Linda S. Fair
Visiting Assistant Professor
Room 223A, Student Wing
Phone : (607)-777-3090
Email : fair@binghamton.edu

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  • Education:
    • B.A. Rice University, Houston, Texas           1975
    • Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential, University of California, Berkeley      1980
    • M.A. University of California, Los Angeles      1996
    • Ph.D., Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey       2006
  • Professional Experience:
    • Visiting Assistant Professor 2006-present
      Department of Geography
      Binghamton University, New York

    • Adjunct Professor 2002
      Department of Earth and Environmental Studies
      Montclair State University, New Jersey

    • Visiting Instructor / Supervisor of Graduate Lab Assistants 1998-2001
      Department of Anthropology and Geography
      Georgia State University, Georgia

  • Interests:
    • International migration, asylum seekers, refugees, spatial dispersal policies, cultural geography, weather, climate change, globalization, human rights, racism, Denmark, European Union
  • Research Undertaken:
    • Qualitative analysis of the policy of spatial dispersal of refugees in Denmark
  • Publications:
    • Fair, Linda S. 2008. Book Review: Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband: Russian-American Internet Romance, 2007, Ericka Johnson, Population, Space and Place, January/February 2008
    • Fair, Linda S. 2006. Impact of Spatial Dispersal on Refugees in Denmark . Doctoral dissertation.
    • Fair, Linda S. 2003. Muslims in Denmark: Discourse of the Veil, Middle States Geographer, 36:15-24.
  • Fellowships:
    • Fellow 2004-2005
      Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark
      Aalborg, Denmark

    • Fellowship ($18,000 Grant) 2004-2005
      Nine months of dissertation research in Denmark
      American-Scandinavian Foundation