Assistant Professor
401D Braunstein Hall
513-556-3249
colleen.mctague@uc.edu

Professional Summary

Colleen McTague is an urban political geographer and earned her M.A. (1999) and Ph.D. (2004) in geography from the University of Cincinnati. For the past eight years she has studied the geography of local elections, focusing on the "neighborhood effect" (an influence operating in the immediate local context affecting voter political choice) and the impact and influence of social networks on voter behavior within the milieux of families, friends, and neighbors. Her urban interests include the political, social, cultural, and economic impacts of the temporary urban labor market in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Education

Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2004 (Geography).

M.A., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999 (Geography).

B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1976 (Geography).

Research Interests

Urban Problems and Electoral Geography

Student Advising

Casey Grady, Master, ,Chair, Completed .

William Herbert, Master, ,Chair, Completed .

Robert Zajkowski, Master, ,Chair, Completed .

Julia Brown, Master, ,Chair, In Progress .

Seth Cavello, Master, ,Chair, In Progress .

Alan Grove, Master, ,Chair, In Progress .

Susan Jakubowski, jakubosl@email.uc.edu, , Dissertation ,Chair, In Progress .

Courses Taught

15-GEOG-106 INTRO HUMAN GEOG.

15-GEOG-106H HUMAN GEOGRAPHY H.

15-GEOG-124 WORLD REG EUROPE.

15-GEOG-124H WORLD GEOG EUROPE .

15-GEOG-172 SUPERSIZED .

15-GEOG-203 GTR CIN-TRI ST REG.

15-GEOG-322 CITIES AND GLOBALIZATION.

15-GEOG-323 URBAN GEOG.

15-GEOG-333 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY.

15-GEOG-353 POLGEOG:GEOPOLITICS.

15-GEOG-500 INTRODUCTION TO CAPSTONE.

15-GEOG-508 CAPSTONE: SENIOR THESIS.

15-GEOG-521 URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

15-GEOG-522 URBAN PROBLEMS.

15-GEOG-771 SEMINAR URBAN GEOG.

15-GEOG-772 SEMINAR POLITICAL GEOG.

15-GEOG-776 SEMINAR: GEOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT.