Joshua Hagen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
HH 207
(304) 696-2505
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I spent most of my childhood in Iowa, although I spent several years living in California and Wyoming. After graduating from high school, I attended the University of Northern Iowa. I majored in Geography and Political Science and decided I wanted to pursue a career in education. I entered the Geography graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While completing my Masters degree (1998) and Ph.D. (2003) at Wisconsin, most of my course work focused on European topics.

After graduate school, I joined the Geography Department at Marshall University. While at Marshall, I have researched and written on a variety of topics in human geography, including historical preservation and places of memory; geographies of national identity and territoriality; architecture, urban design, and political authority; and European and American geopolitical thought. In total, I have spent about two years living and researching in Germany (Aachen, Berlin, Bonn, Munich, Nuremberg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber). During these stays in Germany, I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit many other places in Europe. My personal favorite places to visit in Europe are southern Bavaria and northern Italy.

Teaching responsibilities include (click for sample syllabus):

• GEO 100 Cultural Geography
• GEO 100 Cultural Geography Online
• GEO 404 / 504 Geography of Europe
• GEO 405 / 505 Political Geography
• GEO 480 / 580 European Cities
• GEO 406 / 506 Population Geography
• GEO 609 Research Methods