Joel Jennings, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Associate Professor, NTT
Courses Taught
Introduction to Sociology, Geography of World Regions, Work and Occupations (in development)
Education
PhD in Geography, University of Cambridge
M.B.A., Saint Louis University
M.A. in Geography, San Diego State University
B.A. in Geography, San Diego State University
Research Interests
Joel Jennings is a geographer by training and is beginning research in the area of work and occupations.
Joel completed his Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at the Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University. This led him, in part, to undertake his ongoing research exploring the intersection between economic geography and business as mediated through the work of economic developers.
Joel primarily uses qualitative research approaches, though he regularly collaborates
with quantitative scholars on mixed-methods and quantitative studies. He is looking
forward to undertaking a primarily ethnographic study of economic development and
work in the near future.
Joel's previous research focused largely on immigration and the Latiné population
in the United States. He has published a number of articles exploring various dimensions
of the Latiné experience in non-traditional destinations. His doctoral research explored
emergent spaces of citizenship and detailed the efforts of immigrant-serving interlocutors
working with the Latiné population in the St. Louis region.
Publications and Media Placements
12) Jennings, J. (2024). Contours of collaboration: Understanding emerging communities
of practice in economic development. Geoforum, 156, 104113.
11) Jennings, J. P. (2022). Strategic collaboration: Examining the possibilities of
cooperation among local economic developers. Geography Compass, 16(2), e12610
10) Dorner, Lisa M., Emily R. Crawford, Joel P. Jennings, J. S. Onésimo Sandoval,
Emily Hager. (2017) "I Think Immigrants "Kind of Fall Into Two Camps": Boundary Work
by U.S.-Born Community Members in St. Louis, Missouri". Educational Policy: 1-27.
(9) Sandoval, J.S. Onésimo, Joel P. Jennings, Meredith Rataj, and Erin Klein. (2013) "Engaging Latinos in Access to Counseling and Education (EnLACE): An Applied Research Project to Understand Quality of Life." Journal of Applied Social Science. 7 (1): 24-41.
(8) Jennings, Joel P. and Sandoval, J. S. Onésimo . (2012) "Burgeoning Latinidad and the 'Latino Threat': An Analysis of the Latino Population in the 'Show Me State'".Journal of Great Plains Research, 22 (2): 123-135.
(7) Sandoval, J.S. Onésimo and Jennings, Joel. P. (2012) "Latino Civic Participation: Evaluating Indicators of Immigrant Engagement in a Midwestern City." Latino Studies (10): 523–545.
(6) Sandoval J.S. Onésimo, Harris Jenine K., Jennings, Joel. P, Leslie Hinyard, and Gina Banks. (2012) Behavioral risk factors and Latino BMI: A cross-sectional study of Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23 (4): 1750-1767.
(5) J.S. Onésimo Sandoval and Joel P. Jennings (2012) Barrios and hyper barrios: how Latino neighborhoods changed the urban built environment, Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 5 (2-3): 111-138. 11
(4) Jennings, Joel. (2008) Beyond the Nation-State: Scaling Claims to Latino/a Citizenship in St. Louis, Missouri. In Ed Jackiewickz and Fernando Bosco (editors). Placing Latin America. Rowman and Littlefield. Lanham, Maryland. Pages 235 – 249.
(3) Jennings, Joel, Stuart Aitken, Silvia Lopez Estrada and Adriana Fernandez. (2006) Learning and Earning: Relational Scales of Children's Work. AREA 38 (3), London, England. Pages 231-239.
(2) Aitken, Stuart C., Silvia Lopez Estrada, Joel Jennings and Lina Maria Aguirre. (2006) Reproducing Life and Labor: Global Processes and Working Children in Tijuana, Mexico. Childhood: A Global Journal of Childhood Research. Vol. 13, No. 3, Trondheim, Norway. Pages 365-387.
(1) Aitken, Stuart C. and Joel Jennings. (2003) Clarity, Rights and Children's Spaces of Discipline. In Roxanna Transit (editor). Disciplining the Child Via the Discourse of the Professions. Charles C. Thomas Publisher LTD. Pages 131 – 154.