Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2005, Kent State University,
Geography Department,
Kent State University
(Dissertation defended, 6 October 2005)
Dissertation Title: Japanese American
Identities: Place and Social Spaces in
Little Tokyo
M.A., 1998, Geography and
Environmental Planning
Towson University
Thesis title: Population Shifts and
Geopolitics in the Twenty-first Century
B.S.,1990, History,
Towson University
Ethnic and national identities in North America, China and Japan
Globalization and cities
Urban landscapes and regions
Geopolitics
Population
Smith, J. 2023. German Immigrant Labor in Baltimore on the Eve of the Civil War.
Historical Geography, 49: 59-76. DOI: 10.1353/hgo.2021.0002
Smith, J. 2023. Tang China and the Buddhist Silk Roads: The Historical Geographies
of Daxingshan Temple, Advances in Anthropology, 13, 235-244.
DOI: 10.4236/aa.2023.133015
Smith, J. 2016. Creating New Identities: Chinese American Women Professionals in
Greater Baltimore. Advances in Anthropology, 6, 30-35. DOI: 10.4236/aa.2016.62004
Smith, James M. 2012. Geography of International Affairs. Third Edition. Dubuque IA: Kendall Hunt Publishers.
Smith, James M. 2008. Ethnic Identities and Urban Social Spaces: Two Japanese American Ethno-Spiritual Communities in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography 90 (4): 389-408.
Smith, James M. 2003. Global Affairs and Population Issues in the Twenty-First Century. Towson University Journal of International Affairs, 37 (2): 6-20.