Mark Reisinger

Teaching specialties:

• Globalization
• Population Geography
• Urban Geography/Planning
• Economic Geography

Research interests:

• Internal Migration in the United States
• Latino immigration and internal migration
• Race and Ethnic Geographies
• Restructuring of Local Labor Markets
• Regional Economic Development

Recent projects/research undertaken:

• Latino migration to south central Pennsylvania
• U.S. Internal Migration and Labor Market Adjustments

Research associate

• The Center for Applied Community Research and Development, Binghamton University
• University Transportation Research Center, Region II

Recent publications:

• Conklin, Nicole and M.E. Reisinger, 2006. “Assessing social and physical vulnerability to a terrorist attack: a case study in Norfolk, Virginia. The Pennsylvania Geographer, 44(2): 147-175.
•  Meyer, Gregory S. and M.E. Reisinger, 2006. “Bio-tech innovation clustering in Indianapolis.”In Papers of the Applied Geography Conference, B.E. Montz and G.A. Tobin (eds.) 28: (forthcoming).
• Frazier, John W. and Mark E. Reisinger. 2006. “The new South in perspective: observations and commentary.”In H. A. Smith and O. J. Furuseth (eds.) The New South: Latinos and the Transformation of Space,Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 257-283.(forthcoming).
• Reisinger, Mark E. 2006. “Latinos in Berks County, PA: migration, settlement, and employment.”The Pennsylvania Geographer, 43(2): 95-118.
• Reisinger, Mark E. 2006. “Latinos in America: Historical and contemporary settlement patterns.”In J.W. Frazier and E. Tettey-Fio (eds.) Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America,Binghamton, NY: Global Academic Publishing, pp. 183-198.
• Reisinger, Mark E., Eugene Tettey-Fio, and John W. Frazier, 2006. “Patterns and Issues in the Latinization of Allentown, Pennsylvania.”In J.W. Frazier and E. Tettey-Fio (eds.) Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America,Binghamton, NY: Global Academic Publishing, pp. 233-250.
• Reisinger, Mark E. 2005. "Residential segregation and socioeconomic inequality for the Latino community in Reading, PA." In Papers of the Applied Geography Conference, B.E.Montz and G.A. Tobin (eds.) 28: 349-358.
• Reisinger, M.E. 2004. "Hispanic migration flows and settlement patterns for Berks County and Reading, Pennsylvania." In Papers of the Applied Geography Conference, B.E.Montz and G.A. Tobin (eds.) 27: 283-292.
• Reisinger, M.E. 2003. "The origins and development of the York industrial district in south central Pennsylvania: 1700s to 1920." The Pennsylvania Geographer. 41(2): 67-94.
•  Reisinger, M.E. 2003. "Determinants of Latino migration to Allentown, PA." In Multicultural Geographies: The Changing Racial/Ethnic Patterns of the United States, J.W. Frazier and F.W. Margai (eds.). Binghamton, NY: Global Academic Publishing, pp. 170-189.
• Reisinger, M.E. and E. Tettey-Fio. 2003. "Changing Latino geographies in the United States." In Multicultural Geographies: The Changing Racial/Ethnic Patterns of the United States,J.W. Frazier and F.W. Margai (eds.). Binghamton, NY: Global Academic Publishing, pp.149-169.
•  Reisinger, M.E. and M. Treier. 2003. "Latino migration to small cities: the case of Allentown,1980 - 2000. In Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences, B.E. Montz and G.A. Tobin (eds.) 26: 92-100.
•  Reisinger, M.E. 2003. "Sectoral shifts and occupational migration in the United States."The Professional Geographer. 55(3): 383-395.

Recent Conference Presentations:

• Reisinger, Mark E. “Valued Citizens or Post-Industrial Underclass: The Incorporation of Latinos in U.S. Cities.” Presented to the 104th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 17, 2008.
• Reisinger, Mark E. “The Geography of Illegal Immigration Laws.” Presented to the 30th Annual Applied Geography Conference, October 18, 2008. Reisinger, M.E. and J.W. Frazier. “The Role of Migration Selectivity in the Latinization of Pennsylvania Dutch Country.” Presented to the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 8, 2006.
•  Reisinger, M.E. “Residential segregation and socioeconomic inequality for the Latino community in Reading, PA.” Presented to the 28th Annual Applied Geography Conference, November 3, 2005.
• Reisinger, M.E., Tettey-Fio, E., and Frazier, J.W. "Social and labor force experiences among Latinos in Allentown, PA at the beginning of the 21st century." Presented to the 101st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 8, 2005.
• Reisinger, M.E. "Hispanic migration flows and settlement patterns for Berks County and Reading, Pennsylvania. Presented to the 27th Annual Applied Geography Conference,October 22, 2004.
• Reisinger, M.E., Tettey-Fio, E., and Frazier, J.W. "Latino settlement and resettlement down the U.S. urban hierarchy: An examination of southeastern Pennsylvania." Presented to the 2004 Conference on Race Ethnicity and Place, September 18, 2004.
• Reisinger, M.E. "Determinants of Latino migration to small cities: The case of Allentown, PA." Presented to the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,March 19, 2004.
• Reisinger, M.E., Tettey-Fio, E., and Frazier, J. "U.S. Latino migration, landscape and spatial structure in Allentown, PA: beginning of the 21st century." Presented to the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 16, 2004.
• Reisinger, M.E. and Treier, M. "Latino migration to small cities: the case of Allentown, 1980 to 2000. Presented to the 26th Annual Applied Geography Conference, November 7, 2003
• Reisinger, M.E. "Determinants of Latino migration to small cities: The case of Allentown, PA."Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers, October 30, 2003.
• Reisinger, M.E. "Urban employment outcomes for recent immigrants to the United States."Presented to the 99th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 6, 2003. 
• Odland, J. and M.E. Reisinger. "Institutional approaches to the economic geography of medical services." Presented to the 99th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 6, 2003.

Recent Grants and Awards:

• 2007 City of Binghamton, Community Based Planning Project East Side Revitalization Plan, $30,000,
•  2006 Binghamton University, Harpur College Deans Office Workshop Grant,“The Neoliberal City,” $2200, for 2006/07.
• 2005 Binghamton University, Office of the Provost, Individual Development Award, $1,000.
• 2005 Binghamton University, Harpur College Deans Office Workshop Grant, "Distressed Urbanism: Exploring the Embattled Metropolis," $3,000 for 2005/06
• 2004 Binghamton University, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Location Analysis 6/1/2004 to 7/1/2005 ($20,000) Co-PI.

Recent Masters Thesis Supervised

• Concepcion, Ramon, 2008. “Migration, Settlement Patterns, and Assimilation of Puerto Ricans in Orlando, FL.”

See my Urban Planning Analysis Students Conducting FieldWork

• Endicott Field Trip (.pdf,4.24MB)
• Owego Field Trip (.pdf,3.82MB)

Check out my students at the Applied Geography Conference 2005 (.pdf,1.82MB)