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Autumn James, Ph.D.

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Adjunct

Department:

Philanthropy/Public Administration/Real Estate

Autumn C. James, PhD, AICP, is currently the Planning and Development Manager for the City of Concord, North Carolina. Previously, she was a faculty member at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Northern Illinois University, where she taught classes and conducted research in land use planning, regional planning, Geographic Information Systems, behavioral geography, criminology, and crime mapping.

 

  • PHD – Northern Illinois University – Geography
  • MS – East Carolina University – Planning and Development
  • MS – University of Cincinnati – Criminal Justice
  • MA – University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Geography
  • BS – University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Geography
  • Graduate Certificate – Northern Illinois University – Women and Gender Studies
  • Graduate Certificate – Northern Illinois University – Geographic Information Analysis

  • GIS 3100 Applied Geographic Information Systems for Healthcare
  • GIS 5868 Advanced GIS

James, A.C., Al-Yasiri, E., Howe, M., James, R.D., Jin, Y., Lwanga, K., McClain, B.D., Moore, A., Shao, Y., Valdez, F.M. (2022). Broadening Participation, Creating Community, and Learning That It Never Goes As Planned. GeoJournal, 87, 281-292.

James, A.C. (2020) Don’t stand so close to me: Public spaces, behavioral geography, and COVID-19. Dialogues in Human Geography, 10 (2), 187-190. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820620935672

 James, A.C., Gallaher, C.M., and Krmenec, A.J.  (2020). Individual Experience and Associated Perceptions: How Crime Victimization Influences the Construction of Safety. Papers in Applied Geography, 6 (2), 119-131.

James, R.D. and James, A.C. (2019). Transfer Payments in Appalachia: Understanding Changes in Per Capita Transfer Payments in an Integrating Region. Southeastern Geographer, 59 (3), 213-247.

James, A.C. and James, R.D. (2016). Economic Integration and the Appalachian Experience in the Rust Belt-Sun Belt Transition. Journal of Appalachian Studies, 22 (2), 160-186.

James, A.C. (2015). Socio-economic Demographic Factors and Domestic Violence: A Study of Illinois  2000-2010. Illinois Geographer, 57 (1), 1-17.

James, R. D. and James, A.C. (2015). Regional Income Convergence in Appalachia: Exploring the Factors of Regional Economic Growth in a Transitioning Economy. Southeastern Geographer 55 (2), 164-192.