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John Mercer, 
Professor 
 
                    

jdmerc@maxwell.syr.edu

M. A., Glasgow University, 1964
M. A., McMaster University, 1967
Ph. D., McMaster University, 1971
  

Academic
appointments
2002-2005, Dean, The Graduate School, Syracuse University
2001, Acting Dean, The Graduate School, Syracuse University
1999-2001, Associate Dean, The Graduate School, Syracuse University
1990-present, Professor, Syracuse University
1989-1990, Professor, University of Victoria, British Columbia
1989, Professor, Syracuse University
1980-1989, Associate Professor, Syracuse University
1974-1980, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
1973-1974, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
1970-1973, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa

Principal Publications
"Canadian Cities in Continental Context" in Trudi Bunting and Pierre Filion (eds.) Canadian Cities in Transition, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2006: 24-39) (with Kim England)

"Canadian Cities in Continental Context" in Trudi Bunting and Pierre Filion (eds.) Canadian Cities in Transition, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2000: 55-75) (with Kim England)

"North American Cities: The Micro-geography" in Fred W. Boal and Stephen A. Royle (eds.) North America: A Geographical Mosaic (London: Edward Arnold, 1991: 191-206)

"The Canadian City in Continental Context" in Trudi Bunting and Pierre Filion (eds.) The Changing Canadian City (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1991: 45-68)

New Perspectives on Race and Housing in Britain (Glasgow: Centre for Housing Research, 1987) (Co-edited with Susan J. Smith)

The Myth of the North American City (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1986) (with M. A. Goldberg)

The City in Cultural Context (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1984) (Co- edited with J. A. Agnew and D. Sopher)

"Locational Conflicts and the Politics of Consumption," Economic Geography Vol. 56, 1980: 89-109

"Metropolitan Housing Quality and an Application of Causal Modelling," Geographical Analysis Vol. 7, 1975: 295-302.