Emily Skop - UCCS GES

Emily Skop Curriculum Vitae

July 2020

Department of Geography

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Columbine Hall, 2021

1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

phone: (719) 255-3789

e-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Geography

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. May 2002.

Dissertation: The Saffron Suburbs: Asian Indian Immigrant Community

Formation in Metropolitan Phoenix

Master of Arts, Geography

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. August 1997.

Thesis: Segmented Paths: The Geographic and Social Mobility of Mariel

Cuban Exiles

Bachelor of Arts, Geography

University of Miami, Miami, FL. May 1995. Magna Cum Laude.

Honors Thesis: A Demographic and Socioeconomic Comparison of Different

Hispanic Groups in Dade County

Discipline: Geography

Specialties and Regional Focus:

International Migration Patterns and Processes

Urbanization, Spatial Segregation, and Inequality

Race, Ethnicity, and Place

Broadening Participation in Higher Education

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, CO. July 2018-present.

Founding Director, Global Intercultural Research Center (GLINT), University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, CO. January 2014-December 2018.

Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO. August 2016-present.

Graduate Director. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, January 2010-

August 2016.

Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO. August 2010-

August 2016.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO. August 2007-

August 2010.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. August 2002-July 2007.

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RECENT AWARDS Excellence in Leadership Fellow, University of Colorado System, Fall 2019-

Spring 2020.

Distinguished Scholar Award in Ethnic Geography, Ethnic Geography

Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers, April 2018.

UCCS Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and

Inclusiveness, Spring 2017.

PUBLICATIONS Books

Skop, Emily. 2012. The Immigration and Settlement of Asian Indians in Phoenix,

Arizona 1965-2011: Ethnic Pride vs. Racial Discrimination in the Suburbs. New

York: Edwin Mellen Press. (reviewed by Population, Space, and Place (2014),

South Asian Diaspora (2014), Asian and Pacific Migration Journal (2013),

International Migration Review (2013), National Identities (2013), and Journal

of Regional Science (2013)

According to WorldCat, there are 936 libraries that have adopted the book

since its publication in 2012 (both in U.S. and international libraries).

Special Issues of Professional Journals

Skop, Emily and Karen Culcasi, guest editors. 2019. Special Issue: Bordering

Practices, Local Resistance and the Global Refugee “Crisis.” Geographical

Review 109 (4).

Skop, Emily, guest editor. 2006. Special Issue: Comparative Urban Spatial

Segregation, Part I. Urban Geography 27(5).

Skop, Emily, guest editor. 2006. Special Issue: Comparative Urban Spatial

Segregation, Part II. Urban Geography 27(6).

Refereed Journal Articles

Gibbes, Cerian and Emily Skop. 2020. The messiness of co-produced research

with gatekeepers of resettled refugee communities. Journal of Cultural

Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/08873631.2020.175998

Karen Culcasi, Skop, Emily, and Cynthia Gorman. 2019. Contemporary

Refugee-Border Dynamics and the Legacies of the 1919 Paris Peace

Conference. Geographical Review 109(4): 469-486.

Skop, Emily, Joel Tonyan, and Arielle Cassiday. 2019. Considering Refugees

through 100 Years of Geographical Review. Geographical Review. 109(4):

598-614.

Morken, Adriana and Emily Skop. 2017. Connecting Refugees in a Non-

Traditional Resettlement Destination. Papers in Applied Geography 3(3-4):

322-338.

Vogt, Brandon and Emily Skop. 2017. High Impact Practices in the Silverton

Field Experience. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 41(4): 574-589.

Skop, Emily. 2016. Asian Indians in Phoenix Arizona: Negotiating the "Model

Minority" Myth in an Anti-Immigrant Climate. GeoJournal 82: 553-566.

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Refereed Journal Articles continued

Skop, Emily. 2015. Conceptualizing Scale in the Science of Broadening

Participation of Underrepresented Groups in Higher Education. The

Professional Geographer 67(3): 427-437.

Skop, Emily and Kendall Zanowiak-Antonelli. 2011. The Role of Rallies and

Raids in Identifying New Latino Immigrant Communities. The Latin Americanist

55(4): 111-141.

Li, Wei and Emily Skop. 2010. Diaspora in the United States: Chinese and

Indians Compared. Journal of Chinese Overseas 6(4): 286-310.

Zell, Sarah and Emily Skop. 2010. Social Networks and Migrant Flows from

Brazil. Population, Space, and Place 16(4): 615-633.

Skop, Emily and Paul C. Adams. 2009. Creating and Inhabiting Virtual Places:

Indian Immigrants in Cyberspace. National Identities 11(2): 127-147.

Skop, Emily. 2008. Creating Fieldtrip-based Learning Communities. Journal of

Geography 107(6): 230-235.

Adams, Paul C. and Emily Skop. 2008. The Gendering of Asian Indian

Transnationalism on the Internet. Journal of Cultural Geography 25(2): 115-

136.

Gonzales, Suzannah and Emily Skop. 2007. ¿HABLA UD. INGLÉS? The Linguistic

Assimilation of Mexican Immigrants in Texas. Southwestern Geographer 11(1):

22-47.

Gratton, Brian, Myron P Gutmann and Emily Skop. 2007. Immigrants, their

Children, and Theories of Assimilation: Family Structure in the United States,

1880 to 1970. History of the Family 12(3): 203-222.

Peters, Paul and Emily Skop. 2007. Socio-Spatial Segregation in Metropolitan

Lima, Peru. Journal of Latin American Geography 6(1): 149-171.

Skop, Emily. 2006. The Shape of Urban Inequality. Urban Geography 27(5):

393-396.

Skop, Emily, Paul A. Peters, Ernesto Amaral, Joseph Potter and Wilson Fusco.

2006. Chain Migration and Residential Segregation of Internal Migrants in the

Metropolitan Area of São Paulo, Brazil. Urban Geography 27(5): 397-421.

Skop, Emily. 2006. Mapping Race and Ethnicity: The Influence of James A.

Allen. Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 68: 94-104.

Skop, Emily. 2006. The Methodological Potential of Focus Groups in

Population Geography. Population, Space, and Place 12(2): 113-124.

Skop, Emily, Brian Gratton, and Myron Gutmann. 2006. La Frontera and

Beyond: Geography and Demography in Mexican American History. The

Professional Geographer 58(1): 78-98.

Skop, Emily and Wei Li. 2005. Asians in America's Suburbs: Patterns and

Consequences of Settlement. Geographical Review 95(2): 167-188.

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Refereed Journal Articles continued

Skop, Emily. 2001. Race and Place in the Adaptation of Mariel Exiles.

International Migration Review 35(2): 449-471.

Skop, Emily and Cecilia Menjívar. 2001. Phoenix: The Newest Latino Immigrant

Gateway. Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 63: 63-

76.

McHugh, Kevin, Ines Miyares, and Emily Skop. 1997. The Magnetism of Miami:

Segmented Paths in Cuban Migration. Geographical Review 87(4): 504-519.

Refereed Book Chapters in Edited Volumes

Greg Chase, Emily Skop, and E. Eric Boschmann. 2020. Obtaining and

Retaining Hispanic Migrant Labor in the Sugar Beet Landscapes of Colorado.

Book chapter in The Rocky Mountain West: A Compendium of Geographic

Perspectives, edited by Michael Keables. AAG (online). Available from:

http:/www.aag.org/galleries/conference-files/The_Rocky_Mountain_West.pdf

Skop, Emily. 2019. Geography and Migration. Book chapter in Sage

Handbook on International Migration, edited by Christine Inglis, Binod

Khadria, and Wei Li. New York: Sage, 108-123.

Skop, Emily, Wei Li, and Adriana Morken. 2017. Migration. Oxford

Bibliographies in Geography, second edition, edited by Barney Warf. New

York: Oxford University Press (online).

Skop, Emily. 2016. The sociospatial politics of Asian Indian organizations: The

Case of Phoenix, Arizona. Book Chapter in Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a

Changing America, 3rd edition, edited by John Frazier, Norah F. Henry, and

Eugene L. Tettey-Fio. New York: Academic Publishing, 133-153.

Li, Wei, Emily Skop and Wan Yu. 2016. Enclaves, Ethnoburbs, and New

Patterns of Settlement among Asian Immigrants. Book Chapter in

Contemporary Asian America: A Multidisciplinary Reader, Third Edition,

edited by Min Zhou and James V. Gatewood. New York: New York University

Press, 193-213.

Skop, Emily. 2015. Asian Indians and the Construction of Community and

Identity. Book Chapter in Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America,

Second Edition, edited by Christopher A. Airriess. Lanham, MD: Roman and

Littlefield, 325-345.

Skop, Emily. 2014. Understanding Ethnicity and Inequality through Fieldtrip

Projects. Book Chapter in Teaching Ethnic Geography in the 21st Century,

edited by Lawrence E. Estaville, Edris J. Montalvo, and Fenda A. Akiwumi.

Washington, D.C.: National Council for Geographic Education, 94-100.

Skop, Emily. 2013. Thirdspace as Transnational Space. Book Chapter in Indian

Transnationalism Online: Ethnographic Explorations edited by Hans de Kruijf

and Ajaya Sahoo. Ashgate Publishing, 81-102.

Li, Wei and Emily Skop. 2012. Migration. Oxford Bibliographies in Geography,

edited by Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press (online).

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Refereed Book Chapters in Edited Volumes continued

Skop, Emily and Claire E. Altman. 2012. The Invisible Immigrants: Asian Indian

Settlement Patterns and Racial/Ethnic Identities. Book Chapter in Race,

Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America, 2nd edition, edited by John

Frazier, Eugene Tettey-Fio, and Norah Henry. New York: Academic Publishing,

329-338.

Murdie, Robert and Emily Skop. 2012. Immigration and Urban-Suburban

Settlements. Book Chapter in Immigrant Geographies of North American

Cities, edited by Carlos Teixeira, Wei Li, and Audrey Kobayashi. Don Mills, ON:

Oxford University Press Canada, 48-68.

Skop, Emily and Wei Li. 2011. Urban Patterns and Ethnic Diversity. Book

Chapter in 21st Century Geography, A Reference Handbook, edited by

Joseph P. Stoltman. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 314-324.

Skop, Emily. 2009. Austin: A City Divided. Book Chapter in The African

Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st century,

edited by John Frazier, Joe T. Darden and Norah F. Henry. New York:

Academic Publishing, 109-122.

Skop, Emily and Sarah Zell. 2008. São Paulo: Historic Immigrant Gateway to

Contemporary Emigrant Outpost. Book Chapter in Migrants to the Metropolis:

The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities, edited by Marie Price and Lisa Benton-

Short. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 345-368.

