogue on the Spaces of Sexual Citizenship in Three
- Luis Sanchez (2008). Puerto Rico’s 79th Municipality?: Identity, Hybridity and Transnationalism within the Puerto Rican Diaspora in Orlando,
Ph.D. Committee member of students who have graduated:
- John Grimes (2001). Dissertation title: The Globalization of Agriculture: The Case of
- Darren Purcell (2003). Dissertation title: Cyber-Slovenia: Geopolitics and Place Marketing Online. Currently on the faculty at the
- Jason Dittmer (2003). Dissertation title: European Re-Union: The Social Construction of
- Robert Pennock (2004). Dissertation title: The Local-State and Urban Sprawl. Currently an environmental land-use consultant in
- Peter Castelow (2005, Education) Dissertation title: Katherine Montgomery: A Change of Heart on Women’s Competitive Athletics in the Early 20th Century. Currently an adjunct instructor in the
- Kathleen Sherman-Morris (2006). Dissertation title:
- Kirl Kim (2006) Dissertation Title: Housing Redevelopment and Neighborhood Change as a Gentrification Process in
- Matthew Grindy (2008, Communications)
- David Nelson (2008, History) Dissertation Title:
- Adrienne Otto Frame (2008, Education) Dissertation Title: The Use of Online Journals as Indicators of Situational Stress and Job Satisfaction in Resident Assistants. Currently Associate Director of Residence Life at Florida State University.
- Samantha Earnest (2009) Dissertation Title: Constructions of Place, Culture and Identity in Historic Preservation: A Case Study of Hickory Ground, Alabama.
- Hosuk Lee (2009) Dissertation Title: The Political Ecology of Environmental Justice: Environmental Struggle and Injustice in the Yeongheung Island (South Korea) Coal Plant Controversy.
M.S. Advisor for students who have graduated:
- Erinn Nicley (2002). Thesis title: Somos Galegos! (We are Galicians!):Regionalism, Political Economy and Place Context in
- Katherine Baughman (2005) Thesis title: A Model of Prediction of Voter Approval for the Expansion of a Greenways System in
M.S. Committee member of students who have graduated: Ilhan Kaya (1998), Keathe Wright (1998), Robert McGowan (2001), Michael Pryce-Jones (2001), Richie Kent (2006), Georgia Davis-Conover (2007), Jimmy Pastrano (2008), Lan-Anh McElroy (International Affairs, 2003), Jamie Beachy (Interdisciplinary Social Science, 2004), Fadia Anani (International Affairs, 2005), Daniel McGowin, (Geography, University of Alabama, 2006), and Jennifer Hall (Education, 2008).
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committee member of student who has graduated:
Lisa Midkiff (Political Science, 1998).
1992-1996: Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University (on leave of absence for the 1995-1996 academic year).
Graduate course taught
Graduate Seminar in Human/Cultural Geography
Undergraduate courses taught
World Regional Geography
Political Geography
Cultural Geography
Geography of
Geography of the American South
Field Geography of the American South (team taught with Dr. Cynthia Miller, Associate Professor of Geography,
1991-1992: Visiting Instructor, Department of Geography,
Undergraduate courses taught
Survey of Geography
World Regional Geography
Political Geography
Geography of
1990, 1991: Teaching Associate, Department of Geography,
Undergraduate course taught
Environmental Disruption and Regulation
1985‑1988, 1991: Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography,
Courses Assisted
World Regional Geography
World Economic Geography
World Political Economy
Geographic Techniques in the Analysis of Public Policy
1987, 1988, 1990: Tutor,
Duties: Responsible for developing curricula for independent study undergraduate courses and serving as the contact for and evaluator of students in the following:
Introductory World Economic Geography
Advanced World Economic Geography
Environmental Perception
Book Published
1998: Fiona Davidson, Jonathan Leib, Fred Shelley and Gerald Webster, editors. Teaching Political Geography. Indiana, PA: National Council for Geographic Education.
In Press (2010): Gerald Webster, Thomas Chapman, and Jonathan Leib. “Sustaining the ‘Societal and Scriptural Fence’: Cultural, Social and Political Topographies of Same Sex Marriage in
Accepted: Jonathan Leib. “Identity, Banal Nationalism, Contestation and North American License Plates.” Geographical Review.
