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Geography Department

206 Morris Hall

Minnesota State University

Mankato, MN 56001

507-389-1890 (work)

507-382-0497 (mobile)

E-mail: jose.lopez@mnsu.edu

Ph.D. Indiana State University, 1998.

M.S. The University of Akron, 1993.

B.A. University of Puerto Rico, 1991.

Professor (Minnesota State University), Elements of Geography, Cultural Geography, Introduction to Geospatial Technologies, Economic Geography, Social Geography, Rural Geography, Political Geography, Spatial Statistics, Spatial Analysis with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Latin America, GIS for Crime Analysis, GIS for Social Studies and Historians, and Field Studies, 2007-2024.

Associate Professor (Minnesota State University), Elements of Geography, Cultural Geography, Economic Geography, Social Geography, Rural Development, Spatial Statistics, Spatial Analysis, and Latin America, 2003-2007.

Visiting Professor (University of Puerto Rico), Elements of Geography and Human Geography, 2005.

Assistant Professor (Minnesota State University), Cultural Geography, Economic Geography, Latin America, Rural Development, and Quantitative Methods, 1998-2003.

Instructor (St. Mary-of-the-Woods College), Geography of World Affairs, 1997.

Graduate Teaching Assistant/Instructor (Indiana State University), World Geography, 1996-1997.

Representative on IFO's (Inter Faculty Organization) Disabilities Advocacy Committee, 2016-2019.

Representative on IFO's (Inter Faculty Organization) Multicultural Issues Committee, 2012-2019.

National Geographic State Bee Judge. Minnesota State. 2018.

Member of the Minnesota State University, Mankato, Faculty Association General Education and Diversity Committee, 2009-2012.

Faculty and Mentor for MSU's College Access Program, 2006-2010.

Instructor of Basic Research Methods to McNair Scholars, Summer 2004.

Faculty and Mentor for MSU’s Learning Communities and First Year Experience Program, 2003-2004.

Member of the Minnesota State University, Mankato, Faculty Association Graduate Education Committee, 2002-2004.

Coordinator of the Geography Graduate Program, Minnesota State University, 1999-2004.

Elementary and High School Science Fair Judge, Minnesota Regional Science and Engineering Fair, 1999-2003.

Social and Economic Geography

Spatial Analysis and Statistics in Geography

Criminology

Latin America

Lopez, Jose Javier. 2024 (Book Review). The review is on Groff & Haberman's “Understanding Crime and Place: A Methods Handbook.” The Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Vol. 35. 237-239.

Lopez, Jose Javier, Woo Jang, and Paul Prew, et al. 2023. "The Geography of Hate: Spatial Patterns of Bias-Motivated Crimes in Minnesota, 2015–18." American Journal of Criminal Justice. Vol. 48. 176-192.  

 

Lopez, Jose Javier, Deanna Almquist, and Pedro Thomas. 2020. "The Geography of Prostitution Arrests in Virginia, USA, 2002–2013." Crime, Law and Social Change: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Vol. 73. 133–157.

Lopez, Jose Javier. 2017. "The Geography of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children in Minnesota, 2007-2015." Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 13. 134-150.

Yuan, F., Jose Javier Lopez, S. Arnold, A. Brand, J. Klein, M. Schmidt, E. Moseman, and M. Michels-Boyce. 2017. "Forestation in Puerto Rico, 1970s to Present." Journal of Geography and Geology. Vol. 9. 30-41.

Lopez, Jose Javier. 2006. Puerto Rico. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publishers.

Lopez, Jose Javier and Pedro Thomas. 2004. "The Geography of Law Enforcement Malpractice: National Patterns of Official Misconduct in the United States, 1989-1999." Cambridge's Journal of American Studies. Vol. 38. 371-390.

Lopez, Jose Javier. 2001. "Vieques Island: The Politics of Military Maneuvers in the Caribbean." Journal of Caribbean Studies (Association of Caribbean Studies). Vol. 16. 1-22.

Lopez, Jose Javier. 2000. "The Geography of Crime in Puerto Rico: A Cross-Municipality Study of Murders and Manslaughter, 1983 to 1991." Homines: Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Homines: A Social Sciences Journal). Vol. 21. 188-206.

Lopez, Jose Javier (Edited by Linda S. Turnbull, Elaine Hallisey Hendrix, and Borden Dent). 2000. "Assault." Atlas of Crime: Mapping the Criminal Landscape. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.

Lopez, Jose Javier (Editor in Chief). 2000. The Atlas of Minnesota (First Edition). Mankato, MN: Center for Rural Policy.