Rickie Sanders, Ph.D.

Areas of Expertise:

Urban social geography, geographic education/ under represented groups, environment and development

Courses:

GUS 406 Geographic Thought and Methodology

Research:

I received my BA in Sociology from Southern University; MS in Urban Planning from Tulane University and PhD in Geography from The Ohio State University. Prior to 1996, most of my work had focused on issues of economic development in Africa and the Third World. My specific interests were informal activities, environment degradation, and gender. My research sought to answer questions of where, why, and "so what?" From 1996-2000, I was Director of the nationally recognized "Finding A Way (FAW)" project funded by NSF/NCGE which explored issues of pedagogy and under-representation in geography classrooms. We produced a number of peer reviewed papers, institute guides and most significantly, a video detailing the activities of FAW in Philadelphia. In 2001, I was a Visiting Professor of Women's Studies at York University/Toronto Canada. During my time there, I pursued my dual interests in photography and geography. I am also co-author of Growing Up in America: An Atlas of Youth in the USA. My current interests are directed toward geovisualization, specifically the use of still photography in geographical research.

Selected Publications:

"Gender Equity in the Classroom: An Arena for Correspondence. Women's Studies Quarterly, special issue on Gender Equity in High Schools: Notes for a New Century. Vol. 28, Nos. 3 and 4. 2001.

"Finding A Way: A Program to Enhance Gender Equity in the K12 Classroom. Women's Studies Quarterly, special issue on Gender Equity In High Schools: Notes for a New Century. Vol. 28, Nos. 3 and 4. With Jan Monk, Peg Smith, Julie Tuason, and Pamela Wridt. 2001.

Building Gender Equity in Geography Classrooms: A Guide to Designing a Professional Development Institute." With Julie Tuason and Pamela Wridt. 1999.

Introducing White Privilege into the Classroom: Lessons from Finding A Way. Journal of Geography,. Vol. 98. 1999.

Exploring Obstacles to Educational Reform: Observations from Finding A Way. Professional Geographer, Vol. 99.1998. Review Essay: Thresholds in Feminist Geography. In Gender, Place, and Culture. Vol. 6, No. 3. 1999.

Growing Up in America: An Atlas of Youth in America, Macmillan Publishers. With Mark Mattson. 1998.

"Teaching Geography in a Pluralistic Society," Chapter 11 in Geography Education National Implementation Project's, Spaces and Places, published by Rand McNally. 1994.

The Liberal Studies Agenda vs. the Basic Education Agenda: Finding the Proper Balance". In The Journal of Geography, Vol. 90, No. 1. 1993.

"Integrating Race and Ethnicity into Geographic Gender Studies." In The Professional Geographer, Vol. 42, No. 2. 1991.

Paradigms in the Study of African Urbanization: A Consideration of Ideology. Antipode, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 203-214. 1991.

Resiliency and Persistence on the Urban Landscape: The Relevance of Research on Informal Activity to the Study of Tradition in Proceedings of the Second InternationalConference on Traditional Environments. Berkeley, California, October. 1990.

African Cities in Crisis: Managing Rapid Urban Growth, Westview Press, Stren and White (Editors) and The Geography of Urban Rural Interaction in Developing Countries, Routledge Press, Potter and Unwin (Editors). A review article for Urban Geography. 1990.

Africa's Declining Resource Base: The Case of Rwanda. In Studies in Comparative International Development, November, 1989, pp. 78-98. 1988.

"Rural Urban Dynamics and USAID in Proceedings of the Conference on Rural Urban Linkages in Southern Africa, pp. 34-44. 1988.

Employment Problems for Blacks: Labor Market Segmentation at Different Geographic Scales in Perspectives in Urban Geography, Vol. 7, C. S. Yadav, Editor. 1987.

Toward a Geography of Informal Activity in Socio Economic Planning Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 229-239. 1987.