Dr. Neil Conner is an Assistant Professor of Geography at California State University,
Fresno. He is originally from Buffalo, NY and he earned his B.A. in Education & History
at the University of Arizona, before teaching high school social studies (World Regional
Geography, AP Human Geography, and US Government) in Virginia Beach Virginia. Professor
Conner earned his M.A. in International Studies at Old Dominion University and his
Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Tennessee. His research interest lies at the
intersection of Cultural and Political Geography, and include the following topics:
sense of belonging (national and religious identities), popular geopolitics (sports),
and geographic education (globalization). In addition to teaching an assortment of
human geography courses, he is also the coordinator for the social science education
credential program at Fresno State.
Intersections of Political & Cultural Geography
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- Contested Notions of Identity; Immigration; Multiculturalism; Inclusion/Exclusion;
Territoriality
- Geographic Education
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- Teaching Controversial Topics; Globalization; Citizenship; Religion; Geographic Scale
- Popular Geopolitics
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- Place Representation; National Narratives; Imagined Communities/Worlds of Fandom;
Sports
Publications in Refereed Journals
Conner, N. (2019). Religion and the social integration of migrants in Dublin, Ireland. Geographical
Review. 109:1, 27-46 (https://doi.org/10.1111/gere.12295) Published online: Jan 2018.
Kalafsky, R. and N. Conner (2015). Examining the Geographies of Supply Chains in Introductory Coursework. Journal
of Geography, 114:3, 83-93 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2014.938685)
**Paper chosen as the “Best Article for College/University Education for 2016” by
NCGE
Kalafsky, R. and N. Conner (2015). Exploring the Dynamics of Globalization: Supply Chain Vulnerability to Natural
Disasters. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39:1, 173-181
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2014.965666)
Conner, N. (2014). Global cultural flows and the routes of identity: the imagined worlds of
Celtic FC. Social & Cultural Geography, 15:5, 525-546 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2014.908233)
Book Chapters
Conner, N. (in press). “Life in the NBA Bubble: A Space for Social Justice during the COVID-19
Pandemic.” In Brunn, Stanley and Donna Gilbreath (eds). COVID-19 and An Emerging World
of Ad
Hoc Geographies. Springer.
Conner, N. (2017). “Sports and the social integration of migrants: Gaelic football, Rugby football,
and Association football in South Dublin.” In: Koch, Natalie (ed). Critical Geographies
of Sport: Space, Power, and Sport in Global Perspective. Rutledge. Chapter 13.
Publications in Refereed Encyclopedias
Conner, N. (2014). Geography of Sports. In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. Ed. Barney Warf.
New York: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199874002/obo-9780199874002-0067.xml
Book Reviews
Don Mitchell, Koch, N., Gardener, B., Conner, N., Gripshover, M.M., Friedman, M., Huber, M.T. & Ross, R.B. (2018) The Great Baseball
Revolt: The Rise and Fall of the 1890 Players League,
The AAG Review of Books, 6:2, 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/2325548X.2018.1440848
