Department of Geography and Planning

Dr. Charles Monroe
College of Arts and Science Associate Dean and Professor
Office: 406-B CAS
Tel: 330-972-8033
Fax: 330-972-6080
Email:monroe@uakron.edu

Education

Ph.D. and M.S. Geography, The Pennsylvania State University
BA Secondary Education and Geography, The University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests

Dr. Monroe's major research interests include quantitative analysis in geography, migration, and problems of regional growth and development. He has investigated land use and population dynamics within the Akron region, including intra-regional population flows, changes in the regional economic structure, and suburbanization trends. He has joined other researchers from the Ohio Housing Research Network to examine population and housing issues in the metropolitan areas of Ohio.

Selected Publications and Presentations

An Introduction to Statistical Problem Solving in Geography. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown
Publishers, 1993 (with J. Chapman McGrew, Jr. )

Workbook for An Introduction to Statistical Problem Solving in Geography. Dubuque, IA:
Wm. C. Brown, Publishers, 1993 (with J. Chapman McGrew, Jr.)

Region in Transition: An Economic and Social Atlas of Northeast Ohio. Akron, OH: The
University of Akron Press, 1992 (edited with Robert B. Kent, Deborah King and Thomas
R. Nash).

Author of more than 15 articles in professional journals, several book chapters, and numerous
technical reports.

Presenter at more than 50 national, regional, and local professional conferences.

Honors and Distinctions

Secretary-Treasurer of East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, 1990-92

Courses Taught

3350:100 Introduction to Geography
3350:320 Economic Geography
3350:422/522 Transportation Systems Planning
3350:483/583 Spatial Analysis
3350:680 Advanced Spatial Analysis

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