Janice Jones Monk

Professor, Geography & Regional Development

Research Social Scientist Emerita, Women's Studies

Senior Fellow, Association of American Geographers

PhD, 1972, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA, 1963, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BA (Hons), 1958, University of Sydney, Australia

Phone: (520) 621-3836
FAX: (520) 621-2889
Email: jmonk@mail.sbs.arizona.edu

406 Harvill Building, Box #2
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721
USA

Curriculum Vitae

Research and Professional Interests

I am currently involved in two main areas of work, feminist/gender studies and projects related to career preparation in geography. The feminist work is both geographic and interdisciplinary.

My long-term research looks at the ways in which gender has shaped the development of geographic institutions and women's experiences within them. I also find it very interesting to examine how feminist geography has been situated internationally. Working with Gender Commission of the International Geographical Union I have been able to pursue this research while establishing collaborations and friendships in a number of parts of the world.

The interdisciplinary work reflects my association with the Southwest Institute for Research on Women, which I directed for over two decades. Those projects addressed women's employment, education, health, and culture. They have involved collaborations across the Southwest and in northwestern Mexico with researchers and community agencies. The Mexican collaboration is continuing as we co-author articles on gender and health in the border region. At SIROW we also encouraged science-math education for girls and bringing women's studies and international studies together.

Much of my work in geography education has been concerned with university teaching and graduate education. I have contributed to the Geography Faculty Development Alliance, which mentors early career faculty, and am currently co-principal investigator for the Association of American Geographer's (AAG) EDGE project that is researching how departments of geography approach professional development for MA and PhD students. We are also creating resources for departments and students. At the University of Arizona, I teach a professional development course for graduate students that connects with my work for EDGE.

The current work with the AAG also reflects my long-term connections in its activities. I was privileged to serve as AAG President in 2001-2002 and now as a Senior Fellow I am coordinating a service program to engage retired geographers in support of the profession.

Project Involvement

• Transforming Institutions: Gender and Health at the Mexico-US Border
• Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education
• Co-Editor, International Studies of Women and Place series, Routledge
• Co-Editor, Society, Environment and Place series, University of Arizona Press
• Co-Editor, Monographic issue of Belgeo on international developments in gender research in geography