Reece Jones (geographer)

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Reece Jones
Education University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BS), University of Wisconsin–Madison (MS, PhD)
OccupationGeographer
Employer University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Reece Jones (born 1976) is an American political geographer and Guggenheim Fellow. [1]

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Education and career

Jones holds a BS in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a MS (2004) and a PhD (2008) in geography from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [2]

Jones is currently a professor of geography and environment at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. [1] He was the president of the Political Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers from 2014–2015. [3] He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Geopolitics. [4] [5] He is also the co-editor of the Routledge Geopolitics Book Series with Klaus Dodds. [6] He was named a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers in 2023. [7]

Violent Borders

Jones is best known for his work on border walls, the militarization of borders, and the rise in migrant deaths. His book Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move argues that making and enforcing a border is an inherently violent act. The citation for the PolGRG Book Award from the Royal Geographical Society called Violent Borders one of the most "influential political geography books published in recent times." [8] Jones writes for a popular audience through opinion pieces arguing against border walls in The New York Times [9] and for open borders in The Guardian . [10]

Selected publications

Honors and awards

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References

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  2. ↑ "Reece Jones". Geography and Environment (GEO). 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  3. 1 2 3 "PAST WINNERS – Political Geography Specialty Group". www.politicalgeography.org. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ↑ "Editorial Board Geopolitics".
  5. ↑ "Geopolitics on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  6. ↑ "Routledge Geopolitics Series – Routledge". Routledge.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  7. ↑ "2023 AAG Awards Recognition". American Association of Geographers. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  8. ↑ "Winner of the PolGRG Book Award (2017–2018) announced". Political Geography Research Group. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  9. ↑ Jones, Reece (2012-08-27). "Opinion | Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Wall". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  10. ↑ Jones, Reece (2018-02-16). "Why Democrats should support open borders | Reece Jones". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  11. ↑ "2023 AAG Awards Recognition". American Association of Geographers. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  12. ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship announced". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  13. ↑ "Winner of the PolGRG Book Award (2017–2018) announced". Political Geography Research Group. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  14. ↑ System, University of Hawaiʻi. "Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching :: University of Hawaiʻi System". www.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
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