Thomas J. Sigler

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Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. Geography, Pennsylvania State University, In Progress

 

M.S. Geography, Pennsylvania State University, May 2007, 4.0 GPA

 

B.S. Geography/Int’l Relations, The University of Southern California, May 2003, cum laude

 

RESEARCH

 

Global Connections:  Panama and the Global Economy, Doctoral Dissertation at Pennsylvania State University, In Progress

 

Metropolitan Governance in San Diego:  A Comparative Analysis, Master’s Thesis at Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2006 – May 2007 

 

Invisible Spaces:  Defining Sense of Place on El Chorrillo’s Calle Ocho, Pennsylvania State University in collaboration with the Oficina del Casco Antiguo, Panama City, Panama, Summer 2006, featured in Powell, K (2008). Remapping the city:  Palimpsest, place, and identity in art education research, Studies in Art Education.                                                                           

 

Mapping Regional Tax Base in the Greater Pittsburgh Area, Pennsylvania State University in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network, Fall 2005

 

Malibu or Bust:  An Analysis of Public Beach Access in Los Angeles County, University of Southern California in collaboration with the Center for Law in the Public Interest (CLIPI), Spring 2003

 

TEACHING & WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Course Instructor, World Regional Geography, Pennsylvania State University, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009

 

Consultant to Exchange Program, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Spring 2009

 

Program Director, Global Business Brigades, Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and Panama City (Panama), Aug. 2007 - June 2008

 

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Physical Geography, Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2007 

 

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Human Geography, Pennsylvania State University, Fall 2006 and Fall 2005

 

Teaching Assistant, Mapping Our Changing World, Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2006

 

Course Instructor, SAT and PSAT Preparation Courses, The Princeton Review, 2004

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

Doctoral Research Fellowship Application Improvement Award, Pennsylvania State University, January 2009

 

Rod Erickson Academic Enrichment Award, Pennsylvania State University, September 2006

 

Anne C. Wilson Graduate Research Award, Pennsylvania State University, September 2005

 

Gamma Sigma Alpha – Honors for Leadership in the Greek Community, University of Southern California, April 2002

 

Order of Omega – Honors for Scholarship in the Greek Community, University of Southern California, April 2002

 

Trustee Scholarship, University of Southern California, 1999-2003

 

COMMITTEES AND MEMBERSHIPS

 

Graduate Student Development Seminar Planning Board, Pennsylvania State University, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009

 

Global Brigades Organization, Academic Adviser and Coordinator, September 2008-present

 

Pennsylvania State Geography Outing Club, Activities Chairperson, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009

 

MSAAG Geography Bowl Team, Top Individual Point Scorer, November 2008

 

Association of American Geographers, 2005-present

 

RECENT ARTICLES

 

Sigler, Thomas J., Metropolitan Regionalism and the Case of San Diego, (under review for publication)

 

Sigler, Thomas J., Re/Imagined Spaces, The Case of Panama City’s Calle Ocho, (under review for publication).

 

Sigler, Thomas J., Facing El Chorrillo, Panama 9°80° Magazine, Issue 5, p. 36.

 

Thomas J. Sigler