DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

Robin Leichenko Associate Professor, Department of Geography rleichen@rci.rutgers.edu Curriculum Vita

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Background  (view CV )

• Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University (faculty member since 1998)
• Ph.D., Geography, Penn State (1997)
• M.A., Economics, Penn State (1995)
• M.A., Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder (1991)
• B.S., English, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1989) Phi Beta Kappa

Current Research

I am an economic geographer. My research addresses the economic and environmental consequences of global change for cities and regions. Currently, I am writing a book titled Double Exposure: Global Environmental Change in an Era of Globalization (Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2008). The book, co-authored with Karen O'Brien, focuses on how globalization and global environmental change jointly affect vulnerable regions, social groups and ecosystems. My other current research, in collaboration with William Solecki, entails a comparative study of the effects of the globalization of consumption practices on housing demand and suburbanization patterns in China and the U.S. Some of my recently completed projects include a study of the impacts of international trade on employment and income inequality across U.S. regions, and a study of globalization and climate change in rural agricultural regions in India and Southern Africa. 

Recent Awards and Fellowships

• Fulbright Scholar Grant, U.S. Department of State, 2003-2004, for research at  CICERO, University of Oslo, Norway.
• Bilder Intercultural Teaching Fellowship, Rutgers University, 2003.
• Faculty Sponsor, Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Rutgers University, 2001-2002.

Major Funded Projects

Principal Investigator. 2000–2003. Trade, Employment, and Inequality: An Investigation of Rural Economic Change. National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture. $150,000.

Co-Principal Investigator (with Robert Lake, Rutgers University). 2000–2003. Evaluation of the Role of EDA in Efforts to Alleviate Domestic Distress. U.S. Economic Development Administration. $125,000.

Co-Principal Investigator (with Karen O'Brien, CICERO; Ulka Kelkar, TERI; and Stephan Barg, IISD). 2001-2004. Climate Change and Economic Changes in India: The Impacts on Agriculture. Canada International Development Agency and Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Co-Principal Investigator (with Karen O'Brien, CICERO). 2001-2003. Environmental Risk Management: Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the SADC Region. World Bank.

Participating Researcher (David Listokin, Principal Investigator). 1999–2001. Housing and Economic Development on Native American Tribal Lands: Current State of Knowledge and Practice. Fannie Mae Foundation.

Participating Researcher (Norman Glickman, Principal Investigator). 1999. Economic Impact Assessment of Hurricane Floyd in New Jersey. Economic Development Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Co-Principal Investigator (with David Listokin and Michael Lahr). 1998–99. Economic Impacts of Historic Preservation in Texas. State of Texas Historical Commission.

Selected Publications (see CV for full listing)

• Solecki, William D. and Robin M. Leichenko. 2006. Urbanization and the Metropolitan Environment: Lessons from New York and Shanghai. Environment 48.4: 8-23.
  
  
• Robin M. Leichenko and William D. Solecki. 2005. Exporting the American Dream: The Globalization of Suburban Consumption Landscapes.
  Regional Studies 39.2: 241-253.