George White

Title

Professor and Graduate Coordinator

Office Building

Wecota Hall

Office

115F

Mailing Address

Wecota Hall 115F
Geography-Box 0506
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

• Ph.D. in geography | University of Oregon | 1994
• M.A. in geography | University of Oregon | 1990
• B.A. in geography and German studies | California State University | 1987

Academic Interests

• Sustainability
• Political ecology
• Political geography

Committees and Professional Memberships

• American Association of Geographers (AAG)
• Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association of Geographers (GPRM)
• American Geographical Society (AGS)
• National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)

Areas of Research

The intersections of natural resource use, the building of sustainable communities, globalization, the political organization of space, territoriality, identity and culture.