Michael Yoder
Associate Professor
Address:
201 Donaghey Avenue
Department of Geography
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR 72035
Office: 301C Irby Hall
Office Phone:
Department Phone: 501-450-3164
FAX: 501-852-2926
E-mail:
Office Hours
Areas of Interest
Economic
Urban
Mexico
Central America
Courses
Principles of Geography (typical syllabus)
World Regional Geography (typical syllabus)
Education
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, 1994
M.A. University of South Carolina, 1989
B.B.A. University of Houston, 1981
Selected Publications
Articles
2007 "The Infrastructure of International Trade, and the Political and Economic Landscapes of Cameron County, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas." Proceedings, 12th Annual Conference, Western Hemispheric Integration in a Competitive Global Environment. Laredo, Texas: Texas A & M International University.
2004 "Evolution of a Commercial Strip in a Texas-Mexico Border City: Laredo's San Antonio Highway." Southwestern Geographer, VII: 49 - 75.
2002 "A Mexican Border City in the Global Periphery: Piedras Negras and Steel Manufacturing, 1935 - 1990." Urbana Vol. 7 (2) Autumn.
2002 "La industria premaquiladora y su impacto sobre la geografia urbana y economica de Piedras Negras, Coahiuila, Mexico." Urbana Vol. 7 (2) Autumn.
2001 "Social Housing in Northeastern Mexico: Aesthetics, the Ideology of Subsidy, and the Personalization of Living Space." Urbana Vol. 6 (2) Autumn.
2000 "Social Housing in a Mexican Border City: Geography, Architecture, Political Economy." South Eastern Latin Americanist Vol. 44, No. 1 (July).
2000 "Neoliberalism' and Urban Design in the Mexico-U.S. Border Region: The Case of the Two Laredos." SECOLAS Annals Vol. 31 (October).
1999 "Monclova, Coahuila: The Social Geography of a Medium-Sized Industrial City of Northern Mexico." SECOLAS Annals Vol 30 (March).
1999 "Suburban Growth in a Northeastern Mexican City: The Case of Saltillo, Coahuila." Rio Bravo Vol. 5 (1) Spring.
1998 "El crecimiento de la zona suburbana de Saltillo, Coahuila." Perfiles Vol. 2, No. 8 (November): 24 - 26.
1996 "Cattle Production, Global Markets, and the Transformation of a Small-Farm Community in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula." SECOLAS Annals Vol. 27 (March)
1995 "The View From Down Here: The Workings of Costa Rica's Social Democracy in a Nicoyan Small Farm Community." South Eastern Latin Americanist Vol. 35 (1): 41 - 52.
1993 "The Discovery of Alternative Smallholder Persistence Strategies in Central America: The Costa Rican Campesino and Non-Traditional Crops." SECOLAS Annals Vol. 24 (March): 106 - 115.
1993 "The Latn American Plantation Economy and the World Economy: The Case of the Yucatecan Henequen Industry." Review Vol. 16 (3) (Summer): 319 - 337.
1990 "Campesino Persistence in El Valle del General, Costa Rica." Conference Proceedings, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (October): 291 - 295.
Book Chapters
2006 "Globalization, Neoliberal Policies, and the Changing Landscapes of Small Cities: The Case of Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico."In Benjamin Ofari, ed., Beyond the Meropolis: Urban Geography as if Small Cities Mattered. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, pp. 139 - 160.
2004 With Renee LaPerrierre. "Social Geography of Laredo Neighborhoods: Distinctiveness and Diversity in a Majority Hispanic Place," in Dan Arreola, ed., Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places: A Geogaphy of Regional and Cultural Diversity. Austin: University of Texas Press, pp 55 - 76.
2000 With Miguel de Oliver. "Postmodernity and the Borderlands: Symbolic Democracy and Ethnic Disparities," in James Norwine and Jonathan Smith, eds., Worldview Flux: Perplexed Values Among Postmodern Peoples." Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 87 - 109.
2000 "El estilo suburbano fronerizo: influencias desde ambos lados" in Maria Elena Ramos, et al., eds., Economia, mujeres y Cultura en la frontera Mexico-Estados Unidos. Monterrey: Editorial Universidad de Monterrey.
1996 "The Feeder Cattle Industry in Saluda County, South Carolina." In Snapshots of the Carolinas, ed. Gordon Bennet. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers.
1992 With Kent Mathewson. "Human Ecology" in G. Elbow, ed. New Approaches in Latin Americanist Geography. Auburn: CLAG Publications, pp. 37 - 43.
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