Dr. Julie Silva

Assistant Professor
silva at geog . ufl . edu
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Areas of Specialization

• Economic Geography
• Uneven Development
• Spatial Econometrics
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Educational Background

• Ph.D. Geography, Rutgers University, 2005
• M.C.R.P. City and Regional Planning, Rutgers University, 2000
• B.A. English, UCLA, 1995

Recent Courses

• GEO6558/AFS6905 The Geography of Inequality in Africa (Fall 2006, 2007)
• GEO 3502/ECO 4934 Economic Geography (Spring 2007)
• AFS 2002 The African Experience (Spring 2007)
• GEO 2500 Global and Regional Economies (Fall 2007)

Recent Publications

• Forthcoming. Eriksen, Siri and Julie A. Silva. The Vulnerability
  Context of a Savanna Area in Mozambique: Household Drought Coping
  Strategies and Responses to Economic Change. Environmental Science & Policy.
• 2008. Silva, Julie A. International Trade and the Changing Demand for Skilled Workers in High-Tech Manufacturing. Growth and Change 39:225-251.
• Silva, Julie A., 2008, A Multi-level Analysis of Agricultural Trade and Socio-economic Inequality in Rural Mozambique. The Professional Geographer 60:174-189.
• Silva, Julie A., 2007. Trade and Income Inequality in a Less Developed Country: The Case of Mozambique. Economic Geography 83:111-136.
• Silva, Julie A. and Robin M. Leichenko, 2004. Regional Income Inequality and International Trade. Economic Geography 80:261-286.
• Leichenko, Robin M. and Julie A. Silva, 2004. International Trade,
  Employment, and Earnings: Evidence from U.S. Rural Counties. Regional Studies 38:353-372.

In my own words

My area of specialization is economic geography, and my research interests center on poverty, inequality, and uneven development in both the developed and developing world. My current focus is on the impact of trade on regional inequality in Africa. In my work I explore how the impacts of globalization can be measured at multiple geographical scales. In particular, I examine how social and economic processes interact across space and scale to impact regions, communities, and individuals. Throughout my work I apply spatial analysis techniques, including GIS and spatial econometrics. I also employ qualitative methods and case study research to complement quantitative findings.  

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