Associate Professor of Geography
Department of Geography
USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
213-740-0063
cartier@usc.edu
Video: Carolyn Cartier speaks at inaugural USCI conference.
Professor Cartier teaches about globalization and cultural and economic geographies in Asian cities, and she currently conducts research on the space economy of Chinese urbanism and gender and development concerning transnational migration and tourism.
Education:
Ph.D., Geography, University of California, Berkeley, 1991
M.A., Geography, University of California, Berkeley, 1985
A.B., Geography, University of California, Berkeley, 1982
Selected Publications:
Cartier, C. & Ma, Laurence J.C. (eds.) (2003). The Chinese diaspora: Space, place, mobility, and identity. Lanham, MD: Roman & Littlefield.
Cartier, C. (2003). Symbolic city-regions and gendered identity formation. Provincial China, 8(2), 60-77.
Cartier, C. (2002). Transnational urbanism in the reform era Chinese city: Landscapes from Shenzhen. Urban Studies, 39(9), 1513-1532.
Cartier, C. (2002). Origins and evolution of a geographical idea: The Macroregion in China. Modern China, 28(1), 79-143.
Cartier, C. (2001). Globalizing South China. Oxford: Blackwell.
Honors and Awards:
Fulbright Scholar, CIES-Fulbright Lecturer/Research Award, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2005-06
Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Southern California, 2004-05