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John Ponstingel

  • Visiting Lecturer
  • Research Associate
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Academic Research Areas

  • Cities
  • Community-based planning and development
  • Economic development
  • Land use/spatial planning
  • NGOs
  • Participatory and collaborative planning
  • Social policy
  • Urbanism
  • Visual representation

John Ponstingel’s dissertation employed mixed-methods analysis to investigate social institutions and Latinx voter turnout in Texas. Ponstingel has published several peer-reviewed journal articles on Latinx voter turnout, urban social analysis, and the role of institutions in socioeconomic outcomes for varied social groups. His teaching experience includes introductory and advanced geography courses at several universities (Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and Cameron University in Oklahoma), and his research interests include Hispanic/Latino voter turnout, urban voter disenfranchisement, political participation, and the influence of social institutions, and public opinion. Ponstingel served as the Data Collection Coordinator for Redistricting Data Hub, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization, where he was the project lead on collecting Community of Interest (COI) maps submitted to governmental bodies for redistricting boundaries. Ponstingel earned a Ph.D. in Geography from Texas State University.

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Academic Research Areas

  • Cities
  • Community-based planning and development
  • Economic development
  • Land use/spatial planning
  • NGOs
  • Participatory and collaborative planning
  • Social policy
  • Urbanism
  • Visual representation

Publications

  • Can Social Institutions Awaken Sleeping Giants? A Pilot Electoral Geography Study of Latinx Voter Turnout in Texas Counties in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

    Ponstingel, J. and Weaver, R. 2021. The Professional Geographer.

  • The impacts of cocaine trafficking on conservation governance in Central America

    Wrathall, D., J. Devine, B. B. Aguiliar-Gonzalez, B. Tellman, K. Benessaiah, S. Sesnie, E. Nielsen, N. Magliocca, K. McSweeney, Z. Pearson, and J. Ponstingel. 2020. Global Environmental Change.

  • Examining open space, socioeconomic status, housing market strength, and solar energy potential in Buffalo's West Side, New York

    Lopez, C. Kordeh, M. Andrievskikh, D. Ponstingel, J. and Weaver, R. 2019. Papers in Applied Geography 5: 209–35.

  • Place Matters: Filipinos and Asian Indians in Jersey City

    Ponstingel, J. 2017. Special Issue on Race, Ethnicity, and Places, Papers in Applied Geography 3: 3–4.

Classes

  • First Year Writing Seminar: Are All Votes Equal? Urban Racism in the USA

    CRP 1109

  • Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

    CRP 4080

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Concepts and Application

    PLSCS 5200

Selected Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

  • Early Career Scholar Award

    Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference
    2023

  • Invited Visiting Scholar

    The Ostrom Workshop at the Bloomington School at Indiana University
    2022

  • Research Fellow, George Washington University

    Center for International Business and Research (CIBER)
    May 30–July 15, 2018

Selected Exhibitions and Presentations

  • Social Institutions as Agents of Electoral Equity: How Ethnically Targeted Get Out The Vote Efforts in Texas Might be Contributing to Higher Latinx Turnout

    Race, Ethnicity, and Place X, October 20–23, 2021.

  • Can Social Institutions Awaken Sleeping Giants? A Pilot Electoral Geography Study of Latinx Voter Turnout in Texas Counties in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

    Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April 6–10, 2020.

  • Narco-trafficking: Transforming Relations of Rule and Governance in Central America's Protected Areas

    Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 3–7, 2019.

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