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Deborah Thien, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Geography
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840
Email: dthien@csulb.edu | Tel: 562 985-7072 | Fax: 562 985-8993 | Office:LA4-206b

Book Review Editor, Emotion, Space & Society

Emotion, Space and Society - Elsevier

Node Director, Spaces of Democracy, Democracy of Space


Research Interests

Feminist geography; emotion, health & well-being in rural, remote & northern places; gender; philosophies & politics of emotion; feminist & cultural theory; innovative qualitative methodologies; place-making politics.

Education

Ph.D. Human Geography, 2005 The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

M.A. Gender Studies, 2000 University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

International Exchange Scholar, 1999 Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

B.A. English, Women’s Studies (with Distinction), 1995  University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

Selected Publications (Full CV available here)

Thien, D. (2009) Death and Bingo? The Royal Canadian Legion's unexpected spaces of emotion, Emotion, Place and Culture, Editors, Mick Smith, Joyce Davidson, Laura Cameron and Liz Bondi, pp. 207-226. Farnham: Ashgate

Thien, D. (2009) An Exercise encouraging Gender Analysis in Research Practice, Journal of Geography in Higher Education 33 (3)

Thien, D. & J. Davidson (2009) Introduction: Gender Interventions in Research, Teaching, and Practice, Journal of Geography in Higher Education (33) 3

Thien, D & N. Hanlon (2009) Feminist Perspectives on Care and Place, Gender, Place & Culture 16 (2): 155-162

Dolan, H & D. Thien (2009) Relations of Care: A Framework for Placing Women and Health in Rural Communities, Canadian Journal of Public Health (99) 2: s38-s42.

Ryser. L, G. Halseth & D. Thien, Strategies and Intervening Factors Influencing Student Social Interaction and Experiential Learning in an Interdisciplinary Research Team, Research in Higher Education

Thien, D. (2006) Disenchanting Democracy, Review of On the Political, by Chantal Mouffe (2005), Area 39 (1): 134-135.

Thien, D (2005) After or beyond feeling?: a consideration of affect and emotion in geography, Area 37(4): 450-456.        

Honors and Awards

2009-2010 Co-Investigator, “The Fine Arts of Medical Care”, 2009 Northern Medical Program Research Seed Grant, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George

2007-2012 Co-Investigator, Open Doors / Closed Ranks: Locating Mental Health after the Asylum, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant, York University, Toronto

2006  Postdoctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, University of Northern British Columbia, Birth, Death & Bingo: The Emotional Geographies of the Royal Canadian Legion

2001-2004   Commonwealth Scholar, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, Intimate Distances: Geographies of Gender and Emotion in Shetland (Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Award)


Spaces of Democracy, Node Director, USA

For more information about the Network and its activities, please see here: The Spaces of Democracy and the Democracy of Space

 

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Courses

Geography 360 (Fall 2009)
Human Geography

Geography 402/502 (Fall 2009)
Qualitative Research Analysis

Geography 301i (Summer 2009) The Urban Scene

Geography 120 (Spring 2009)
Human Diversity in the United States

Geography 650 (Spring 2009)
Cultural Geography Graduate Seminar: Geographies of Emotion, Health and Well-being

Geography 497/697 (Summer 2008)
Spaces of Democracy, Independent Study

Geography 462/562 (Spring 2008)
Feminist Geography

 

FALL 2009

Undergraduate Advising:

Please drop in on Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 3:30-5:00 pm for undergraduate advising. If you are not available during these hours, please contact me by email or phone and we will arrange an alternative time.

 

Office Hours:

I am available for consultation and discussion regarding Geog 360 and Geog 402/502 on Thursdays from 3:30-5:00 pm. For alternative times, please contact me by email or phone to make an appointment.