EDITORS
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Yuko Aoyama
Clark University
Yuko Aoyama teaches economic geography at Clark University and conducts research on globalization and technology, contrasting experiences between Anglo-American and Asia-Pacific economies. She is a recent recipient of an Abe Fellowship (SSRC), and research grants from the National Geographic Society, Association of Asian Studies, and the National Science Foundation, Geography and Regional Science and Economics Programs. Her current research includes consumption and globalization, industry studies (logistics, retail, video games), entrepreneurship, and emerging multinationals. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Amy K. Glasmeier
The Pennsylvania State University
Amy K. Glasmeier is professor of geography and regional planning at The Pennsylvania State University, where she also directs the Environmental Inquiry minor designed to broaden students’ knowledge of key global environmental issues. She has written books on high-technology industries and special development problems of rural areas (especially Appalachia), working closely with academics, policy makers, and major U.S. corporations to encourage policy discourse and programming in these areas. Her primary projects include the formulation of an international network of researchers and policy makers working to integrate concerns about uneven economic development with the need for sustainable development practices. She currently is engaged in a retrospective examination of poverty and poverty policy history in the United States. She received a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Gernot Grabher
University of Bonn
Gernot Grabher is Professor of Economic Geography and Head of the Research Area Socio-Economics of Space at the University of Bonn, Germany. His research interests include the economic geography and economic sociology of networks, temporary organizations, innovation, and learning. He currently conducts research on the governance of project-based economies, new forms of user-driven innovation, and learning in virtual networks. He received his Ph.D. with distinction in Urban and Regional Planning from Vienna Technical University.
Henry Wai-chung Yeung
National University of Singapore
Dr. Henry Wai-chung Yeung is Professor of Economic Geography in the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore. His research interests cover broadly theories and the geography of transnational corporations, Asian firms and their overseas operations, and Chinese business networks in the Asia-Pacific region. He has conducted extensive research on Hong Kong firms in Southeast Asia and the regionalization of Singaporean companies. Dr. Yeung graduated with First Class Honors in Geography from the National University of Singapore in July 1992. He obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Geography, University of Manchester, England, in December 1995.
James T. Murphy
Clark University
Book Review Editor
Dr. Jim Murphy is an Assistant Professor of geography at Clark University. His research examines the socio-spatial dynamics of industrial and technological change in the Global South, the efficacy and equity of economic liberalization programs, and the social, institutional, and relational dimensions of entrepreneurship, innovation, and regional development. He holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Florida (2001), an M.A. in environmental policy from Tufts University, and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Rutgers University.
Joanne Miller
Clark University
Managing Editor
