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University of Wyoming
Gerald R. Webster

Gerald R. Webster
Professor and Chair
Ph.D.Geography, University of Kentucky, 1984;
MS Geography, Western Washington University, 1980;
BA Political Science, University of Colorado-Denver 1975
gwebste1@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-2836 • Arts and Sciences 207

 

Office Hours: T/R 3:00-4:30 p.m.

 

Research Interests:
Political Geography, Electoral Geography, Secessionist Groups, Voting Rights

 

Teaching:
GEOG 1000 World Regional Geography, GEOG 4880/5880 Political Geography, GEOG 5000 Research Perspectives

 

Publications:

Book Chapters

Webster, Gerald R. and Leib, Jonathan I. (forthcoming), "Living on the Grid: The U.S. Rectangular Public Land Survey System and the Engineering of the American Landscape," in S.D. Brunn, Earth Engineering, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic.

Webster, Gerald R. and Leib, Jonathan I., (2008),  "The Confederate Battle Flag and the Neo-Confederate Movement in the South," in The Neo-Confederate Movement in the United States,  pp. 169-201.  Edited by Euan Hague, Heidi Beirich and Edward Sebesta, University of Texas Press.
 

Leib, Jonathan and Webster, Gerald R.,  (2007),  "Heritage, Hate, or Hell-Raising?: The Contested Meanings of Confederate Flags in the American South," in Flying the Flag: Critical Perspectives on Symbolism and Indentity, Edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Richard Jenkins, New York: Routledge. pp.32-52

 

Webster, Gerald R. (2006), "Sports, Community, Nationalism and the International State System," in The Geography-Sports Connection: Using Sports to Teach Geography, pp. 33-46. Edited by Lisa DeChano and Fred Shelley, Pathways Series No. 33, Jacksonville, AL: National Council for Geographic Education.




 

Edited Book

Pomeroy, George and Webster, Gerald R., editors, (2008), Global Perspectives on Urbanization, New York: University Press of America.
 

Journal Articles

Webster, Gerald R., Chapman, Thomas, and Leib, Jonathan I. (2009), "Sustaining the 'Societal and Scriptural Fence": Cultural, Social and Political Topographies of Same Sex Marriage in Alabama," Professional Geographer, forthcoming.

Webster, Gerald R. (forthcoming), "American Nationalism and the Invasion of Iraq," Geographical Review.

Webster, Gerald R. and Bowman, Jerrod, (2008),  "Quantitatively Defining the Black Belt Geographic Region," Southeastern Geographer, 48: 3-18.

Chapman, Thomas; Leib, Jonathan, and Webster, Gerald R. (2007), "Race, the Creative Class, and Political Geographies of Same Sex Marriage in Georgia," Southeastern Geographer, 47: 27-54.

Webster, Gerald R.; Bowman, Jerrod; McGowin, Daniel and Robinson, Heath (2007), "Research on the Political Geography of the South, 1980-2005," Southeastern Geographer, 47: 1-12.


 

Webster, Gerald R. (2007), "Voting Rights and Social Justice in the South," Southeastern Geographer, 47: 107-110.
 

Leib, Jonathan and Webster, Gerald R. (2006), "District Composition and State Legislative Votes on the Confederate Battle Emblem," Journal of Race and Policy, 2: 53-75.

 

Service:

Editorial Board, Arab World Geographer, 2009 - present.

Editorial Board, Southeastern Geographer, 1996-1999, 2003-2007.

Editorial Board, Political Geography, 2001 - present.

Editorial Board, Journal of Geography, 1997- present.

Member, Association of American Geographers Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 2007- 2010.

President, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 2005-2007; Past-President 2008-2009.
 

 
 

Affiliations, Associations, Consultation:

Awards/Distinctions

Outstanding Service Award, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Charleston, SC, November 2007.

Richard Morrill Public Outreach Award, Political Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, April 2007.

Outstanding Alumni Award for 2006, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, November 2006.

Richard Morrill Public Outreach Award, Political Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA, March 2004.

Distinguished Teaching Award, National Council for Geographic Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 2001.

Research Honors Award 2000, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2000.
 

 
 

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