John Bowman

Geography, Environment & Society

414 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Masters: Global Public Policy, University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 2011
Bachelor of Arts: International Studies, Macalester College, 2007
PhD: Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, (expected) 2019

Publications

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Recyclers at Risk? Analysis of E-waste and Blood Lead LEvels at Ghana's Recycling Hub, Agbogbloshie: Amankwaa, Ebenezer Forkuo and Alexander K.A. Tsikudo, London School of Economics, Bowman, John, International Growth Centre, 2016.
Review: Roads: An Anthropology of Infrastructure and Expertise: The University of North Carolina Press, Bowman, John, Southeastern Geographer, 56(3), 33-385, 2016.
'Away' is a place: The impact of electronic waste recycling on blood lead levels in Ghana: Forkuo, Ebenezer and Adovor, Kwame, Bowman, John, Science of the Total Environment, 602, 1566-1574, 2017.
Geographies on the Move: A Practical and THeoretical Approach to the Mobile Interview: Jessica Finlay, Taylor & Francis, Bowman, John, The Professional Geographer, 1-12, 2016.
Services for Syrian Refugee Children and Youth in Jordan: Forced Displacement, Foreign Aid and Social Vulnerability: Salemi, Collette and Compton, Jennifer, Economic Research Forum, Bowman, John, Youth Vulnerability in the Middle East and North Africa, 2017.

Activities

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Green Plans Environmental Consulting (Amman, Jordan): Project Consultant. 2018 - 2018
B-E Environmental Services (Amman, Jordan): Project Manager for Recycling. 2011 - 2012

Awards

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Walter H. Judd International Graduate and Professional Fellowship, 2010 - 2010
Stassen International Internship Grant, 2010 - 2010
Most Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, 2016 - 2016
Research Travel Grant, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, 2016 - 2017
Joyce C. Le Vi Graduate Research Partnership Program Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2014 - 2014
Babak Armanjani Prize for Professional Development, University of Minnesota, 2011 - 2011
Research Fellowship, Economic Research Forum (Cairo, Egypt), 2017 - 2017

Courses

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GEOG 3381 W - Population in an Interacting World (UMN) Fall 2016, Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Summer 2018
GEOG 111 - Human Geography of Global Issues (Macalester College) Fall 2018
GEOG 294 - Regional Geography of the Middle East and North Africa (Macalester College) Spring 2019
GEOG 394 - Urban Geography: Life and Politics of Infrastructure (Macalester College) Spring 2019
GEOG 394 - Gender, Development and Public Policy (Macalester College) Spring 2019