EMPLOYMENT
- Professor (2001 - ) and Chair (2010 - ), Department of Geography SUNY-Buffalo
- Visiting Professor, Visiting Professor Programme, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010 - Present.
- Co-Director, Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender, SUNY-Buffalo, 2009-2010
- Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Geography, SUNY-Buffalo, 2001-2004
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Urban and Regional Analysis
- International Business: Foreign Direct Investment
- High Technology and Regional Innovation
- Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sectors
- Labor and Societal Impacts of Information Technology
- Labor Market and the Aging Workforce
- Regional Interests: United States and South Asia
Courses
GEO 366/530: Urban Geography
Urban Geography is the study of the
spatial structure of urban and metropolitan areas. Among other topics, it includes:
(1) a study of the changing form of urban areas over time; (2) the behavior of people
that gives rise to particular urban form; (3) the ways in which the internal structure
of cities affects behavior and welfare; and, (4) the various ways in which people
perceive and interact with their environment.
GEO 425/625: Industrial Geography
The focus of this course will be
learning about industry dynamics and regional change in a globalized world.
In understanding the relationship between the firm and the region, the activities
of other agents of regional development (e.g., universities, government,
non-government sectors, labor markets) will also be taken into consideration.