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Waquar Ahmed

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Geography and the Environment

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Clark University, 2007
    Major: Geography
    Dissertation: Spaces of Power: Foreign Direct Investment in India
  • MPhil, Center for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2002
    Major: Geography
    Dissertation: Society Nature Relations and Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous Communities – A Case Study of Uttaranchal
  • MA, Center for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2000
    Major: Geography
  • BCOM, St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta, 1995
    Major: Accountancy, Commerce, Economics, Statistics, Business Management

Current Scheduled Teaching

GEOG 4245.001Geography of International DevelopmentFall 2024 Syllabus
GEOG 4885.001Human Geography TopicsFall 2024 Syllabus
GEOG 5245.001International DevelopmentFall 2024
GEOG 5950.006Master's ThesisFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

GEOG 4420.001Capitalism, Nature and Climate ChangeSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5420.001Critical Resource GeographySpring 2024 SPOT
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4245.001Geography of International DevelopmentFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5245.001International DevelopmentFall 2023 SPOT
GEOG 5130.001Research in Human GeographyFall 2023 SPOT
GEOG 5950.704Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2023
GEOG 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2023
GEOG 5900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2023
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographyFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4245.001Geography of International DevelopmentFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5245.001International DevelopmentFall 2022 SPOT
GEOG 5950.006Master's ThesisFall 2022
GEOG 4420.001Capitalism, Nature and Climate ChangeSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5420.001Critical Resource GeographySpring 2022 SPOT
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5160.001Foundations of Geographic ThoughtFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4245.001Geography of International DevelopmentFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5245.001International DevelopmentFall 2021 SPOT
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSummer 5W2 2021
GEOG 4420.001Capitalism, Nature and Climate ChangeSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5420.001Critical Resource GeographySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4951.713Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2021
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSpring 2021
GEOG 5160.001Foundations of Geographic ThoughtFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 4885.002Human Geography TopicsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.007Master's ThesisFall 2020
GEOG 5900.700Special ProblemsFall 2020
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSummer 5W2 2020
GEOG 5420.001Critical Resource GeographySpring 2020
GEOG 4420.001Critical Resource Geography : Population, Nature, Food and EnergySpring 2020 Syllabus
GEOG 4245.001Geography of International DevelopmentSpring 2020 Syllabus
GEOG 5245.001International DevelopmentSpring 2020 Syllabus
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSpring 2020
GEOG 5900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2020
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5160.001Foundations of Geographic ThoughtFall 2019 SPOT
GEOG 5950.007Master's ThesisFall 2019
GEOG 5900.700Special ProblemsFall 2019
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSummer 5W2 2019
GEOG 5420.001Conservation and Resource ManagementSpring 2019 SPOT
GEOG 4420.001Critical Resource Geography : Population, Nature, Food and EnergySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSpring 2019
GEOG 4900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2019 Syllabus
GEOG 5900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2019
GEOG 5245.001Theories and Policies of DevelopmentSpring 2019 SPOT
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographyFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5160.001Foundations of Geographic ThoughtFall 2018 SPOT
GEOG 5950.007Master's ThesisFall 2018
GEOG 5420.001Conservation and Resource ManagementSpring 2018 SPOT
GEOG 4420.001Critical Resource Geography : Population, Nature, Food and EnergySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 1200.001Global SocietiesSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSpring 2018
GEOG 5900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2018
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographyFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5160.001Foundations of Geographic ThoughtFall 2017 SPOT
GEOG 5950.007Master's ThesisFall 2017
GEOG 5420.001Conservation and Resource ManagementSpring 2017 SPOT
GEOG 4420.001Critical Resource Geography : Population, Nature, Food and EnergySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 1200.001Global SocietiesSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSpring 2017
GEOG 5900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2017
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographyFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5160.001Foundations of Geographic ThoughtFall 2016 SPOT
GEOG 5950.007Master's ThesisFall 2016
GEOG 5420.001Conservation and Resource ManagementSpring 2016 SPOT
GEOG 4420.001Critical Resource Geography : Population, Nature, Food and EnergySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSpring 2016
GEOG 5160.001Foundations of Geographic ThoughtFall 2015 SPOT
GEOG 1200.001Global SocietiesFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
GEOG 5950.007Master's ThesisFall 2015
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographySpring 2015 Syllabus
GEOG 1200.002Global SocietiesSpring 2015 Syllabus
GEOG 5950.700Master's ThesisSpring 2015
GEOG 4900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2015
GEOG 5900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2015
GEOG 5420.001Conservation and Resource ManagementFall 2014
GEOG 4420.001Critical Resource Geography : Population, Nature, Food and EnergyFall 2014 Syllabus
GEOG 1200.001Global SocietiesFall 2014 Syllabus
GEOG 5950.007Master's ThesisFall 2014
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographySpring 2014 Syllabus
GEOG 5130.001Research in Human GeographySpring 2014
GEOG 5420.001Conservation and Resource ManagementFall 2013
GEOG 4420.001Conservation of Resource ManagementFall 2013 Syllabus
GEOG 1200.001World Regional GeographyFall 2013 Syllabus
GEOG 3010.001Economic GeographySpring 2013 Syllabus
GEOG 5900.700Special ProblemsSpring 2013
GEOG 1200.001World Regional GeographySpring 2013 Syllabus
GEOG 4420.001Conservation of Resource ManagementFall 2012 Syllabus
GEOG 1200.002World Regional GeographyFall 2012 Syllabus

