An Informal Biography

Meartz on Meartz: Welcome to Classes in

Fields, and Courses

• Geography: My geography courses emphasize the nature of our images of place as a basis for activity. We start with a look at those images, then progress to examine the reality, or lack of reality, to those images. the courses I offer are:
  
  • Multicultural World, Global Issues
  • World Regional Geography and Anthropology
  • Geography of Europe
  • The Global Economy, Development and the Third World
  • Geographic Education 9-12
  • Geographic Information Systems
• History/Political Science: My History/Poltiical Science courses emphasize the multicultural basis of American and world societies. While many Americans separate government from themselves, these course seek to examine how integrated culture and politics are around the world.
  
  • Ideology and Government
  • Constitutional History
• Social Science
  • Social Science Capstone Course

Campus Work at Mayville State University

• Member, Technology Planning Committee
• Member: Admissions and Standards Committee

Education

• Ph.D., M.A. from the University of Minnesota (1980, 1974) in Geography, Political Science, and International Studies
• B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1972) in Geography

Professional Ties

• North Dakota Geographic Alliance (Steering Committee, edits Dakota Alliance newsletter) and maintains the NDGA web page
• Association of North Dakota Geographers (edits the Bulletin of the ANDG)
• Association of American Geographers (including the Political Geography, Geographic Perspectives on Women, Rural Development, and Microcomputer Specialty Groups).
• Phillips Neighborhood Geographical Society

Research

• Media use of place. "My main research effort is focused upon exposure of how the media, especially television, uses place information in the development of characters and plots. Given the high levels of time Americans spend with television and other media, the nature of the images presented is seen as having an important impact on what people know about places."

• Geography of Women in North Dakota. "A current focus in my work is to develop a clear view of the spatial patterns behind women's issues in North Dakota. The changing social and economic picture in the state must be creating dynamic impacts on women and their world."

• Political Culture. "My political research is focused upon the nature of political culture, especially as it impacts state politics. Of particular interest is the east versus west political division in North Dakota, and its cultural basis.

• Bibliography: work by Dr. Paul D. Meartz
• Geographic and Political Writing is a directory of articles on the web by Dr. Paul Meartz

Personal Matters

Need more information? Meartz's List provides a ranking of. and guide to, music, film, television, and book materials as perceived and understood by Meartz. It gives you some insight into the world of your instructor and his view of the world. This is part of your guide to what you are seeing and hearing in his courses.

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