Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. of Geography University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Master of Geography University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
B.S. Urban and Regional Planning Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Teaching Experience
Instructor, University of Connecticut World Regional Geography, 3-credits, 50 students per section Fully independent, from course design to course delivery and final grading
Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut
Multiple courses: including Physical, Human, and World Geography, Globalization, GIS, and Cartography.
Graded papers and homework, led GIS labs, held office hours to answer student questions, and occasionally gave lectures
Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes Tutor, University of Connecticut Tutoring NCAA student athletes One on one or group meeting with students athletes, help their academic and intellectual growth in a variety of course
Directing Honor Student Research, University of Connecticut Advising honor students independent study projects Help honor students in geography courses find specific research topics, acquire data, formulate research methods, and complete final results.
Teaching Interests
World Regional Geography
Human Geography
Basic and Advanced GIS
Web GIS
Business GIS
Spatial Data Analysis
Economic Geography and Development
Topics related to China and East Asia
Globalization
Publications
Liu, Z. (in press). Global and Local:
Measuring Geographical Concentration of China’s Manufacturing
Industries, accepted by The Professional Geographer.
Works In Progress
Liu, Z. Spatial Variation of manufacturing labor productivity in China. Submitted to Growth and Change.
Liu, Z. and D. M. Hanink. The Role of State Capital and Subsidies in the Relative Spatial Concentration of Manufacturing in China: Global and Local Empirical Analyses. (In progess).
Liu, Z. and C. Zhang. Design an interoperable and participatory web-based solar mapping cyberinfrastructure for Connecticut solar energy management (First Draft finished).
Conference Presentations
Liu, Z. 2013. Spatial Disparity of China's Labor Productivity in Manufacturing Sector--A Shift-Share Analysis.Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, Los Angeles, CA.
Liu, Z. and D. M. Hanink. 2012. An Empirical Analysis of State-Subsidy and State-Capital in the Geographic Concentration of Manufacturing in China. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, New York City, NY.
Liu, Z. 2011. Geographical Concentration of Manufacturing Industries in China--A Comprehensive Framework. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, Seattle, WA.
Liu, Z. 2011. Measuring Geographical Concentration of Manufacturing industries in China. Paper presented at the Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Miami, FL.
Research Interests
Spatial Statistics and Modeling Economic Development (especially topics on China and US) GIS and Web GIS, Urban and Regional Planning
University Services
Serving as a mentor in New International Teaching Assistant Orientation at Uconn, 2011 My duties included teaching, advising, and training the new international teaching assistants, and helping them adjust to their new lives at Uconn.
Honors And Awards
Ross MacKinnon Graduate Fellowship, University of Connecticut, 2011 Predoctoral fellowship, University of Connecticut, 2009 - 2012
Professional Associations
American Association of Geographers, Student Member Regional Science Association International