Dr. Daniel Weiner, Professor and Center for International Studies Executive Director

weinerd1@ohio.edu, Yamada 212, (740) 593–1889
Dr. Daniel Weiner

Present Position:

Professor and Center for International Studies, Ohio University

Education:

Ph.D., Geography, Clark U., 1986
M.A., Geography, Clark U., 1981
B.A., Geography, Clark U., 1979

Employment History:

Director, Office of International Programs, West Virginia U., 1997–2008
Professor, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia U., 2001–2008
Associate Chair, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia U., 1995–1997
Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia U., 1993–1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geology, West Virginia U., 1990–1993
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Toledo, 1986–1990
Research Associate, Beijer Institute. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. (Located mainly in Kenya and Zimbabwe.), 1981–1984
Jessie Noyes Fellow and Research Assistant for the Climate-Society Research Group, Center for Technology, Environment and Development, Clark U., Worcester, MA, 1978–1980

Research Interests:

Political ecology, development geography, GIS and society, Africa.

Illustrative Publications:

2009
"Digital Earth." In R. Kitchen and N. Thrift (eds.). International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Amsterdam: Elsevier (with Elmes, G. and C D'Alessandro-Scarpar).

"Participatory Geographic Information Systems." In J. Wilson and S. Fotheringham (eds.), Handbook of Geographic Information Science. London: Blackwell (with T. Harris, 2008).

2003
"GIS Representations of Nature, Political Ecology, and the Study of Land Use and Land Cover Change in South Africa." In K. Zimmerer and T. Bassett (eds.) Political Ecology: An Integrative Approach to Geography and Environment-Development Studies. New York: Guilford Press (with McCusker, B.).

2002
Community Participation and Geographic Information Systems. London: Taylor and Francis (with Craig, W., and Harris, T. , ed.).

2001
"Conflicting Environmental Imaginaries and the Politics of Nature in Central Appalachia." Geoforum, 32: 333-349 (with Nesbitt, T.).

1998
"Empowerment, Marginalization and Community-Integrated GIS." Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, 25(2): 67-76 (with Harris, T.).

1997
'No More Tears:' Struggles for Land in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Trenton: Africa World Press (with Levin, R., ed.).

1996
"The Politics of Land Reform in South Africa After Apartheid: Perspectives, Problems, Prospects." Journal of Peasant Studies, 23(2/3): 93-119 (with Levin, R).

1996
"Resettlement Planning in Zimbabwe and South Africa's Rural Land Reform Discourse." Third World Planning Review, 18(1): 23-43 (with Masilela, C.).

1995
"Apartheid Representations in a Digital Landscape: GIS, Remote Sensing and Local Knowledge in Kiepersol, South Africa." Cartography and GIS, 22(1): 30-44 (with Warner, T., Harris, T., and R. Levin).

1992
"Energy for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Zimbabwe." Growth and Change, 23(3): 335-362 (with Munslow, B., and S. Moyo).

1992
"The Dynamics of Social Differentiation in the Communal Lands of Zimbabwe." Review of African Political Economy. 53: 5-24 (with Cousins, B., and N. Amin).

1991
"Rural and Regional Restructuring of Apartheid: Ideology, Development Policy and the Competition for Space." Antipode, 23(1): 2-32 (with Pickles, J.).

1989
"Agricultural Restructuring in Zimbabwe and South Africa." Development and Change, 20(July): 401-428.

1982
"Hunger: A Polemical Review." Antipode, 14(3): 1-16 (with P. O'Keefe).

1981
"The Effect of Climate Fluctuations on Human Populations: Two Hypotheses." In T. Wigley, et al. (eds.), Climate and History: Studies in Past Climates and Their Impact on Man. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (with Bowden, M., Kates, R., Kay, P., Riebsame, W., Warrick R., Johnson, D., and Gould, H.).

Instructional Areas:

Introduction to Human Geography; Introduction to Physical Geography; World Regional Geography; Agricultural Geography; Population and Food Resources; Natural Resources; Geography of Africa; Patterns of World Development; Regional Development; Underdeveloped Regions; GIS and Society; Resource Geography Seminar; Development Theory Seminar.