Skop, Emily. 2008. The Policy of Open Arms? U.S. Refugee Policy and Cubans

in Phoenix. Book Chapter in Immigrants Outside Megalopolis: Ethnic

Transformation in the Heartland, edited by Richard Jones. Lanham, MD:

Lexington Books, 43-63.

Skop, Emily and Tara Buentello. 2008. Austin: Immigration and Transformation

Deep in the Heart of Texas. Book Chapter in Twenty-First Century Gateways,

edited by Audrey Singer, Caroline Brettell, and Susan Hardwick. Washington,

D.C.: The Brookings Institute, 255-278.

Li, Wei and Emily Skop. 2007. Enclaves, Ethnoburbs, and New Patterns of

Settlement among Asian Immigrants. Book Chapter in Contemporary Asian

America: A Multidisciplinary Reader, Second Edition, edited by Min Zhou and

James V. Gatewood. New York: New York University Press, 222-239.

Skop, Emily, Brian Gratton and Myron Gutmann. 2007. Latinos/as (in) on the

Border. Book Chapter in Latino/a Sourcebook, edited by Havidán Rodríguez,

Rogelio Saenz, and Cecilia Menjivar. New York: Springer, 243-262.

Skop, Emily. 2006. Asian Indians and the Construction of Community and

Identity. Book Chapter in Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America, 2nd

edition, edited by Ines M. Miyares and Christopher A. Airriess. Lanham, MD:

Roman and Littlefield, 271-290.

Skop, Emily and Claire E. Altman. 2006. The Invisible Immigrants: Asian Indian

Settlement Patterns and Racial/Ethnic Identities. Book Chapter in Race,

Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America, edited by John W. Frazier and

Eugene Tettey-Fio. New York: Academic Publishing, 309-316.

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Refereed Book Chapters in Edited Volumes continued

Skop, Emily and Wei Li. 2003. From the Ghetto to the Invisiburb: Shifting

Patterns of Immigrant Settlement in Contemporary America. Book Chapter in

Multicultural Geographies: Persistence and Change in U. S. Racial/Ethnic

Patterns, edited by John W. Frazier and Florence Margai. New York:

Academic Publishing, 113-124.

Encyclopedia Contributions

Skop, Emily and Wei Li. 2017. Ethnicity. The Wiley-AAG International

Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and

Technology, edited by Douglas Richards et al. New York: Wiley International.

Skop, Emily and Wei Li. 2010. Ethnicity. Encyclopedia of Geography, edited

by Barney Warf. New York: Sage Publications.

Li, Wei and Emily Skop. 2009. Ethnicity. International Encyclopedia of Human

Geography, edited by Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift. New York: Elsevier.

Skop, Emily. 2008. Population and Demography: Overview. Encyclopedia of

the Modern World, edited by Peter N. Stearns. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Zell, Sarah and Emily Skop. 2008. South Americans in the United States.

Encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and society, edited by Richard T Schaefer.

Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications

Skop, Emily. 2007. Race. Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, edited by

Paul Robbins. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Skop, Emily. 2007. Urbanization. Encyclopedia of Environment and Society,

edited by Paul Robbins. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Book Reviews

Skop, Emily, Pablo Bose, Jason Hackworth & David H. Kaplan. 2019. Book

Review Forum: Navigating Ethnicity. Book review written for: American

Association of Geographers Review of Books 7(1): 68-76.

Skop, Emily. 2018. Voices from Mariel: Oral Histories of the 1980s Cuban

Boatlift. Book review written for: Florida Historical Quarterly 96 (4).

Skop, Emily. 2015. Rows of Memory: Journeys of a Migrant Sugar-Beet Worker.

Book review written for: Southwestern Historical Quarterly 118(4): 443-445.

Skop, Emily. 2012. India Migration Report 2010-2011. Book review written for:

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 21(4): 536-537.

Skop, Emily. 2012. Contemporary Migration to South Africa, edited by Aurelia

Segatti and Loren B. Landau. Book review written for Journal of Regional

Science 52(3): 517-519.

Skop, Emily. 2008. From Urban Enclave to Ethnic Suburb: New Asian

Communities in Pacific Rim Countries, edited by Wei Li. Book review written

for Professional Geographer 60(1): 152-154.

Skop, Emily and Solange Munoz. 2007. Inside the Mosaic edited by Eric Fong.

Book review written for Journal of Regional Science 47(3):648-650.

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Book Reviews Continued

Skop, Emily. 2006. Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places edited by Daniel D. Arreola.

Book Review written for: Annals of the Association of American Geographers,

96(1) 222-224.

Skop, Emily. 2004. Immigrants and the American Dream: Remaking the

Middle Class by William A.V Clark. Book Review written for: Population, Place,

and Space 10(6): 496-498.

Skop, Emily. 2002. Legacies: Children of Immigrants in America by Alejandro

Portes and Ruben Rumbaut. Book review written for: Annals of the Association

of American Geographers 92(3): 327.

Other Publications

Skop, Emily. 2018. Dossier for the American Association of Geographers

Master’s Granting Program Excellence Award.

https://www.uccs.edu/geography/future_students/department_highlights

Skop, Emily. 2018. Facilitator Guide: Environmental Justice in the US. UCCS Just

Talk/Citizens Project Film Series.

Skop, Emily. 2018. Facilitator Guide: Affordable Housing in the US. UCCS Just

Talk/Citizens Project Film Series.

Skop, Emily. 2018: Facilitator Guide: Undocumented Migration in the US. UCCS

Just Talk/Citizens Project Film Series.

Skop, Emily. 2015. The Biggest Reason Why the Southwest Keeps Expanding?

Rising Immigration. http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/05/30/here-are-

the-biggest-reasons-why-the-southwest-keeps-expanding/ideas/up-for-

discussion/

Skop, Emily. 2012. The Complexity of the Situation. NSF and AAG

Geographies of Broadening Participation Working Paper Series.

http://www.aag.org/cs/gbp/catalyzingpapers

Skop, Emily, Tara Buentello, Alisha Cloud, Michael Davis and Naya Jones.

2006. Ghettos, Enclaves, and Citadels in Austin: A Fieldtrip Guide. Austin, TX.

Peters, Paul and Emily Skop. 2005. The Geography of Poverty and

Segregation in Metropolitan Lima, Peru. Austin, TX: PRC Working Paper Series,

No. 04-05-13. http://www.prc.utexas.edu/working_papers/wp_pdf/04-05-

13.pdf

Boswell, Thomas and Emily Skop. 1995. Hispanic National Groups in

Metropolitan Miami. Miami: Cuban American National Council.

Media Coverage

Las students and faculty take part in undergraduate research academy

https://lasnews.uccs.edu/?p=734

Skop and Gibbes to tell stories of refugees planting new roots in U.S.

https://communique.uccs.edu/?p=119520

UCCS researchers highlight changed perceptions of refugees over past 100

years https://communique.uccs.edu/?p=118309

https://www.uccs.edu/geography/future_students/department_highlights

https://lasnews.uccs.edu/?p=734



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Media Coverage continued

Beyond Borders: Geographers link formation of international laws to refugee

crisis. https://eberly.wvu.edu/news-events/eberly-news/2019/11/04/beyond-

borders?mc_cid=6b33d22fe9&mc_eid=7c1fbcd9d0

Six faculty, staff selected for 2019-20 cohort of CU’s Excellence in Leadership

Program - https://communique.uccs.edu/?p=114872

Refugees Resettled in Small Cities and Suburbs Face Transportation

Challenges – www.globalcitizenspress.com

http://www.globalcitizenspress.com/migration/refugees-resettled-in-small-

cities-and-suburbs-face-transportation-challenges/

Ryan Ballard, UCCS Graduate School @uccsgradschool's Post on Instagram

https://www.mystypic.com/p/1921950708300819151_2087466410

WORK UNDER

REVIEW

Refereed Articles

Skop, Emily and Cerian Gibbes. Under Review. Tentative Roots and Uncertain

Times: Stories of Displacement/Emplacement in the Context of a Pandemic.

Submitted to: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Special

Issue on Displacements.

Hunter, Lori et al. Under Review. Climate Change and Human Displacement:

Futures for Human Health. Submitted to: Population and Environment.

IN PREPARATION

Refereed Journal Articles

Skop, Emily. In preparation. Refugee Studies and My End of Neutrality. To be

submitted to: Professional Geographer.

Skop, Emily and Stephen Suh. In preparation. Ethnicity and Transnationalism.

Chapter in A Companion to the North American Landscape, edited by Chris

Post, Geoff Buckley and Alyson Grenier. To be submitted to: Routledge Press.

Cook, Justin and Skop, Emily. In preparation. Effects of the Great Recession on

Fertility in the 30 Most Populous US Cities. To be submitted to: Population,

Space, and Place.

Cassiday, Arielle and Skop, Emily. In preparation. The Lima Kaleidoscope:

Intersection of Water as a Global Crisis, Urban Problem, And

Daily Experience. To be submitted to: Population and Environment.

Handsome, Amarra and Skop, Emily. In preparation. On the Move: The

Residential Mobility of Single, Never-Married Women with College Degrees in

Colorado Springs, Colorado. To be submitted to: Gender, Place, and Culture.

Books in preparation

Skop, Emily. In preparation. The Geography of Migration. To be submitted to:

Rowman & Littlefiled.

Skop, Emily. In preparation. Global Refugee. To be submitted to: Routledge

Press.


http://www.globalcitizenspress.com/migration/refugees-resettled-in-small-cities-and-suburbs-face-transportation-challenges/

http://www.globalcitizenspress.com/migration/refugees-resettled-in-small-cities-and-suburbs-face-transportation-challenges/

https://www.mystypic.com/p/1921950708300819151_2087466410

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EXTERNAL GRANTS

LOI: Project CREST: Changing Research Experiences, Structures, and

(in)Tolerance through the Adaptation of Promising Equity Practices. NSF

ADVANCE Adaptation Grant Limited Submission Program (co-PI with Jessi

Smith, Elizabeth Daniels, Sylvia Mendez, Heather Song, and Tom Christensen

(under review)

LOI: Planting New Roots in Urban Gardens: The Socio-Economic Mobility of

Refugee Youth in the U.S. William T. Grant Foundation (co-PI with Cerian

Gibbes) (under review)

Placemaking in urban refugee farms. National Geographic Explorer Grant,

NGS-65170R-19 with Cerian Gibbes, $45,400.

