Jonnell A. Robinson

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Co-Director, Community Geography

Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Courses

2024 Spring
- GEO 485/685 Community Geography
2023 Fall
- GEO 489/689 Practicum in Community Geography
- GEO 400/600 Selected Topics - GIS App-Health & Human Service
2023 Spring
- GEO 484/684 GIS for Urban Environments
- IRP 499 Honors Capstone Project
- GEO 489/689 Practicum in Community Geography
2022 Fall
- GEO 489 Practicum in Community Geography
- GEO 600 Selected Topics - Participatory Research
2022 Spring
- GEO 489 Practicum in Community Geography

Highest degree earned

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010

Areas of Expertise

Community geography, participatory geographic information systems (GIS)

Research Grant Awards and Projects

"Farm to School", Sponsored by Department of Agriculture.

"The NY Food Hub Collaborative", Sponsored by Department of Agriculture.

"Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Thought Leadership Partnership with Syracuse University's Lender Center", Sponsored by MetLife Foundation.

"Government Innovation II", Sponsored by City of Syracuse.

"Government Innovation", Sponsored by City of Syracuse.

"Rooting for Syracuse: A community-based approach to advancing tree equity", Sponsored by US Forest Service.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles
- Robinson, J. A., J, S., K.B, H. and T, S., "Community Geography: Toward a disciplinary framework." Progress in Human Geography, 2020.
- Robinson, J. A., E, W., "The promise and pitfalls of mobile markets: An exploratory survey of mobile food retailers in the United States and Canada." Journal of Agriculture and Human Values, 2020.
- Harvey, P., Kenn, D., Purser, G., Robinson, J. A., Weissman, E. and Weismann, M., "Decent housing is not a charitable endeavor: it is a human right." Syracuse.com/The Post Standard, 2019.
- Robinson, J. A., J.A, R. and Hawthorne, T., "Making space for community-engaged scholarship in Geography." Professional Geographer, 2018.
- Robinson, J. A., "Barry Park community input study." Syracuse Community Geography, 2017.
- Robinson, J. A., J.A, R., Block, D. and Rees, A., "Community geography: Addressing barriers in public participation GIS." The Cartographic Journal, 2017.
- Johnson, A., Povinelli, M. and Robinson, J. A., Eastwood neighborhood sewer mapping: A pilot project. , 2017.
Encyclopedia Entries
- Weissman, E., Robinson, J. A., "Community gardens." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues. Albala, K. (ed.) Sage Publications, Inc, 2015.
- Robinson, J. A., Weissman, E., "Mobile markets." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues. Albala, K. (ed.) Sage Publications, Inc, 2015.

Presentations and Events

Ashby, L., Fonger, N., Robinson, J. A., Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference: Mapping and Empowerment, AAG Middle Atlantic Regional Division Meeting, "Teaching Mathematics and Geography through an Environmental Justice Lens" (October 22, 2023)

Robinson, J. A., Thibault, A., Ashby, L., Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference: Mapping and Empowerment, AAG Middle Atlantic Regional Division Meeting, "Uprooting Tree Inequity in Syracuse" (October 13, 2023)

Adapting in place: Exploring community and environmental wellness in the time of climate change., SUNY ESF and Americorps, "The Role of Urban Trees in Community Health and Wellbeing" (September 23, 2023)

Melo, N., Robinson, J. A., American Association of Geography Annual Meeting, "Retaliatory Eviction: Examining the relationship between eviction and housing code violations in Syracuse, NY" (March 24, 2023)

University of Nebraska, Geography Department (2021)