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Amy Glasmeier

EESI Associate

Amy Glasmeier

Contact Information:
Department of Geography
312 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-7323
email:
akg1@ems.psu.edu
Dept. website:
http://www.geog.psu.edu/people/glasmeier/

Current Research Interests:
Persistant poverty and social exclusion
Globalization and uneven development
Regional analysis
Globalization and the emergence of new labor market structures

Selected Publications:
An Atlas of Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart, 1960-2003

Measuring economic distress: A comparison of designations and measures. Southern Rural Development Center. Mississippi State University. Fall 2005.

"The Economic Impacts Of The Prison Development Boom On Persistently Poor Rural Places." With Tracey Farrigan. International Journal of Regional Science. Under Review.

"Segregated Places, Segregated Spaces: Income and Racial Segregation in America, 1970-2000." With Tracey Farrigan. Regional Studies. Under Review.

The Self-Conscious Firm: Information Needs, Acquisition Strategies and Utilization Prospects. In Regions, Innovations, and Economic Growth. Ed. Karen Polenske. (Peer reviewed). Manuscript accepted for publication. Cambridge University Press. Fall 2005.

"Appalachia: Rich in Natural Resource Wealth, Poor in Human Opportunity". With Risa Whitson, Lawrence Wood, and Kurt Fuellhart. A Geographic View of Pittsburgh and the Alleghenies: Precambrian to Post-Industrial. University of Pittsburgh Press.

"If You Are 'Living History' the Outcome Is Always Contingent: An Analysis of U.S. Economic Development Administration Expenditure Patterns Over 30 Years." With Larry Wood. December 2005.

"Community-based forestry: a comparison of the experiences of communities in the Global South and the United States." With Tracey Farrigan. Geographical Journal. Spring 2005.

Broadband Internet Service in Urban and Rural Pennsylvania: Commonwealth or Digital Divide? Center for Rural Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, PA. Summer 2003.

Manufacturing Time: The Rise and Fall of Watch Industries and Regions Around the Globe. Guilford Press. New York. Early Summer 2000.

ON HOLD: Telecommunications in Rural America. With Lawrence Wood. Economic Policy Institute. Summer 2000. (monograph).

Global and Local Challenges to Theory, Practice, and Teaching in Economic Geography. The Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation and the National Science Foundation. Summer 1998. (monograph).