LOI: Placemaking and Place-based Politics in Refugees. Russell Sage

Foundation (co-PI with Cerian Gibbes) (unfunded).

Socio-ecological conditions in urban refugee systems (SECURS). Dynamics of

Coupled Natural and Human Systems, National Science Foundation (co-PI,

with Cerian Gibbes, Emily Mooney, and Kristin Samuelson) (unfunded).

Just Talk: Understanding Political Polarization in Colorado Springs. Community

Conversations Grant Program, National Endowment for the Humanities

(unfunded) (co-PI, with co-PIs Martin Garnar and Jeffrey Scholes)

The Demographics of Mega-Cities: Tokyo Japan. 2017 Generation Study

Abroad Access Grant. Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE),

$20,000 (unfunded) (PI)

Deed Restrictions and Restrictive Covenants in Austin Texas: The Role of

Developers and Advertisers. The Gerald E. and Corinne L. Parsons Fund

Research Award, American Folklife Center, U.S. Library of Congress, Spring

2013, $1710 (unfunded) (PI)

Highly Skilled Indian and Chinese Migration. MacArthur Foundation, Spring

2010, $300,000 (unfunded) (sub-contractor)

Highly-skilled Chinese and Indian Migration across the Atlantic and the Pacific

(HICMAP), Foundation for Population, Migration and Environment, International

Metropolis Project, Spring 2008, $100,000 (unfunded) (Co-PI)

Global Competition for Highly-skilled Immigrants: Asians in the United States.

Institute for Social Science Research, Arizona State University, Spring 2008,

$19,908 (unfunded) (sub-contractor)

Working the Night Shift. Dissertation Support Grant, National Science

Foundation, Department of Geography, UT-Austin, May 2007-October 2008,

$11,759 (funded) (Faculty Sponsor for Reena Patel).

The Workforce & Beyond: Highly-Skilled Asian Americans as Agents of Change.

Human & Social Dynamics Program, Spring 2006, $149,996 (unfunded) (co-PI).

Achieving the American Dream: The Asian American Workforce in High-Tech

Industry and Micro-Business. U.S. Department of Labor, Fall 2005, $1,730,949

(unfunded) (Co-PI)

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EXTERNAL GRANTS

Continued

The Changing Face of America’s Suburbs. Geography and Regional Science

Program, National Science Foundation, Fall 2005, $149,960 (unfunded) (Co-PI).

Collaborative Research: The Rise of New “Creative” Immigrants and the

Transformation of America’s Suburbs. Geography and Regional Science

Program, National Science Foundation, Fall 2003, $149,960 (unfunded) (Co-PI)

Urbanization and Migration in Latin America. Center for the Study of

Urbanization and Internal Migration in Developing Countries, Andrew W.

Mellon Foundation, Population Research Center, UT-Austin, Fall 2002-Spring

2005, $25,000 (funded) (sub-contractor).

INTERNAL GRANTS

GLINT Seed Grant, UCCS Global Intercultural Research Center. Spring 2020,

$4000 (funded).

Undergraduate Research Academy Fellow, UCCS Undergraduate Research

Academy, Summer 2020, $3500 (funded).

Committee on Research and Creative Works Program. UCCS Office of the Vice

Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Spring 2020, $7500 (unfunded)

GLINT Seed Grant, UCCS Global Intercultural Research Center. Spring 2019,

$3000 (unfunded).

Professional Development Grant. UCCS Faculty Women’s Assembly

Committee. Spring 2019, $400 (funded).

Professional Development Grant. UCCS Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative, Spring

2019, $450 (funded).

Professional Development Grant. UCCS Faculty Minority Affairs Committee, Fall

2018, $250 (funded).

Compass Curriculum Co-Curricular Event Grant. Provosts Office, November

2017, $700 (funded).

Summer 2017 Graduate Student Research Funding, LAS Dean's Office, Summer

2017, $1600 (funded).

Teaching Circle Fellow Award. UCCS Writing Center, Spring 2017, $400

(funded)

Summer 2016 Student Research Funding, LAS Dean's Office, Summer 2016,

$1200 (unfunded).

Student-Faculty Research Award, UCCS LAS Student Faculty Research Award

Committee, Fall 2015, $4000 (funded).

Summer 2015 Student Research Funding, LAS Dean's Office, Summer 2015,

$1200 (unfunded).

Undergraduate Research Academy Fellow, UCCS Undergraduate Research

Academy, Spring 2015, $6000 (unfunded).

Student-Faculty Research Award, UCCS LAS Student Faculty Research Award

Committee, Fall 2014, $4000 (funded).

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INTERNAL GRANTS

Continued

Curriculum Development Grant. UCCS Faculty Minority Affairs Committee, Fall

2014, $250 (funded)

Integrating Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Fellow Award. UCCS Writing

Center, Summer 2014, $500 (funded)

Curriculum Development Grant Program. UCCS Center for the Study of

Government and the Individual, Spring 2013, $800 (funded)

Committee on Research and Creative Works Program. UCCS Office of the Vice

Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Spring 2013, $4661 (unfunded)

Curriculum Development Grant Program. Gerontology Center. The University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, Spring 2010, $500 (funded)

Research Internship Program. Office of Graduate Studies. The University of

Texas at Austin, Fall 2007-Spring 2008, $18,000 (funded)

Research Internship Program. Office of Graduate Studies. The University of

Texas at Austin, Fall 2006-Spring 2007, $17,000 (funded)

The Rise of the Immigrant Middle Class and the Transformation of America’s

Suburbs. Office of Graduate Studies. The University of Texas at Austin, Summer

2005, $12,000 (funded)

The Rise of the Creative Immigrant Class: The Transformation of America’s

Suburbs. NICHD Grant for Professional Development. Population Research

Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2003, $3,000 (funded)

Building Multiethnic Communities: Integrating Asian Americans to Metropolitan

Phoenix. Office of the Vice Provost of Research, Arizona State University, Spring

2005, $32,365 (co-PI) (funded)

New Latino Immigrants to Phoenix: Their Experiences and Prospects. Graduate

Scholars Special Grants Program, Center for Urban Inquiry. Arizona State

University, Summer 1999, $6993 (co-PI) (funded)

INVITED

PRESENTATIONS

National and International

Contemporary Refugee Dynamics and the Technological Fix, Invited Speaker,

AGS Geography 2050 Symposium, Columbia University, January 2020.

When Neutrality Ends. Colloquium, Department of Geography, University of

Nevada, Reno, October 2019.

The Line of Neutrality in Refugee Studies. Invited Speaker (Jennifer Kling,

presenter). NORA Conference 2019: Border Regimes, Territorial Discourses and

Feminist Politics. University of Iceland. May 2019.

The End of My Neutrality. Invited Speaker. Global Intercultural Research

Center. University of Colorado Colorado Springs, March 2019.

Advancing Women in Geography. Invited Speaker. Race, Ethnicity, and Place

Early Career Scholars NSF-Sponsored Workshop. University of Texas at Austin,

Austin, Texas, October 2018.

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National and International continued

When the Promotion and Tenure Review Process is Equitable. Invited Speaker.

Race, Ethnicity, and Place Early Career Scholars NSF-Sponsored Workshop.

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2018.

Out of the Shadows: Supporting and Learning from Undocumented Students.

Invited Speaker. Knapsack Institute. University of Colorado Colorado Springs,

June 2018.

Ethnic Geography Group Honors Dr. Emily Skop with Distinguished Scholars

Award: Building Compassion, Bridging Cultures. Plenary Speaker. American

Association of Geographers, New Orleans. April 2018.

Using an Intersectional Framework to Teach Race and Ethnicity. Invited

Speaker. Workshop of Race, Ethnicity and Place Pedagogies. University of

Puerto Rico (moved to Kent State University, November 2017.

Colorado Springs: Salad Bowl or Melting Pot? Invited Speaker. AAUW of

Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, CO. November 2017.

UCCS and the RMRDC. Invited Speaker, Institute of Behavioral Sciences,

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO. October 2017.

Long-Term Integration of Refugees. Invited Speaker. Workshop on Migration,

Climate and Health: With a focus on refugees. Institute of Behavioral Sciences,

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, May 2017.

UCCS and the RMRDC. Invited Speaker, Institute of Behavioral Sciences,


The Socioecological Paradox of Shrinking Cities. Colloquium, Gerontology

Center, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO. April 2016.

The Sugar Beet Landscapes of Colorado. Colloquium, Population Center,


Indian Immigrant Identities and the Internet. Colloquium, Department of

Geography, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. March 2015.

Austin: The Emerging Immigrant Gateway. Colloquium, Department of

Geography, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. April 2013.

Migration: An Introduction. Invited Speaker, Immigration and Migration: A

Comparison & Contrast of US & EU Concerns, Colorado Council for Economic

Education, Denver, CO. June 2012.

Conceptualizing Scale in Broadening Participation. Invited Speaker, Catalyzing

Research on the Geographies of Broadening Participation Retreat, Temple

University, Philadelphia, PA. March 2012.

Austin: City of Ideas, Immigrants, and InTolerance. Colloquium, Department of

Geography, SUNY-Binghamton, Binghamton, NY. May 2011.

Austin: City of Tolerance, Ideas, and Immigrants? Colloquium, Department of

Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO. April 2011.

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Qualitative Research Methods. Invited Speaker, US Air Force Academy,

Colorado Springs, CO. October 2009.

Globalization: An Introduction. Invited Speaker, Denver Public Schools Teacher

Institute, Denver, CO. March 2009.

Chinese and Indians: Diasporas Compared. Invited Speaker, 20th Conference

of the International Association of Historians of Asia, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi, India (Wei Li, Presenter). November 2008.

The Junior Faculty Perspective. Invited Speaker, University of Colorado

President’s Teaching Scholars Program Retreat, Estes Park, Colorado.

November 2007.

Urbanization and the Urbanized: Views from Latin America. Invited Speaker,

Seventh Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality, Institute for Migration Research

and Intercultural Studies, University of Osnabrück, Germany. October 2007.

Austin City Limited. Colloquium, Department of Geography, University of

Colorado Colorado Springs. January 2007.

Austin City Divided. Colloquium, Department of Geography, University of South

Carolina. January 2007.

Austin as an Idea City: Impact on Housing Issues for Immigrant Residents.

Invited Speaker, Suburban Immigrant Gateways Workshop, Brookings Institute,

Washington, D.C. June 2006.

São Paulo: Historic Immigrant Gateway to Contemporary Emigrant Outpost.

Invited Speaker, Global Cities as Immigrant Gateways Workshop, George

Washington University. January 2006.