2007: Thomas Chapman, Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Race, the Creative Class, and Political Geographies of Same Sex Marriage in
2006: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “District Composition and State Legislative Votes on the Confederate
2004: Jonathan Leib. “Robert E. Lee, ‘Race’, Representation, and Redevelopment along
2002: Jonathan Leib. “Separate Times, Shared Spaces: Arthur Ashe,
2002: Johnathan Walker and Jonathan Leib, “Revisiting The
2002: Gerald Webster and Jonathan Leib, “Political Culture, Religion and the Confederate
2002: Jonathan Leib and Jason Dittmer, “
2002: Ilhan Kaya, Jonathan Leib, and Janet Kodras. “High School Geography Textbook Adoption: A
2001: Gerald Webster and Jonathan Leib. “Whose South is it Anyway?: Race and the Confederate Flag in
2001: Jonathan Leib. “Major League Baseball’s Spring Training in
2000: Jonathan Leib, Gerald Webster and Roberta Webster. “Rebel With a Cause?: Iconography and Public Memory in the
1998: Jonathan Leib. “Teaching Controversial Topics: Iconography and the Confederate
1998: Jonathan Leib. "Communities of Interest and Minority Districting after Miller v. Johnson." Political Geography. 17:683-699.
1998: Jonathan Leib and Gerald R. Webster. "On Enlarging the
1997: Gerald Ingalls, Gerald Webster and Jonathan Leib. "Fifty Years of Political Change in the American South: Electing African Americans and Women to Public Office." Southeastern Geographer. 37:140-161.
1997: Clark Archer, Fred Shelley and Jonathan Leib. "The Perceived Geopolitical Importance of the Countries of the World: An Analytical and Pedagogical Investigation." Journal of Geography. 96:76-83.
1995: Jonathan Leib. "Heritage versus Hate: A Geographical Analysis of
Book Chapters and Contributions
Accepted: Jonathan Leib. Thirteen entries in Barney Warf, ed., Encyclopedia of Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. The entries are:
John Agnew Domino Theory Geography of the Cold War
Arnold Guyot Geographies of Hate Karl Haushofer
Ronald J. Johnston Halford Mackinder Alfred Thayer Mahan
Russian Geog. Society Ellen Churchill Semple Trap Streets
Glenn Trewartha
Accepted: Gerald Webster and Jonathan Leib. “Living on the Grid: The U.S. Rectangular Public Land Survey System and the Engineering of the American Landscape.” In Stan Brunn, ed., Engineering Earth: The Impact of Megaengineering Projects. Kluwer Publishers.
2009: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Electoral Districts.” Essay in R. Kitchin and N. Thrift, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier.
2008: Gerald Webster and Jonathan Leib. “Fighting for the Lost Cause: The Confederate
2007: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Rebel With(out) a Cause?: The Contested Meanings of the Confederate Battle Flag in the American South.” In Thomas Hylland Eriksen and
2006: Jonathan Leib. “The Witting Autobiography of
2006: Jonathan Leib. “Understanding the Location of Professional Sports Franchises.” In Lisa DeChano and Fred Shelley, eds., The Geography-Sports Connection: Using Sports to Teach Geography.
2006: Jonathan Leib. Entries on “Redistricting” and “Geography of Sports.” In Barney Warf, ed., Encyclopedia of Human Geography.
2004: Jonathan Leib. “Political Organization of Space: Introductory Essay.” In Gary Elbow, ed., Teaching Human Geography: Selections from the Journal of Geography.
2004: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Banner Headlines: The Fight over Confederate Flags in the American South.” In Donald Janelle, Barney Warf, and Kathy Hansen, eds., WorldMinds: Geographic Perspectives on 100 Problems.
2002: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “The Confederate Flag Debate in the American South: Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives.” In Alex Willingham, ed., Beyond the Color Line? Race, Representation, and Community in the New Century.
2000: Jonathan Leib. Contributor of biographies of nine speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly (state House of Representatives) in J.R. Sharp and N.W. Sharp, eds., American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994.
1998: Jonathan Leib. "Political Geography and Voting Rights in the
1998: Fiona Davidson, Jonathan Leib, Fred Shelley and Gerald Webster. “Teaching Political Geography.” In Fiona Davidson, Jonathan Leib, Fred Shelley and Gerald Webster, eds., Teaching Political Geography. Indiana, PA: National Council for Geographic Education. pp. 1-8.
