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Why Apply to Clark Geography’s Doctoral Program?

Please note: GREs are no longer required.

Established in 1921, the Graduate School of Geography at Clark is internationally renowned for innovative scholarship and is an acknowledged leader in the field. Consistently ranked as one of the Top 10 graduate programs by the National Research Council , Clark Geography enables graduate students to train with top professionals and participate in a world-class research community. Students are guaranteed tuition remission and graduate assistantships for eight semesters, paid at a nationally competitive rate ($28,853 for the 2023/2024 academic year) with fully funded health insurance, in order to foster a tight-knit, supportive intellectual community. Having awarded more Ph.D.s than any other geography program in the U.S., Clark Geography has a reputation for training future leaders in the field.

Our Close-Knit Community

The Graduate School seeks talented students with diverse backgrounds who can contribute to the atmosphere of innovation and collaboration that defines Clark Geography. The intimate atmosphere of a small urban university fosters close faculty-student relationships that are a key component of graduate study at Clark. The program offers a strong emphasis in both qualitative and quantitative analysis and the option to combine both in a research project.

Our objective is to produce scholars and other professionals whose research and pedagogy are path-breaking. We intend our students to contribute significantly to research and application in one of four main geography areas of focus:

• Human-Environment/Nature-Society Geography
• Urban-Economic Geography
• Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing
• Earth System Science

Within these areas of focus, we encourage an education of excellence and innovation across a number of areas of specialization:

• Climate change
• Economy and culture of cities
• Ecosystem ecology
• Environment and development
• Feminist geography
• Forest ecology
• Geographies of energy and extractive industries
• Geographies of social movements
• GIS and spatial analysis
• Global economic change
• Land change and sustainability science
• Land surface hydrology
• Political/cultural ecology
• Political economy
• Resource geography
• Social and spatial theory
• Urban geography
• Urban political
• Urban development

Program Timeline and Requirements

How long will it take to complete the Ph.D. in geography at Clark University? Can students who already hold master’s degrees enter the program? What are the requirements?

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Please note that the GRE exam is no longer required for this program.

Recent Dissertations

Our Ph.D. students conduct research across the world on issues ranging from the impact of mining on communities in South America to the decline of ice in the Arctic and Antarctica. For dissertation titles before 2012, visit the Burnham Index .

Prospective Doctoral Program Applicants

All prospective applicants for Clark University’s Doctoral Program in the Graduate School of Geography should contact the department with any questions pertaining to the program or the application process, or to schedule a campus visit. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to contact faculty with whom they have aligning research interests.

Prospective applicants are welcomed and encouraged to visit the Graduate School of Geography, if possible. To learn more about the Clark University campus or about the Admissions process, visit the Graduate Admissions website. To request a visit to the Graduate School of Geography, please email [email protected] .

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At the Graduate School of Geography, we train our doctoral students to have the skills necessary to make significant contributions to research and application in one of four main geography areas of focus:

Earth System Science

• Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing
• Human-Environment/Nature-Society Geography

Urban-Economic Geography

Watch the videos below to learn about these areas of focus through the voices of our faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates.

At Clark, earth system science geographers benefit from an interdisciplinary approach to study the complex, interrelated physical and biological components of the earth’s land surface, atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, and oceans.

GIS and Remote Sensing

Geographic information science and remote sensing geographers apply the world’s most advanced earth observation and spatial analytical technologies to address crucial issues concerning socio-economic development and environmental science and policy.

Human-Environment Geography

Human-environment geographers draw from social theory, ecological sciences, land system science, development studies, decision science, law, and ethics to examine relationships between people and environments.

Our urban-economic geographers draw on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches—from economic sociology to political geography—to examine the processes that drive change, conflict, innovation, and uneven development across the world.

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Graduate School of Geography eager to celebrate 100-year anniversary

The Clark University Graduate School of Geography is gearing up for a memorable celebration that will honor its  100-year legacy  as a transformational force in the world of geography.

The centennial event , to be held April 13–15, features a robust series of discussions that are open to the campus community and public, including panels and talks that will examine the significance and leadership of the Graduate School of Geography  in society and in the discipline, take stock of where the GSG is today, and anticipate its future role in addressing many of the most urgent issues facing the world.

“I have been tremendously heartened by the response to the conference,” said James McCarthy, chair of the Graduate School of Geography. “Alumni have been saying really kind and generous things about how much Clark Geography meant to them, and how instrumental and foundational it was for their careers.”

McCarthy said he’s looking forward to reconnecting with retired faculty, many of them prominent in their field, and former Clark doctoral students.

“Many of us have had the opportunity to work with tremendous Ph.D. students who are among the best in their discipline. It’s one of the big draws of being a faculty member in the School of Geography,” he said. “A number of our former students will be back on campus, and some will be serving on panels. It’s always nice to hear what they’re doing now and how it connects with what they studied at Clark.”

Panelists will discuss the study of Black geographies, an area pioneered by Clark alum Bobby Wilson, Ph.D. ’74. They will examine the GSG’s long and influential history in understanding human-environment interactions, including field-defining contributions to the analysis of environmental risks and hazards, human transformations of the Earth, and the connections between development and the environment that are central to the field now known as political ecology.

Other panels will delve into the GSG’s signal contributions, leadership, and ongoing work in the areas of feminist geography, urban geography, and GIScience and earth systems science, particularly in an era of accelerating climate change. Another panel will examine the contributions of GSG faculty, students, and alumni to public policy. The schedule will also include ample opportunities for informal discussions among alumni, former and current faculty and students, and other friends of the GSG.

“It was fun for us to pull these panels together, but also challenging when, in some cases, you’re trying to cover 100 years of work in a specific area,” McCarthy said. “I’m happy with what we came up with, and I think these will all be rich, interesting discussions — but at an event like this, there will also be plenty of time for informal discussions as well as static and dynamic media presentations. We’ll certainly cover as many bases as we can.”

The celebration will kick off on April 13 with the Atwood Lecture, presented by  Kendra McSweeney , professor and distinguished scholar of geography at The Ohio State University. McSweeney, whose research is centered on human-environment interactions and cultural and political ecology, has made influential analytical contributions to understanding the socio-ecological dynamics and impacts of drug trafficking through Central America.

Clark President David B. Fithian ’87 and Provost Sebastián Royo will deliver remarks at the April 14 dinner. Clark Trustee and Dartmouth College geography professor Mona Domosh ’79, M.A. ’83, Ph.D. ’85 — a former president of the American Association of Geographers — will give the keynote address at the April 15 luncheon.

April 15 will feature a tribute to the influential legacy of the late Roger Kasperson ’59, longtime professor and researcher with the Graduate School of Geography and the George Perkins Marsh Institute.

“Roger’s work has fed directly and powerfully into contemporary conversations related to climate change — in areas like adaptation, risk and hazards, sustainability, and resilience,” McCarthy said. “His research continues to be incredibly relevant and applicable as we try to work through the problems related to climate change. He was very much a major figure in this field.”

The Graduate School of Geography turned 100 in 2021, but the pandemic forced the postponement of an official event to mark the occasion. Among the many achievements the GSG will finally have the opportunity to celebrate next month: it has been one of the top Ph.D.-granting geography departments in the United States for the past 100 years; is consistently ranked among the top 10 geography graduate programs by the National Research Council; and has had numerous faculty members inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The centennial celebration’s luncheon, dinner, and receptions are limited to GSG undergraduate and graduate alumni, faculty, staff, and invited guests, and require an  RSVP by March 31, 2023 .

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Graduate Program and Research Institutes

F ounded in 1887 as the first all-graduate school in America, Clark has continued to offer outstanding master's and doctoral degree programs in the context of an intimate university. Over the years, Clark's graduate school has been at the center of major research breakthroughs in disciplines as diverse as physics, geography and psychology.

Clark offers graduate programs leading to doctoral and master's degrees. Admission to Clark's graduate programs is open to holders of the bachelor's degree or its equivalent, and is determined on a competitive basis. All programs are administered by the Graduate Board. Completion of a master's degree program generally requires one or two years of study, and completion of the Ph.D. requires at least four years of study, although requirements vary across departments.

Doctor of philosophy degrees are offered in biology, chemistry, economics, geography, history, physics and psychology. Master of arts degrees are offered in community planning and development, education, English, environmental science and policy, geographical information science, international development and social change, and teaching. The master of business administration and master of science in finance are offered by the Graduate School of Management. The College of Professional and Continuing Education offers the master of public administration, master of science in professional communication and, master of science in information technology.

