Academic Positions

Texas A&M University – Galveston, USA.

• Professor (2024-) Department of Maritime Business Administration
• Distinguished Hagler Fellow, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study (2022-)

Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA.

• Professor Emeritus (2024-)
• Professor (2011-2023) Department of Global Studies & Geography
• Associate Professor (2006-2011)
• Assistant Professor (1999-2006)

Education

1994, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

• Ph.D. in Geography.
• Thesis: Transportation Corridors in East and Southeast Asian Urban Regions.

1992, University of British Columbia, Department of Geography and Asian Studies Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

• Doctoral Internship.

1991, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

• M.Sc. in geography.
• Thesis: The Development of a Dynamic Spatial Interaction / Land Use Model: Application to Shanghai.

1989, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

• B.Sc. in geography.
• Memoir: Transport Supply and Land Use Changes in Montreal between 1964 and 1983.

Undergraduate Courses

• GS 01 Introduction to Global Studies
• GS 120 Global Transport and Logistics
• GEOG 1 World Regional Geography
• GEOG 5 Population and Migration
• GEOG 6 Resources and Energy
• GEOG 7 Fun with Maps
• GEOG 60 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 80 Transport Geography
• GEOG 102 Population, Resources and Environment
• GEOG 113 Economic Geography of East and Southeast Asia
• GEOG 113C Geography of East and Southeast Asia
• GEOG 135 Economic Geography
• GEOG 160 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 170 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 180 Field Methods
• MARA 205 Introduction to the Maritime Industry

Graduate Courses

• MARA 616 Management of Port Facilities and Infrastructure. Challenges associated with the design, management, and operation of port facilities, including the management of buildings, piers, and associated structures, and connecting waterways. Particular attention is paid to management and infrastructure issues related to port terminals, such as containers, bulk, breakbulk, and cruises.
• Port Economics and Management. Course given at the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management, University of Antwerp (Belgium). Part of the international group of professors invited to offer sections of the course.
• Hinterland Transport. Course given at the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management, University of Antwerp (Belgium). Part of the international group of professors invited to offer sections of the course.
• Hinterland Transport and Logistics. Course given at Chongqing University (China), Joint Institute of Transport and Logistics.