GeoConvergence and the Future of Work

Dr. James Biles
Associate Professor
City University of New York

James J. Biles is Director of In Situ and a faculty member at the City University of New York. His work attempts to incorporate the experiences of those excluded from prevailing models of development while highlighting the place-specific practices and strategies that people employ for the purposes of improving livelihoods.He earned his undergraduate degree in Urban and Environmental Studies at Ohio University and his Ph.D. in Economic Geography at Michigan State University (2001).