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Mark Corson
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| Title: |
Associate Professor |
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GS 1320
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| Phone: |
660.562.1672 |
| Fax: |
660.562.1055 |
| Email: |
MCORSON@nwmissouri.edu |
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| Joined Northwest in Fall 1998
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Courses Taught
- Introduction
to Geography
- World Regional Geography/Peoples and Cultures
- Economic Geography,
Air Photo Interpretation
- Introduction to Geographic Information Systems/Trends
in GIS
- Physical Geography
- Geography of Europe
- Geography of North America
- Geography
of the Middle East
- Political Geography
- Military Geography
- Geographic
Foundations of Geospatial Intelligence
- Principles of Humanitarian Relief
Education
- Ph.D.
in Geography December 1997. Department of Geography, University of South
Carolina.
- Master
of Strategic Studies 2007. United States Army War College.
- M.A.
in Geography 1992. Department of Geography, University of South
Carolina
- B.A.
in Government 1983. Government Department, University of San
Francisco.
Academic Interests
- Political and Military Geography
- Geospatial Intelligence
- Crisis Response
- Area Specialties: Western Europe
(especially Germany) and Southwest Asia
Scholarly Activity
- Corson, Mark
W. (2011) „Salvaging Value from War and Disaster", Material Handling and Logistics, April 2011, pp. 36-40.
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Palka, Eugene, Francis Galgano Jr., and Mark
Corson. (2010) „Iraq and Operation Iraq Freedom: A Military Geography"
in Modern Military Geography
edited by Francis Galgano Jr. and Eugene Palka. New York: Routledge.
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Corson, Mark. (2009) „Wither the Map in Political
and Military Geography?," in"Intervention: Mapping is Critical!" edited by
Guntram Herb. Political Geography
Volume 28, No 6 pp. 336-337.
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Corson, Mark
and Christopher Japspero. (2008) „An All-Hazards Approach to US
Military Base Camp Site Selection," The
Geographical Bulletin Volume 48, No 2 pp. 75-84.
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Glaser, Ruediger, Klaus Sachs, Mark Corson, Ulrich Ante, and Olaf Hartman. (2007) „Umwelaspekte auf dem militärischen
Erporbungs-und Übungs gelände Almark (Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide) unter dem
Einfluss des Systemwandels" in Ökologische
Problemräume Deutschlands edited by Harald Zepp. Darmstadt:
Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
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Palka, Eugene J., Francis A. Galgano, and Mark W. Corson
(2006) "Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Military Geographical Perspective," The Geographical Review Vol. 95, No. 3,
pp. 373-399.
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Corson, Mark W. (2006) "Geography
at Work: Operation Iraqi Freedom" in Contemporary
World Regional Geography 2nd Edition by Michael Bradshaw,
George White, Joseph Dymond, and Eliabeth Chacko. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill.
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Corson, Mark W. (2005) Book review
of Military Geographies by
Rachel Woodward The Professional
Geographer, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 475-477.
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Corson, Mark W. (2005) "Operation
Iraqi Freedom" in Military Geography
from Peace to War edited by Eugene J. Palka and Francis J. Galgano Jr.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
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Corson, Mark W. and Julian V.
Minghi (2005) "The Case of Bosnia: Military and Political Geography in
SASO" in Military Geography from
Peace to War edited by Eugene J. Palka and Francis J. Galgano Jr. New
York: McGraw-Hill.
Student Group Advisement
Other Professional Experiences
- 2011-2012
Interim Chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences
- 2008-Present Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Minor in
Comprehensive Crisis Response and Coordinator of the NWMSU Campus Community
Emergency Response Team
- 2002-Present Faculty Liaison to Military Science Program
(Army ROTC)
Other
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Commanding
General of the 103d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, US Army Reserve
