Dr. Elizabeth Chacko

Associate Professor
of Geography & International Affairs

Ph.D. (UCLA)

Office: 512L-1957 E Street, NW
Telephone: 202-994-5328
Fax: 202-994-2484
Email: echacko@gwu.edu

Interests

Racial, national and ethnic identity formation among immigrants

The creation of urban ethnic spaces by immigrant communities

Alternative and complementary therapies and their spatial manifestations

Linkages between gender and development

Courses Taught

GEOG 127 - Population Geography
GEOG 165 - Geography of South Asia
GEOG 223 - Population and Health
GEOG 240 - Geography of Development
GEOG 801 - Cities in a Globalizing World

Selected Publications

Bradshaw, M., White, G., Dymond, J., Chacko, E. 2007. Contemporary World Regional Geography, 2nd Ed. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill.

Chacko, Elizabeth. (2005). Understanding the Geography of Pellagra in the United States: the Role of Social and Place-based Identities. Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography. 12(2): 197-212.

Chacko, Elizabeth. (2004) Positionality and Praxis: Fieldwork Experiences in Rural India. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 25(1): 51-63.

Chacko, Elizabeth. (2003). Identity and Assimilation Among Young Ethiopian Immigrants in Metropolitan Washington. The Geographical Review 93(4): 491-506.

Chacko, Elizabeth (2003) Ethiopian Ethos and the Creation of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Journal of Cultural Geography 20 (2): 21-42.

Chacko, Elizabeth (2003) Culture and Therapy: Complementary Strategies for the Treatment of Type-2 Diabetes in an Urban setting in Kerala, India. Social Science and Medicine 56(5): 1087-1098.