Amy Glasmeier 
EESI Associate
Amy Glasmeier
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1986
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:
2007 Landscapes of Inequality: Spatial Segregation, Economic Isolation, and Contingent Residential Locations.
Economic Geography. With Tracey Farrigan. pg 221-230.
2007 “The Economic Impacts of the Prison Development Boom on Persistently Poor Rural Places”. With Tracey
Farrigan. International Journal of Regional Science.
2007 “Neo-Liberalism, Democracy and the State: Temporal and Spatial Constraints to Globalization.” With Ron
Johnston. Space and Polity.
2006 One Nation, Pulling Apart: The history of poverty in the United States. Translated into Chinese.
Progress in Human Geography. Annual Lecture vol. 26, no. 2, 19. Pp. 155-173.
2006 “Low-Skill Workers in Rural America Face Permanent Job Loss. ” Carsey Institute for Families and Communities.
The University of New Hampshire Policy Series. With Priscilla Salant.
2006 “Measuring Economic Distress: A Comparison of Designations and Measures”. Southern Rural Development
Center. Mississippi State University.
2005 “Analysis of US Economic Development Administration Expenditure Patterns over 30 Years.” Regional Studies.
With Lawrence Wood. Vol. 39.9 1261-1274.
2005 “Community-based forestry: a comparison of the experiences of communities in the Global South and the United
States.” With Tracey Farrigan Geographical Journal. 171.
Editorial. Economic Geography.
2005 An Atlas of Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart, 1960-2003
2005 Measuring economic distress: A comparison of designations and measures. Southern Rural Development Center. Mississippi State University.
"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.
2005 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.
2005 "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.
2005 "Community-based forestry: a comparison of the experiences of communities in the Global South and the United States." With Tracey Farrigan. Geographical Journal.
2003 Broadband Internet Service in Urban and Rural Pennsylvania: Commonwealth or Digital Divide? Center for Rural Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, PA.
2000 Manufacturing Time: The Rise and Fall of Watch Industries and Regions Around the Globe. Guilford Press. New York.
2000 ON HOLD: Telecommunications in Rural America. With Lawrence Wood. Economic Policy Institute. (monograph).