There is a wide variety of financial support available for incoming graduate students. Most departments offer teaching assistantships, fellowships and research assistantships. Often these come with a stipend as well as tuition grants. Some specific examples of fellowship awards are listed at the end of this section.

Inquiries and Admission to Graduate School Programs

Inquiries from both U.S. and international students concerning specific programs of graduate and postdoctoral work should be addressed to the chair of the department or program concerned.

Admission to the graduate school may be granted only by the dean of graduate studies and research, acting for the Graduate Board on the recommendation of a department or program of the University. Formal notification is by official letter from the graduate dean.

Applicants should communicate with the appropriate department or program head. The applicant will be provided with an application form, which, accompanied by a $50 application fee, should be returned to the department or program. In addition, the applicant should arrange to forward an official transcript of all undergraduate and any subsequent academic work as well as three letters of recommendation from persons who are competent to judge qualifications for graduate study.

Department or program heads may request the submission of additional material, and most require a record of attainment in the Graduate Record Examination given by the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J. All applicants are urged to submit their scores on the Graduate Record Examination verbal, quantitative and advanced tests. Applicants to the Graduate School of Management programs are required to take GMAT rather than GRE examinations.

In addition to an application and $50 fee, foreign students should provide a certified English translation of official transcripts, evidence of English proficiency (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS), at least three letters of recommendation, and a statement concerning their financial resources or agency support.

Application deadlines vary by department. Please contact the department or program of interest for the date.

Admission to the Graduate School is valid for a specified time only and lapses after that period. If a student is admitted while still a candidate for a degree from another institution, an updated transcript noting the conferring of that degree must be sent directly to the department or program of interest.

Part-time graduate study is possible in some departments. Admission as a special graduate student (nondegree candidate) is a simple enrollment process handled through the Registrar's Office.

Master of Arts

Master of arts degrees are offered in the fields of community planning and development, education, English, environmental science and policy, geographic information sciences for development and environment, international development and social change and teaching.

Residency: An academic year (generally eight course units) of study in residence is a minimum requirement for a master's degree. Individual departments or programs may require longer periods of residency.

Foreign Language: Language or other special requirements are included in the department listings in this catalog.

Course and Examination Requirements: Each student must complete at least eight course units in a program approved by the department. One course may be a research course devoted to the preparation of the thesis. Credit for a maximum of two course units at another institution may be approved by the dean of graduate studies and research upon recommendation of the department.

Thesis: The thesis is written on a topic in the field of the student's special interest under the supervision of a member of the department and in a style, length and format that is appropriate to the problem being researched. A Formatting Guide for theses is available online at www.clarku.edu/graduate .

Graduation Fee: The fee for the master of arts degree is $100. This covers the cost of the diploma and binding of the library copy. It is payable when the thesis is deposited with the format adviser. Students who do not write a thesis must pay this fee no later than the date on which theses are due to the University format adviser.

Nonresident Students: Students who have completed all their in-class course work and are finishing their degree requirements off campus must continue to register each semester until graduation as nonresident students. The nonresident student status fee is $200 each semester for three years.

Postgraduate Programs in COPACE

Through the College of Professional and Continuing Education (COPACE), Clark offers the master of public administration (M.P.A.), master of science in professional communication (M.S.P.C.) and master of science in information technology (M.S.I.T.).

The M.P.A. program is designed to strengthen and advance the managerial and analytical skills of mid-career managers and executives in public organizations and nonprofit institutions. The M.S.P.C. is a comprehensive, practical program designed to enhance communications skills and managerial techniques through courses designed specifically for mid-career professionals.. The M.S.I.T. is designed to prepare professionals to take a holistic approach; think critically about enterprise objectives; learn the strengths and weaknesses of each technology and how they interface; and envision the totality of e-based systems. For further information, contact the College of Professional and Continuing Education.

Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS)

Through COPACE, Clark offers a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) in Interdisciplinary Studies, designed for teachers, administrators and other professionals. The program is open to those already holding a master's degree. Although increased specialization in a student's particular area is possible through the chosen concentration track, the Clark Interdisciplinary Studies CAGS, unlike traditional CAGS offered elsewhere, attempts to foster breadth beyond a discipline. Courses are chosen from several disciplines; the student's focus is interdisciplinary, incorporating and transcending established domains of study.

Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Finance

The accredited Clark University Graduate School of Management offers programs leading to the master of business administration (M.B.A.) and the master of science in finance (M.S.F.).

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of philosophy degrees are offered in biology, chemistry, economics, geography, history, physics and psychology. Only well-qualified candidates with proven ability in their special fields of study will be encouraged to proceed to the degree of doctor of philosophy.

Residence: The minimum requirement is one year of full-time study (eight course units) beyond the M.A. or its equivalent in part-time work, in residence. If the master of arts has been earned at Clark, this requirement is in addition to the residence requirement for that degree.

Foreign Language: Each graduate department sets its own language or related requirements as the student's field of research may demand and must report such requirements in each case to the dean of graduate studies and research. If a language is required, either a testing service or on-campus tests are employed at the discretion of the department.

Preliminary Examination: Upon completion of preparation in the fields of study, a prospective candidate takes a preliminary examination set by the major department. This examination may be written or oral, or a combination of both. The chair of the department may invite other scholars from within or outside the University to participate in the examination.

Dissertation: A dissertation, which is expected to make an original contribution to a specialized field of knowledge, is required of each candidate. The dissertation, approved by the chief instructor or dissertation committee, is presented to the examining committee at the final oral examination. An abstract of the dissertation, not exceeding 350 words, is approved by the dissertation advisers. Four weeks before the degree is to be conferred, a presentation-quality copy of the dissertation, together with two official title pages, an academic history and an abstract must be delivered to the University format adviser. At the same time, one or more copies of the dissertation and of the abstract may be required by the major department. The title pages and academic history forms can be obtained online. The presentation-quality copy of the dissertation must be computer printed as prescribed in the format guide located on the Graduate School Web site .

The dissertation becomes part of the permanent collection in the University library. A microfilm copy of each dissertation is made by Proquest of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is available for duplication on request to that company. The abstract is printed in Dissertation Abstracts International.

Articles published in referred journals may be accepted in lieu of a dissertation with the approval of the department and the graduate dean.

Graduation/Diploma Fee: The fee for the doctor of philosophy degree is $150. It covers the cost of the diploma, hood, publication of the abstract in Dissertation Abstracts International, and binding of the library copy of the dissertation. It is payable when the dissertation is deposited with the University format adviser.

Graduate Grading Policies

The grades of A and B (with "+" and "-") are acceptable for graduate credit; anything lower than a B- is not acceptable. A Pass/Fail grading option is possible, where P (pass) signifies that the student has performed at a B- or above. Incompletes are awarded at the discretion of the instructor for a period not exceeding one year.

Graduate Housing

A limited number of on-campus housing spaces are available through the Resident Life and Housing office. Incoming students have priority for this housing. Further details may be obtained from the Resident Life and Housing office or from academic departments.

Off-campus rooms and apartments for both men and women are available in the immediate area of the University. A limited listing of current housing opportunities is compiled by the Resident Life and Housing office. Students without prior arrangement for University-owned housing are urged to arrive before registration to seek suitable housing in the area.

For information on meal plans, health insurance and health services, please refer to the section on Facilities and Student Resources .

Graduation Fee�payable at the time the thesis or dissertation is deposited with the Office of the Graduate School.

Students who do not write a thesis or dissertation, including those receiving the degree through an alternative program, must pay this fee no later than the date on which theses are due to the University format adviser (generally, April 1).

Payable July 24 and December 15: $200 each semester for first three years.

Loan Deferment

Only students enrolled on at least a half-time basis are eligible for student deferment status on college loans. Nonresident graduate students on a half-time basis are limited to two years of student deferment status.

Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships and Assistantships

Graduate fellowships and scholarships are provided for well-qualified students by the University from endowed funds and from other sources. Financial aid to graduate students also is available in the form of grants from a number of special funds and, in some departments, from sponsored research grants. Students who receive awards must obtain permission from the department before accepting employment. Application for a scholarship or fellowship to begin in September should be made before Feb. 15 to the chair of the department or director of the program in which the applicant expects to do major work. Late applications, after endorsement by the department, go to the dean of graduate studies and research for final approval.

Research Fellowships

These fellowships may be awarded to graduate students who have fulfilled their residence requirements and who are pursuing a full-time doctoral program on campus.

