Dr. Madhuri Sharma

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My research interests focus on understanding spatial patterns and processes of racial/ethnic residential intermixing, poverty and inequality. Currently, I am examining the influence of contemporary housing market elements on residential choices that may be impacting segregation at local neighborhoods. This is done by using a mixed-method approach. I use statistical, cartographic, and qualitative tools to understand the nuanced processes operating at local scales in contemporary urban spaces that define various residential mosaics. This study compares the processes operating in Columbus, Ohio with that of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These two MSAs represent distinctness in the sense that they have different types of social, economic, and built-environment characteristics impacting segregation differentially at local scales. The processes of change in intermixing is further substantiated from snapshots collected through in-depth open ended interviews, household surveys, and focus groups that employed participatory urban appraisal techniques. Currently I am teaching Regional Geography of North America, Economic Geography-Core Concepts, and urban Geography. In the Spring 2010 semester, I will also be teaching Urban-Social Geography, and a seminar on Urban-Economic Geography. The seminar will focus on housing market issues and housing policy debates that impact residential choices and segregation across urban as well as rural US spaces.

Specialties: Urban, Social, Economic, Cultural and Regional Geography of North American (and World) with a focus on Race, Ethnicity and Population; Introductory/Intermediate levels of Quantitative (Statistics and GIS) and Qualitative Research Methods

 

 

 

Contact Information

Dr. Madhuri Sharma
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Lecturer
306 Burchfiel Geography Bldg.
Knoxville, TN 37996-0925

Phone: (865) 974-3365
Email: msharma3@utk.edu