Johnathan Bascom
- Dr. Johnathan Bascom
- Professor
- Geology, Geography, and Environment, African and African Diaspora Studies
- North Hall 085 (Map)
- (616) 526-7053
- johnathan.bascom@calvin.edu
- Curriculum Vitae
Education
- BS, Kansas State University
- MA, Kansas State University
- PhD, Geography, University of Iowa
Biography
- Hometown(s): Ethiopia and Kansas
Professional experience
Professor Bascom taught at East Carolina University for 11 years before joining the GEO department at Calvin in 2000. Twice he has been a visiting lecturer at University of Asmara, and he was once a Research Fellow at Oxford University.
Academic interests
- Developing regions
- Economic geography
- Refugees and internally displaced persons
- Geographic pedagogy
Publications
- Bascom, Johnathan and Laura VanderNeut, 2008. Banking on Community: Indigenous Credit Associations in Eritrea,
African Geographical Review, 27:17 - 33. - Dixon, Deborah, Leo Zonn and Johnathan Bascom. 2008. Post-ing the Cinema: Reassessing Analytical Stances toward
a Geography of Film. In The Geography of Cinema - A Cinematic World, Chris Lukinbeal and Stefan Zimmermann (eds),
25 - 47. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner. - Bascom, Johnathan. 2008. Book Review - Repatriation, Integration or Resettlement: The Dilemmas of Migration among
Eritrean Refugees in Eastern Sudan. By Sadia Hassanen. Journal of Refugee Studies. 21(3):412 - 414. (doi:10.1093/jrs/
fen036).
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