Teaching Assistantships

Teaching assistants, generally only offered to doctoral students, are assigned a variety of duties according to the needs of the department. Responsibilities include conducting discussion sessions, supervising laboratory sections, holding tutorial sessions and grading papers and projects. Assistantships typically involve a commitment of approximately half time (an average of 17-1/2 hours a week). A tuition-remission scholarship or fellowship accompanies this award. Additional support up to a 12-month stipend is available in some departments.

Assistantships

Assistantships are available in several departments. Assistantships involve a variety of services, including research with appropriate stipends, and usually provide the student with experience that will be useful in later professional work.

Graduate Fellowship, Scholarship, and Department Funds

Stipends for fellowships and scholarships are provided by endowed funds. For further information about these funds, contact the Graduate School Office.

George Perkins Marsh Institute

The George Perkins Marsh Institute was founded in 1991 to promote and conduct collaborative and interdisciplinary research on human-environment relationships that cover a wide range of research themes including risks and hazards, the human dimensions of global environmental change, resource and environmental policy, industrialization and globalization, and the development and application of Geographic Information Science across multiple disciplines.

The institute fosters team-based research that engages graduate students and research faculty in problem formulation and resolution. By galvanizing research of this kind within Clark University, its surrounding community and beyond, the institute affords its research faculty and students the opportunity to engage in a scale, scope and quality of research that would not be possible otherwise, thus helping to extend Clark's research activities around the world.

The institute is comprised of four centers: CENTED, which contains the Community-Based Development Program (CCBD) and the Community-Based Hazard Management Program (CBHM); Clark Labs; the Greening of Industry Network; and the newly formed Center for Risk and Security (CRS).

CENTED continues its traditional work on risks and hazards with projects funded by various agencies, such as the EPA, NIEHS and the Department of Energy (DOE), that look at the effect of exposure to toxic substances on birth weight, developing methodologies for assessing uncertainty and variability of human response to exposures to hazardous substances and vulnerability studies.

• The Jeanne X. Kasperson Research Library offers one of the most extensive collections in North America of research materials on natural and technological hazards and environmental change. The library's collection, developed over the past two decades, now houses more than 20,000 volumes, including books, technical reports and government documents. Approximately 50 percent of the collection is bibliographically retrievable via the Internet, and the remainder is retrievable on site via internal databases. Holdings also include in excess of 1,500 hearings and reports of the U.S. Congress, 600 reports of the U.S. General Accounting Office, and over 2,000 specific articles on development. In addition, the Library receives some 300 journals, newsletters and other periodicals. The Jeanne X. Kasperson Research Library also regularly obtains and catalogs a wide range of publications on relevant subjects from international, national and subnational institutions.

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PhD Applications welcome on the broad topics of (1) climate impacts of forest change, (2) drought and disturbance impacts on ecosystems and water resources, or (3) pathways to deep decarbonization of society. Successful recruits will join the Biogeosciences Research Group of Clark University’s Earth System Science program within the Graduate School of Geography. Experience with terrestrial ecosystem ecology, ecohydrology, biosphere-atmosphere exchange, eddy covariance, EOS remote sensing, and/or ecosystem and hydrological process modeling is desired.   Send inquiries to Prof. Christopher Williams ( [email protected] ) and see application details at https://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/graduate-programs/doctoral-programs/ . Clark University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply.

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The Master of Science program in Geographic Information Science (MSGIS) prepares students to become professionals in careers where they apply the world’s most advanced computer mapping and spatial analysis technologies to address crucial issues concerning socioeconomic development and environment.

A collaborative program between the Department of International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE), the Graduate School of Geography and Clark Labs, the MSGIS program is unique is a variety of ways. It focuses specifically on applications of geospatial technologies to problems of sustainable development and the environment, such as: conservation, land use / land cover change, public health and environmental justice, food security, humanitarian assistance and agricultural development, global change and Earth system monitoring, and climate change adaptation.

Clark University also has a 30+ year history of software development for GIS and remote sensing. Clark Labs (www.clarklabs.org) produces the TerrSet geospatial monitoring and modeling system that includes the IDRISI GIS and Image Processing System, the Land Change Modeler, the Earth Trends Modeler, the Habitat and Biodiversity Modeler, the Ecosystem Services Modeler, and the Climate Change Adaptation Modeler. The software has been distributed to over 100,000 users worldwide. Therefore, MSGIS students have a unique opportunity to learn the analytical power of raster GIS using TerrSet/IDRISI in their course work and research. In the past, many MSGIS students have had the opportunity to work at Clark Labs as software testers, programmers or researchers, depending on each student’s qualifications and the needs of Clark Labs.

Numerous opportunities exist for students to conduct collaborative research with IDCE and Geography faculty as they pursue their research on issues such as conservation GIS, public health, water resources, land use change, the drivers and impacts of agricultural change, software system development, environmental degradation, and environmental justice. Many MSGIS students have co-published findings of their research with faculty members in respected journals in the field.

Course of Study

Clark University offers the Master of Science degree in Geographic Information Science organized according to four areas of concentration:

1. GIS for Development and Environment

2. Conservation Applications

3. Environmental Remote Sensing

4. Community and Global Health Applications

Each concentration has its own requirements, and students successfully completing the program will have their area of concentration noted on the degree.  All concentrations require a minimum of 12 graduate course units to graduate. The curriculum for each concentration is designed to allow full-time students to complete the program in four semesters.

Within each concentration, students are given the option of two tracks - a research track or an internship track.

The research track is suitable for students who intend to eventually pursue a Ph.D. degree, or who envision working for an organization in a research capacity. The research track requires two units specifically focused on their research and a conference presentation. In addition, students on the research track typically spend the summer following their second semester working on their research.

The internship track is designed for students who wish to gain practical experience working with an organization that uses GIS and remote sensing and who plan to spend a career in applied GIS. This track requires the completion of an approved internship during the summer after the second semester, followed by a report and presentation during the third semester.

 Students must select their concentration and track in spring semester of year 1, and submit concentration declaration form to their academic advisor during academic advising meeting in Spring semester of Year 1

Concentration in GIS for Development and Environment

The concentration in Geographic Information Science for Development and Environment is intended for students interested in applications of geospatial technologies to address the challenge of sustainable development. The issues are many, ranging from natural resource development while protecting biodiversity, smart development and planning of infrastructure to social issues such as disaster management, humanitarian assistance, water and sanitation, poverty and hunger alleviation, climate change impacts, conflicts, and migration.

The GISDE concentration builds upon the broad strengths of the Department of International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE), the Graduate School of Geography and Clark Labs. Accordingly, this concentration allows considerable flexibility in tailoring an individual program, crafted with the assistance of a faculty advisor.

Candidates for the MS in Geographic Information Science specializing in GIS for Development and Environment are required to complete 12 units, including four units of required courses and associated prerequisites.

Required Courses:

GEOG 397 Advanced Raster GIS    

IDCE 388 Advanced Vector GIS    

IDCE 391 M.S. GIS Professional Seminar    (0.5 unit)

IDCE 30306 GIS for International Development    (0.5 unit)

Students must also take at least one of the following courses:

IDCE 30229 Program Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals    

IDCE 30291 Qualitative Research Methods    

IDCE 361 Project Management for Social Change    

Students in the research track are also required to take:

GEOG 399 Directed Study     or

IDCE 30213 Master’s Final Research Paper    with their research advisor (2 units- one in each semester of Year 2)

Students in the research track also have the following non-course requirements that must be fulfilled before graduation clearance will be given:

• Submission of Research Proposal signed by research advisor by the last day of Spring semester of Year 1. Send a digital copy to MSGIS Program Coordinator
• Submission of a completed and signed research paper by the first week of March in Spring semester of Year 2. Send a digital copy to MSGIS Program Coordinator
• Presentation about research at a professional conference during Fall or Spring semester of Year 2. Send MSGIS Program Coordinator conference name, dates, location, and presentation abstract

Students in the internship track also have the following non-course requirements that must be fulfilled before graduation clearance will be given:

• Submission of MSGIS Internship Proposal approved by the academic advisor before the beginning of internship (by the end of Spring semester of year 1). Send a digital copy to MSGIS Program Coordinator
• Submission of MSGIS Internship Report approved by the academic advisor by the end of Fall Semester of Year 2. Send a digital copy to MSGIS Program Coordinator
• Submission of a completed and signed MSGIS Internship Supervisor Evaluation form in Fall Semester of Year 2. Internship supervisor should send the form digitally to MSGIS Program Coordinator
• Presentation about internship during GIS Week in Fall semester of Year 2

Prerequisites:

The following is a list of prerequisites for required courses. Students who can demonstrate that they have taken comparable courses at other institutions can be exempted from these prerequisites upon the approval of the program Coordinator. However, this does not reduce the requirement for a total of 12 units for completion of the degree.

