Education
Ph.D.   Geography, University of Maryland, expected 2010
M.A.    Geography, University of Akron, Ohio, 1999
B.A.     Chinese Language & Literature, Xinjiang University, P. R. China,1992

Research Interests

• Regional Development & Planning
• Socioeconomic Dimension of Land Use Land Cover Change
• Application of GIS & Remote Sensing
• Cultural Identity & Production of Space
• Comparative Cultural Landscape: US & China

Research Project

Previous studies have indicated that outward urban development has consumed large amount of resource land in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region and this land consumption process may have offset the over result of restoration effort in the Chesapeake Bay since 1983. Researchers have also found that large urban settlement like Washington, D.C., especially at its urban-rural fringe, will be major “battleground” for continuing outward urban development. Given that the pressure of development at this urban-rural fringe has shown no sign of slow down and population is projected to continue to grow, this on-going research analyzes that how local land use decision influences land cover change using impervious surfaces as urbanization indicator.

Publications

Pomeroy, J. & Pomeroy, G. Fall, 2006. Pointers, Practicalities, and Pitfalls of Directing a Field Course in Asia. Education about Asia. Vol.11(2):46-48

Pomeroy, J. 2004. Residential Patterns of Asians in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area: Enabled Selectivity, Choice of Ethnic Proximity or Assimilation. Proceedings of 12th Annual Pennsylvania Geographical Society Conference

Pomeroy, J. 2003. Social Correlates of Imbalanced Sex Ratios in China. Proceedings of 11th Annual Pennsylvania Geographical Society Conference.

Teaching & Professional Activities

• Undergraduate Academic Adviser, University of Maryland, Geography Department. College Park, MD. 2006-Present
• Member-at-Large. AAG, Regional Planning & Development Specialty Group. 2008-2009
• Director. Field Studies in China. Shippensburg University, Geography/Earth Science Department. Shippensburg, PA. Summer, 2008&2005
• Teaching Assistant. University of Maryland, Geography Department. College Park, MD. 2005–Present
• Lecturer. Geography of Environmental Systems.  University of Maryland, Department of Geography.  College Park, MD. 2006.
• Lecturer. Shippensburg University, Geography/Earth Science Department. Shippensburg, PA. 2002–2006
• Lecturer. Introduction to Geography. York College, History & Political Science Department. York, PA. 2004

Awards

• Distinguished Teaching Assistant, Center for Teaching Excellence. University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 2007-2008
• Teaching Assistantship, University of Maryland, Geography Department. 2005-Present
• AAG Annual Conference Travel Grant. University of Maryland, Geography Department, College Park, Maryland. 2006-2008
• Elain F. Bosowski Award. 1st Place in Student Paper Competition, Pennsylvania Geographical Society Annual Conference, Erie, PA. 2004
• Graduate Assistantship, University of Akron, OH. 1997-1999