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Geography & Environmental Studies

John HarnerJohn Harner

Associate Professor
Columbine 2013
719.255.4054
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. 2007. Human Geography in Action, 4th Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Harner, John, Edith Jiménez, and Heriberto Cruz Solís. Forthcoming 2008. Buying Development: Housing and Urban Growth in Guadalajara, Mexico. Urban Geography.
  • Harner, John, and Kevin Knapp. Forthcoming 2008. Advances in Web-Assisted Planning Tools: A Land Use Impact Calculator for Guadalajara, Mexico. Journal of Urban Design.
  • Harner, John. 2007. Globalization of Food Retailing in Guadalajara, Mexico: Changes in Access Equity and Social Engagement. Journal of Latin American Geography 6(2):33-53.
  • Harner, John. 2003. Elaboración de muebles rústicos en México y su popularidad en los Estados Unidos. Tiempos de América 10:43-55.
  • Harner, John. 2002. Muebles Rústicos in Mexico and the United States. Geographical Review 92(3):354-371.
  • Harner, John, Kee Warner, John Pierce, and Thomas Huber. 2002. Urban Environmental Justice Indices. The Professional Geographer. 54(3):318-331.
  • Larkin, Robert, and John Harner. 2002. Low Slung and Far Flung: The Urban Southwest. Journal of the West 41(2):41-49.
  • Harner, John. 2001. Place Identity and Copper Mining in Sonora, Mexico. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 91(4):647-667.
  • Harner, John. 2000. The Mexican Community in Scottsdale, Arizona. Yearbook, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 26:29-45.
  • Harner, John.1998. Dependency and Development in the Copper Mining Region of Sonora, Mexico. Yearbook, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 24:17-30.
  • Harner, John. 1995. Continuity Amidst Change: Undocumented Mexican Migration to Arizona. The Professional Geographer 47(4):399-411.
  • Harner, John. 1995. Historical-Cultural Continuity Between Sonora and Arizona. Journal of Cultural Geography 15(2):17-33.
 

Outreach and Service:

  • Board of Directors, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
  • Board of Directors, Catamount Center for Geography of the Southern Rockies
  • Faculty Associate for International Education, UCCS
 

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies is located in Columbine Hall. Phone: 719.255.3016 Fax: 719.255.4066