1996: Jonathan Leib. "Resort Development, Tourism and Cultural Survival in the
Articles in Non-refereed Journals
1994: Robert Raburn and Jonathan Leib. "Congressional
1990: Jonathan Leib. "The Historical Geography of Minor League Baseball in
2007: Jonathan Leib. “Research Fieldnote:
2000: Jonathan Leib. “The State of
1998: Jonathan Leib. “Editor’s Notes” (Outlining my editorial vision for the Journal of Geography). Journal of Geography. 97: 46.
1996: Jonathan Leib. Book Review of Robert Justin Goldstein's Saving "Old Glory": The History of the American Flag Desecration Controversy. Social Science Quarterly. 77:229-230.
1996: Jonathan Leib. "Elections and Voting Behavior in the
1993-1995: Contributing Editor and Political Columnist for the newspaper, Metropolitan Minority Business Enterprise News and Network (Published in
1994: Jonathan Leib. "Comments on the Status of Redistricting in Light of Recent Court Decisions." Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group Newsletter. 14, July:3-5.
1993: Jonathan Leib and Shantha Hennayake, eds. "Graduate Student Discussion Papers." Syracuse University Department of Geography Discussion Paper Series. Number 102.
1991: Jonathan Leib. "The Localization of
1989: Jonathan Leib. "Going, Going, Gone: Minor League Baseball Franchise Relocations in the Northeast." Proceedings of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers. 21:89‑97.
Works Submitted
Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Black, White or Green?: The Confederate Battle Emblem and the 2001 Mississippi State Flag Referendum.” Manuscript submitted in May 2009 to Geografiska Annaler B.
Gerald Webster and Jonathan Leib. “Race, Religion and the Debate Over the Confederate
Managing Editor, Encyclopedia of Geography (
PRESENTATIONS
Papers Presented at National/International Meetings
2009: Jonathan Leib. “ ‘I Believe’?: Religion, Popular Iconography, and the Politics of Identity in the American South.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nicholas Quinton and Jonathan Leib. “Recent Trends in Electoral Geography.” Association of American Geographers Political Geography Special Group Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.
2008: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Race, Religion and the Confederate
Jonathan Leib and
Jonathan Leib. "Foreign Direct Investment and the Confederate
Gerald Webster, Jonathan Leib and
2007: Jonathan Leib. “Foreign Direct Investment and Cultural Change in the American South.” Second Global Conference on Economic Geography,
Jonathan Leib. “Plates and Politics: Banal Nationalism, Geopolitics, and Identity in the Automobile Era.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
2006: Thomas Chapman, Jonathan Leib, and Gerald Webster. “‘Race’, The Creative Class, and Political Geographies of Same Sex Marriage in
Jonathan Leib. “Understanding Sports Franchise Locations.” National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Minority Influence Districts and State Legislative Votes on the Confederate
2005: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “The Cross They Bear: Whiteness, Religion, and the Confederate
Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Barbecue and Civil Rights in
Gerald Webster and Jonathan Leib. “Lost Cause Iconography and the Neo-Confederate Movement.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “The Stand in the Smokehouse Door: Maurice Bessinger, the Neo-Confederate Movement, and the Confederate
2004: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Civil War versus Civil Rights: Race and the Contested Meanings of the Confederate
Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Barring the Cross: The Confederate Battle Emblem and
Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Stars and Bars, Rebel Cross, or Denny’s Placemat?: Race, Party, Iconography, and the Battle Over Georgia’s State Flags, 2001-2004.” Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group Conference.
2003: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “A New ‘Stars and Bars’?: The Confederate Battle Emblem and
Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “‘In Triumph Shall Wave’?: Statewide Public Voting on the Confederate
2001: Jonathan Leib. “Teaching Geography and Social Justice.” National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib. “Symbolic Landscapes, Race and Redevelopment Along Richmond’s Canal Walk.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “The Confederate Flag Debate in the American South: Theoretical, Conceptual and Geographical Perspectives.” Paper presented at “Race, Redistricting and Census 2000: A Conference on Issues Effecting Access to the Political Process and Implementation of the Voting Rights Act.” Conference sponsored by the
2000: Jonathan Leib. “Jim Crow, Civil Defense and the Cold War: Preserving Segregated
1999: Jonathan Leib. “Race, School Children and Evacuation Planning in the Jim Crow South.” National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib. “Separate Times, Shared Spaces: Commemorating the Civil War and Civil Rights Eras in
1998: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Debating the Confederate Flag in the
1997: Jonathan Leib. “Minority Districting in the Post-Miller Era: Redistricting in
Jonathan Leib. "Teaching Controversial Concepts in Political Geography: Iconography, Confederate Flags and the South." National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib, Gerald Webster and Roberta Webster. "Whose South is it Anyway?: The Politics of Representation on the Southern United States Landscape." Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1996: Clark Archer, Fred Shelley and Jonathan Leib. "Mapping the Perceived Geopolitical Importance of the Countries of the World." North American Cartographic Information Society Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib. "Redistricting and the Future of the Voting Rights Act after Miller v. Johnson." Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
Clark Archer, Fred Shelley and Jonathan Leib. "The Perceived Geopolitical Importance of the Countries of the World." Association of American Geographers European Specialty Group and Political Geography Specialty Group co-sponsored "Conference on Transformations in the Political Geography of Contemporary Europe."
