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James L. Newman, 
Professor Emeritus
jlnewman@maxwell.syr.edu


Ph. D., University of Minnesota, 1968
M. A., University of Minnesota, 1963
B. A., University of Minnesota, 1961 

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             Imperial Footprints
             http://sites.maxwell.syr.edu/stanley/stanley.htm

Academic Appointments
1982-present, Professor of Geography, Syracuse University
1973-1982, Associate Professor, Syracuse University
1967-1973, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University

Principal Publications
Imperial Footprints: Henry Morton Stanley's African Journeys, Brassey Inc., 2004.
"From Definition, To Geography, To Action, To Reaction: The Case of Protein-Energy Malnutrition" Annals of the Association of American Geographers, v. 85, 1995: 233--245.
The Peopling of Africa: a Geographical Interpretation (Yale University Press, 1995).
Editor Eliminating Hunger in Africa: Technical and Human Perspectives (Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Africa Studies Series, No. 45, 1994) (with Daniel Griffith).
Population: Patterns, Dynamics, and Prospects (Prentice-Hall Inc., 1984) (with Gordon Matzke).
Editor Contemporary Africa: Geography and Change (Prentice-Hall Inc., 1976) (with C. Gregory Knight).
Editor Drought, Famine and Population Movements in Africa (Foreign and Comparative Studies, Syracuse University, Africa Series, No. 17, 1975).
The Ecological Basis for Subsistence Change among the Sandawe of Tanzania (National Academy of Sciences, 1970).

Editorial appointment
Editor, Regional Geography Series, Guilford Press.