Dr. Lisa Benton-Short

Associate Professor

Ph.D. (Syracuse)

Office: 512M-1957 E Street, NW
Telephone: 202-994-6188
Fax: 202-994-2484
Email: lbenton@gwu.edu

Interests

Monuments, Memorials and Public Space

National Parks in Cities

Environmental Issues in cities

Cities and Immigration

Courses Taught

GEOG 001 - Human Geography
GEOG 140 - US Urban Geography
GEOG 143 - Urban Environmental Geography
GEOG 187 - Building Cities

Selected Publications

Books

Benton-Short, L.M. National Identity and the National Mall. (in progress)

Benton-Short, L.M. and J.R. Short. Nature and the City. Contract with Routledge. In progress)

Benton, L.M. and J.R. Short (editors). 2001. Environmental Discourses: a Reader. Oxford: Blackwell.

Benton, L.M. and J.R. Short. 1999. Environmental Discourses and Practice. Oxford: Blackwell.

Articles

Benton-Short, L.M. and M. Rucksdeschel. “How National is the National Mall?: a Geography of Visitors to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.” in press Tourism Geographies, May 2005.

Benton-Short, L.M. “Politics, Public Space and Memorials: The Brawl on the Mall” in Urban Geography (in press)

Benton-Short, L.M., M. Price, and S. Friedman 2005. “Globalization From Below: ranking world cities” in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.