IDCE 310 Intro to Geographic Information Science    

GEOG 311 Introduction to Quantitative Methods    

GEOG 383 Introduction to Remote Sensing    

Highly Recommended Electives:    

GEOG 346 Geospatial Analysis with R    

IDCE 302 Python Programming    (0.5 unit)

IDCE 30274 Computer Programming for GIS    (0.5 unit)

IDCE 30262 Web Mapping and Open Source GIS    

IDCE 30154 Mega Development: Exploring The Nexus Between Natural Resource Extraction, Infrastructure Development and Environment    

GEOG 382 Advanced Remote Sensing    

Other Electives:

IDCE 30393 Social Applications of GIS    (0.5 unit)

IDCE 377 Approaches to Global Health    

IDCE 30330 Approaches to Community Health    

IDCE 30109 Introduction to Epidemiology    

IDCE 30360 Spatial Analysis for Health    

IDCE 332 Sustainable Development Assessment and Planning    

IDCE 30231 Humanitarian Assistances in Complex Emergencies/Disasters    

GEOG 389 Conservation GIS    

GEOG 336 Wildlife Conservation GIS Research Seminar    

332 GEOG 332 - Landscape Ecology     or GEOG 386 - Special Topics   : Community Forestry

GEOG 386 Special Topics    Habitat Modeling (0.5 unit)

GEOG 323 Forest Ecology and Management Seminar                

GEOG 333 Terrestrial Ecosystems and Global Change    

GEOG 347 Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Geography    

GEOG 349 - Advanced Topics in Spatial Analysis    

GEOG 352 GIS & Land Change Science            

GEOG 360 GIS & Land Change Models           

GEOG 363 The Climate System and Global Environmental Change    

GEOG 378 Emerging Issues in Climate Change Science    

GEOG 379 GIS & Map Comparison    

GEOG 387 New Methods in Earth Observation    

GEOG 391 Innovations in Earth Observations    

GEOG 392 Remote Sensing of Global Environmental Change    

IDCE 307 - Culture, Health, and Power: Introduction to Medical Anthropology    

IDCE 305 - Innovations in Humanitarian and International Development Data    

IDCE 30103 - Networks and Analytics of Development    

Students may also take courses offered by the Graduate School of Geography or the other four graduate programs in IDCE (International Development, Community Development and Planning, Community and Global Health, and Environmental Science and Policy) or in other departments, as approved by their academic advisor. Please view Clark’s official Academic Catalog www.clarku.edu/academiccatalog for a complete listing of course offerings.

Students on the internship track can optionally register for a 0.5 or 1.0 unit internship (IDCE398 or GEOG398) with their academic advisor either during the summer when they take the internship, or in the fall semester immediately following. Note that international students taking their internship as CPT must register for the internship course (0.5 or 1.0 unit).

Concentration in Conservation Applications

Conservation GIS is concerned with the application of Geographic Information Systems and related geospatial technologies to the needs of Conservation Biology, Landscape Ecology, Wildlife Management and Conservation Planning. The MSGIS in Conservation Applications builds upon the history of close partnerships between Clark University and Clark Labs with organizations such as Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Through these relationships, for example, Clark Labs has developed a distinctive set of geospatial software tools for Conservation such as the Land Change Modeler, the Habitat and Biodiversity Modeler, the Climate Change Adaptation Modeler, the Ecosystem Services Modeler and the Earth Trends Modeler. Clark is also in the process of becoming the home of the New England chapter of the Society for Conservation GIS.

The objectives of the Master of Science in Conservation Applications are to gain spatial analysis skills required in ecological and conservation applications including: vector and raster spatial data analysis, analysis of image time series, remote sensing applied to environmental monitoring, GIS programming skills, spatial conservation planning, spatial modeling of species distributions, and effective map communication.

Candidates for the MS in Geographic Information Science specializing in Conservation Applications are required to complete 12  graduate course units, normally including 5 required units.

GEOG 332 Landscape Ecology    or   GEOG 386 - Special Topics   : Community Forestry

GEOG 399 Directed Study or IDCE 30213 Master’s Final Research Paper with their research advisor (2 unit - one in each Semester of Year 2)

Highly Recommended Electives:   

GEOG 323 Forest Ecology and Management Seminar         

GEOG 333 Terrestrial Ecosystems and Global Change                     

GEOG 360 GIS & Land Change Models    

GEOG 363 The Climate System and Global Environmental Change       

GEOG 392 Remote Sensing of Global Environmental Change       

BIOL 306 Advanced Biostatistics    Not offered regularly

BIOL 316 Ecology           

BIOL 358 Small Scale Land Conservation in Massachusetts    

Concentration in Environmental Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing is the scientific discipline concerned with the acquisition of environmental data at a distance (typically from imaging sensors on satellites and aircraft) and their subsequent analysis to yield information, typically in map form. MSGIS concentration  in Environmental Remote Sensing focuses on the analysis of image data for environmental applications, particularly related to earth system science, natural resource inventory and ecological/conservation applications. Faculty, students and staff are involved not only in the application of remote sensing to crucial environmental concerns, but also, in some cases, in the development of new image processing procedures and software implementations.

MSGIS concentration in Environmental Remote Sensing places a strong emphasis on acquiring the quantitative analysis and problem solving skills necessary to function as a professional analyst. The products of remote sensing image analysis are almost universally in map form. Thus the program also puts emphasis on acquiring the GIS skills necessary for the development of end products, and most of the courses have an applied project component as an integral element.

Clark University continues to have strong partnerships with many organizations that have remote sensing image analysis needs, including the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the GIMMS laboratory at NASA, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Conservation International, Digital Globe and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Candidates for the MS in Geographic Information Science specializing Remote Sensing of the Environment are required to complete 12 graduate course units, including 3.5 units of required courses and associated prerequisites.

GEOG 399 Directed Study or IDCE 30213 Master’s Final Research Paper with their advisor (2 unit - one in each semester of Year 2)

1.         IDCE 310 Intro to Geographic Information Science    

2.         GEOG 311 Introduction to Quantitative Methods    

3.         GEOG 383 Introduction to Remote Sensing    

Highly Recommended Electives:

GEOG 387 - New Methods in Earth Observation  

391 GEOG 391 - Innovations in Earth Observations    

Students may select from any relevant graduate-credit courses in Geography or IDCE to fill out their requirement of 12 units for the degree. However, the following is a list of elective courses with a strong focus on Remote Sensing or GIS.

GEOG 330 Introduction to Species Distribution Modeling    

GEOG 332 Landscape Ecology    or 386 Special Topics: Community Forestry

GEOG 352 GIS & Land Change Science    

GEOG 392 - Remote Sensing of Global Environmental Change    

Students may also take courses offered by the Graduate School of Geography or the other four graduate programs in IDCE (International Development, Community Development and Planning, Global and Community Health, and Environmental Science and Policy) or in other departments, as approved by their academic advisor. Please view Clark’s official Academic Catalog www.clarku.edu/academiccatalog for a complete listing of course offerings.

Students on the internship track can optionally register for a 0.5 or 1.0 unit internship (IDCE 398 or GEOG 398) with their academic advisor either during the summer when they take the internship, or in the fall semester immediately following. Note that international students taking their internship as CPT must register for the internship course (0.5 or 1.0 unit).

Concentration in Community and Global Health Applications

The concentration in GIS for Community and Global Health Applications is intended for students interested in applications of geospatial technologies in areas of community and global health. The program is aimed at individuals who plan to work as GIS Analysts/Specialists in international health organizations (such as WHO, International Red Cross), federal, state and local government agencies (CDC, FEMA, state and municipal health departments), NGOs (Partners in Health, Planned Parenthood, etc.) or research organizations and Universities (Schools of Public Health, Health GIS Research Labs).

Putting information into a spatial context allows exploring the spatial relationships among health and behavior indicators, health outcomes, environmental risk factors, and demographic and cultural characteristics at a particular location. GIS and remote sensing allow visualizing and analyzing spatial patterns of disease distribution, accounting for spatial dependencies in the data, and investigating how health outcomes and processes that drive them differ from place to place. GIS maps may indicate connections and trends that would be otherwise not readily apparent, if the data were not integrated together via spatial overlays. Graduates with this concentration will have a solid understanding of health issues facing communities (both domestic and global), and of the policy environments affecting global and community health. They will also develop competency in a wide range of GIS analytical methods, with particular emphasis on techniques applicable to community and global health issues.

