Faculty and Staff Information

Jonathan C. Comer

Associate Professor

Undergraduate Advisor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1994

Address:
Oklahoma State University
Department of Geography
Stillwater, OK 74078-4073

Office: 215 Scott Hall
Phone: 405/744-9176 or 405/744-6250
Fax: 405/744-5620

Email: jon.comer@okstate.edu

Personal Homepage

AREAS OF INTEREST

Topical:  Economic Geography -- location analysis, professional sports/stadium issues, highway bypasses
Methodological:  Quantitative Methods -- spatial analysis, spatial statistics

Regional:  United States -- economic and urban geography

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Geography, The Ohio State University, 1994
M.A. Geography, The Ohio State University, 1990
B.A. Geography, Indiana University, 1988

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor: Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1999-Present

Assistant Professor: Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1994-1999

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Comer, J.C. and G.A. Finchum. 2004.  Modeling the Influence of Highway Bypasses and Population on Business Activities.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 27:420-429.

 

Comer, J.C. and G.A. Finchum.  2003.  Socioeconomic Impacts of Highway Bypases in Oklahoma.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 26:58-67.

 

Monroe, A.D. and J.C. Comer. 2002. Spatial and Socioeconomic Patterns of Freemason Membership in Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 82:95-109.

 

Comer, J.C. and G.A. Finchum. 2001. Business Impacts of Highway Bypasses. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference, 24:235-243.

Comer, J.C., Finchum II, G.A., and A.K.Coleman. 2000. A Methodology Using Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate Socio-economic Data Concerning Impacts of Highway Bypasses in Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 80: 79-89.

 

Newsome, T.H. and J.C. Comer. 2000. Changing Intra-Urban Location Patterns of Major League Sports Facilities. The Professional Geographer, 52(1):105-120.

 

Comer, J.C. and T.H. Newsome. 1999. Downtown Revitalization and Major League Sports: The Emergence of Smaller Markets. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference, 22:165-173.

Comer, J.C. and T.H. Newsome. 1998. Will Major League Sports Ever Come To Oklahoma? Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 78: 1-10.

Comer, J.C. and R.W. Jackson. 1997. A Note on Adjusting National Input-Output Data for Regional Table Construction; Journal of Regional Science, 37(1): 145-153.

Comer, J.C. and T.H. Newsome. 1996. Recent Patterns of Professional Sports Facility Construction in North America; Sport Place: An International Journal of Sports Geography, 10(1): 22-39.

Jackson, R.W., and J.C. Comer. 1993. An Alternative to Aggregated Base Tables in Input-Output Table Regionalization; Growth and Change, 24(2): 191-205.

Jackson, R.W., Israilevich, P.R., and J.C. Comer. 1992. A Note on the Role of Survey data and Expert Opinion in Constructing Input-Output Tables; Papers In Regional Science, 71(1): 87-93.

GRANTS RECEIVED

2003.  Oklahoma Transportation Center, "Analyzing Impacts of Highway Construction Activities in Oklahoma, Phase II:  Business Impacts," 1/03-9/03, $39,014.

 

2002.  Oklahoma Transportation Center, "Analyzing Impacts of Highway Construction Activities in Oklahoma, Phase I:  Socioeconomic Impacts," 5/02-9/02, $39,461.

 

1998. Oklahoma Department of Transportation, "GIS for Evaluating Socioeconomic Data of Small Communities in Oklahoma", 1/99 -12/00, $96,469.

1997. Arts and Sciences Grant for Instructional Improvement, "Bringing Place into the Classroom: Development of a World Regional Geography Global Image Library and Student Self-Study Resource for the World Wide Web," $9,900.

1995, 1997, 2001. Arts and Sciences Summer Research Grant.

1995, 1996. Dean's Incentive Grant.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE  

Member, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

Member, Regional Science Association International (RSAI)

Member, National Geographic Society (NGS)

Member, Oklahoma Academy of Science (OAS)
 

Assessment Council, 2004-2007

General Education Advisory Council, 2000-2006

 

University Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 2003-2004

 

Academic Appeals Board, 2003-2005 (Chair 2004-2005)

 

University Reaccreditation Self-Study Steering Committee, 2002-2005

 

University Faculty Council, 2000-2003 (Chair of Budget Committee, 2001-2002)

 

Board Member, AAG Specialty Group, Spatial Analysis and Modeling (SAM), 2001-2004
 

Last Modified: 18 July 2005

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Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma