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Assistant Professor
Human Geography |
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Education
Ph.D., Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
Professional Affiliations
- American Geographical Society
- American Society for Environmental History
- Association of American Geographers
Awards
- 2009-10: Whitbeck Graduate Dissertator Fellowship, UW Geography Department
- 2008: Trewartha Graduate Research Award, UW Geography Department
- 2006: Association of American Geographers, Historical Geography Specialty Group Student Research Award, Master’s Level
- 2006: Michigan Technological University Copper Country Archives Travel Award
Teaching Areas
Cultural Geography, Economic Geography, Historical Geography
Research Fields
Cultural Geography, Vernacular Landscapes, Rural Economic Development, Geographic Methods, Environmental History, Great Lakes Issues
Selected Publications
- In Press. “People, Partnerships, Parks: Community Conceptions of Keweenaw National Historical Park.” Forthcoming in Geographical Review.
- In Press. Robert F. Sasso, Matthew Liesch, and Derek Rivers. “GIS Analysis of Potawatomi Site Characteristics.” Forthcoming in Wisconsin Archaeologist.
- Liesch, Matthew, 2010. Entries on “Mapping and Surveying,” “United States Midwest” and “Built Environment” for the Encyclopedia of American Environmental History.
- Liesch, Matthew, 2008. “A Region of Hope, A Region of Despair: Print Media, Geographical Imagination, and the Gogebic Mining Boom.” Historical Geography. 36(1): 182-207.
Dr. Liesch has also authored book reviews in Professional Geographer, Historical Geography, Journal of Cultural Geography, Cultural Geographies, and other journals.