GGIS Colloquium | Shaolu Yu, Rhodes College

Dr. Shaolu Yu is an urban geographer and urban planner. She holds a B.S. in Resources, Environment, Urban Planning and Management (Qufu, China), an M.S. in Urban Affairs (Beijing, China), and a Ph.D. in Geography (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT). Trained in an interdisciplinary background and participating in projects in China, the U.S., and Canada, Dr. Yu has developed a comparative and global perspective and a mixed method approach in her research on cities. 

Dr. Yu’s research interests include: Urban Space and Place-making, Migration and Mobility, Race and Ethnicity, Asian Urbanism, and GIS (Geographical Information Science). Her research have been published in the journals Annals of Association of American Geographers, The Professional Geographer, Geoforum, Urban Geography, Geographical Review, Journal of Transport Geography, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Papers in Applied Geography 

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