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    Chris Willer Head Shot

    Christopher Willer

    Department of Geography
    Ph.D. Candidate
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    McGilvrey Hall
    Office Hours:
    TR 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    Contact Information
    Email:
    cwiller1@kent.edu

    Biography

    I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography.  I arrived in Kent in the Fall of 2014 after I completed my B.A. in History at SUNY Geneseo to pursue my M.A. in Geography at Kent (2016).

    I consider myself a broadly trained geographer with a wide-range of interests.  However, my current work lies primarily within urban geography, GIS, and community planning.  More specifically, my dissertation, loosely titled A 'Place' on Main Street: the Geography of Place Marketing, Branding, and Promotion in downtown, examines the geography of the National Main Street Program and how its local programs market and brand small-city downtowns.

    Teaching includes: Geography of U.S. & Canada, Cities & Urbanization, World Geography, and Physical Geography Lab

     

    Master's thesis: “It Takes a Village”: Urban Change in the Elmwood Neighborhood, 1990-2016

    Education

    M.A. Geography, (2016)
    B.A. History, State University of New York, College at Geneseo (2014)

    Expertise

    Urban Geography
    GIS
    Community Planning

    Publications

    • Mapes, J., Kaplan, D., Turner, V. K., & Willer, C. (2017). Building ‘College Town’: Economic redevelopment and the construction of community. Local Economy, 32(7), 601-616.

      Affiliations

    • American Association of Geographers
    • Phi Alpha Theta (History Honorary)
    • Awards/Achievements

      • 2017 - GSA International Travel Award ($1,300)
      • 2017 - NASA-Ohio Space Grant Consortium ($150)
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