Urban Governance and Intra-Urban Population Differentials in Lima, Peru.

Invited Speaker. Workshop on Spatial Differentiation and Governance in the

Americas, Austin, Texas (Paul Peters, presenter). November 2005.

The Rise of Indian Immigration to the United States. Colloquium, Marisco Visiting

Scholar Lecture, Department of Geography, University of Denver. May 2005.

Invisibility in Immigrant Landscapes. Colloquium, Department of Geography,

Texas A & M University (Wei Li, Collaborator). October 2004.

Immigrants in the Suburbs. Colloquium, Department of Geography, Kent State

University (Wei Li, Presenter). January 2004.

The Rise of the Creative Immigrant Class. Colloquium, Department of

Geography, University of Arizona. (Wei Li, Presenter). November 2003.

Understanding Invisibility in Urban Ethnic Landscapes. Colloquium, Department

of Geography, Miami University. October 2003.

Building MultiEthnic Communities: Integrating Asian Americans to America's

Suburbs. Invited Speaker, Immigration and Metropolitan Transformation in the

United States, Athens, Georgia (Wei Li, Presenter). April 2002.

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The Global Refugee Crisis, Organizer and Panelist, Just Talk Series. UCCS.

February 2020.

#UrbanCOS – Future Demographics, Invited Speaker, UCCS Downtown.

November 2019.

Melting Pot or Salad Bowl? Invited Speaker, Curiosity Unlimited Series.

Sponsored by the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. April 2019.

International Migration Dynamics, Invited Speaker, America Divided Film Series.

Co-sponsored by Citizens Project and University of Colorado Colorado Springs,

February 2018.

Refugees in Global Context, Invited Speaker, Film Series. Co-sponsored by

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains and University of Colorado

Colorado Springs, November 2017.

Refugee Integration in Colorado Springs, Invited Speaker, Building

Compassion/Bridging Community Panel, Co-sponsored by Lutheran Family

Services Rocky Mountains and University of Colorado Colorado Springs, April

2017.

Don't Come. Invited Speaker, Campus Winter Appreciation Promo. University

of Colorado Colorado Springs, February 2017.

Refugees 101. Invited Speaker, Islamophobia Faculty Panel, University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, September 2016.

Internationalization Efforts at UCCS. Invited Speaker, Chancellor's Forum,

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, March 2016.

Qualitative Research Methods. Guest Lecture, University of Colorado Colorado

Springs. February 2016.

Qualitative Research Methods. Guest Lecture, University of Colorado Colorado

Springs. February 2013.

Learning Communities as High Impact Practice. Invited Speaker, General

Education Task Force, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. February 2012.

The Hipster Invasion of Austin, Texas. Invited Speaker, Galleries of

Contemporary Art, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, November 2011.

Tenure Nuts and Bolts Workshop. Invited Speaker, Office of the Provost,

University of Colorado Colorado Springs. October 2011.

India: An Introduction. Guest Lecture, Department of Geography and

Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. April 2009.

Sam Quinones Radio Interview. Guest Host, UCCS Internet Radio, University of

Colorado Colorado Springs. April 2009.

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University of Colorado Colorado Springs continued

Learning Communities: Definitions and Pedagogy. Guest Lecture, Learning

Communities Workshop, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. February

2009.


Environmental Studies, UCCS. November 2008.

Studies in Geography. Invited Speaker, UCCS Internet Radio, University of

Colorado Colorado Springs. October 2008.


Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. April 2008.

Advice for Graduate School. Invited Speaker, Department of Geography and

Environmental Studies, UCCS. November 2007.

Local Community

The End of Multiculturalism? Invited Speaker, First Congregational Church,

Colorado Springs, Colorado. January 2019.

Immigration 101. Invited Speaker, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Colorado

Springs, Colorado. December 2018.

National Geographic’s Giant Map of Colorado. Invited Speaker, Broadmoor

Elementary School. April 2018.

The University of Texas at Austin

Immigration: Beyond Passion and Rhetoric. Invited Speaker, Barbara Jordan

Forum, LBJ School for Public Policy, The University of Texas at Austin. April 2007.

Immigrants and the Politics of Belonging. Guest Lecture, Bridging Disciplines

Program, The University of Texas at Austin. March 2006.

Immigrant Integration Post-9/11. Invited Speaker, Conference on Immigration

Policy after 9/11: U.S. and European Perspectives, The University of Texas at

Austin. February 2006.

The Politics of Mobility in Katrina’s Aftermath: Evacuation, Intersticios, and

Return. Invited Speaker, Faculty/Student Panel, Department of Geography,

The University of Texas at Austin. October 2005.

Urban Space: The Shape of Inequality. Invited Speaker. ILASSA XXV Student

Conference on Latin America, The University of Texas at Austin. February 2005.

Migration: An Introduction. Guest Lecture, Department of Sociology, The

University of Texas at Austin. February 2005.

Immigrant and Refugee Adaptation. Invited Speaker, Anthropological

Association, The University of Texas at Austin. October 2004.

The Rise of the Creative Immigrant Class and the Transformation of America’s

Suburbs. Colloquium, Population Research Center, The University of Texas at

Austin (Wei Li, Collaborator). April 2004.

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Arizona State University

New Latino Immigrants to Phoenix. Invited Speaker, Graduate Scholars Grants

Colloquium, Center for Urban Inquiry, Arizona State University. February 2000.

PROFESSIONAL

PRESENTATIONS


Heather Smith Distinguished Scholar Plenary – Comments. Annual Meeting of

the Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO. April 2020 (cancelled

do to global health crisis).

Qingfang Wang Distinguished Scholar Plenary – Comments. Annual Meeting of



Caroline Faria Early Career Scholary Plenary – Comments. Annual Meeting of



Refugee Studies in the Current Moment. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, Denver, CO. April 2020 (cancelled do to global

health crisis).

Considering Refugees through 100 Years of Geographical Review. Annual

Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC. April

2019.

History and Future Directions of the AAG Enhancing Diversity Committee.

Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington,

DC. April 2019.

High-Impact Educational Practices through Experiential Learning. Mountain

Lion Teaching Day, Colorado Springs, Colorado. January 2019.

The End of Neutrality. Race, Ethnicity, and Place: A Conference Sponsored by

the Association of American Geographers, Austin, Texas. October 2018.

New Thoughts on the Intersectionality Framework for Teaching Race and

Ethnicity. Race, Ethnicity, and Place: A Conference Sponsored by the

Association of American Geographers, Austin, Texas. October 2018.

Author Meets Critics: David H. Kaplan "Navigating Ethnicity: Segregation,

Placemaking, and Difference". Annual Meeting of the Association of American

Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana. April 2018.

The Silverton Field Experience: a model geography course for achieving high-

impact educational practices (HEPs) (Brandon Vogt, co-presenter). Annual

Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana.

April 2018.

Refugees and Immigrants in the City II – Invited Discussant. Annual Meeting of

the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana. April 2018.

Population Specialty Group's Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of Dr.

Kavita Pandit - Invited Comments. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana. April 2018.

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The Stakeholder Approach: Refugees and the Internationalization of Higher

Education at UCCS. The Fourth Annual Internationalization Summit: Refugees,

Migration and the Internationalization of Higher Education, Denver, Colorado.

April 2017.

Buses vs. Sponsors vs. Cars: How public transportation policy, refugee

resettlement agency dynamics, and individual social networks interact in

refugee resettlement (Adriana Morken, co-presenter). Applied Geography

Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky. October 2016.

The Sugar Beet Landscapes of Colorado. Annual Meeting of the Great Plains

Rocky Mountain Region, Colorado Springs, Colorado. October 2016.

Scholarship, Mentorship, Legacy – Celebrating the Enduring Impact of Susan

Hardwick's Life and Work. Race, Ethnicity, and Place: A Conference Sponsored

by the Association of American Geographers, Kent, Ohio. September 2016.

Sugar Beet Agriculture and Mexican Migration to Colorado: 1920-1940. Race,

Ethnicity, and Place: A Conference Sponsored by the Association of American

Geographers, Kent, Ohio. September 2016.

Socioecological Paradox of Shrinking Cities – Poster (with Mae Rohrbach).

Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum (CSURF). April 2016.

Thirdspace as Transnational Space. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois. April 2015.

Geographies of Internationalization: Higher Education Encountering the Global

– Comments. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,

Chicago, Illinois. April 2015.

Key Issues in the Immigrant Integration Debate – Comments. Annual Meeting

of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois. April 2015.

Social Spatial Inequalities of the Transportation System in Colorado Springs,

Colorado – Poster (with Loretta Payne). Colorado Springs Undergraduate

Research Forum (CSURF). Colorado Springs, Colorado. April 2015.

Understanding Ethnicity and Inequality Through Fieldtrip Projects. Race,


Geographers, Ft. Worth, Texas. October 2014.

Thomas Boswell Plenary – Comments. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, Tampa, Florida. April 2014.

Highly Skilled International Migration – Comments. Annual Meeting of the

Association of American Geographers, Tampa, Florida. April 2014.

“Beyond the Ivory Tower” Comments. Sponsored by the Association of

American Geographers. Applied Geography Conference and the Middle

Atlantic Division of the AAG Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland. November 2013.

James Allen Plenary – Comments. Sponsored by Population and Ethnic

Geography Specialty Groups. Annual Meeting of the Association of American

Geographers, Los Angeles, California. April 2013.

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The Ambiguity of Brownness? Public Discourse and Discordant Reactions to

Racial Categorization. Race, Ethnicity, and Place: A Conference Sponsored by

the Association of American Geographers, San Juan, PR. October 2012.

Immigration and Urban-Suburban Settlement Patterns. Annual Meeting of the

Association of American Geographers, Seattle, Washington. April 2011.

Immigrants, Diaspora, and Transnationalism - Comments. Annual Meeting of

the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, Washington. April 2011.

Keeping Things Weird? The Fallacies of Tolerance in Austin, Texas. Race,


Geographers, Binghamton, NY. October 2010.

Ethnic Geography. Annual Meeting of the Association of American

Geographers. Washington, D.C. April 2010.

Creating Fieldtrip-based Learning Communities. Annual Meeting of the

Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada. March 2009.

Laura Pulido Plenary – Introductory Comments. Sponsored by Population and

Ethnic Geography Specialty Groups. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada. March 2009.

The Role of Protests, Rallies and Raids in Identifying New Latino Settlements.

Race, Ethnicity, and Place: A Conference Sponsored by the Association of

American Geographers, Miami, Florida. November 2008.

São Paulo: Historic Immigrant Gateway to Contemporary Emigrant Outpost.

Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco,

California. April 2007.

Contemporary North American Ethnic Geography: Multiple Approaches to

Asian Migration – Panel Comments. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, San Francisco, California. April 2007.

Immigrants and Transnational Experiences in World Cities – Panel Comments.

Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco,

California. April 2007.

Austin City Divided. Race, Ethnicity, and Place: A Conference Sponsored by

the Association of American Geographers, San Marcos, Texas. November

2006.

Women on the Edge – Panel Comments. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois. March 2006.

The Methodological Potential of Focus Groups in Understanding Racialization

Processes. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,

Chicago, Illinois. March 2006.

Internet Use and Attitudes toward Cultural Preservation among Asian Indians in

the US. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,

Chicago, Illinois. (Paul Adams, presenter). March 2006.

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“Mapping” Race/Ethnicity: The Influence of James Allen. Association of

Pacific Coast Geographers, Phoenix, Arizona. October 2005.

Asian Immigrant Businesses in America’s Suburbs. 10thInternational Metropolis

Conference, Toronto, Ontario. October 2005.

Chain Migration and Residential Segregation in the Mesoregion of São Paulo,

Brazil. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver,

Colorado. April 2005.

Ethics in Ethnic Geography – Panel Comments. Annual Meeting of the

Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado. April 2005.

Women on the Edge – Panel Comments. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, Denver, Colorado. April 2005.

Instituting a Field Exam for International Field Research – Panel Comments.

Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver,

Colorado. April 2005.

Multi-Level and Multi-Group Spatial Segregation in Latin American Mega-

Cities: an analysis of Lima, Peru. Population Association of America,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Paul Peters, Presenter). April 2005.

The Space of Focus Groups in Migration Research. 4th Conferencia

Internacional de Geografía Critica, Mexico City, Mexico. January 2005.

Collectivity, Cooperation, and Conflict in America's Multiethnic Suburbs: Focus

Groups as a Tool in Social Science Research. Race, Ethnicity, and Place:

Conference Sponsored by the Association of American Geographers,

Washington, D.C. September 2004.

Internal Migration and Settlement in São Paulo. Annual Meeting of the

Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais (ABEP), Caxambú, Minas

Gerais, Brazil (Joseph Potter, Presenter). September 2004.

Internal Migration and Settlement in São Paulo. Conference of Texas

Brazilianists, Austin, Texas (Paul Peters, Presenter). April 2004.

Chain Migration and Residential Segregation in São Paulo. Population

Association of America, Boston, Massachusetts. April 2004.

Global Connections and Transnational Ties: The Role of New “Creative”

Immigrants. Association for Asian American Studies, Boston, Massachusetts

(Wei Li, Presenter). March 2004.

PSG Session in Honor of the AAG Centennial: Behind the Curve? Placing Theory

in Population Geography. Annual Meeting of the Association of American

Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 2004.

Building Multiethnic Communities: Integrating Asian Immigrants to America's

Suburbs. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 2004.

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Immigrants Outside Megalopolis: Urban Settings. Annual Meeting of the

Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March

2004.

“Doing” Ethnic Geographies: Theory, Method, and Practice. Annual Meeting

of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana. March

2003.

Old-to-new Colorado License Plates: A Barometer for Cultural Geographers.

Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans,

Louisiana (Brandon Vogt, Presenter). March 2003.

Ethnic Identity and Community: Patterns and Change. Annual Meeting of the

Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana. March 2003.

From the Ghetto to the Invisoburb: Shifting Patterns of Immigrant Settlement in

Contemporary America. Race, Ethnicity, and Place, Binghampton, New York.

October 2002.

The Socio-Spatial (re)Construction of “Indian-ness” in Phoenix. Annual Meeting

of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles. March 2002.

Settling in the Suburbs: Asian Indian Immigrants in Phoenix. Annual Meeting of

the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Santa Barbara, California.

September 2001.

Immigrants and their Children: Mexican Americans, European Americans, and

Family Structure, 1880-1970. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of

America, Washington D.C (Brian Gratton, Presenter). March 2001.

Phoenix: The Newest Latino Immigrant Gateway? Annual Meeting of the

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Arcata, California. September 2000.

The Heterolocal Construction of Community and Identity. Annual Meeting of

the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. April 2000.

Re)Construction of the Asian Indian Community in Phoenix. Annual Meeting of

the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Reno, Nevada. September

1999.

Ingredients for Making a Cultural Identity: Mexican Restaurants in Phoenix,

Arizona. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,

Honolulu, Hawaii. March 1999.

Sitting on a Concrete Bench: Gender in the Plaza. Annual Meeting of the

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Flagstaff, Arizona. September 1998.

Segmented Paths: The Geographic and Social Mobility of Mariel Cuban Exiles.

Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston,

Massachusetts. March 1998.

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AWARDS AND

HONORS


Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at University of Nevada, Reno,

October 2019.

Honorarium for Paper Presented at the Race, Ethnicity, and Place AAG

Conference, October 2018.

American Association of Geographers Program of Excellence Award nominee,

September 2018.

Distinguished Scholar Award in Ethnic Geography, Ethnic Geography Specialty

Group, American Association of Geographers, April 2018.

Honorarium for Paper Presented at the Teaching Race, Ethnicity, and Place

Workshop, November 2017.

Honorarium for Participating in the Grand Opening of the Rocky Mountain

Research Data Center. Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado

Boulder, Boulder, CO, October 2017.

Honorarium for Paper Presented at the Workshop on Migration, Climate and

Health: With a focus on refugees. Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of

Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, May 2017.



Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at University of Colorado Boulder,

October 2015.

Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at Oklahoma State University, April

2015.



Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at University of North Carolina,

Charlotte, April 2013.



Honorarium for Invited Presentation at the Colorado Council for Economic

Education, June 2012.

Honorarium for Paper Presented at the Catalyzing Research on the

Geographies of Broadening Participation Retreat, March 2012.

Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at Binghamton University, May 2011.

Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at University of Colorado, Boulder,

April 2011.

Award for Raising Awareness from the U.S. Census, Spring 2010.

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Honorarium for Presentation at the Denver Public Schools Teacher Institute,

March 2009.


Conference, November 2008.

Honorarium for Paper Presented at the Presidential Teaching Scholars Retreat,

November 2007.

Honorarium for Paper Presented at the Seventh Berlin Roundtables on

Transnationality, October 2007.

Honorarium for Participation in AAG Teaching Modern Geography Workshop,

April 2007.


Conference, November 2006.

Honorarium for Paper Presented at the Suburban Immigrant Gateways

Workshop, Brookings Institute, June 2006.

Honorarium for Paper Presented at the Global Cities as Immigrant Gateways

Workshop, January 2006.

Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at University of Denver, May 2005.

Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at Texas A&M University, October

2004.


Conference, September 2004.

Honorarium for Colloquium Presentation at Miami University, October 2003.



Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Women’s Network Travel Grant,

October 2001.

Ethnic Geography Specialty Group, Best Student Paper Award, March 2000.

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, President’s Award for Outstanding

Paper by a Ph. D. Student, September 1998.

The University of Colorado System

Excellence in Leadership Fellow, University of Colorado, Fall 2019-Spring 2020.

Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award Nominee, Spring 2020.

Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award Nominee, Spring 2019.

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The University of Colorado Colorado Springs

UCCS Research Mentor Award Nominee, 2019.

UCCS Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and

Inclusiveness, Spring 2017.

Nominated for the UCCS Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to

Diversity and Inclusiveness, Spring 2016.

UCCS Student-Faculty Research Award, Fall 2015.

Nominated for the UCCS Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to

Diversity and Inclusiveness, Spring 2015.

UCCS Student-Faculty Research Award, Fall 2014.

Award for Participating in the Integrating Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty

Fellows Seminar, Fall 2014.

Nominated for MOSAIC's Outstanding Faculty Diversity Award, Spring 2013.

Award for Participating in the Knapsack Institute, Spring 2013.

Nominated for the LAS Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative

Works, Spring 2011.


Nominated for the Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence in Liberal

Arts or Natural Sciences, 2007.

Distinguished Service Award, Department of Geography, 2002-2007.

Vice Provost for Research Faculty Travel Award, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003.

Dean’s Proposal Award for Submission of External Grant Proposal, 2003.

Arizona State University

Faculty Women’s Association, Distinguished Achievement Award, Doctoral

Candidate, 1998.

Graduate Travel Award, 1998-2000.

Graduate Academic and Tuition Scholarships, 1995-2001.

COURSES

PREPARED

World Regional Geography A lower-division course that provides an

introduction to basic geographical concepts. The course examines regional

elements of physical, cultural, historical, economic, and political geography.

Introduction to Human Geography A lower-division course that introduces

human geography through lecture, writing exercises, and group “field”

projects. Students investigate in-depth case studies that show how geography

shapes political, social and economic processes of the world around us.

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Population Geography An upper-division/graduate course that examines

population processes and patterns of mortality, fertility, and migration in a

contemporary, international geographic setting. The class combines lectures,

exercises, and discussions.

Inequality USA An upper-division/graduate course to understand how and why

US inequality exists. Students learn how to study various spaces, which include

individuals, groups, neighborhoods, communities, organizations, institutions,

governments, & states as products & producers of inequality.

Mega-Cities An upper-division/graduate-level seminar that provides a global

perspective on the nature of urbanization, the forces behind these patterns,

and their effects on the social, political, economic, and environmental

organization and governance of the world’s largest mega-cities.

Silverton Field Experience An upper-division/graduate-level field course that

focuses on Silverton, Colorado’s cultural and physical landscapes. Participants

select an overarching, central question related to the fieldsite and develop a

research project based on that question.

Race, Ethnicity, and Place An upper-division/graduate course that concerns

the dynamics and processes of racialization in varying U.S. urban contexts. The

class emphasizes discussion, as well as learning the methods utilized by

geographers in exploring race, ethnicity, and place.

Global Migration An upper-division/graduate-level seminar that outlines how

international migration has become a major factor in economic, political, and

cultural change. Current themes such as transnationalism, citizenship, and the

consequences of migration are discussed and critiqued by students.

Geographic Summit for Undergraduate Students An upper-division “capstone”

course reviewing the breadth and depth of the discipline of geography,

engaging in professional engagement, preparing a CV / resume, and learning

the particulars of career planning strategies for geographers.

Geographic Research Methods for Graduate Students A graduate-level

seminar that focuses on the analysis of research topics and methodologies in

geography. Students will define a research topic, review literature in their field

of interest, and prepare a research proposal.

