CV

Recent (full) CV available here for download.

Education

PhD Geography, University of Arizona, 2004 (minor: Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing)

MA West European Studies, Indiana University, 1996

BA French and Political Science (minors in Italian and Spanish), Indiana University, 1994, With Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa

Degré d’Etudes Françaises, Université de Strasbourg, France, 1993

Appointments

Harvard University

  • Executive Director, Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA), 2025–present

Newcastle University

  • Professor of Geographical Analysis, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, 2018–2025
  • Head, Newcastle Data, February 2022–2025

The Alan Turing Institute

  • Group Leader – Liveability, Science of Cities and Regions Programme (SoCaR), 2023–2025
  • University Lead – Newcastle, 2021–2023

Brown University

  • Associate Director, Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4), 2010–2018
  • Associate Professor (Research), Population Studies, 2015–2018
  • Assistant Professor (Research), Population Studies, 2010–2015

University of Maryland

  • Senior Lecturer, School of Public Policy and Faculty Associate, Maryland Population Research Center, 2009–2010
  • Adjunct Lecturer, School of Public Policy, 2004–2009

American Association of Geographers (AAG)

  • Deputy Director, 2007–2009

U.S. Census Bureau

  • Statistician Demographer, Population Distribution Branch, Population Division, 2002–2004

Visiting Academic Appointments

Visiting Professor, Newcastle University, UK, 2025–2026
Visiting Scholar, Population Studies, Brown University, 2018–2025
Visiting Professor, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Italy, 2018–present
Visiting Professor, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, November 2019

Fellowships and Awards

Fellow, Regional Studies Association, 2024
Outstanding Service Award, AAG Spatial Analysis and Modelling Specialty Group, 2023
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 2020–present
Fellow, Western Regional Science Association (WRSA), 2020–present
Fellow, Alan Turing Institute, 2018–2023
David E. Boyce Award for Distinguished Service to the Field of Regional Science, 2015
Student Paper Award, AAG Population Specialty Group, 2003
Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science, 2001–2002
Graduate Student Paper Award, AAG European Specialty Group, 2001
Lander MacClintock Award for Excellence in Italian Studies, 1994
Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma of Indiana, elected 1994