1995: Jonathan Leib. "Geography and Voting Rights in the
Jonathan Leib. "The Congressional Redistricting Process in New Jersey, 1982-1992." Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1994: Robert Raburn and Jonathan Leib. "The Region and Redistricting Revisited." Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib. "Rebel With a Cause? The Confederate
1993: Robert Raburn and Jonathan Leib. "A Survey of 1990s State Redistricting Geographic Guidelines." Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1992: Jonathan Leib. "Partisan Gerrymandering, Partisan Decline and Place." Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib. "The Localization of
1991: Jonathan Leib. "Controversial Gerrymandering: A Comparison of the 1980s
1990: Jonathan Leib. "Congressional Partisan Gerrymandering in the 1980s: The Case of
1989: Jonathan Leib. "The Nationalization of State Policies?: Fiscal Centralization in the States, 1977‑1987." Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1988: Jonathan Leib. "Partisan Gerrymandering in Congressional Redistricting: Is There Cause for Concern?" Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
Jonathan Leib. "A Critique of Popular Methods of Measuring Partisan Gerrymandering in Congressional Redistricting Plans." International Geographical Union International Conference on Electoral Geography.
Papers Presented at Regional Meetings
2008: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “‘What Would Robert E. Lee Do?’: Race, Religion and the Confederate Battle Flag.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
2005: Thomas Chapman and Jonathan Leib. “Political Geographies of Same-Sex Marriage in
2004: Jonathan Leib. “The 2004 Election in
2003: Jonathan Leib and Gerald Webster. “Black, White or Green?: The Confederate
2002: Jonathan Leib. “Robert E. Lee, Race, Representation and Redevelopment Along Richmond’s Canal Walk.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
2001: Jonathan Leib and Gerald R. Webster. “Six Flags Over
1998: Johnathan Walker and Jonathan Leib. “The
1997: Jonathan Leib. “Jim Crow and Nuclear Conflagration: Race, Civil Defense Planning and the Hydrogen Bomb in 1950s
1996: Gerald Ingalls and Jonathan Leib. "Fifty Years of Political Change in the American South: Electing African Americans to Public Office, 1947-1996." Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1993: Jonathan Leib. "Heritage versus Hate: A Geographical Analysis of
1992: Jonathan Leib and Robert Raburn. "The 'Myth of Compactness' and the 1991
1991: Jonathan Leib. "Smoke‑Filled Rooms: A Political Geography of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments." Penn State Geography Graduate Student Conference.
1990: Jonathan Leib. "The Localization of
1989: Jonathan Leib. "The Effectiveness of Congressional Partisan Gerrymandering in the 1980s: A Preliminary Assessment." Annual Applied Geographers Conference and Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1988: Jonathan Leib. "Going, Going, Gone: Minor League Baseball Franchise Relocations in the Northeast." Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1987: Jonathan Leib. "Partisan Gerrymandering: An Issue Whose Time Has Passed?" Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
2007: Jonathan Leib and Jason Dittmer. “The Land of 100% Cotton? Performativity,
Invited Public Presentations
2005: Jonathan Leib. “Whose
Jonathan Leib. “Reflections on a Decade of Study of the American South.”
2002: Jonathan Leib. “Race and Landscape Politics in
2000: Jonathan Leib. “Banner Headlines: Iconography and the Confederate
1996: Jonathan Leib. "Voting Rights, Communities of Interest and the Future of Minority Representation in the Southern United States: Lessons from
Jonathan Leib. "Iconography, Public Memory and the
1995: Jonathan Leib. "Iconography, Public Memory and the
1993: Jonathan Leib. "Between the U.S.-Mexico Border: Observations on the Social Geography of Southern New Mexico and
2009: Panelist for the Session, “Nationalism in the Classroom: Experiences, Challenges and Ways Forward.” Association of American Geographers Annual (National) Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada.
2008: Paper Discussant at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting. Greensboro, North Carolina
2007: Panelist for the session, “African American Commemorative Politics.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
Paper Discussant at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
Panelist for the session, “Race and American Democracy.” Association of American Geographers Annual (National) Meeting.
2004: Paper Discussant at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
2003: Paper Discussant at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
Panelist for the session, “Teaching the South in Geography” Association of American Geographers Annual (National) Meeting.
2002: Paper Discussant at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
Panelist for the session, “District Design, Geography and Mapping Communities of Interest.” At the (National) conference, “Voting Rights and Redistricting 2000.”
2001: Panelist for the session “Teaching Social Justice in Geography: An Agenda for the Future.” National Council for Geographic Education Annual (National) Meeting.
Panelist for the session “Mapping a Course: Research Directions in Geography Education.” Association of American Geographers Annual (National) Meeting.
2000: Session discussant for the session, “Political Geography I: In Honor of Julian Minghi.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
1998: Panelist for the session, “New Directions in the Geography of the American South.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
1997: Panelist for the session "Teaching the Frontiers of Research in Political Geography." Political Geography Specialty Group (National) Conference, “Frontiers of Research in Political Geography”.
1996: Session discussant for the session, “Contemporary Issues in the Geography of U.S. Politics.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
Panelist for the session "Symposium on Redistricting in Theory and Practice after Shaw v. Reno." Association of American Geographers Annual (National) Meeting.
1995: Panelist for the session "Teaching Political Geography." National Council for Geographic Education Annual (National) Meeting.
1994: Paper Discussant at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual (Regional) Meeting.
1992: Panelist for the session "Geography and Redistricting." Association of American Geographers Annual (National) Meeting.
1991: Panelist for the session "Electoral Districting After the 1990 Census." Association of American Geographers Annual (National) Meeting.
JOURNAL MANUSCRIPT REFEREE
Political Geography (twelve reviews: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
Southeastern Geographer (five reviews: 2003, 2005, 2006 [2], 2009)
Professional Geographer (four reviews: 1995, 2001, 2006, 2008)
Annals of the Association of American Geographers (two reviews: 1996, 1998)
Cultural Geographies (two reviews: 1999, 2002)
Southwestern Geographer (two reviews: 1998, 2003)
Canadian Geographer (one review: 2000)
Geographical Review (one review: 2003)
Geografiska Annaler B (one manuscript: 2008)
Journal of Cultural Geography (one manuscript: 2008)
Journal of Race and Policy (one manuscript: 2009)
Papers of the Applied Geography Conference (one manuscript: 2007)
Progress in Human Geography (one manuscript: 2006)
Publius: The Journal of Federalism (one manuscript: 2008)
Social Science Quarterly (one manuscript: 2001)
Urban Geographer (one manuscript: 2002)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2009: Old Dominion University College of Arts and Letters Summer Research Grant. $5,000.
2008: Awarded (with Thomas Chapman and Gerald Webster) Best Southeastern Geographer article award for 2007 for the article “Race, the Creative Class, and Political Geographies of Same Sex Marriage in Georgia.” Southeastern Geographer. 47:27-54.
Grant from the Department of Geography and College of Social Sciences, Florida State University, to co-organize a mini conference, “Revitalizing Electoral Geography.” $4,000.
2006: Awarded Morton Winsberg Departmental Service Award. Department of Geography,
2005: Awarded National Council for Geographic Education’s Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award.
2001: Course Development Grant from
2000: Awarded National Council for Geographic Education award for best article related to teaching at the College/University level appearing in the Journal of Geography (“Teaching Controversial Topics: Iconography and the Confederate Battle Flag in the South”). The article was chosen by the NCGE awards task force from articles appearing in the Journal from March/April 1998 to November/December 1999.
1999-2001, 2003-2006, 2008: Professional Travel Grants from the Provost’s Travel Grant Committee,
1997: Recipient of award from the First Year Assistant Professor program.
1993: Faculty Development Summer Sabbatical award from the Faculty Development and Welfare Committee, Georgia Southern University for Summer field work to prepare a course: "Field Geography of the American South." $3,000.
