Lisa Benton-Short
Title — Associate Professor
Address — 1922 F Street, NW
Office — Room 212
Phone — 202-994-6188
E-mail — lbenton@gwu.edu
Areas of Expertise —
Monuments, Memorials and Public Space
National Parks in Cities
Environmental Issues in cities
Urban Sustainability
Cities and Immigration
Education
Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Publications
Books:
Benton-Short, L.M. National Identity and the National Mall. (in progress)
Benton-Short, L.M. and J.R. Short. 2008. Cities & Nature. New York: Routledge
M. Price and Benton-Short, L.M. (Editors) 2008. Migrants to the Metropolis: the Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
Benton, L.M. and J.R. Short (editors). 2001. Environmental Discourses: a Reader. Oxford: Blackwell.
Benton, L.M. and J.R. Short. 1999. Environmental Discourses and Practice. Oxford: Blackwell.
Articles:
Benton-Short, Lisa. The Mess on the Mall: Ineffective Management and Poor Governance on the National Mall in Washington DC; forthcoming in Environment and Planning: Government and Policy
Price, Marie and Benton-Short, Lisa. 2007. “Immigrants and World Cities: from the Hyper-diverse to the Bypassed” Geojournal 68:103-117
Benton-Short, Lisa. 2007. “Bollards, Barriers and Bunkers” Securing the National Mall in Washington D.C.” Society and Space 25: 424-446
Benton-Short, Lisa. 2006. “Politics, Public Space and Memorials: The Brawl on the Mall” Urban Geography 27 (4): 297-329
Classes Taught
GEOG 001 - Human Geography
GEOG 140 - Cities & Society
GEOG 143 - Urban Sustainability
GEOG 187 - Building Cities
GEOG 243 - Seminar on US Cities
GEOG 244 - Seminar on Urban Sustainability