Research Interests:

My current research interest is the politics of urban mobility. By a politics of mobility I mean the political struggle over what type of transportation mode ? be it automobiles, transit, or walking ? is developed in a city, and how urban space is configured to make various modes functional. Mobility is not just movement. It is also about the geography of cities, and particularly how space is organized and configured for different forms of movement. I am interested in how the politics of mobility reflects competing ideologies and normative values about how the city should be configured and for whom. This includes understanding the relationship between mobility and environmental debates, class conflict, race & ethnicity, and wider socio-economic trends in contemporary society. My current geographical focus includes the Bay Area and Atlanta, Georgia. Broadly speaking I am interested in mobility debates throughout the US and Europe.

Bibliography:

Henderson, J. (2004). The Politics of Mobility and Business Elites in Atlanta, Georgia. Urban Geography 25 (3): 193-216. Jason Henderson " Secessionist automobility: Racism, anti-urbanism, and the spatial politics of automobility in Atlanta, Georgia. (Under review. Submitted August 2004 to International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.)