PROFESSIONAL

AFFILIATIONS

American Association of Geographers (AAG)

American Geographical Society

American Association of University Professors

Association of American Colleges & Universities

National Council for Geographic Education

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SERVICE

EXPERIENCE


Executive Advisory Board Member. International Rescue Committee Refugee

Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Assistance (META). Spring 2017-Spring 2019.

Subject Matter Expert. Immigration and Migration in Context. Bookbright

Media. Spring 2016-Spring 2019.

National Science Foundation Senior Panelist. Geography and Spatial Sciences.

Proposal Reviewer. National Science Foundation. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,

2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.

Editorial Board Member. Journal of Cultural Geography. 2014-present.

Editorial Advisory Board Member. Geographical Review. 2014-present.

Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference Advisory Board. 2018-present.

External Review for Program, 1 case in 2020.

External Reviewer for Petition to Qualify Outstanding Researcher/Professors,

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2020.

External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion, 1 case in 2020, 3 cases in 2019, 2

cases in 2018, 3 cases in 2017, 2 cases in 2016, 1 case in 2015.

External Reviewer for Promotion to Professor, 1 case in 2019, 1 case in 2018, 1

case in 2017.

Journal Reviewer. Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2014,

2013, 2012, 2010), Ageing and Society (2006), Asian and Pacific Migration

(2012), Community Development Journal (2012), Comparative Migration

Studies (2016, 2015), Economic Geography (2008), Geoforum (2007),

Geographical Review (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2010,

2008), Geopolitics (2019), Growth and Change (2014), Habitat (2007),

International Journal of Population Research (2013), International Migration

(2014, 2005), International Migration Review (2014, 2005), Journal of American

Ethnic History (2018), Journal of Geography (2016), Journal of Cultural

Geography (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2006), Journal of

Ethnic and Migration Studies (2015), Journal of International Migration and

Integration (2012), Journal of Regional Science (2012, 2007), Journal of

Refugee Studies (2020, 2019), Journal of STEM Education (2014), Journal of

Urban Affairs (2010, 2009), Journal of Urban and Regional Research (2008),

Landscape Research (2011, 2010), Migration Letters, (2011), Population,

Space, and Place (2016, 2013), Population Research Policy Review (2005),

Professional Geographer (2007), Sociological Forum (2013), Southeastern

Geographer (2006), The Geography Teacher (2017), The Southwestern

Geographer (2015, 2014), Southwestern Historical Quarterly (2014), Urban

Geography (2018, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2008, 2006), Urban Studies (2008)

Manuscript Reviewer, Global Migration, 2nd edition, by Elizabeth Mavroudi and

Caroline Nagel. Routledge Press. Summer 2019.

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Manuscript Reviewer. The Economic Geography of Cross-Border Migration,

edited by K. Bruce Newbold. Oxford University Press. Fall 2018.

Manuscript Reviewer. Imprinting Ethnicity: Segregation, Place Making, and the

Articulations of Difference by David H. Kaplan. Rowman & Littlefield Press. Fall

2016.

Manuscript Reviewer. The Palgrave Handbook of Bottom-Up Urbanism" edited

by Mahyar Arefi & Conrad Kickert. Palgrave MacMillan. Fall 2016.

Manuscript Reviewer. Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs by Lucia Lo

et al. (revised) University of Toronto Press. Fall 2013. *Review featured on back

cover.

Manuscript Reviewer. The Iranian Americans by Maboud Ansari. Edwin Mellen

Press, Fall 2012.

Manuscript Reviewer. Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs by Lucia Lo

et al. University of Toronto Press. Spring 2012. * Review featured on back cover.

Manuscript Proposal Reviewer. Global Migration by Elizabeth Mavroudi and

Caroline Nagel. Routledge. Spring 2011.

Manuscript Reviewer. Population Geography: Tools and Issues by Professor K.

Bruce Newbold. Roman & Littlefield Publishers. Spring 2009. *Review featured

on back cover.

Manuscript Reviewer. Making the Body Count: War, Peace, and Population

Geography by Professor Jim Tyner. Guilford Press. Spring 2008. *Review

featured on back cover.

Textbook Reviewer. The Human Mosaic. W.H. Freeman. Spring 2008.

Textbook Reviewer. The Cultural Landscape. Prentice Hall. Spring 2006.

Discipline-Specific

AAG Enhancing Diversity Committee. 2017 – present.

AAG Specialty Group Awards Chair. Ethnic Geography Specialty Group. 2017-

2019.

AAG Paper Session Organizer, 2002-present.

AAG Advisory Board Member. Geographies of Broadening Participation

Group. 2012-2014.

AAG Specialty Group Chair. Population Geography Specialty Group. 2010-

2011.

AAG Specialty Group Chair. Ethnic Geography Specialty Group. 2008-2010.

AAG Specialty Group Vice Chair. Population Geography Specialty Group.

2009-2010.

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Discipline-Specific continued

AAG National Committee Member. AAG Committee on the Status of Women

in Geography. 2009-2014.

AAG Specialty Group Vice Chair. Ethnic Geography Specialty Group. 2006-

2008.

AAG Specialty Group Board Member. Population Geography Specialty Group.

2006-2009.

AAG Specialty Group Secretary and Treasurer. Ethnic Geography Specialty

Group. 2004-2006.

AAG Student Paper Competition Committee. Population Geography Specialty

Group. 2005-2011.

GPRM Paper Session Chair. October 2016.

REP Paper Session Chair. 2002-present.

REP Fieldtrip Organizer. Fieldtrip titled “Ghettos, Enclaves, and Citadels in

Austin” November 2006.

Regional/Community

Working Group Member, Higher Education Opportunities for Colorado’s

Refugees. Spring 2018-present.

Steering Committee, Rocky Mountain Research Data Center. Sponsored by

the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Fall

2016-present.

Consultant, Colorado Refugee Services Program. Spring 2016-present.

Member, Golden Lotus Foundation. Fall 2015-present.

Art in a Suitcase School Co-Coordinator. Colorado Springs School District 12.

Fall 2017-present.

Art in a Suitcase Volunteer, Colorado Springs School District 12. Fall 2014-

present.

Student Accountability and Accreditation Committee, Broadmoor Elementary.

Fall 2015-present.

PTO Volunteer, Broadmoor Elementary. Fall 2014-present.

Co-organizer, w/ Citizens Project, America Divided Film Series. Spring 2018.

Ambassador, College Readiness and Success Program Workshop Series.

Sponsored by El Pomar Foundation. Fall 2015-Spring 2018.

Advisory Committee, Asian American Advisory Council, El Pomar Foundation.

Spring 2015-Spring 2018.

Advisory Committee, Mountain Song Community School. Fall 2012-Spring 2014.

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Regional/Community continued

Volunteer, Educating Children of Color. Sponsored by the Center of STEM

Education/PIPES. 2010 - 2011.

Advisory Committee, Pikes Peak Area Complete Count Committee (PPACCC)

for Census 2010. Fall 2009-2011.

Consultant, Pikes Peak Immigrant and Refugee Collaborative. Spring 2009.

Consultant, Dream City 2020. Spring 2009-Spring 2010.

Advisory Committee, Immigration to Texas. Bob Bullock Texas State History

Museum. Fall 2006-Spring 2009.

Consultant, Austin City Divided KLRU– PBS. Fall 2006 – Spring 2007.

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs – University/College-level

Excellence in Leadership Program Fellow, Fall 2019-Spring 2020.

Founding Director, Global Intercultural Research Center. Fall 2014-Fall 2018.

Affiliate, Department of Women’s and Ethnic Studies (WEST). Fall 2007-present.

Affiliate, Gerontology Center. Spring 2015-present.

Advisory Board, Faculty Assembly Women’s Committee. Fall 2018-present.

Committee Member, Faculty Research Council, Fall 2019-present.

Committee Member, Faculty Minority Affairs Committee. Fall 2017-present.

Committee Member, UCCS Strategic Plan Research Framework Steering

Committee, Fall 2019-present.

Committee Member, UCCS Strategic Planning Research Group, Spring 2019.

Committee Member, LAS Chairs and Directors Committee. Fall 2018-present.

Committee Member, LAS Ad-Hoc Policy Committee, Spring 2019-present.

Committee Member, UCCS Downtown Steering Committee, Spring 2019-

present.

Committee Member, Tenure Review, Patricia Witkowsky, School of Education,

Fall 2019.

Committee Member, Tenure Review, Colin Wren, Department of Anthropology,

Fall 2018.

Co-Organizer, America Divided Film Series (250+ participants). Spring 2018.

Committee Member, Deans Review Committee, School of Public Affairs, Fall

2016-Spring 2017.

Co-Organizer, The Unity Project Series (1000+ participants). November 2017.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs – University/College-level continued

Co-Organizer, The Unity Project Series (1000+ participants). April 2017.

Co-Organizer, International Education Week, Fall 2015 – present (1000+

participants).

Organizer, People on the Move Event Series (900+ participants). April 2017.

Organizer, GLINT Brown Bag Series, Spring 2015-Fall 2018.

Co-Organizer, “Cross-National Comparison of Physical Education in the US and

China”, Global Speaker Event, Co-Sponsored by GLINT and the Center for the

Critical Study of Sport, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, November

2017.

Participant, Shared Studios Portal Project. Sponsored by the Daniels Fund Ethics

Initiative, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, September 2017.

Invited Guest, Anglophone and Postcolonial Search Committee, Hosted by the

English Department. University of Colorado Colorado Springs, February 2017.

Committee Member, Just Talk Series. Hosted by the University of Colorado

Colorado Springs Library, Spring 2016-present.

Committee Member, Internationalization Advisory Committee, 2016-2018.

Faculty Mentor, Office of Student Multicultural Affairs Mentorship Program. Fall

2007-present.

Committee Member, Graduate Executive Committee, Graduate School.

Spring 2010-2016.

Committee Member, Campus Assessment Focus Groups. Spring 2016.

Co-Chair, Internationalization in mid-strategic plan review. Spring 2016.

Organizer, Refugee 101 with Joseph WIzmann Hother. Spring 2016.

Planning Committee Member, Diversity Summit. Fall 2015-Spring 2016.

Co-Organizer, Compass Curriculum Campus-Wide Presentation. Spring 2015.

Committee Member, Global Engagement Office Executive Director Job

Search. Spring 2015.

Committee Member, US Department of State Education USA Leadership

Institute – UCCS visit. Spring 2015.

Co-Chair, Inclusive Engagement Learning Communities. 2008-2014.

Committee Member, Global Multicultural Scholarship Task Force. Fall 2012-

Spring 2014.