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • McCusker, B., Ahmed, W., Solis, P., Ramutsindela, M. (2021). Routledge Handbook of Environment and Development. New York, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Development-and-Environment/McCusker-Ahmed-Ramutsindela-Solis/p/book/9781138325661
  • Amitabh Kundu and Richard Peet. (2011). India's New Economic Policy: A Critical Analysis.
  • Suman Sahai and B. Mahanta. (2005). Farmers' Perception on Agro-biodiversity.
  • Suman Sahai and U. Kumar. (2005). Indigenous Knowledge: Issues for developing countries.
  • Book Chapter

  • McCusker, B., Ahmed, W., Solis, P., Ramutsindela, M. (2021). Introduction: Development and Environment in the 2020s. The Routledge Handbook of Development and Environment. 3-16. New York, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Routledge_Handbook_of_Development_an/rLBHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Routledge+handbook+of+development+and+environment&printsec=frontcover
  • Furtick, R., Ahmed, W. (2021). Is This Land Made for You and Me. The Routledge Handbook of Development and Environment. 112-127. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Development-and-Environment/McCusker-Ahmed-Ramutsindela-Solis/p/book/9781138325661
  • Simon, J., Ahmed, W. (2021). Terra sacer: water infrastructure and core-periphery reconfiguration in Dallas/Fort Worth. The Routledge Handbook of Development and Environment. 161-178. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Development-and-Environment/McCusker-Ahmed-Ramutsindela-Solis/p/book/9781138325661
  • Ahmed, W., Underwood, R. (2017). 'Corporations and Multilateral Organizations. The International Encyclopedia of Geography (John Wiley & Sons in collaboration with the American Association of Geographers). 1-10. John Wiley & Sons in collaboration with the American Association of Geographers.
  • Ahmed, W., Chatterjee, I., Cafruny, A., Talani, L.S., Martin, G.P. (2016). Antinomies of the Indian State. The Palgrave Handbook of Critical International Political Economy. 331-50. London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Ahmed, W., Underwood, R., Lee, T., Warf, B. (2016). Energy and geopolitics. Oxford bibliographies in Geography. Oxford University Press.
  • Edited by Waquar Ahmed, Amitabh Kundu and Richard Peet. (2011). From Mixed Economy to Neoliberalism: Class and Caste in India's Policy Transition. In India's New Economic Policy: A Critical Analysis.
  • Edited by K. R. Gupta. (2008). Indigenous Communities and their Marginalized Space in India. In Studies in Indian Economy.
  • Edited by G. Raverkar, P. S. Rawat and V. Dar. (2006). Mobile Global Capital and Corporate Ethics. In Business Ethics, Challenges & Scenario Ahead: A Compendium of Research Papers.
  • Book Review

