Graduate Students

Jessie Speer

jlspeer@syr.edu 

In progress:   
M.A. Geography, Syracuse University
Advisor: Don Mitchell

2008            
J.D., New College of California School of Law

2004            
B.A. Philosophy, University of Arizona

 
Research Interests 

Legal geographies, inequality, homelessness 

Publications

Scott, S. and Speer, J. “The Law of Networks.” Stanford Social Innovation Review. Fall 2010: 59-60.

Presentations  

Forthcoming   “Spaces of Exception: Fresno Homeless Encampments and the Commodified City” paper to be presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April

2012   “Right to the (Tent) City: Homeless Encampments in Fresno, California,” paper presented at the Conference on Critical Geography, Chapel Hill, NC, November

Grants and Fellowships   

2013   Maxwell Dean's Summer Research Award, Maxwell School of Syracuse University

2012   Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship

2005   New College of California Public Interest Scholarship

Teaching and Research Assistantships

Teaching Assistantships
Spring 2008   Teaching Assistant to Victoria Stafford, Legal Research and Writing, New College of California School of Law

Fall 2007   Teaching Assistant to Victoria Stafford, Legal Research and Writing, New College of California School of Law

Non-University Teaching and Professional Experience

2002-05   Senior Tutor, University of Arizona Center for Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques, Tucson, AZ

2000-02   English Tutor, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ  

Service and Outreach

2007-08   Articles Editor, New College of California Public Interest Law Journal

Fall 2007   Intern, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, Berkeley, CA 

Summer 2007   Intern, Amnesty International, London, UK

Summer 2006   Intern, Eviction Defense Collaborative, San Francisco, CA