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Murray Rice, PhD
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Murray Rice, PhD
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Murray Rice Department of Geography University of North Texas 1704 W. Mulberry St. P.O. Box 305279 Denton, TX 76203 USA Phone: (940) 565-3861 |
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| I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, University of North Texas. I received my B.E. (Engineering Physics), M.A. (Geography), and Ph.D. (Geography) from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Before joining UNT Geography, I led a market analysis consulting firm and taught in the Department of Geography at the University of Saskatchewan. I have also taught at the Universities of Calgary and Northern British Columbia. I remain an avid follower of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. However, my beloved Ottawa Senators, Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots also continue to account for far too much of what little "free time" I might have once my sons (Daniel, born in 2004, and Timothy, born in 2007) are in bed. Notice I didn't say "sleeping". Fact that might be interesting only to me: every year my wife and I have welcomed another son into our family, the Red Sox have won the World Series. My primary research interests fall in the general area of urban-economic geography. My specific interests involve the geography of corporate activities, including the location of headquarters, interlocking corporate directorates, and other, elite activities related to corporate decision-making. More broadly, my research involves the location analysis of economic activities of all kinds and the development of regional and urban economies. My work in this area addresses the fact that some regions are very good at generating economic opportunities, while others are very poor. Why this is so, and what regions might be able to do about it, are fundamental questions that I am interested in contributing answers to. I have recently published research relating to the location of headquarters for a variety of North American business types, including
I am currently extending on all of this work, as well as continuing my earlier (1990s) explorations of spatial interlocking directorates and related corporate activities. Linked to my research interests, I recently became co-editor of The Industrial Geographer, a journal that publishes research relating to a broad range of economic issues across all economic sectors. My work with the journal begins with the fall, 2008 issue. As with my own research, the journal encourages submissions that focus on theoretically driven empirical research in urban-economic geography. The journal also welcomes papers that have an applied orientation to geographic topics, or that explore directions for future geographic research. My co-editor and I invite contributions to the journal from both established researchers and graduate students alike; guidelines for contributors may be found here. I am also a member of the international editorial board of Geography Research Forum, an international journal that publishes research dealing with all fields of human geography, as well as multidisciplinary topics linked to geographic research. I am also currently editing a special issue of GRF, due to be published in late 2008, that focuses on research into urban economies and development. My business location research was recently featured in an interview on the Canadian Embassy website. Check out this link to listen to the Connect2Canada podcast of my interview relating to next wave business development in Canadian cities. I am always interested in talking with prospective graduate students. The UNT geography department has a master's program in applied geography, in which I currently teach the foundational research design course and the advanced quantitative techniques course (see course links below). If you are thinking of completing a master's degree in geography and have interests in business location or urban and regional economic development, please feel free to get in touch with me about courses, potential research topics, and career options in applied urban/economic geography (rice@unt.edu). Click here for information about the Corporate Geography Conference we hosted at UNT, February 23-24, 2007.
We plan to hold another edition of this conference in 2009, so check back here for details as they become available.
I teach/have taught/will teach the following courses in the department of geography at the University of North Texas (UNT students see the course links for related course files):
This page last updated: March 25, 2008 |
