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My research intersects the fields of economic geography and human dimensions of global environmental change. My work examines how and why processes of global economic and environmental change differentially affect cities, regions and sectors, and the implications of these processes for questions of vulnerability, equity and sustainability. My book, Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures (with Karen O'Brien, Oxford University Press, 2008), was awarded the 2009 Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography from the Association of American Geographers. The book presents a generalizable approach for analysis of many types of interactions between global environmental change and globalization. Current funded projects explore three inter-related issues: economic vulnerability and resilience to climate change; economic and social equity implications of climate change impacts and adaptation; and the interplay between global change processes and urban spatial development. These projects are focused on coastal zones in New Jersey, New York, and the Caribbean, and I also have research interests in South Asia, China, southern Africa, and the Arctic. I am serving as a Review Editor for Working Group II of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, and I recently completed service on an NRC Panel on Climate Change and Social and Political Stresses. I am Associate Editor for Urban Climate and serve on the editorial boards of Economic Geography, Growth and Change, and Journal of Extreme Events. Students: Mike Brady, Ph.D. (current) David Eisenhauer, Ph.D. (current) Ana M. Mahecha Groot, Ph.D. (current) Katy Ryan, Ph.D. (current) Peter Vancura, Ph.D. (2015) Mark Barnes, Ph.D. (2014) Adelle Thomas, Ph.D. 2013 Ekaterina Bezborodko, M.A. 2013 Samuel Ledermann, Ph.D. 2012 Michael Mohammed, M.Phil, 2010 Verdie Craig, Ph.D., 2005. Julie Silva, Ph.D., 2005 Courses: Climate and Society (Geography 370) Economic Geography (Geography 309) Research Methods (Geography 330) Advanced Topics in Economic Geography (Geography 406) History and Theory (Geography 470) Graduate Seminar: Cities and Environment (Geography 606) Graduate Seminar: Geographies of Globalization (Geography 609) course syllabi