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Ph.D. Candidate, University of Maryland
(expected May 2009)
M.A., Syracuse University
B.A.,
Mary Washington
College
Research Interests
- Local food systems, farmland preservation,
landscape meaning
- Urban geography and planning
- Cultural geography of
national, ethnic and sexual identities
- Critical Pedagogy
Past Academic Appointments
Full-time
Assistant Professor of
Geography, Social Sciences Department,College of Southern
Maryland (1999 - 2002, tenure earned 2001)
Instructor of Geography, Social Sciences Department, College of Southern
Maryland,
(1996 - 1999)
Adjunct
Adjunct Lecturer,
Dept.
of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park (2008)
Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, University of Mary Washington (2006, 1998)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geography, Social Sciences Department, College of
Southern Maryland (2005-2008)
Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, University of Vermont (2003)
Adjunct Lecturer of Geography, Department of Economics & Geography,
Saint
Michael’s College, Vermont
(2003)
Recent Publications
Peer-Reviewed
Russo, R.A. 2004. Social
Justice as General Education. Journal of Geography,
103(3):102-110.
Other Publications
Russo, R.A. 2001. Book
Review: The Peopling of Africa: A Geographic
Interpretation by
James L. Newman. Journal of Geography
100(3):138
Recent Conference Papers
and Presentations
Using a Socio-Cultural
Framework to Measure the Success of Maryland’s Farmland
Preservation Programs. 2008. Annual
Meeting of the American Association of
Geographers, 18 April 2008, Boston.
Counting Calories and Miles: Geographical Restraint and the Critique of Progress in
the Local
Food Movement. 2007. Middle States Division of the
Association of
American Geographers, 16 November 2007, Reading
(PA)
Cooperatives in the Function and Meaning of Local Food Systems. 2007. Annual
Meeting of
the Association of American Geographers, 19 April
2007, San
Francisco.
Constructing Social Change as General Education. 2001. National Council for
Geographic
Education Conference, 1-4 August 2001, Vancouver, Canada.
Awards
2007-08 Distinguished Teaching Assistant, Center for Teaching Excellence,
University of
Maryland
2006-present Graduate Teaching Assistantship,
Dept. of Geography, University of
Maryland
2006-08 Graduate School Fellowship, Dept. of
Geography, University of
Maryland
1994 Graduate Summer Fellowship, Dept. of
Geography, Syracuse Univ.
1994 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Dept. of
Geography, Syracuse Univ.
1993-95 Tuition Scholarship,
Dept. of Geography, Syracuse University
1993 H.T. Straw Award in Geography, Mary
Washington College
1992 Alden International Scholarship, Mary
Washington College
1992 Undergraduate Research Award, Mary
Washington College
1989-93 Regional Scholarship, Mary Washington
College
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