Faculty this concentration have developed strong partnerships with local and global organizations, including the City Worcester (Department of Public Health), Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc., Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health Care, Partners in Health, and others. Several MS students have done summer internships in some of these organizations or worked as research assistants with faculty on health-related GIS projects, and co-published academic papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Candidates for the MS in Geographic Information Science with concentration in Community and Global Health are required to complete 12 graduate course units, normall including required units.

GEOG 386 - Special Topics   : Landscape Ecology or GEOG 386 Special Topics: Community Forestry

GEOG 386 - Special Topics   : Habitat Modeling (0.5 unit)

GEOG 389 - Conservation GIS    

IDCE 30264 Environmental and Social Epidemiology    

GEOG 399 Directed Study or IDCE 30213 Master’s Final Research Paper with their research advisor (2 unit - one in each Semester of Year 2).

Highly Recommended Electives:     

IDCE 305 Innovations in Humanitarian and International Development Data    

IDCE 308 Health (in)Equity: Social Determinants and Policy Solutions    

GEOG 332 Landscape Ecology    or GEOG 386 Special Topics: Community Forestry

Students may also take courses offered by the Graduate School of Geography or the other four graduate programs in IDCE (International Development, Community Development and Planning, Community and Global Health, and Environmental Science and Policy) or in other departments, as approved by their academic advisor. Please view Clark’s official Academic Catalog www.elarku.edu/academiccatalog for a complete listing of course offerings.

Concentration in Geography-ADP (Accelerated Degree Program only)

Clark’s accelerated degree program offers a BA/MS option in GIS, which is simply the MSGIS degree Geography-APD concentration. This program in Geographic Information Science is intended exclusively for ADP students, focusing on applications of geospatial technologies to address a range of circumstances, as articulated through the final year of the Bachelor’s degree and during the Master’s program year.

The MS-GIS Geography-ADP concentration builds upon the broad strengths of the Graduate School of Geography, Clark Labs, and the Department of international Development, Community and Environment (IDCE). Accordingly, it allows considerable flexibility in. tailoring an individual program, crafted with the assistance of a faculty advisor.

Candidates for the MS in Geographic Information Science are required to complete 12 graduate level units, as well as associated prerequisites.

Prerequisites I (not counted towards the 12 required units)

GEOG 297 Honors    (or other subject) (Students must complete an honor’s thesis with two semesters of honor’s units)

GEOG 190 Introduction to Geographic Information Science    

Prerequisites II (counted toward the Master’s program 12-unit total):

Two 300-level Geography GIS-related courses (two units total; from below list of electives)

Post-BA Graduation Coursework:

Summer after BA Graduation:

GEOG 398 Internship    ((Summer Internship)

Fifth Year Coursework

Students in the research track are required to take:

GEOG 399 Directed Study    -MS Thesis Directed Research (2 units - one each semester)

At least four additional courses from the list of electives, below (minimum 2 courses/units per semester)

Summer of Fifth Year:

GEOG 399 Directed Study    - Thesis Directed Research (1 unit)

Students in the internship track are required to take:

GEOG 398 Internship    (2 units - one each Semester)

At least five additional courses from the list of electives, below (minimum 2 courses/units per semester)

Internship Reports

At the end of each semester of the internship track, students must complete an Internship Report evaluating their experience with the organization they interned for during that semester. The students must also send their internship supervisor a Supervisor Evaluation Form in order for the supervisor to evaluate the student and their performance/contribution throughout the prior semester.

IDCE 30393 Social Applications of GIS    

IDCE 30330 Approaches to Community Health Approaches to Community Health    

IDCE 30103 Networks and Analytics of Development    

GEOG 323 Forest Ecology and Management Seminar    

GEOG 347 Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Geography     

GEOG 304 - Cartography and Map Design (0.5 credit)    

Students may also take courses offered by the Graduate School of Geography or the other four graduate programs in IDCE (International Development, Community Development and Planning, Community and Global Health, and Environmental Science and Policy) or in other departments, as approved by their academic advisor. Please view Clark’s official Academic Catalog www.clarku.edulacademiccatalog for a complete listing of course offerings.

Within each concentration, students are given the option of two tracks - a research track or an internship track. Students are encouraged to select the option that best suits their anticipated professional aspirations.

Research Track

For this option, the student develops a preliminary research proposal as part of IDCE 391. This proposal may be refined in the second semester and must be signed by the selected research advisor (also known as the first reader). This final proposal must be handed in to the MSGIS program coordinator by the end of the second semester. The research is then performed under the guidance of the research advisor in the summer and following academic year. Students must register for 1.0 unit for either IDCE 399 or IDCE 30213 with their research advisor in the third and in the fourth semesters. This final research project results in a paper that has a length and format appropriate for a professional peer-reviewed journal article. The format for the MS paper is available IDCE391’s Moodle page. Students are also required to make a Presentation about their research at a conference (e.g., AAG; NEArc; Clark Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, etc.) This option is appropriate for students who want to engage in the creation of new methods in GIS or innovative applications of existing GIS methods. This option is recommended for students who envision working in a research setting or who may wish to eventually pursue a Ph.D.

Internship Track

For this option, the student applies to GIS or remote sensing-focused internships as part of IDCE 391. Students must complete an Internship Proposal form (included in this Handbook) and obtain approval from their academic advisor who will serve as student’s internship advisor. The student will perform the internship during the summer, and write an internship report in early fall (report guidelines included in this Handbook). Students should send this report to their academic advisor for approval. Approval of the Internship report by the academic advisor is a graduation requirement. Students are also required to make a Presentation about their internship during GIS Week (third week in November).

Students must select their concentration and track in spring semester of year 1, and submit concentration declaration form to their academic advisor during academic advising meeting in Spring semester of Year 1.

Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Ph.D.

Lyndon Estes, Ph.D.

Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr., Ph.D.

John Rogan, Ph.D.

Florencia Sangermano, Ph.D.

• BIOL 306 - Advanced Biostatistics
• BIOL 316 - Ecology
• GEOG 310 - Qualitative Research Methods, Skills and Applications
• GEOG 311 - Introduction to Quantitative Methods
• GEOG 322 - Applications of Radar Remote Sensing
• GEOG 332 - Landscape Ecology
• GEOG 333 - Terrestrial Ecosystems and Global Change
• GEOG 336 - Wildlife Conservation GIS Research Seminar
• GEOG 346 - Geospatial Analysis with R
• GEOG 347 - Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Geography
• GEOG 360 - GIS & Land Change Models
• GEOG 363 - The Climate System and Global Environmental Change
• GEOG 382 - Advanced Remote Sensing
• GEOG 372 - Seminar on Contemporary Environmental Issues in Forest Ecosystems
• GEOG 378 - Emerging Issues in Climate Change Science
• GEOG 379 - GIS & Map Comparison
• GEOG 383 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
• GEOG 387 - New Methods in Earth Observation
• GEOG 397 - Advanced Raster GIS
• GEOG 398 - Internship
• GEOG 399 - Directed Study
• IDCE 302 - Python Programming
• IDCE 308 - Health (in)Equity: Social Determinants and Policy Solutions
• IDCE 332 - Sustainable Development Assessment and Planning
• IDCE 361 - Project Management for Social Change
• IDCE 377 - Approaches to Global Health
• IDCE 388 - Advanced Vector GIS
• IDCE 391 - M.S. GIS Professional Seminar
• IDCE 398 - Internship
• IDCE 399 - Directed Study
• IDCE 30103 - Networks and Analytics of Development
• IDCE 30213 - Master’s Final Research Paper
• IDCE 30229 - Program Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals
• IDCE 30231 - Humanitarian Assistances in Complex Emergencies/Disasters
• IDCE 30274 - Computer Programming for GIS
• IDCE 30306 - GIS for International Development
• IDCE 30330 - Approaches to Community Health
• IDCE 30360 - Spatial Analysis for Health
• IDCE 30393 - Social Applications of GIS
• IDCE 30262 - Web Mapping and Open Source GIS

William A. V. Clark

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William Clark is Research Professor of Geography at UCLA and an active affiliate of the California Population Center. He was born in New Zealand and earned BA and MA degrees from the University of New Zealand and a PhD in Geography from the University of Illinois. He was a fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences in 1993, and held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1994-95. In 1994 he was awarded a D.Sc. by the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and in 2003 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2005 he was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences and in that year he also received the Decade of Behavior Research Award for research that influences public policy. In the past ten years he has lectured and taught in Europe, New Zealand and Canada and in 2011 held an UK Economic and Social Research Council Fellowship at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He was a Benjamin Meaker Research Fellow, at Bristol University, United Kingdom in 2014. At the Association of American Geographers meetings in 2018 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.

