PETER W. REES Office Home Department of Geography 44 Morgan Hollow Way University of Delaware Landenberg, PA 19350 Newark, Delaware 19716 (302) 831-2294 Fax: (302)831-6654 e-mail: rees@udel.edu PERSONAL Born: London, England Citizenship: Naturalized U.S. Citizen EDUCATION Ph. D. University of California, Berkeley, 1971 Dissertation: Route Inertia and Route Competition: An Historical Geography of Transportation Between Mexico City and Veracruz M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1964 Thesis: Air Transport in the Lesser Antilles B.A. (Honors in Geography) McGill University, 1961 TEACHING Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Delaware, 1976 -present. Courses taught: Introduction to Geography, Human Geography, Urban Geography, Economic Geography, Transportation Geography, World Regional Geography, Introduction to Urban Planning, Method and Theory in Geography, Geography of Latin America, Background in Geography (for teachers), Geography for Elementary Pre-Service Teachers; Graduate Seminars in Urban Geography, World Cities, Research in Geographic Learning; Shaping of the Modern World (college-wide course); Designing the City (honors colloquium); Society, Art, and Culture in London (Winter Session), Planning in Britain (Winter Session), Geography of London and Geography of British Isles (UD London Semester); Summer Geography Institute for Teachers, Advanced Geography Institute for Teachers. Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Delaware, 1971-76 Instructor, Department of Geography, University of Delaware, 1968-71 Lecturer, San Francisco State College, 1968 Visiting Professor, Department of Geography, Arizona State University, Spring 1991 Visiting Lectures: Clark University, Villanova University, Immaculata College, Washington and Jefferson College, Harcum Junior College, University of Uppsala, Sweden, University of Maryland, College Park. ADMINISTRATION Primary Coordinator, Delaware Geographic Alliance, 1988-present Responsible for organizational oversight, budget administration, program development, fundraising University of Delaware Coordinator, Danish International Study (DIS) Program in Copenhagen, 1984-present Initiated program, advise and recruit students, administer program Faculty Director, University of Delaware Spring Semester in London, 1996 Associate Dean, College of Arts and Science, University of Delaware, 1979 - 1987 Full-time position; involved all aspects of Dean's Office: budget planning and allocation; promotion and tenure; department, faculty, student relations; admissions; faculty senate; faculty grievances; special projects: revision of general education curriculum, development of a computerized advisement system, and enhancement of international education. Treasurer, Association of American Geographers, 1980-1982 Responsible for $750,000 annual budget Chair, Committee on Educational Affairs, College of Arts and Science, University of Delaware, 1978-79 Began major curriculum revision of general education Chair, University Appeals Committee, University of Delaware, 1977-79 (Step 3, grievance procedure, Collective Bargaining Contract) Coordinator, Latin American Studies Program, University of Delaware, 1976-78 Administered a budget-line account FOREIGN RESEARCH U.S. A.I.D. Strengthening Grant Program visit to Panama, 1981; additional visit, 1985 Research in Mexico 1966-67, 1973, 1974, 1985; in England 1975, 1985-present; in Spain, 1975; in Lesser Antilles in 1961, 1962 GRANTS AND AWARDS David Roselle Lectureship, Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1996 To support the Delaware Geographic Alliance: National Geographic Society $400,000 (1989-present) State of Delaware $400,000 (1989-present) World Affairs Council, Wilmington $2,000 (1990-91) Rotary Club of Wilmington $2,000 (1990-91) Artesian Water Company $500 (1993-94) Delaware River and Bay Authority $500 (1993-94) Planning Grant for Development of a Geographic Alliance. National Geographic Society, $10,000. (1988-89). Development of a University-wide Introductory Course: The Shaping of the Modern World. PENN/PAICE Institute, $5000 (1986) Improving Students' Academic Use of the University as a Total Resource: An Expanded Advisement Program Using Interactive Computer Technology. Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, $89,000 (1982-84). Service Award, Association of American Geographers, 1982 Faculty Research Grant, University of Delaware, 1973 Grant-in-aid, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-67 Research Grant, Office of Naval Research, 1962 Allan McCoy Smith Scholarship, McGill University, 1960 Goldsmiths Company Fellowship, 1958-61 SERVICE TO STATE OF DELAWARE Member, Social Studies Assessment Steering Committee, Department of Public Instruction, 1995-present Member, Leadership Team, Social Studies Frameworks Commission, New Directions in Delaware Education, 1992-1995 (appointed by State Superintendant of Public Instruction) Member, Governor's Task Force on the Brandywine and Christina Rivers, 1992-94 (appointed by the Governor) POSITIONS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS Association of American Geographers (AAG): Treasurer, 1980-82 Executive Committee, 1980-82 Finance Committee, 1980-1994 (chair, 1980-82) Annual Meeting Program Committee, 1979, 1984 Annual Meeting Local Arrangements co-chair, 1979 ad hoc Committee on Central Office Location, 1988-1989 Middle States Division, AAG: President, 1978-79 Vice-President, 1977-78 Secretary-Treasurer, 1976-77 Regional Councillor, 1980-82 Executive Committee 1976-83 Annual Meeting Local Arrangements chair, 1980; co-chair 1993 Council of Latin Americanist Geographers: Board of Directors, 1977-80 Honors Committee chair, 1980 Delaware Valley Geographical Association: President 1974-76 Council, 1970-1996 Eastern Historical Geography Association: Local Arrangements chair, Annual Meeting, 1976; 1992 National Geographic Society: Alliance Coordinators Advisory Committee, 1990-91 OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Peer Reviewer: National Science Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities Annals, Association for American Geographers Professional Geographer Journal of Historical Geography Urban Geography Journal of Geography Tidjschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie Aid to Publications Programme, Social Science Federation of Canada Consultant: National Geographic Society, Teaching Geography Project (1992-1995) Atwater-Kent Museum, Philadelphia, 1993-94 American Geographical Society, presentation on Latin America to Seminar on Emerging Markets, New York Society of Security Analysts, New York, February 8, 1991 World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, Model United Nations, 1990 World History Project for Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia Alliance for Teaching the Humanities, 1987-1990 Pennsylvania Council on Geographic Education (U.S. Department of Education grant, administered by University of Pennsylvania) 1988-1990 Publishers: John Wiley and Sons, Houghton Mifflin Co., Harper and Row, Prentice Hall; University of Texas Press, University of Delaware Press, consultant/reviewer, Repro-Bulletin Evaluation of Geography Programs: Villanova University William Paterson College, NJ Montclair State College, NJ PUBLICATIONS Books and Chapters: Transportes y comercio entre México y Veracruz, 1519-1910 (Mexico: SepSetentas, 1976) "Transportation" in B. Blouet and O. Blouet eds., Latin America, An Introductory Survey, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1982): 84-149 "Transportation" and "Mexico and Central America" in B. Blouet and O. Blouet eds., Latin America, An Introductory Survey, Second Edition (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1993): 81-120; 255-283 "Mexico" and "Central America" in B. Blouet and O. Blouet eds., Latin America. An Introductory Survey, Third Edition (John Wiley and sons, New York, 1997): 207-271 Articles: "Sources for the Study of Mexican Urbanism," Professional Geographer,XXVI (1974): 399-407 "Origins of Colonial Transportation in Mexico," Geographical Review, 65 (1975): 323-334 "Railroads and the Development of the Urban Hierarchy in Nineteenth Century Eastern Mexico," Geoscience and Man, 21 (1980): 121-133 "Transportation in Latin America," Benchmark 1990. Proceedings of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Vols. 17/18. Tom Martinson ed. (Auburn, 1992): 191-197 with Steven L. Dreiver, "The Veracruz-Mexico City Routes in the Sixteenth Century and the Study of Pre-Industrial Land Transport in Historical Geography" Revista Geografía y Desarollo, No. 12. (Forthcoming) with Travis Longcore, "Information Technology and Downtown Restructuring: the Case of New York City's Financial District" Urban Geography, 17 (1996): 354-372 Technical Reports and Other Publications: Air Transport in the Lesser Antilles, O.N.R. Technical Report (Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, 1964) 190p. with John R. Mather and Frank Swaye, Coastal Storm Damage, 1923-1974 Technical Report No. 4, Delaware Coastal Management Program (Delaware State Planning Office, Dover, Delaware, 1977) The Philadelphia Explorer. Guide for the 75th Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers (Philadelphia, 1979) 71p. with Salvatore Natoli, Nurturing Healthy Geography Programs in Colleges and Universities, (Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C., 1982) 9p. with Barbara Benson, "Delaware", World Book Encyclopaedia (Chicago, 1988) pp. 102-119 with Richard B. Boehm, James S. Fisher, and William R. Strong, Self-Assessment and Strategies for Improvement in Geography