Faculty Position

The Florida State University, Geography Department

Assistant Professor, 2011-present

Education

Clark University, Graduate School of Geography

Ph.D., 2011; M.A., 2010
Advisor: Deborah Martin

New York University, Gallatin School

M.A., 2007

Hampshire College

B.A., 2000

Publications

My near-future writing agenda reflects three broad research areas: U.S. urban land tenure, urban sustainability, and the politics of siting and place-making. Recent and forthcoming articles include:

Deborah G. Martin and Joseph Pierce, “Reconceptualizing resistance: residuals of the state and democratic radical pluralism,” Antipode. (link) [Early View].

Joseph Pierce, Deborah G. Martin, Alexander Scherr, and Amelia Greiner, 2012, “Urban Politics and Mental Health: An Agenda for Health Geographic Research,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers. (link)

Joseph Pierce, Deborah G. Martin, and James T. Murphy, 2011, “Relational place-making: the networked politics of place,” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 36(1) 54-70. (link)

Joseph Pierce, 2010, “Reinvigorating the concept of land tenure for American urban geography,” Geography Compass 4(12) 1747-1757. (link)

Hamil Pearsall and Joseph Pierce, 2010, “Urban sustainability and environmental justice: evaluating the linkages in public planning/policy discourse,” Local Environment 15(6) 569-580. (link)