His research focuses on mobility, migration and housing choice and housing outcomes. Each of these areas continues his long term interest in demographic change in large urban areas. He has published extensively on models of residential mobility and the sorting processes that bring about residential segregation in the urban mosaic His research is focused on how demographic changes and specifically the spatial outcomes of both internal and international population migration change neighborhoods. The edited volume, with David Clapham and Ken Gibb (The Sage Handbook of Housing, 2012) brings together work on residential change, housing choice, housing markets and policy issues on the future of housing. A forthcoming book reviews recent research in Housing Studies.

His studies of immigration and its impacts both on places and on the immigrants themselves are set out in two books, The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities and Immigrants and the American Dream: Remaking the Middle Class. The California Cauldron focuses on the impact of immigration on California, and Immigrants and the American Dream examines how immigrants have transformed themselves as their life courses intersect with the American mainstream. Both examine the way in which immigrants change local communities and how they succeed in their life course trajectories.

His research has provided insights into the role of preferences, discrimination and public intervention in creating the ethnic and racial separation in America’s large urban regions. He published some of the first papers to formally test the 1971 Schelling model of choice. The papers showed that the theoretical tolerance distributions outlined by Schelling theoretically could be generated from survey data. Most recently the Schelling model was translated into an agent based model with survey preferences as the basis for the predicted outcomes.

He has participated as analyst and expert witness in the major desegregation court cases which took up the question of how we can understand the patterns of ethnic and racial separation in large US cities. The presentations and discussions were often contentious but they were an opportunity to bring demographic analysis into the court room and test the ideas about segregation and separation in both a demographic and a legal context. These presentations in Dowell (Oklahoma), Pitts v Freeman (Georgia), Swann vs Charlotte-Mecklenburg, and Jenkins (Kansas City) were based on demographic research on residential sorting and residential selection using surveys and demographic models.

B.A. University of New Zealand, 1960

M.A. (First Class Honors) University of New Zealand, 1961

Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1964

D.Sc. University of Auckland, 1994

My research over the past two decades has been concerned with the internal changes in US cities, especially in the changes that occur in response to residential mobility and migration. I have conducted both micro scale and individual studies of tenure choice, and large scale studies of demographic change in the neighborhoods of large metropolitan areas. The latter studies examine the nature of the population flows between cities and suburbs, white flight and the impact of legal intervention on the urban mosaic. I have also been particularly concerned about the relative roles of residential preferences and housing affordability in the way in which segregation has emerged in metropolitan areas. I am currently investigating the interaction of class, race and geography in metropolitan areas, as well as continuing my studies of how residential sorting structures the urban landscape.

Selected Publications

SIGNIFICANT SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

Research Articles

Over the past four decades I have pursued research in three areas – first, studies of housing choices, and as part of those investigations how the life course paradigm helps us understand both the choice of whether to become an owner and where to live; second, the analysis of patterns of segregation and their explanations including studies of the relative roles of status and preferences as explanations for the patterns we see in the urban landscape; and third, studies of migration and mobility and labor force participation.

Housing choices, residential mobility and residential sorting

The important papers within the research on residential choice include studies of tenure choice, summarized in a 1996 book Households and Housing: Choice and Outcomes in the Housing market.  Rutgers University, Center for Urban Policy Research, and a series of recent papers which examine the decision to move and the decision to stay. Using a life course conceptual structure a book, and a set of papers show that households change residential locations in response to a series of internal and external triggers. The underlying conceptualization of the work on mobility and choice is the central concept that housing decisions are related to progress through the life course . At a macro level the research documents how choices and constraints generate residential selection and neighborhood sorting.

  W.A.V. Clark and Suzanne Davies Withers (2007) Family migration and mobility sequences in the United States: spatial mobility in the context of the life course.  Demographic Research  17, Number 20, 591-622.

W.A.V. Clark (2013) Life course events and residential change: unpacking age effects on the probability of moving  Journal of Population Research 30, 319-334 .

W.A.V. Clark and Philip Morrison (2012) Socio-spatial mobility and residential sorting: evidence from a large scale survey . Urban Studies  49, 3253-3270.

W.A.V. Clark and Regan Maas (2015) Interpreting migration through the prism of reasons for moves. Population Space and Place 21 54-67 ONLINE 2013

W.A.V. Clark, Ricardo Duque, Isabel Palomares (2015) Place attachment and the decision to stay in the neighborhood. Population Space and Place. DOI: 10.1002/psp.2001

W.A. V. Clark & William Lisowski (2016): Decisions to move and decisions to stay: life course events and mobility outcomes, Housing Studies , DOI:10.1080/02673037.2016.1210100

W.A.V. Clark and William Lisowski (2017) Prospect Theory and the decision to move or stay. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

W.A.V. Clark and William Lisowski (2017) Examining the life course sequence of intending to move and moving. Population, Space and Place. Online

  Patterns of segregation and the social organization of the city

theoretical tolerance distributions outlined by Schelling in his study of preference could be generated from survey data. Additional work showed that preferences varied by education, income and age. Most recently the Schelling model has been translated into an agent based model with survey preferences as the basis for the predicted outcomes. More recent collaborative research has both extended studies of segregation and developed new methods of measuring segregation.

W.A.V. Clark (1991) Residential preferences and neighborhood racial segregation: a test of the Schelling segregation model.  Demography  28, 1-19.

W.A.V. Clark(1992) Residential Preferences and Residential Choices in a Multi Ethnic Context.  Demography  30, 451-466.

W.A. V. Clark (2009) Changing Residential Preferences across Income, Education, and Age: Findings from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality.  Urban Affairs Review  44: 334-355

W.A.V. Clark  and Mark Fossett (2008) Understanding the social context of the Schelling segregation model.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science s, 105,4109-4114.

John Osth, William A.V. Clark and Bo Malmberg (2014) Measuring the scale of segregation using K-nearest neighborhood aggregates. Geographical Analysis 46 , 1-16

W.A.V. Clark and John Östh  (2018) Measuring Isolation Across Space And Over Time With New Tools: Evidence From California Metropolitan Regions. Environment and Planning B. Special Issue: Conceptualizing, Modelling, and Visualizing Residential Segregation

Olteanu, M. Randon-Furling, J. and Clark, WAV (2019) Segregation through the multiscalar lens: focal distances and distortion coefficients” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences j June 18, vol. 116  no. 25 12250–12254

Malmberg, Bo and Clark W.A.V. (2020) Migration and neighborhood change in Sweden: The interaction of ethnic choice and income constraints. Geographical Analysis online.

W.A.V. Clark, Madalina Olteanu Julien Randon –Furling (2019) Segregation beyond scale: assessing the individual perceptions of migrant residential segregation. 21 st European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography p.95-96

Xu B, Clark WAV, Pak M Simulation codes and data for the data analysis. URL:  LINK . Deposited 19 January 2024.

Residential mobility,  migration and labor market outcomes

A large research literature has focused on migration as the engine of job search. The view from economics emphasizes the process of migration as one which is motivated by job opportunities and wage gains. While there is some support for those studies it is increasingly clear that migration is much more than a search for jobs and in the complex world of two earner families, and high levels of labor force participation by women, there is a need to rethink the explanations for regional migration and residential mobility. It is also clear that average outcomes do not provide a realistic picture of the gains from migration.

W.A.V.Clark and S.Davies Withers (1999) Changing jobs and changing houses: mobility outcomes of employment transitions.  Journal of Regional Science  39, 653-673

W.A.V. Clark and Y. Huang  (2004) Linking migration and mobility: individual and contextual effects in British Housing Markets.  Regional Studies  38, 617-628.

W.A.V.Clark and Y.Huang (2006) Balancing move and work: Women’s labor market exits and entrances after migration . Population Space and Place  12,31-44)

W,A.V. Clark and Suzanne Davies Withers (2009) Family Formation, Mobility And Labor Force Participation: A Study in Synchronicity.  Population Space and Place  15, 305-321

Martin Korpi and W.A.V. Clark (2015) Internal Migration and Human Capital Theory: To What Extent Is It Selective? Economic Letters 136:31-34.