  • Ahmed, W. (2010). Space, Oil and Capital, by Mazen Labban.
  • Journal Article

  • Ansah, H., Ahmed, W. (2023). Behind the Curtain of PublicSpaces: Revealing the Narratives of Corporate Street Hawking in Globalizing Accra.. Geographical Review. 113 (5) 647-665. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00167428.2023.2177994
  • Ahmed, W. (2023). Nurturing the production of nature. Human Geography. 16 (1) 101-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/19427786221105800
  • Ahmed, W. (2023). Understanding Marxist ‘Development’ in Marx’s Terms in a World of Climate Change. Area Development and Policy. 8 (4) 460-472. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23792949.2023.2199070
  • Ahmed, W. (2022). Marxist Geography: A Personal Journey. Human Geography. 15 (1) 45-51. SAGE. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hug
  • Ahmed, W. (2019). India Has Lost All Moral Authority and Right over Kashmir. 12 (1) 78-81. Institute For Human Geography Inc. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/human-geography/journal203685
  • Chatterjee, I., Ahmed, W. (2019). Dialectical materialism: Marx’s method in human geography?. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies. 18 (2) 364-393.
  • Ahmed, W. (2018). India Abroad, or Hinduism, a Love Story. Human Geography. 11 (3) 83-87. MA, Institute of Human Geography.
  • Simon, J., Ahmed, W. (2018). The Promise of Progress: Modernity, Accumulation, and the Urbanization of North Texas Water in the 20th Century.. Human Geography. 11 (2) 19-34. Bolton, MA, https://hugeog.com/the-promise-of-progress-modernity-accumulation-and-the-urbanization-of-north-texas-water-in-the-20th-century/
  • Ahmed, W. (2018). Governing foreign direct investment: post-Enron initiatives in India. Review of Radical Political Economics. 50 (1) 5-23.
  • Steve Wolverton, Justin M. Nolan and Waquar Ahmed. (2014). Ethnobiology, Political Ecology, and Conservation.
  • Ahmed, W. (2014). The political economy and geopolitical context of India's economic crisis, 1990-91.
  • Waquar Ahmed and Ipsita Chatterjee. (2013). Contradictory policies of neoliberalizing India.
  • Ahmed, W. (2012). From Militant Particularism to Anti-neoliberalism? - The Anti-Enron Movement in India.
  • Sagie Narsiah. (2012). The Neoliberalization of Water and Energy sectors in South Africa and India.
  • Ahmed, W. (2010). Neo-liberalism, Corporations and Power: Enron in India.
  • Ahmed, W. (2009). From Mixed Economy to Neoliberalism: Class and Caste in India's Economic Transition.
  • Ahmed, W. (2008). Neoliberalism and Contested Policies of the Power Industry in India.
  • Ahmed, W. (2006). Capital and Labor: Contestation in India in the Neo-liberal Era.
  • Ahmed, W. (2006). Global Discourses and Local Politics in the Production of Power Policy in India.
  • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Ahmed, W. (2020). Pondering Over Syed Ahmad Khan’s Legacy, And Questions Of Caste Among Muslims. New Delhi, https://www.karvaanindia.com/2020/10/19/pondering-over-syed-ahmad-khans-legacy-and-questions-of-caste-among-muslims/?fbclid=IwAR2UrJqNbpM0qvjUZ_TwpsRDblegYYvNqVWkMWs0kWs4GcS8O9JgVieWgbQ
  • Ahmed, W. (2020). The USCRIF Report On India As Opportunity For Victims To Contest Their Tormentors. New Delhi, Karvaan India. https://www.karvaanindia.com/2020/05/10/the-uscrif-report-on-india-as-opportunity-for-victims-to-contest-their-tormentors/?fbclid=IwAR3lsoMGBlDlXjrOjQJ2XKSKt_xGTyKqb0ntuDDSTYU-1KnisSXAiWPtMiQ
  • Ahmed, W. (2008). Defending Democracy.
  • Ahmed, W. (2008). Our Own War.
  • Newspaper

  • Ahmed, W. (2020). Normalization of Hate in India -- Part II. Balochistan Times. https://www.balochistantimes.pk/epaper/popup.php?newssrc=issues/2020-05-07/377/03.jpg
  • Ahmed, W. (2020). Normalization of Hate in India -- Part I. Balochistan Times. https://www.balochistantimes.pk/epaper/popup.php?newssrc=issues/2020-05-06/353/03.jpg
  • Popular Press Article

  • Ahmed, W. (2009). Tumor in uniform.
  • Reprinted Article

  • Ahmed, W. (2020). Casteist or Progressive? Pondering Over Syed Ahmad Khan’s Legacy. Naya Daur. https://nayadaur.tv/amp/2020/10/casteist-or-progressive-pondering-over-syed-ahmad-khans-legacy/?fbclid=IwAR3i38A688nX1AWFzGj4Ut__Vc2zxpMCmZHUPoOyaNFMKRtVZLmjVxx2RFU
  • Ahmed, W. (2020). India: Politics Of Hate Continues To Spiral Amid COVID-19 Pandemic. Naya Daur. https://nayadaur.tv/2020/05/india-politics-of-hate-continues-to-spiral-amid-covid-19-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR2wT8HHF5sNAdydrAT8nGgcHZJhfMc4nftx0M1dUc0I0MdrK8SjHQldhpQ#

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Das, N.D. (Principal), Ahmed, W. (Other), "Smart Management of Waste Life-Cycles in Smart Cities," sponsored by Fulbright, Federal, Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Grant - Research

  • Ahmed, W. (Principal), "Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investments in Retail in India: The Case of Walmart," sponsored by Institute for Human Geography, NFP, Funded. (2015 - 2018).
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