IFIR


A Partnership of
The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky
and
The Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University
Holly R. Barcus
Assistant Professor of Geography

Macalester College
Geography Department
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105

Phone: (651) 696-6139
Fax:     (651) 696-6116
E-mail: barcus@macalester.edu
  

Biography:

Holly R. Barcus is Assistant Professor of Geography at Macalester College. She received her doctorate in Geography from Kansas State University in 2001 and joined the Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy (IRAPP) at Morehead State University the same year. Dr. Barcus teaches Introductory and Advanced courses in Geographic Information Systems and Population Geography. Her research interests include migration and population change in rural areas, with particular emphasis on the changing fortunes of rural communities and the corresponding implications for changes in rural housing quality and accessibility.

Recent Publications:

  • Barcus, Holly R. 2004. Rural In-Migration: Migrant Motivations and Residential Consequences. Regional Studies 38(6):643-658.
  • Robbins, Suzanne M. and Holly R. Barcus. 2004. Welfare Reform and Economic and Housing Capacity for Low Income Households, 1997-1999. Policy Studies Journal. 32(3):439-460.
  • Brunn, Stanley D. and Holly R. Barcus. 2004. Religious Diversity and Denominational Minorities in the Great Plains. Great Plains Research 14(1):49-76.
  • Barcus, Holly R.
  • and Stanley D. Brunn. 2004. Mapping Changes in Denominational Membership in the Great Plains, 1952-2000. Great Plains Research 14(1):19-48.
  • Barcus, Holly R. 2002. Changing Occupant Characteristics in Rural Subsidized Housing: 1977-1996. Housing Policy Debate 13(4):729-754.

Research in Progress:

  • Barcus, Holly R. and Suzanne M. Robbins. 2005. Morehead-Rowan County Housing Quality Assessment Report. Prepared for the Community Outreach Partnership Center. February.
  • Assessing variation in rural America’s housing stock: Case studies from growing and declining counties. In Contrasting Ruralities: Changing Rural Economies, Societies and Landscapes. Eds. Andrew Gilg, Richard Yarwood, Stephen Essex, John Smithers and Randall Wilson. Forthcoming.
  • New Destinations for Hispanic Migrants: An Analysis of Rural Kentucky. In The New South: Latinos and the Transformation of Place. Eds. Owen J. Furuseth and Heather Smith. Forthcoming.
  • Barcus, Holly R. and Timothy Hare. Health Care Utilization, Deprivation and Cardio-Vascular Disease Incidence: A Spatial Analysis of Kentucky. In Progress
  • Barcus, Holly R. Population Policy Issues in Mongolia: An Assessment of Changes Since the 2000 Census. In Progress