Associate Professor
Harris Hall 207
304-696-2505
kozar@marshall.edu (best way to reach me)
Ph.D. Geography and Urban Regional Analysis – UNC Charlotte (2012)
Dr. Jonathan Kozar joined the Marshall University Department of Geography in 2017. He is an urban-economic geographer with interests in post-industrial economic transformations, innovation activity, knowledge-based business services, regional economic development policy, and Appalachia.
Teaching Responsibilities:
- Human Geography
- Economic Geography
- Geography of Appalachia
- Undergraduate Capstone
- Political Geography
- Population Geography
- Geographic Thought
Recent Publications:
- Graves, William, Chuck McShane, and Jonathan Kozar. “Post-Pandemic Urban Form: Tentative Signs of Office Recentralization in Charlotte.” Southeastern Geographer 63, no. 4 (2023): 321-339. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sgo.2023.a912264.
- William Graves and Jonathan Kozar, (2015) “Weak Foundations: The Failure of Equilibrium-Based Population Growth Forecasts,” Papers in Applied Geography Vol. 1 (2): 152-158.
- William Graves and Jonathan Kozar, (2010) “Blending Southern Culture and International Finance: The Construction of a Global Money Center,” In Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City, Athens, GA.: University of Georgia Press, 87-101.
