Adam J. Parrillo
On the shore of Lake Victoria in Burere, Tanzania.
Adam Parrillo was born
and raised in Cincinnati, OH. He received a B.S. in Geography
(2000) and an M.A. in Human Geography (2003), both from the University
of Cincinnati. Mr. Parrillo expects to complete his research earning
his Ph.D. in the Social Geography of Economic Development, also
from the University of Cincinnati, while instructing courses at
Georgia Southern University.
Teaching
Adam has acquired varied teaching experience during his years
as a graduate student and, more recently, as an all but dissertation
Ph.D. candidate. As and adjunct instructor at the University of
Cincinnati he instructed many courses that included Intro to Human
Geography, World Regional Geography, The Americas, NAFTA Nations,
Europe, Africa, People and the Environment, Cincinnati and the
Tri-State Region, and Physical Geography Lab. Mr. Parrillo also
served as a Visiting Lecturer at Northern Kentucky University
where he taught World Regional Geography and Intro to GIS. Here
at Georgia Southern University, Adam will be teaching multiple
sections of World Regional Geography, the Geography of Africa,
and Urban Geography.
Research
Adam dubs his research specialty the Social Geography of Economic
Development. Trained in classic Location Theory and economic Geography,
he is interested in how economic processes affect the social conditions
of human populations. His current doctoral research examines the
market-based open enrollment policies in public education, which
are touted as voluntary desegregation, and their proclivity to
segregate student populations upon socioeconomic characteristics.
Membership and Activism
Adam is an active member of the Association of American Geographers
(AAG). He is also Vice President of the Board of Directors and
Life Committee Chair of the Village Life Outreach Project (www.villagelifeoutreach.org),
a non-profit organization that organizes multidisciplinary teams
of university faculty, health professionals, teachers, students
and villagers in development projects in rural Tanzania. Additionally,
he is a member of The Hillside Trust non-profit land conservancy,
with which he served as technical consultant on numerous developmental
projects, including a seminal Viewshed Study of the City of Cincinnati,
OH.
In Tanzania with Roche Village Chairman and Dr. Christopher Lewis.
Posters, Papers, and Presentations
Riding the Wave to Africa: A Geographer's Experience in Organizational Outreach Paper Presentation for Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, March 2006
Reaching Out to Africa with Research Poster Presentation for the University of Cincinnati Graduate Poster Forum, Cincinnati, OH, March 2006
Co-Editor Room to Love: Images and Reflections from the 1st Annual Tanzania Medical Brigade of Village Life Outreach Project. 2005, Village Life Outreach Project.
Adam Goes to Africa!: Exploring the Human and Spatial Characteristics of an Underdeveloped Region - Tarime District, Tanzania Colloquium presented to the Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, April 2005
Gender, Poverty, and Grocery Shopping in Cincinnati, Ohio: A Geographic Perspective Paper and Poster presented at the Niehoff Urban Studio Open House, Cincinnati, OH, May 2003
The Geography of Retail Food Location: A Demographic Analysis Paper prepared and Poster presented at the Niehoff Urban Studio Open House, Cincinnati, OH, March 2003