John Paul Jones III
Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Geography and Development
PhD, Ohio State University, 1984
Professor, School of Geography and Development
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (Affiliated Appointment)
Department of Gender and Women's Studies (Affiliated Appointment)
Director, Arizona in Oaxaca Study Abroad Program
John Paul Jones III is professor and head of the Department of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Arizona. Most of his research has addressed theories of social space, with particular attention to theoretical and methodological issues, such as the place of objectivity in social analysis, technical aspects of spatial modeling, and the geographic study of organizations, representations, identity, and resistance. He is the past editor of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers.