People : Faculty
Dr. Stuart Aitken
Professor of Geography
Department Chair
Department of Geography
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4493
Office: Storm Hall 324
Phone: (619) 594-6498
e-mail: saitken@mail.sdsu.edu
Editor, Children's Geographies
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Youth and Space
Education
Ph.D., The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1985
M.A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA. 1981
B.Sc., University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 1980
Courses Taught
- Community Project/Portfolios
- Principles of Cultural Geography
- Qualitative Methods in Geography
Research Interests
- Substantive areas of research in urban and social geography with an emphasis on (i) families and communities, (ii) children and youth, and (iii) film;
- Critical analysis of visual representations and Geographic Information Systems with a focus on how they are used in planning and teaching;
- Qualitative and poststructural methods in geography
- Emphasis on feminist and critical theory.
- The History of Geographic Thought