Joaquín Villanueva to Join Gustavus Geography Faculty

Dr. Joaquín Villanueva will join the Gustavus Geography Department in fall 2013 as a visiting assistant professor.  Joaquín Villanueva comes to us from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey where he served as a lecturer in geography. Joaquín Villanueva obtained his Ph.D. in geography at Syracuse University, working under Dr. Don Mitchell. Dr. Villanueva’s doctoral research addressed the socio-spatial exclusion of North African immigrants in European cities, particularly Paris. His other research interests include the right to the city movement, geographies of crime and justice, and the geographies of sport. Dr. Villanueva will teach World Regional Geography, Introduction to Human Geography, Urban Geography, and a special topics course at Gustavus. Be sure to welcome Dr. Villanueva to Gustavus.