Professor/Chair
Columbine 2013719.255.4054
jharner@uccs.edu
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curriculum vitae

Education:

• Ph.D, Geography, Arizona State University, 1996
• MA, Geography, Arizona State University, 1993
• BS, Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, 1986

Research Interests:

• Political Economy of Place
• U.S.- Mexico Connections and Integration
• The American Urban Landscape

Research Projects:

• Urban change in Guadalajara, Mexico. Areas of emphasis are changes in the housing and retail environment, developing web-enabled planning tools, and change in the historic colonial core.
• Historical geography of Colorado Springs and evaluation of sustainability in contemporary development.

Courses Taught:

• Geography of Food
• Geography of the American Southwest
• Urban Geography
• Geographic Research Seminar
• Field Studies in Mexico and Central America
• Geography of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
• The Cultural Landscape
• Introduction to Human Geography
• Introduction to GIS

Awards and Honors:

• Fulbright Scholar, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2005
• Innovations in Teaching with Technology Award, UCCS, 2002

Selected Publications:

• Kuby, Michael, John Harner, and Patricia Gober. Forthcoming 2013. Human Geography in Action, 6th Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
• Benz, Bradley, and John Harner. Forthcoming 2013. The Growth of Ranchettes in La Plata County, Colorado, 1988-2008. The Professional Geographer.
• Harner, John, and Frank Kinder. 2011. Placelessness in a Deregulated City: University Village in Colorado Springs. Urban Geography 32(5):730-755.
• Harner, John. 2010. The Changing Location of Trade and Services in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1994-2004. Geographical Review 100(4):494-520.
• Harner, John, Edith Jiménez, and Heriberto Cruz Solís. 2009. Buying Development: Housing and Urban Growth in Guadalajara, Mexico. Urban Geography 30(5):465-489.
• Harner, John P., and Kevin Knapp. 2009. Advances in Web-Assisted Planning Tools: A Land Use Impact Calculator for Guadalajara, Mexico. Journal of Urban Design 14(4):557-563.

Outreach and Service:

• Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
• Board of Directors, Catamount Center for Geography of the Southern Rockies