Jennifer Rogalsky

Associate Professor of Geography and Sustainability Studies, Urban Studies Coordinator
Bailey 235
585-245-6197
rogalsky@geneseo.edu

Jennifer Rogalsky has been a member of the 黑料传送门 faculty since 2002.

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • M.S., Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • B.S., Geography and Resource Management, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Interests

Urban geography & planning

Africa (Ghana)

Informal urban economies

Welfare reform and transportation

Gender in geography

Classes

  • GEOG 123: Global Devel & Sustainability

    An examination of the cultures, countries, and regions of Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, South and East Asia. Attention is focused on problems such as growing poverty and resource exhaustion, and population problems. Prospects for change are examined under different types of development strategies.

  • GEOG 363: Geog of Sub-Saharan Africa

    This course provides a systematic analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa's changing landscape, including the study of culture, social well-being, population, urbanization, environment, politics, and economics. The course will also focus on post-colonial development issues associated with globalization and regional integration, with special attention to issues of equality and culture change. Current events will be placed into a locational context in an attempt to understand the interrelationships among people, cultures, economies, and the environment within Sub-Saharan Africa, and between Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the world.

  • GEOG 377: Urban Geography

    A study of the spatial distribution and spatial structure of urban places. A survey of the history of urbanization, examining the world distribution of cities from pre-history to the present. The role and structure of a city in modern industrial society. A survey of urban problems, and research and planning approaches to these problems.

  • SUST 388: Exp: Urban Sust in Ghana