Committee Member, Social Science Symposium Series. Fall 2007-Fall 2013.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs – University/College-level continued

Volunteer, A Day in American Life, Office of International Affairs. Summer 2013.

Committee Member, The Graduate School and the Office of Research and

Innovation Graduate Student Fellowship Criteria Revision, Fall 2012-Spring 2013.

Committee Member, General Education Faculty Dialogue, Fall 2011-Fall 2012.

Committee Member, Tenure Review, Aditi Mitra, Fall 2012.

Committee Member, All Campus Read. Spring 2012.

Committee Member, Capstone Requirements, Spring 2012

Committee Member, Provost Task Force on High Impact Practices. Spring 2010.

Committee Member, Sustainability Minor. Fall 2007-Spring 2010.

Organizer, Slum Invasion. 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018.

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs – Department-level

Chair, Department. Summer 2018-present.

Chair, Geography Instructor Job Search. Spring 2020.

Committee Member, Geography Tenure Track Faculty Job Search. Fall 2019.

Committee Member, Geospatial Technologies Job Search. Spring 2019.

Committee Member, Comprehensive Review, Christine Biermann, Fall 2019.

Committee Member, Comprehensive Review, Diep Dao, Fall 2019.

Chair, Jacquelyn Beyer Advancing Women Fellowship. Fall 2015-Spring 2018.

Committee Member, Jacquelyn Beyer Advancing Women Fellowship Fund.

2007-2015.

Committee Member, Geography Job Search. Fall 2017.

Committee Member, Geology Job Search. Fall 2017.

Committee Member, First Year Review, Diep Dao, Fall 2017.

Committee Member, Tenure Review, David Havlick, Fall 2016.

Graduate Director, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.

Spring 2010-2016.

Committee Member, First Year Review, Somayeh Dodge, Fall 2015.

Committee Member, Jacquelyn Beyer Women in Geography Scholarship. Fall

2007-Spring 2015.

Committee Member, Comprehensive Review, Cerian Gibbes, Fall 2014.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs – Department-level continued

Co-Chair, Geography Job Search. Fall 2013.

Committee Member, Geography Capstone Experience. Spring 2013.

Committee Review Committee, Tenure Review, David Havlick, Fall 2012.

Committee Member, First Year Review, Cerian Gibbes, Fall 2012.

Co-Chair, Geography Job Search. Fall 2010.

Committee Member, Comprehensive Review, Paddington Hodza, Fall 2010.

STUDENT

DISSERTATION AND

THESIS

SUPERVISION

University of Texas at Austin

(Details for service from 2002-2007 can be provided upon request)

Master’s Thesis Chair

Kimberly Clough (Committee chair – UCCS). Social Vulnerability in Hazards

Research: A Meta-Analysis. In progress.

Mary Beth Etheridge (Committee chair – UCCS). The Inequality of Public Parks

in Colorado Springs. In progress.

Ashley Joyal (Committee chair – UCCS). A Study of Local Media Portrayal of

Undocumented Latino Immigration in U.S. Immigrant Gateways. Graduated

May 2020.

Ryan Ballard (Committee chair – UCCS). Chinese Housing Trends in Denver,

Colorado. Graduated December 2019.

Melissa Greenleaf (Committee chair – UCCS). The Thirdspace of Food in

Immigrant Neighborhoods. Graduated May 2019.

Arielle Cassiday (Committee chair – UCCS). Challenges of Water Accessibility

in Mega-Cities: A Study from Lima, Peru. Graduated August 2018.

Amarra Handsome (Committee chair – UCCS). On the move: the residential

mobility of single, never-married women with college degrees in Colorado

Springs, Colorado. Graduated May 2018.

Anna Cordova (Committee chair – UCCS). Place-making in Indigenous

Archeology. Graduated Spring 2016.

Adriana Morken (Committee chair – UCCS). Refugee Resettlement Agencies

and Public Transportation. Graduated Spring 2016.

Justin Cook (Committee chair – UCCS). Declining Fertility and Its

Consequences. Graduated December 2015.

Brian Best (Committee chair – UCCS). Tapas vs Tacos: Mobile Street Vendors in

Austin. Graduated December 2013.

Erin Miller (Committee chair – UT-Austin). Mexican Day Laborers Negotiate

Home Depot’s Third Space. Graduated May 2008.

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Master’s Thesis Chair continued

Kendall Zanowiak (Committee chair – UT-Austin). Immigrant Rights Marches

and Subsequent Raids in “New” Immigrant Communities, Graduated August

2007.

Solange Munoz (Committee chair – UT-Austin). Peruvian Migration to Chile:

Policy, NGO’s and the Chilean State. Graduated August 2006.

Sarah Zell (Committee chair – UT-Austin). Intersections of Social Networks and

State Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian Migration to the United States

and Japan. Graduated May 2006.

Suzannah Gonzales (Committee chair – UT-Austin). The Geography of

Bilingualism in Texas. Graduated May 2006.

Master’s Thesis Committees

Natalie Gonzales (Committee member – UCCS) Conservation Refugees: A

Needs Assessment. In progress.

Eric Maez (Committee member – UCCS) Evaluation of Current Flood Control

Practices and Alternatives within the Fountain Creek Watershed Through

Document Analysis. Graduated May 2020.

Kaleb Pietkowski (Committee member – UCCS). Privilege to Pollute?

Graduated May 2020.

Stephanie Brady (Committee member – UCCS). Cultural Mentors in Refugee

Resettlement. Graduated December 2019.

Angela Martell (Committee member – UCCS). Whose Conservation? How

Land Trusts Negotiate the Relationship Between Conservation Easement

Acquisition Decisions and Growth and Development Interest. Graduated

December 2017.

Troy Ruiz (Committee member – UCCS). Millenials and National Parks: An

Assessment. Graduated May 2017.

Peter Walke (Committee member – UCCS). The Patty Jewett Neighborhood.

Graduated May 2013.

Greg Chase (Committee member – University of Denver). The Sugar Beet

Landscape: Mexican and Mexican American Settlement and Migration in

Eastern Colorado. Graduated December 2011.

Zach Owen (Committee member – UCCS). The Mormon Culture Region.

Graduated December 2009.

Frank Kinder (Committee member- UCCS). Sustainability Gone Wrong: The

North Nevada Development. Graduated December 2008.

Jon Walsh (Committee member – UCCS). Subdivision Entrances: Imagineering

Identity through Marketing, Place-Naming and Gateway Construction.

Graduated May 2008.

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Undergraduate Honor’s Theses

Mae Rohrbach (Committee chair – UCCS). The Socio-Ecological Paradox of

Shrinking Cities: The Elderly in St. Louis. High Honors. Graduates May 2016.

Adriana Morken (Committee chair – UCCS). Land Disputes in Panama:

Indigenous Peoples vs. Foreign-Born Retirees. Highest Honors. Graduated May

2014.

Daniel Morris (Committee co-chair – UCCS). Persistent Inequality in Education:

The Case of Colorado Springs. Graduated August 2013.

Ryan Pulling (Committee member – UCCS). The Geography of Guatemala’s

Elections. Highest Honors. Graduated May 2012.

Alisha E. Cloud (Committee member – UT-Austin). Uncovering Black Historical

Spaces in Austin, Texas. Graduated May 2008.

Tara Buentello (Committee chair – UT-Austin). Homeownership Rates and

Housing Quality of Mexican Immigrants in Austin, Texas. Graduated May 2007.

Claire E. Altman (Committee member – UT-Austin). Ethnic Identity and Second-

Generation Asians. Graduated May 2006.

Keri Moczygemba (Committee chair – UT-Austin). Impacts of the Austin Boom

on Housing Issues for Low-Income Residents. Graduated May 2003.

Ph.D. Dissertation Chair

Reena Patel (Committee chair - UT-Austin). Working the Nightshift: Women in

Indian Call Centers. Graduated May 2008.

Solange Munoz (Committee chair – UT-Austin). Deconstructing Whiteness in

Chile: The Role of Peruvian Immigrants. August 2006-May 2007 (moved).

Ph.D. Dissertation Committees

Katia R. Avilés-Vázquez (Committee member – UT-Austin). Differential social

mobility of the Dominican Diaspora in Puerto Rico. August 2006-May 2007

(moved).

Mikyung Kim (Committee member – UT-Austin). Economic globalization and

urban livability: Is a global city a livable city? Graduated August 2008.

Hae-Bong Woo (Committee member – UT-Austin). International Family

Migration and Labor Market Experiences of Asian Immigrant Couples.

Graduated May 2007.

Joy Adams (Committee member). Going Deutsch: Heritage Tourism and

Identity in German Texas. Graduated May 2006.

John Oswald (Committee member – UT-Austin). Cyprus: A Divided City. August

2006-August 2007.

Lissette Aliaga Linares (Committee member – UT-Austin). The Shaping of

Informality: Street Markets in Santiago de Chile and Metropolitan Lima. August

2005-August 2007

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Undergraduate Independent Studies/Internships

Eric Krauss (Mentor, Independent Study). Summer 2020.

Ben Jones (Mentor, Internship). Summer 2020.

Jesse Smith (Mentor, Internship). Summer 2020.

Frida Foss (Mentor, Independent Study). Spring 2020.

Zachary Vacura (Mentor, Independent Study). Fall 2019.

Meghan Brunnemer (Mentor, Independent Study). Fall 2019.

Jenna Lozano (Mentor, Internship). Fall 2019.

Matthew Augustine (Mentor, Internship. Summer 2019.

Kemay Clark (Mentor, Internship). Spring 2019.

Ann Odom (Mentor, Internship). Spring 2019.

Kelsey Calhoun (Mentor, Independent Study). Fall 2018.

Peter Cunningham (Mentor, Independent Study). Fall 2018.

Neal Lonsky (Mentor, Independent Study). Fall 2018.

Lorenzo Young (Mentor, Internship). Fall 2018.

Emily Perry (Mentor, Internship). Summer 2018.

Mary Beth Etheridge (Mentor, Internship). Fall 2017.

Courtney Marisa Watsabaugh. (Mentor, Independent Study). Spring 2014.

Amarra Handsome. (Mentor, Independent Study). Fall 2013.

Erika Dicker. (Mentor, Independent Study). Fall 2013.

Kelly Young. (Mentor, Independent Study). Summer 2013.

Melissa Greenleaf (Mentor, Independent Study). Spring 2013.

Michael Core (Mentor, Independent Study). Fall 2012.

Other Graduate/Undergraduate Formal Mentorships

Frida Foss (Mentor, Undergraduate Research Academy). Fall 2020-Spring 2021.