1992, 1994: Professional Travel Grants from the Faculty Development and Welfare
1991: Awarded First Place in the Association of American Geographers' Political Geography Specialty Group Graduate Student Paper Competition for the paper "The Localization of U.S. House Elections and the 1989
1990‑1991:
1989: Graduate Student Research Small Grant Award from the Office of the Vice‑President for Research and Graduate Studies,
Grant from the Roscoe Martin Fund for Dissertation Research,
1988‑1990:
1986‑1988:
1986, 1988:
CONSULTANT WORK
1986: Co‑author with John Rees and David Greytak of report, "Economic Impact of a Multi‑Purpose Stadium in
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association of American Geographers
Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers
National Council for Geographic Education
SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2008-Present: Chair, Association of American Geographers Study of the American South Specialty Group.
2009: Co-oragnaizer (with Thomas Chapman) of session, “Political Geographies of the American South.” Association of American Geographers Annual (National) Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada.
2008: Co-organizer (with Barney Warf,
2008: Member, Current Topics Roundtable Committee, Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group
- Co-organizer (with Erinn Nicely) of panel session for 2008 AAG Meeting, “International Security and Climate Change”
1999-2006: Member, Nominations Committee, Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group.
2006: Co-organizer (with Lisa DeChano,
2005: Nominated to stand for election for the Nominations Committee of the Association of American Geographers
2003: Co-organizer and co-host (with Darren Purcell,
2002-2003: Member, Program Committee, 2003 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1998-2000: Editor, Journal of Geography (Assumed most editorial duties in July 1997. Officially began term as editor in January 1998). The Journal of Geography, an ISI ranked journal, is the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the National Council for Geographic Education, the leading academic geographic education organization in
1999: Organized and led Journal of Geography Editorial Board Meeting, National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting.
1998: Organized and led Journal of Geography Editorial Board Meeting, National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting.
Organized and led panel discussion/workshop session, “Writing for the Journal of Geography.” National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting.
1997: Organized two sessions on “Political Geography and Geographic Education” for the National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting.
1996-1998: Elected Board Member, Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group.
1995: Co-organized, with Fred Shelley and Gerald Webster, three sessions on "Reflections on Redistricting in the 1990s", at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1994-1995: Member, Nominations Committee, Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group.
1994: Co-organized, with Robert Raburn, and Chaired panel discussion, "Redistricting and the Future of the Voting Rights Act after Shaw v. Reno", at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2009-2010: Vice President, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (Elected by the membership in 2008). Duties include serving as Program Chair for the 2009 and 2010 Annual SEDAAG meetings and participating as a member of the organization’s Executive Committee.
2007: Chair, Tellers Committee, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers.
2004-2007: Editorial Board Member, Southeastern Geographer
2006: Chair, Southeastern Geographer Editor Search Committee.
2005: Member, Audit Committee, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers.
2003: Member, Program Committee, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
2001-2002: Secretary, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (Elected by the membership in 2000). Duties included publishing the organization’s twice-yearly newsletter, participating as a member of the organization’s Executive Committee, and taking minutes of the organization’s Executive Committee, Steering Committee, and General Business meetings.
1999-2001: Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Geography, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers.
1999: Elected member, Honors Committee, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers
1998-1999: Member, Audit Committee, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers
1997: Organized and Led Field Trip, "From
1996: Co-organized, with Janet Kodras, session, "Contemporary Issues in the Geography of U.S. Politics," at the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
1994: Co-coordinator, state of
1989: Co-organized, with Shantha Hennayake, and Chaired session, "Political Geography", at the Annual Applied Geography Conference and Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN STATE ORGANIZATIONS
1997: Presented lecture, "Voting in the American South," at the Florida Geographic Alliance Summer Institute,
1996: Presented lecture, "Political Geography and Voting Rights in the
1989: Judge,
2008: Reviewer of tenure application for Robert Watrel, Department of Geography,
2004: Reviewer of grant application to the National Science Foundation, Law and Social Science Program.
2004: Reviewer of tenure application for Andrew Wood, Department of Geography,
2002: Reviewer of tenure and promotion application for Erin Fouberg, Department of Geography,
UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
2008-2009: Member, Instruction Committee,
2006-2007: Member, University Tenure and Promotion Committee,
2002-2003, 2005-2007: Member, College Tenure and Promotion Committee,
2002-2003: Member, Dean Search Committee,
2001-2002: Member, Policy and Academic Affairs Committee,
1997-1999: Member, Faculty Senate,
1993-1995: Primary author of comprehensive proposal to create a Bachelor of Science degree program in Geography at Georgia Southern University. The proposal was approved by the Georgia Southern University administration in 1995, and was formally approved by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia in 1997.