Martin Korpi and W.A.V. Clark (2017) Human capital theory and internal migration: Do average outcomes distort our view of migrant motives? Migration Letters. 14: 229-242.

Martin Korpi and W. A.V. Clark (2017) Migration and Occupational Careers: The Static and Dynamic Urban Wage Premium by Education and City Size” Papers in Regional Science. Online

William A.V. Clark and William Lisowski (2019) Extending the human capital model of migration: The role of risk, place and social capital in the migration decision. Population, Space and Place . Online DOI org/10.1002/psp2225

Current Projects

In the past three years I have explored the application of my life course approaches to housing and residential choice in the large and transforming Chinese housing market, including studies of access, subjective wellbeing and fertility.

W.A.V. Clark, Youqin Huang and Daichun Yi (2019) Can Millennials Access Homeownership in Urban China. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.

W.A.V.Clark, Daichun Yi, and Youqin Huang (2019) Subjective wellbeing in China’s Changing Society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (34) 16799-16,804.

W.A.V.Clark, Daichun Yi (2020) Transitions to partnership and parenthood: Is China still traditional. Demographic Research , 7/24.

W.A.V.Clark, Daichun Yi and Xin Zang (2020) Do house prices affect fertility behavior in China: An empirical examination. International Regional Science Review .

W.A.V. Clark (2021) Advanced Introduction to Housing Studies . Elgar (Forthcoming)

David Clapham, William A.V. Clark and Kenneth Gibb (2012) The Sage Handbook of Housing. London, UK. Sage Publications

W.A.V. Clark (2003) Immigrants and the American Dream: Remaking the Middle Class. New York: Guilford Press

W.A.V. Clark (1998) The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities . New York: Guilford Press.

W.A.V. Clark, F.M. Dieleman (1996) Households and Housing: Choice and Outcomes in the Housing market . Rutgers University, Center for Urban Policy Research.

W.A.V. Clark (1986) Human Migration: An Introduction to Population Movement . Sage Publications.

W.A.V. Clark and P.L. Hosking (1986) Statistical Methods for Geographers . John Wiley and Sons.

W.A.V. Clark, ed. (1982) Modelling Housing Market Search . London, United Kingdom: Croom Helm.

W.A.V. Clark and Eric G. Moore, eds. (1980) Residential Mobility and Public Policy , Beverly Hills, Sage Publications.

W.A.V. Clark and E.G. Moore, eds. (1978) Population Mobility and Residential Change . Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.

H.J. Nelson and W.A.V. Clark (1976) The Los Angeles Metropolitan Experience: Uniqueness, Generality and the Goal of the Good Life . Cambridge, MA: Ballinger.

Honors Award of the Association of American Geographers in 1987; Belle van Zuylen Professorship of the University of Utrecht in 1989, Doctorem Honoris Causis, University of Utrecht in 1992; Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences 1993; John Simon Guggenheim fellowship 1994-95; Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1997. Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2003 Elected to the US National Academy of Sciences, 2005

New Zealand Geographic Society, Distinguished New Zealand Geographer Medal, 2015.

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3 PhD research fellows (sociology, management, and human geography) in a research project on “Just Transition in the Circular Economy”

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At UCLouvain, are seeking to recruit 3 PhD research fellows in the following areas

• PhD1 - One doctoral fellowship  in sociology and organization studies , with competences in settling of ethical conflicts in organizational settings, for 4 years
• PhD2 - One doctoral fellowship in  management and social entrepreneurship , with competences in participatory governance, for 4 years
• PhD3 - One doctoral fellowship in  human or social geography , with competences in quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of environmental justice issues, for 4 years

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THE RESEARCH PROJECT 

The 3 PhD research fellows will work together in the research project “Analysing and Identifying the Circular Economy’s contribution to a just Transition. A Transdisciplinary Environmental Justice Approach in the Brussels Capital Region” (AICE-T-)

The aim of the AICE-T project is to identify and analyse the potential contributions of circular economy initiatives to achieving just transitions. The AICE-T project asks the following two research questions:

• what are the existing practices used by circular economy initiatives to address the social and environmental issues raised in the context of their activities?
• how to create capacities of engagement of actors in the circular economy initiatives for contributing to improved environmental justice outcomes, in particular through social learning on values conflicts and the formation of shared narratives of change?

To address the research questions, the AICE-T project will use an innovative transdisciplinary research design, combining an assessment of existing circular economy initiatives in the Brussels Region with a set of participatory research methodologies geared toward capacity building and the fostering of organisational change. 

The researchers will benefit from the research environment of the different teams that contribute to the AICE-T project and will be hosted in the offices of one the supervisors. These research teams have been awarded several major national and European research grants in the past. With their strong focus on high quality research and with research covering the fields of management, organizational and labour sociology, human geography, political science, and philosophy, they offer a vibrant and stimulating interdisciplinary research environment. 

More specifically, the different PhD research fellows will conduct their PhD under the supervision of the following teams of co-promotors: 

PhD1 One doctoral fellowship in sociology and organization studies , with competences in settling of ethical conflicts in organizational settings

Matthieu de Nanteuil (promotor) and Tom Dedeurwaerdere (co-promotor)

PhD2 One doctoral fellowship in management and social entrepreneurship , with competences in participatory governance

Julie Hermans (promotor) and Tom Dedeurwaerdere (co-promotor)

PhD3 One doctoral fellowship in human or social geography , with competences in quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of environmental justice issues 

Brendan Coolsaet (promotor) and Tom Dedeurwaerdere (co-promotor)

EURAXESS Research fields

Geography  < human geography

Management Sciences (other)

Sociology (other)

The positions are strongly research oriented with very limited organizational duties and no teaching obligations. We offer a competitive remuneration package (including a monthly allowance, social security, and insurance expenses) and generous funding of research related activities (participation to conferences and research missions in selected developed and developing countries). The research fellowships are granted for 4 years (full time contract, 38h/week schedule).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Further information on the application procedure can be obtained from Chantal Herman, chantal.herman @uclouvain.be

For additional information about the positions, you can contact the (co)promotors : [email protected] , [email protected] , julie.hermans@ uclouvain.be, [email protected]  

APPLICATION PROCESS

Starting date: 1st of October 2024

Application deadline: 19th of August 23h

Interview: 3rd of September 2024. Applicants should keep this date free to be able to participate to the interview.

Submission process

Please apply online through The application should contain the following documents

Your detailed CV

A motivation letter (max 2 pages)

A copy of your master thesis and/or a published peer-reviewed paper

Name of 1 or 2 reference persons we could contact for information on your profile

Please do not include additional documents beyond those listed above.

Address (for EURAXESS) : IACS, Place Montesquieu 1/L2.08.11, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

https://brendan.coolsaet.eu

https://lptransition.uclouvain.be/dedeurwaerdere-tom/

https://matthieudenanteuil.net

https://uclouvain.be/fr/repertoires/julie.hermans

https://uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/anthropologie-europe/juliehermesse.html

Work locations

Number of offers: 3

Requirements

Geography  < human geography : 

Master Degree or equivalent

Years of research experience: none

Management Sciences (other): Master Degree or equivalent

Sociology (other): Master Degree or equivalent

Required languages

Required: good English skills 

Selection process

Application deadline: 19th of August 23h (Brussels time zone)

Interview: 3rd of September 2024, between 9h and 13h, in 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve. Candidates who are selected will be invited for an in-person interview in Louvain-la-Neuve. Applicants should keep this date free to be able to participate to the interview.

Additional information < Additional Comments

The daily research work will be in English. However, 2 of the 3 research fellows will also conduct fieldwork in French in Brussels. We therefore seek to hire 2 PhD research fellows with good English and good French language skills and 1 PhD research fellow with good English skills.

< 1 research fellows: only good English skills required

< 2 research fellows: good English and good French language skills required 

Additional Information

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Meet Our 2024 Animal Law Leadership Award Winners

This year’s award is presented to three Lewis & Clark law students who have demonstrated leadership in the field of animal law.

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The Animal Leadership Award is an award given annually, when merited, by the Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) to one or more graduating Lewis & Clark law students who have demonstrated leadership in the animal law field and who have earned the respect of peers, faculty, and staff for advancing animal law and education. CALS is thrilled to announce that the recipients of this year’s Award are: Melissa Baines, Kaiti Bestor, and Eric Sugarman. Learn about each of them and their animal protection work and future plans below.

Melissa served as the Editor in Chief of the Animal Law Review during her 3L year. Under Melissa’s guidance, the journal published volumes 30.1 and 30.2 of Animal Law, including a special spring edition in collaboration with Dr. Paul Locke and Rebecca Critser focusing on issues with animal research and testing.

