Dr. Richard A. Russo, Assistant Professor

Office: Gunter 231
Phone: 301-687-4053
E-mail: rarusso@frostburg.edu
 

Education:

Ph.D. Geography, University of Maryland - College Park
M.A. Geography, Syracuse University
B.A. Geography, Mary Washington College

Interests:

food systems
small and medium-sized cities
geographies of identity (linguistic, religious, ethno-national)

(Vienna, Austria)

Courses:

GEOG 110: World Regional Geography
GEOG 320: Geography of Latin America
GEOG 325: Urban Geography - Metropolitan Systems
GEOG 360: Food Systems
GEOG 401: Geography of Europe
GEOG 404: Geography of the Middle East & Central Asia
GEOG 427: Geography of Languages & Religions
SUST 155:  Intro to Sustainability Studies

Recent Publications:

Russo, R.A.  2012.  Local Food Initiatives in Tobacco Transitions of the Southeastern United States.  Southeastern Geographer 52(1):55-69.

Russo, R.A.  2012.  Southern Maryland Tobacco Barn (cover photo and essay).  Southeastern Geographer 52(2):109-111.


Recent Presentations:

"Mapping the Maintenance of Pennsylvania German: It's All Verhoodled!" Middle States Division of Assn. of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Shippensburg, PA.  2 November 2012.

Panelist “Author Meets Critics: The Agrarian Vision: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics by Paul B. Thompson.”  Assn. of Applied and Practical Ethics Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, 4 March 2011.