Dr. Julie A. Silva

Assistant Professor
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 Office:  1119 LeFrak Hall   
 Phone:  301.405.4052
 Fax:  301.314.9299
 Email:  jasilva at umd.edu
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Education

Ph.D. Geography, Rutgers University, 2005
M.C.R.P. City and Regional Planning, Rutgers University, 2000
B.A. English, UCLA, 1995

Research Interests

  • Economic Globalization
  • Human Dimensions of Global Change
  • Inequality and Uneven Development
  • Mixed Methodologies
  • Global Justice

Dr. Silva's research investigates the regional effects of globalization on poverty, inequality, and social exclusion in both advanced and developing countries. She has conducted research on these topics in the US and southern Africa. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, she addresses questions about uneven development between people and between places. She also examines different theoretical approaches to inequality and poverty, which range from mainstream economic theories to human rights and global justice perspectives. She has authored or co-authored papers on these topics in Economic Geography, Environmental Science & Policy, Geographical Journal, Growth and Change, Professional Geographer, and  Regional Studies. Prior to beginning her graduate studies, she worked in the private sector using public participatory GIS to evaluate children and family service organizations and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon. Her dissertation won the AAG Economic Geography Specialty Group Dissertation Award in 2006. She received the J. Warren Nystrom Award from the Association of American Geographers in 2007 and a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Geography and Spatial Sciences Program in 2008.

Current Research Projects

  • The Effects of Nature Tourism as a Rural Development Strategy on Poverty and Inequality: The Cases of Namibia and Mozambique. Funded by CAREER Award No. 1042888, National Science Foundation, Geography and Spatial Sciences Program.
  • Gender, Immigration, and Trade: An Analysis of Male-Female and Immigrant-Nonimmigrant Wage and Employment Differentials in the United States.

Representative Publications

2010. Silva, Julie A., Siri Eriksen, and Zacarias A. Ombe. Double Exposure in Mozambique’s Limpopo River Basin. The Geographical Journal 176:6-24.

2009. Eriksen, Siri and Julie A. Silva. The Vulnerability Context of a Savanna Area in Mozambique: Household Drought Coping Strategies and Responses to Economic Change. Environmental Science & Policy 12:33-52.

2008. Silva, Julie A. International Trade and the Changing Demand for Skilled Workers in High-Tech Manufacturing. Growth and Change 39:225-251.

2008. Silva, Julie A. A Multi-level Analysis of Agricultural Trade and Socio-economic Inequality in Rural Mozambique. The Professional Geographer 60:174-189.

2007. Silva, Julie A. Trade and Income Inequality in a Less Developed Country: The Case of Mozambique. Economic Geography 83:111-136.

2004. Silva, Julie A. and Robin M. Leichenko. Regional Income Inequality and International Trade. Economic Geography 80:261-286.

2004. Leichenko, Robin M. and Julie A. Silva. International Trade, Employment, and Earnings: Evidence from U.S. Rural Counties. Regional Studies 38:353-372.