During her time at Lewis & Clark, Melissa worked as a research assistant for Professor Kathy Hessler and as a law clerk for Professor Joyce Tischler. Her work focused on the topics of aquatic animal law and vertical integration and consolidation within the meat industry. She also interned for the Animal Welfare Institute’s Government Affairs Program in Washington, D.C., externed for the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Legislative Affairs Program, and interned for United States Senator Jeff Merkley.

Of her future career in animal law, Melissa plans to find a position where she can work in policy, help pass federal laws to protect animals, and eventually establish an agency that will oversee those laws and make sure they are enforced.

Kaiti’s dedication to animal rights began in high school and has become an integral part of her personal and professional life. Prior to starting her legal career, Kaiti earned her BA from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where she majored in writing and rhetorical studies with a double minor in legal studies and public administration. During college, Kaiti was awarded a research grant to travel to Australia, where she worked with and learned from various animal advocacy groups.

As a law student, Kaiti was a member of the Animal Law Review, held multiple positions on the LC Animal Legal Defense Fund Board, including as the 2023-2024 Co-Director, and worked as a law clerk for Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Criminal Justice Program. Additionally, Kaiti was selected to present her research paper regarding banning male chick culling in the egg production industry at the 2023 Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Convention.

Kaiti is immensely grateful for the support, opportunities, and friendships that the Animal Law Community at Lewis & Clark offered. She is excited to continue her animal advocacy and is eager to pursue a career where she can use innovative and creative approaches to challenge the treatment of animals. Kaiti currently resides in Portland, Oregon, with her partner and their cat, Elfie. In her free time, she enjoys trying new vegan restaurants, thrifting, and exploring all the nature the Pacific Northwest has to offer. 

Eric focuses on the nexus of animal law, environmental law, and transformative justice. Born and raised in North Carolina, he graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in Sustainability and Geography.

Upon college graduation, Eric spent several years apprenticing with regenerative farmers across the United States in pursuit of a more intimate relationship with the art and practice of land stewardship. These experiences crystallized his conviction that we must transform our food system if we are to achieve a transition to a sustainable, equitable, and just future for animals, people, and the planet. Eric hopes to leverage legal tools to further the dismantlement of the industrial animal agriculture paradigm and champion the dignity and value of all beings, human and non-human alike.

For Eric, Lewis & Clark Law School, and the Animal Law Program in particular, have been a well-spring of insight, community, and mentorship over the past three years. He is grateful for the exceptional education he received at Lewis & Clark, and he is eager to commence his professional work as a legal advocate where he can apply his learnings in service to the public interest.

The Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) was founded in 2008 with a mission to educate the next generation of animal law advocates and advance animal protection through the law. With vision and bold risk-taking, CALS has since developed into a world-renowned animal law epicenter. CALS’ Alumni-in-Action from over 25 countries are making a difference for animals around the world. CALS is a nonprofit organization funded through donations and grants.

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Caitlin Clark’s Teammates Put on Unofficial Iowa Graduation as She Misses Ceremony for WNBA Practice

Clark and the Fever will play their first regular season game on Tuesday, May 14 in Connecticut

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When Caitlin Clark had to miss her college graduation ceremony at the University of Iowa, her Indiana Fever teammates found a sweet way to celebrate the milestone.

Clark, 22, was busy preparing for the Fever's first game of the regular season and had to skip the ceremony in Iowa City on April 11.

But Clark's teammates brought an unofficial ceremony to Indiana instead. In a video shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) by the Fever, Clark is seen running through a line of her teammates as they cheer for her at training camp.

At the end of the makeshift tunnel, Aaliyah Boston , the first overall pick in 2023, presented her with a "Certificate of Graduation."

"Caitlin Clark was unable to attend her @uiowa graduation yesterday so the team surprised her with a 'Certificate of Graduation' before training camp today," the Fever wrote in the post.

Fever fans excitedly reacted to the sweet moment and expressed their gratitude for Clark. "Congrats Caitlin! I’m sorry that you didn’t have the chance to walk @uiowa , but I’m excited for the energy you’re bringing to Indiana," one user wrote in reply to the video.

Another comment said , "I love this! Looks like she has great teammates and support from the team! So glad she landed here!"

Just before Clark was drafted by the Fever, PEOPLE spoke to Boston, 22, who said she was excited to "embrace" the new draft class. From the looks of it, the Fever have a solid team chemistry heading into their first regular season with Clark.

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Clark is one of the most successful athletes to come out of the University of Iowa, breaking several records in NCAA basketball during her time as a Hawkeye.

She was named the NCAA  National Player of the Year in 2023, and in March, she surpassed Pete "Pistol" Maravich to become the NCAA's all-time leading scorer in men's and women's basketball.

What's more, her success on the court brought in never-before-seen viewership for women's basketball.

After the Hawkeyes were defeated by the South Carolina Gamecocks 87-75 in April 7's title game,  ESPN  announced that it was their most-watched event in the United States since 2019. Citing data from Nielsen, the sports media company explained that the game broke viewership records, averaging 18.7 million viewers on ABC and ESPN.

According to ESPN, "The only sporting events in the United States to draw a bigger TV audience since 2019 have been football, the World Cup, and the Olympics."

The Indiana Fever will play their first regular season game with Clark, against the Connecticut Sun, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET and airing on ESPN2.

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Dana Buchwald Honored with Outstanding Animal Law LLM Graduate Award

This merit award is given annually in memory of Florence Kaufelt, a lifelong friend of animals, to a graduate of our Animal Law LLM Program.

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Dana Buchwald (’24, U.S.) is the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Animal Law LLM Graduate Award. Dana has been a dedicated student throughout her time in our Animal Law LLM program, graduating summa cum laude , while being involved in many outreach and animal advocacy efforts. She holds a JD, cum laude , from the American University, Washington College of Law; and a Bachelor of Arts, also cum laude , from Carleton College. She is a Senior Humane Policy Volunteer Leader for the Humane Society of the United States and served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Humane Educators.

In addition to producing exceptional academic work throughout her time in the Animal Law LLM Program, Dana has continued her work as co-publisher at The Gryphon Press , whose mission is to publish children’s picture books about the vital issues that animals face, offering children insights into and empathy for every animal life. Gryphon’s goal is to offer solutions with evocative, non-didactic, age-appropriate text and high-quality illustrations. As a leader in literary social justice, The Gryphon Press has been working to change the dominant narrative about animals in one of the largest segments of media, children’s picture books. The press has affiliations with national animal welfare/activist groups and numerous local shelters and rescues around the country. Gryphon titles have been translated into Spanish, French, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, and Bulgarian. Ten Gryphon titles have been translated and published in simplified Chinese to form the core of the first Chinese humane education program, used by more than 2,000 educators, as well as a reading program for rural area children, serving 395 schools across 24 provinces, and as an Internet platform available for download by teachers in more than 5,000 schools.

As a scholarship recipient in our LLM Program, Dana pursued specialized study in animal law “in order to learn about the substantive animal law and the complex and multi-faceted situations that give rise to these laws, as well as to sharpen my legal skills and become familiar with where the field is headed.” She is now ready to pursue a career in animal law; her interest areas include legislative advocacy, courtroom animal advocate programs, protecting wildlife and their habitats, and working to end concentrated animal feeding operations.

Regarding receiving this award, Dana shares: “I am incredibly honored and grateful for this award. Attending the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis and Clark was a long-held goal of mine, and I am extremely proud to be among its alumni. The CALS faculty are trailblazers in animal law, generous and gifted professors who inspired and guided me. I am also indebted to my brilliant cohort of fellow students and CALS alumni for their deep knowledge, keen insight, and generosity of spirit, which were invaluable to my education.”

The Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) was founded in 2008 with a mission to educate the next generation of animal law advocates and advance animal protection through the law. With vision and bold risk-taking, CALS has since developed into a world-renowned animal law epicenter. CALS’ Alumni-in-Action from over 25 countries are making a difference for animals around the world. CALS is a nonprofit organization funded through donations and grants.

More Center for Animal Law Studies Stories

Meet Our 2024 Animal Law Leadership Award Winners

The Aquarium Trade Deserves More Scrutiny

Center for Animal Law Studies is located in Wood Hall on the Law Campus. MSC: 51

email   [email protected]

voice   503-768-6960  

Center for Animal Law Studies Lewis & Clark Law School 10101 S. Terwilliger Boulevard  MSC 51 Portland   OR   97219

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