Courtney Bower

Courtney Bower is a Ph.D. student in Regional Science at Cornell University. His tentative research interests include the Black Sea region, Peace Science, post-war economic recovery, and megaprojects. His M.R.P program research focused on examining planning theory knowledge networks using bibliometrics and the study of utopian settlement projects, notably Arcosanti. During his master’s degree study, he received the Arch R. Winter Graduate Fellowship for 2020, worked for the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction, and was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to Harvard University’s Ukrainian Research Institute, where he studied Ukrainian for use in research and scholarship. Prior to attending Cornell University, he completed a 33-month service term in the United States Peace Corps as an English educator in southwest Ukraine. His additional professional experiences include marketing, advertising, and freelance writing. He holds a master’s degree in Regional Planning from Cornell University and a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications from Kansas State University.