1994: Panelist, Georgia Southern University, Office of Multi-Cultural Programs-sponsored panel discussion, "Blacks and Jews: The Uncivil War."
Member, Campus Review Committee for the 1994-95 National Security Education Program (NSEP) for undergraduate scholarships for study abroad. Center for International Studies,
Presented lecture, "A Geography of the New South," to a Georgia Southern University Graduate History Seminar ("History of the New South" taught by Dr. Walter J. Fraser).
Presented lecture, "Political Geography, Redistricting, Voting Rights and
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES
2009-present: Director, Geography Program, Department of Political Science & Geography, Old Dominion University.
2009-present: Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science & Geography, Old Dominion University
2009-present: Member, Task Force on Collaboration on MA in Urban Studies Committee, Department of Political Science & Geography, Old Dominion University
2008-present: Member, Geography Program Assessment Committee, Department of Political Science & Geography, Old Dominion University
2008-present: Chair, Geography Adjunct Portfolio Review Committee, Department of Political Science & Geography, Old Dominion University
2008-present: Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of Political Science & Geography, Old Dominion University
2008-2009: Chair, Environmental and Human Geography Position Search Committee, Department of Political Science & Geography, Old Dominion University
2007-2008: Member,
2002-2006: Director of Graduate Studies (Ph.D. and M.S. programs), Department of Geography,
Duties included conducting orientation sessions for incoming graduate students, advising new students, tracking student progress and serving as the contact person for students navigating departmental, college and university rules and regulations, handling admissions inquiries, compiling and tracking admissions files and chairing the department’s Graduate Committee in admissions decisions and policy matters impacting the program, seeking sources of funding for graduate students from both within and outside the university, and serving as the liaison between the department and the college and university on graduate matters.
2001-2007: Member, Morton Winsberg Graduate Student Award Committee, Department of Geography,
2000-2006: Member,
1997- 2007: Member,
1996-2002: Coordinator for teaching assistants and adjuncts teaching World Geography classes, Department of Geography,
1996-2002: Faculty Advisor, Geography and Environmental Studies Student Association,
1994: Member, Department of Geology and Geography Curriculum
1993: Member, Department of Geology and Geography, Geography Position Search
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2009: Reviewed book proposal for Rowman and Littlefield Press.
2008: Reviewed book proposal for University of Georgia Press.
1994: Reviewed Tom McKnight. Regional Geography of the
1991: Reviewed Arthur Getis, Judith Getis and Jerome Fellman. Introduction to Geography, 3rd Edition, (
Television
2002: Live in-studio analyst for Election Night 2002 coverage for Florida’s News Channel (Statewide cable news channel). November 5.
2001: Interviewed by Florida Public Television / The
Interviewed and quoted by WTXL (ABC affiliate in
Interviewed and quoted by WCTV (CBS affiliate in
2000: Live in-studio analyst for Election 2000 and Florida Vote Recount coverage for Florida’s News Channel (Statewide cable news channel). November 16 and 17, December 12 and 13.
2003: Interviewed and quoted by the Baltimore City Paper for a story on the 2004 presidential primaries, “
2001: Name, FSU affiliation and research mentioned in the Decatur (AL) Daily News for a story on government sanction for flying the Confederate battle flag, “A Flag of Contention.” (published April 30).
Interviewed and quoted by the Chicago Tribune for a story on voting rights issues and the 2000 Presidential election, “Jeb Bush Faces Questioning in Voting Probe.” (published January 11).
Interviewed and quoted by the Tallahassee Democrat for a story on voting rights issues and the 2000 Presidential election, “Jackson Urges Fed Probe.” (published November 29).
1999: Interviewed and quoted by Investor’s Business Daily for a story on Southern politics, “The Southern Vote is up for Grabs.”(published December 8).
1997: Interviewed and quoted by the Howard County Times (
1994: Interviewed by The Southern Record (Georgia Southern University Alumni Newspaper) for story, "In Search of the South" (published in Summer/Fall 1994 edition), concerning "Field Geography of the American South" course taught Summer Quarter 1994 (the article was reprinted in the Statesboro Herald).
1994: Interviewed and quoted by Minnesota Public Radio (for a story that was broadcast on June 20) concerning "Field Geography of the American South" course taught Summer Quarter 1994.