John Carruthers

John I. Carruthers’s current scholarship is focused on evaluating environmental remediation projects in the Puget Sound region of Washington State and the value of public education and other amenities in the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Before joining Cornell, Carruthers worked at George Washington University (GW), where he was the founding director of the Sustainable Urban Planning Program, which he led to PAB accreditation.

In 2016, Carruthers was recognized by the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association via its Distinguished Leadership Award for a Planning Educator. In 2019, he received the George Washington Award, GW’s highest academic honor. He has served on the North American Regional Science Council, on the Council of the Regional Science Association International, and is a board member of the Western Regional Science Association.

His research has been published in leading journals, including Environment and Planning B, the International Regional Science Review, the Journal of Economic Geography, the Journal of Regional Science, and others. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2001, an M.S. from the University of Arizona in 1998, and a B.A. from Hunter College, City University of New York, in 1996.