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Full-time Faculty
Marie D. Price
Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs
Chair, Department of Geography
Old Main 232
1922 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
Phone: (202) 994-6187
Fax: (202) 994-2484
E-mail: mprice@gwu.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Expertise:
Political and cultural geography, Latin America, immigration
Background:
Marie Price is an Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs at the George Washington University, where she has taught since 1990. She was the Director of Latin American Studies from 1999-2001, and is currently Chair of the Department of Geography. Dr. Price was recognized for her teaching with the 2005 Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching. A native of California, she earned her BA from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
A Latin American specialist, Dr. Price has conducted research in Belize, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, and Bolivia. She has also done research in Sub-Saharan Africa as well. Her studies have explored human migration, natural resource use, environmental conservation, and regional development.
Dr. Price is co-editor with Lisa Benton-Short of Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities (2008, Syracuse University Press). She is co-author with Les Rowntree, Martin Lewis and Bill Wyckoff of Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment and Development, 4th edition, and Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World, 2nd edition. Her publications include articles in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Geographical Review, Journal of Historical Geography, Urban Geography, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Studies in Comparative International Development, and Focus. Her current research focuses on urban immigration, migration and development, and Latin America.
Courses Taught:
Geog 120 World Regions: Problems and Prospects
Geog 161 Geography of Latin America
Geog 261 Geographical Perspectives on Latin America
Geog 293 Migration and Development
Last update: 3/16/2009