ANTHONY JAMES HOWELL
E-mail: a.howell@ucla.edu

EDUCATION

PhD Student, Geography, UCLA; M.S. Geography, Michigan State Univ.; B.A. Political Science, Michigan State Univ.; B.A. Chinese Language and Culture

SUBFIELDS

Geopolitics: Border studies and ethnic conflict; Economic and Urban Geography: labor markets and minority, migration, and inequality studies; urban poverty; U.S.; China; quantitative methods; GIS

RESEARCH

Interested in economic development and border trade in Western China. Specifically I am interested in examining the combined effects of the "Open up the West" campaign and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's mandate on development, trade, and questions of security in Xinjiang.