Departments (Task Force for the Advancement of Geography, Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C., 1989) 16 p. "Cultural Persistence and Cultural Transformation: the 1990 Meeting of the Eastern Historical Geography Association" Journal of Historical Geography, 17 (1991): 453 Edited: Proceedings of the Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers, 11 (1977) [with Martha L. Corry]; 12 (1978) [with Robert A. Hordon]; 13 (1979); 14 (1980) [with James E. McConnell] Reviews: De Brahm's Report of the General Survey in the Southern District of North America, Louis De Vorsey, ed. (University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C., 1971) in: Historical Geography Newsletter, 2 (Fall 1974):34 Carol E. Hoffecker, Wilmington, Delaware (University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 1974) in: Journal of Historical Geography, 1 (1975):397-398 Peter O. Wacker, Land and People, (Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, 1975) in: Historical Geography, 8 (1978): 27-29 Josef W. Konvitz, Cities and the Sea. Port Planning in Early Modern Europe, (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1977) in: Geographical Review, 70 (1980): 356-358 Peter Gerhard, The Southwest Frontier of New Spain, (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1979) in: Journal of Historical Geography, 7 (1981):113-114 David Listokin et al, Landmarks Preservation and the Property Tax: Assessing Landmark Buildings for Real Taxation Purposes in: Annals, Association of American Geographers, 73 (1983): 455-456 Woodrow Borah, Jorge Hardoy, and Gilbert Stetler, Urbanization in the Americas. The Background in Comparative Perspective (Historical Division, National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1980) in: Journal of Historical Geography, 9 (1983): 322-323 D. T. Herbert and R. J. Johnston, eds., Geography and the Urban Environment: Progress in Research and Applications, vol. 4 (John Wiley and Sons, 1981) in: Professional Geographer, 35 (1983): 379 Kathleen Logan, Haciendo Pueblo. The Development of a Guadalajaran Suburb, in: Professional Geographer, 37 (1985): 511-512 Paul Bairoch, Cities and Economic Development: From the Dawn of History to the Present Translated by Christopher Braider. (Chicago, 1988) in: Journal of Geography, 89 (1990):90 Carolyn Teich Adams, The Politics of Capital Investment: The Case of Philadelphia (Albany, 1988) in: Urban Geography, 10 (1989): 617-619 John Stilgoe, Borderland: Origins of the American Suburb, 1820-1939 (New Haven, 1988) in: Geographical Review, 80 (1990): 203 Jackie R. Booker, Veracruz Merchants, 1770-1829 (Boulder, 1993) in: Annals, Association of American Geographers In Preparation: Chapter on Philadelphia (with Mary Schweitzer), in Martyn Bowden, et. al. The Mercantile City in America (Johns Hopkins University Press) SELECTED PAPERS "Spanish Perceptions of New Spain and the Origins of Transportation in Eastern Mexico," Session on Transportation, Annual Meeting, New England-St. Lawrence Division, Association of American Geographers, Durham, New Hampshire, October 28, 1972 "Sources for the Study of Mexican Urbanism," Seventh Annual Meeting, Eastern Historical Geography Association, College Park, Maryland, October 27, 1973 "Urban Rivalry and Route Competition in the Sierra Madre Oriental, 1525-1910," Special Session on Recent Developments in Historical and Cultural Geography, Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Seattle, April 30, 1974 "The Internal Structure of the Latin American City: Evidence from the 1970 Mexico City Census," Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, April 10, 1978 "Railroads and the Development of the Urban Hierarchy in Nineteenth Century Eastern Mexico," Special Session on the Historical Geography of Mexico, Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, April 10, 1978 "Towards a Model of Latin American Settlement History," Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, April 22, 1981 "Rethinking Regions: A World Systems Perspective," Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Minneapolis, May 7, 1986 "Post-Proprietary Philadelphia as Artifact?," Symposium on Creating Myth, Inventing Tradition in America, Clark University, Worcester, May 5, 1988 "Teaching World Regional Geography from a World Systems Perspective," Annual Meeting, National Council for Geographic Education, Hershey, October 11, 1989 "The Mercantile City: Inventory and Prospect," Annual Meeting, Eastern Historical Geography Association, Worcester, October 21, 1989 "From Merchant City to Industrial City in Philadelphia," Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Miami, April 14, 1991. "Stages of Suburban Growth: the Case of Metropolitan Phoenix," Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, San Diego, April 21, 1992