Kristin M. Sziarto, Assistant Professor

Office: Bolton 468
Phone: 414-229-3941
Fax: 414-229-3981
Email: sziarto@uwm.edu

Mailing Address:
Professor Kristin M. Sziarto
Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Education:
Ph.D., Geography, University of Minnesota, 2007
M.A., Geography, University of Georgia, 2001
B.A., Theater, Williams College, 1988

Spring 2008 Courses:
Geography (GEOG) 110: The World-Peoples and Regions
TR 9:00-9:50pm

Geography (GEOG) 400: Population Geography
TR 2:00-3:15pm

Office Hours:
TR 3:30-4:30pm

Research and Teaching Interests:
Social movements and spatiality
Democratic theory
Religion-labor alliances
Immigration policies and immigrant politics in the US
The health care industry and its role in urban economic development
Gender, sexuality and urban space
Qualitative methods

Representative Publications:
Leitner, Helga, Eric Sheppard, Kristin Sziarto, and Anant Maringanti. 2006. "Contesting Neoliberal Urban Futures: Decentering Neoliberalism." In Contesting Neoliberalism: Urban Frontiers, eds. H. Leitner, J.S. Peck, and E.S. Sheppard. New York: The Guilford Press, pp. 1-25.

Under review
"Placing Legitimacy: Organizing religious support in a health care workers' contract campaign." To be resubmitted to the Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography)

In preparation
Sziarto, K. Spatial Negotiations: the politics of identity and location in (re)naming a religion-labor alliance.

Sziarto, K. and H. Leitner. Expanding Spaces of Citizenship - Immigrants organizing for social justice and belonging.