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About Me
Ph.D. Dissertation Title:
The Geography of Crime in Contemporary Puerto Rico: Socio-Economic Aspects of Crime.

Other Research:
The Geography of Puerto Rico
Geographic Patterns of Law Enforcement and Military Malpractice
Assault in the United States
Regional Analysis of Violent Crime and Drug Abuse in Puerto Rico
The Geography of Rural Minnesota
Testing Geographic Proficiency in Schools of West Central Indiana (Project under the direction of Dorothy Drummond)

Travel Experience:
Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Federation of St. Kitts-Nevis, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Hong Kong and Macao, Iceland, Japan, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Maarten, South Africa, Spain,
Türkiye, U.S. Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, and Venezuela

Conference Presentations:
Lopez, Jose Javier, Mohapatra, Rama P., and Prew, Paul. "Regional Patterns of Giving in the U.S. during the Great Recession." The 6th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Society. Hong Kong. September 24, 2017.
   
Lopez, Jose Javier and Winkels, Bridgett Mary. "The Geography of Prostitution in Virginia, 1999-2009." The 61st Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers. Macomb, IL. October 22, 2010.

Bruss, Nathan James and Lopez, Jose Javier. "The Geography Police Misconduct in the United States, 1999-2005." The 59th Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers. Bloomington, IN. November 14, 2008.

Lopez, Jose Javier. "The Geography of Crime in Puerto Rico: A Cross-Municipality Study of Violent Crimes, 2000 to 2004." The 102th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Chicago, IL. March 9, 2006.

Lopez, Jose Javier. "The Geography of Murders in Puerto Rico: 1980-2004." Inter-University Institute for Violence Studies Conference. Rio Piedras, PR. October 21, 2005.

Lopez, Jose Javier and Thomas, Pedro M. "The Geography of Police Malpractice." Midwest Sociological Society 2004 Annual Meeting. Kansas City, MO. April 17, 2004.

Lopez, Jose Javier. "Geographic Patterns of Police Malpractice in the American South." The 99th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New Orleans, LA. March 5, 2003.

Alasow, Abdulkadir and Lopez, Jose Javier. "The Geography of Somali Immigration to the United States." The 99th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New Orleans, LA. March 7, 2003.

Lopez, Jose Javier. "The Geography of Police Malpractice: Regional Patterns of Law Enforcement Misconduct in the US, 1989-1999." The 57th Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Southeastern Division. Richmond, VA. November 25, 2002.

Lopez, Jose Javier, Abdulkadir Alasow, and Igor Winiarczyk. "The Location of Somali Immigrants in Minnesota." The 52nd Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers. Joliet, IL. October, 12, 2001.

Lopez, Jose Javier and Posas, Luis. "Socio-Spatial Distribution of Police Misconduct: A Comparative Analysis of Media Reports and Department of Justice Records." Midwest Sociological Society 2001 Annual Meeting. St. Louis, MO. April 5, 2001.

Perkins, Harold and Lopez, Jose Javier. "An Assessment of Gypsy Moth Catches in the Upper Midwest Using Spatial Analysis." The 2000 Annual Meeting of the East Lakes and West Lakes Divisions of the Association of American Geographers. Oxford, OH. October 20, 2000.

Lopez, Jose Javier. "Police Misconduct in the United States During the 1990s: A Geographic Approach." The 96th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Pittsburgh, PA. April 7, 2000.

Mitchell, Martin and Lopez, Jose Javier. "The Perils and Ordeals of Cartography Intended for Legislators." The 96th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Pittsburgh, PA. April 6, 2000.

Lopez, Jose Javier and O'Shaughnessy, Patrick. "The Geography of Police Brutality in the United States." The 50th Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers. DeKalb, IL. October, 1, 1999.

Lopez, Jose Javier. "Serious Violence in Puerto Rico: Spatial Patterns of Assault." Midwest Sociological Society 1999 Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. April 8, 1999.

Lopez, Jose Javier. "The Geography of Crime in Contemporary Puerto Rico." The 53rd Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Southeastern Division. Memphis, TN. November 23, 1998.

Lopez, Jose Javier. "The Geography of Serious Violence: A Cross Municipality Study of Murders and Manslaughter in Puerto Rico, 1983-1991." The 49th Annual Meeting of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers. Madison, WI. October 30, 1998.

Drummond, Dorothy and Lopez, Jose. "Testing Teachers: Geography Knowledge of K-12 Teachers." The 81st Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education. Santa Barbara, CA. November 16, 1996.

Lopez, Jose and Drummond, Dorothy. "Testing Geographic Learning, Grades One through Twelve." The 1996 National Council for the Social Studies Great Lakes Regional Convention. Indianapolis, IN. April 25, 1996.

Lopez, Jose and Drummond, Dorothy. "Testing Geographic Proficiency in Project GEO Schools: Factors Influencing Student Performance." The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Charlotte, NC. April 12, 1996.

Drummond, Dorothy and Lopez, Jose. "When Does the Gender Gap Begin?" The 79th Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education. Lexington, KY. November 4, 1994.

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