Isabella Leighton (Mentor, Peak Ambassador Program). Spring 2020-present.

Briann Philips (Mentor, Peak Ambassador Program). Spring 2019-Fall 2019.

Kelsey Calhoun (Mentor, Peak Ambassador Program). Spring 2019-Spring 2020.

Jacob Bostick (Mentor, GES Department). Fall 2016-Fall 2019.*Won AAG

Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Award in Geographic Science

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Other Graduate/Undergraduate Formal Mentorships

Jack Hardwick (Mentor, Peak Ambassador Program). Fall 2018-Fall 2019.

Alex Blanco-Castano (Mentor, Peak Ambassador Program). Fall 2018-Spring

2020.

Kaleb Pietrowski (Mentor, GES Department). Fall 2018-Spring 2020.

Arielle Cassiday (Mentor, Global Intercultural Research Center). Fall 2016 – Fall

2018.

Arielle Cassiday (Mentor, Summer Graduate Research Program – UCCS).

Summer 2017.

Adriana Morken (Mentor, Global Intercultural Research Center). Fall 2014-

Spring 2016.

Mae Rohrbach (Mentor, Geography Summer Research Program – UCCS).

Summer 2015.

Tommie-Sue Spears (Mentor, MOSAIC Mentorship Program – UCCS). Fall 2008-

Spring 2009.

Angie Longwing (Mentor, MOSAIC Mentorship Program – UCCS). Fall 2008-

Spring 2009.

Naya Jones (Mentor, Research Internship Program – UT-Austin). Fall 2006-Spring

2007.

Tara Buentello (Mentor, REU Minority Demography Program – UT-Austin).

Summer 2006.

Rob Stahl (Mentor, REU Minority Demography Program – UT-Austin). Summer

2006.

Elaina Lewis (Mentor, Bridging Disciplines Program – UT-Austin). Spring 2005.

Irfana Hussein (Mentor, Bridging Disciplines Program – UT-Austin). Spring 2005.

Claire Altman (Mentor, REU Minority Demography Program – UT-Austin).

Summer 2004.

Paul A. Peters, (Mentor, Mellon Graduate Fellow Program – UT-Austin), Fall

2003-Spring 2004.

Wilson Fusco (Mentor, Vilmar Faria Graduate Fellow Program – UT-Austin). Fall

2003-Spring 2004.

Ernesto Amaral (Mentor, Hewlett Graduate Fellow Program – UT-Austin). Fall

2003-Spring 2004.

Boris Brodsky (Mentor, Mellon Senior Fellow Program – UT-Austin). Fall 2002-

Spring 2003.

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RESEARCH AND

TRAINING

SEMINARS


Invited Participant, Race, Ethnicity, and Place Early Career Scholars NSF-

Sponsored Workshop. Co-sponsored by Morgan State University and the

University of Baltimore. Baltimore, Maryland, October 2020.

Invited Participant, Race, Ethnicity, and Place Early Career Scholars NSF-

Sponsored Workshop. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2018.

Invited Participant, Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference. Hosted by

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, October 2018.

Invited Participant, AAG Departmental Leadership Workshop. Hosted by

George Washington University, June 2018.

Invited Participant, Teaching Race and Ethnicity Symposium. Kent State

University, November 2017.

Invited Participant, Workshop on Migration, Climate and Health: With a focus

on refugees. Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder,

Boulder, CO, May 2017.

Invited Participant, Applied Geography Conference. Hosted by University of

Louisville, Louisville, October 2016.

Invited Participant, Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference. Hosted by Kent

State University, Kent, September 2016.

Invited Participant, Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference. Hosted by Texas

Christian University, Ft. Worth, October 2014.

Invited Participant, Knapsack Institute. Hosted by University of Colorado

Colorado Springs, June 2013.


University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, October 2012.

Invited Participant, The Wealth Divide: Economics and Income Inequality.

Hosted by Colorado Council for Economic Education, Denver, CO, October

2012.

Invited Participant, Catalyzing Research on Geographies of Broadening

Participation Retreat. Hosted by Association of American Geographers and

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March 2012.

Invited Participant, Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference. Hosted by SUNY-

Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, October 2010.

Invited Participant, Web Conference on Learning Community Development.

Hosted by Ohio University. November 2008.


University of Miami, Miami, Florida, November 2008.

Invited Participant, 20th Conference of the International Association of

Historians of Asia. Hosted by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli, November

2008.

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Invited Participant, Seventh Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality. Hosted by

Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), University of

Osnabrück, Germany, October 2007.

Invited Participant, Teaching Modern Geography Workshop. Hosted by the

Association of American Geographers, April 2007.

Invited Participant, Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference. Hosted by Texas

State University, San Marcos, Texas, November 2006.

Invited Participant, Workshop on Suburban Immigrant Gateways. Hosted by

The Brookings Institute, June 2006.

Invited Participant, Workshop on Global Cities as Immigrant Gateways. Hosted

by George Washington University, January 2006.

Invited Participant, Workshop on Spatial Differentiation and Governance in the

Americas. Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, November 2005.

Invited Participant, Workshop on Geographical Information Systems. Hosted by

the AAG and Binghamton University at Howard University. September 2004.

Invited Participant, Workshop on the End of Public Space in the Latin American

City. Co-hosted by LLILAS and the University of Texas at Austin. March 2004.

Invited Participant, Workshop on Urban Governance and Intra-Urban

Population Differentials. Hosted by The University of Texas at Austin. November

2002.

Invited Participant, Race/Ethnicity and Place Mini-Conference. Hosted by

Applied Geography Conference, SUNY-Binghamton. October 2002.

Invited Participant, Mexico’s GIS Capabilities. Hosted by SEDESOL, Mexico City,

Mexico. September 2002.

Community

Invited Facilitator, Breakfast with the Sciences. UCCS Downtown, January 2020.

Invited Facilitator, Just Talk Series: Refugees. UCCS Downtown, January 2020.

Invited Facilitator, Just Talk After Series: Jonathan Haidt. UCCS Downtown,

January 2020.

Invited Participant. Colorado Springs Refugee Resettlement Stakeholder

Consultation. Sponsored by the Colorado Refugee Services Program and

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains. Spring 2016-present.

Invited Participant. Understanding Muslim Communities at Home & Abroad.

Co-Sponsored by Citizens Project and Colorado Springs World Affairs Council.

February 2016.

Invited Participant and Co-Sponsor. Refugee Roundtable. Co-sponsored by

the UCCS Center for Human Security. February 2016.

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Community continued

Ambassador. College Readiness and Success Program Workshop Series.

Sponsored by El Pomar Foundation. August 2015-present.

Invited Participant. Emerging Leaders Development Program. Sponsored by

the El Pomar Foundation. February 2014-present.

Facilitator, Educating Children of Color. Sponsored by the Center of STEM

Education/PIPES. January 2012.

Invited Participant, Community Workshop of Census 2010. Sponsored by the

Pikes Peak Area Complete Count Committee (PPACCC). October 2010.

Coordinator, Community Workshop on Gangs and Immigrants: Myths and

Realities. Co-hosted by University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the Pikes

Peak Immigrant and Refugee Collaborative. April 2009.

Invited Participant, Grand Opening to the “Forgotten Gateway: Coming to

America Through Galveston Island” exhibit. Hosted by the Bob Bullock

Museum, Austin, Texas. February 2009.

Fieldtrip Organizer. Fieldtrip titled: Ghettos, Enclaves and Citadels in Austin.

Sponsored by the 2006 Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference and Austin Now

(a PBS production). November 2006.


Participant, TOP: Online Course Design AY 20-21, UCCS. Summer 2020.

Participant, Diversity and Inclusion Summit 2020, UCCS. March 2020.

Participant, Leadership Pathways Workshop with Patricia Price, FAWC. October

2019.

Co-Organizer, Post-Tenure Pathways, FAWC. April 2019.

Organizer, GLINT Director Facilitator of Activities, Spring 2014-Fall 2018

(available upon request).

Participant, Welcome Generation Z! Save the World, Love the Learning. Hosted

by the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Fall 2017.

Participant, CU Diversity Summit. Hosted by the University of Colorado

Colorado Springs, Spring 2017.

Participant, CU Women Succeeding Symposium. Hosted by the University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, Spring 2017.

Invited Participant, College of LAS Retreat. Hosted by the University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, Spring 2017.

Invited Participant, Teaching Circle Faculty Fellows Seminar. Hosted by the

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Spring 2017.

Invited Participant, Presidential Teaching Scholars Luncheon. Hosted by the

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, December 2016 – May 2017.

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Invited Participant, 600 Highwayman Event. Hosted by the University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, December 2016.

Invited Participant, Moving Forward through Violent Times Series. Hosted by the

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Fall 2016-present.

Invited Participant, The Art of Grantsmanship. Hosted by the University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, May 2015.

Participant, Veteran Educators Resource Workshop. Hosted by the University of

Colorado Colorado Springs. April 2015.

Invited Participant, The Art of Grantsmanship. Hosted by the University of

Colorado Colorado Springs, September 2014.

Invited Participant, Integrating Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Fellows

Seminar. Hosted by the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, August 2014.

Coordinator, Navigating the National Science Foundation. Co-hosted by the

Social Science Symposium Series, UCCS Graduate School, and Department of

Geography and Environmental Studies. December 2013.

Coordinator, Advice for Graduate School. Department of Geography and

Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. November

2012.

Invited Participant. Greening of the Office Program. Office of Sustainability,

University of Colorado Colorado Springs. September 2012.

Coordinator, Advice for Graduate School. Department of Geography and

Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. November

2011.

Invited Participant. Diversity Champions: What can we learn? Office of

Diversity and Inclusiveness, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. January

2011.

Participant, New Teaching Technologies. Hosted by UCCS Learning Center.

January 2011.

Coordinator, Workshop on Learning Communities at UCCS. Hosted by

University of Colorado Colorado Springs. March 2009, 2010.

Invited Participant, Sustainability Minor Retreat. Hosted by University of

Colorado Colorado Springs. December 2009.

Participant, The BIG Idea Workshop: Building Inclusiveness at UCCS. Hosted by

University of Colorado Colorado Springs. January 2009.

Invited Participant, Workshop on Learning Communities. Hosted by University of

Colorado Colorado Springs. October 2008.

Invited Participant, Presidential Scholars Program Retreat. Hosted by University

of Colorado. November 2007.

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Participant, New Faculty Orientation Seminar. Hosted by the Teaching and

Learning Center, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. August 2007.


(Details for service from 2002-2007 can be provided upon request)

Emily Skop - UCCS GES

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