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John
T. Bowen, Jr.
Associate Professor
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| John Bowen is an Associate
Professor at the Department of Geography & Urban Planning at the University
of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of
Kentucky in 1993 and from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in 1988.
Dr. Bowen is an economic geographer. His particular areas of expertise are the airline industry and Southeast Asia. He teaches World Regional Geography, Human Geography, Economic Geography, Geography of Transportation & Industry, Quantitative Methods, and Asia-Pacific. Dr. Bowen is the recipient of several research grants. He was a principal investigator for a National Science Foundation project titled "Air Cargo Services and Competitive advantage in Industrializing Economies." More recently, Dr. Bowen began work on a book called The Airborne World, which examines the development of the airline industry during the 20th century and its impact upon human geography. The book's scope includes the current battle between Airbus and Boeing for supremacy in the sky, the ascent of low-cost carriers like Southwest Airlines around the world, the geography of airborne terrorism, and the importance of airports as engines of economic development. |
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