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Resident Instructor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
expertise: cultural geography, Middle America, world regional geography
office: 14 Stewart Hall
phone: 573-884-7851
Education
- Ph.D. Policy Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia
- M.A. Geography, University of Missouri-Columbia
- M.Div., Christian Theological Seminary
- B.A. Sociology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Professional Experience
- Resident Instruction Instructor, Department of Geography, University of Missouri, Fall 2002-present
- Adjunct Instructor, Department of Geography, University of Missouri, 1993-2002
- Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Language, International Studies, & History, Stephens College, 1993-2002
- Adjunct Instructor, Middle Tennessee State University, Summer 2000
- Adjunct Instructor, Westminster College, Fulton, MO, Fall 1998
- Extension Instructor of Rural Sociology, Texas A and M University, 1989
- Instructor, Missouri School of Religion, 1988, 1995, 1998
Current Research Interests
- The theocratic right, Christian Identity (Israel) movement, and militant hate groups and their effect on public and educational policy (doctoral dissertation)
- White supremacy movements in the USA
- Geography of religion
- Use of qualitative research methods in geography
- Political and religious movements in Latin America
- The place of complexity theory in the Social Sciences and in Theology
Ph.D. Dissertation and M.A. Thesis
- Ph.D Dissertation title: “The Mind of White Nationalism: Worldview of Christian Identity".
- M.A. Thesis title: “Change in Geographic Perspective”
Honors and Distinctions
- Nominated for the Columbia Values Diversity award, January, 2002
- David Sopher Award for presentation in AAG Geography of Religion and Belief Systems, 2000
- Walter Schroeder Award for acheivement in MU Geography Club, 1997
- Certificate of Achievement, Ecumenical Ministries of Callaway County, 1996
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant, MU Department of Geography 1991-92
- Superior Graduate Student, MU Department of Geography 1992
- Peace Award, Mid-Missouri Nuclear Freeze, 1992
- Graduate Teaching Assistantship, MU Department of Geography 1990-1992
- The 4-H Award of the Silver Clover, Callaway County 4-H Council, 1989
Professional Geography Organizations
- Association of American Geographers
- National Council For Geographic Education
- Missouri Geographic Alliance
- Gamma Theta Upsilon (Geography Honor Society)
Selected Publications
- The Middle East: Prospects for Peace?; Monsoon Asia: East Timor Seeks to Become the World’s Newest State; Kashmir: India and Pakistan’s Point of Contention; A Shift in Taiwan?; Africa: Africa’s World War; Russian and the Near Abroad: A Newly Revised Russia. In Update 2000, Essentials of World Regional Geography, Third Edition. Salter and Hobbs. Harcourt College Publishers, 2000
- Landscapes of Fear in The North American Geographer, 1(2), 1999, pp. 149-163
- Youth and Global Awareness in Small Church Newsletter, Missouri School of Religion, 1993
- Understanding Islam in Biblical Literacy Journal, 1992
- Songs From Nicaragua in When Christians Meet Across North-South Barriers, Dick and Julie Ann Junkin, et. al. eds., CELEP, 1989
Teaching:
- Middle America
- Urban Geography
- Geography of the World’s Religions
- Political Geography
- Economic Geography
- U.S.A. and Canada
- Introduction to Human Geography
- World Regional Geography
- North American West
- Liberal Studies Seminar
- The Research Process
- Race and Gender in Latin America
- Global Village
- Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific
- Rural Sociology for Pastors
- Worship
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Larry Brown