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Faculty Profile

Professor Susan Christopherson

Title

Professor

Department

City & Regional Planning

Address

204 W. Sibley Hall

Phone

(607) 255-8772

Email

smc23@cornell.edu

Susan Christopherson is an economic geographer whose research and teaching focus on economic development, urban labor markets, and location patterns in service industries, particularly the media industries. Her research includes both international and U.S.-policy-oriented projects. Her international research includes studies in Canada, Mexico, China, Germany, and Jordan as well as multi-country studies. In the past three years she has completed studies on advanced manufacturing in New York’s Southern Tier, the photonics industry in Rochester, the role of universities and colleges in revitalizing the upstate New York economy, and production trends affecting media industries in New York City. She has written more than 50 articles and 25 policy reports on topics in economic geography and economic development. Her current projects include studies of phoenix industries in old industrial regions and a comprehensive economic impact analysis of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in New York and Pennsylvania. Christopherson received her Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley.

Courses (selected)

  • CRP 4170 / 5170 Economic Development, Firms, Industries, and Regions
  • CRP 3090 / 5090 Community Development
  • CRP 8000 Advanced Urban Theory

Publications (selected)

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (selected)

  • A Comprehensive Economic Impact Analysis of Natural Gas Extraction in the Marcellus Shale
  • Cornell University Economic Impact Study and Additional Economic Analysis
  • Best Book Award for Remaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge Economy, Regional Studies Association (2009)

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