Garth A. Myers, Trinity College

Distinguished Professor Hartford, Connecticut Garth.Myers@trincoll.edu Office: (860) 297-4273

Expert In

African architecture African migration to urban US African political geography African urban geography African urban planning Cultural geography of British colonialism in Africa Eastern African development planning Southern African development planning Urban environmental governance Urban environmental justice Urban land politics Urban political ecology

Bio/Research

Garth Myers earned a Ph.D. in Geography (1993) from UCLA with an allied field in Urban Planning. Myers has an M.A. (UCLA, 1986) in African Area Studies, with Geography and Urban Planning as the major and minor fields, and a BA with Honors in History from Bowdoin College, with concentrations in African and African-American History. He has taught at the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Miami University (Ohio), California State University at Dominguez Hills, and UCLA. Myers is comfortable with large lecture classes and small seminars. His teaching philosophy rests on a belief in student engagement; the best learning takes place in engaged classrooms, where the professor facilitates student discussion and debate. Myers has conducted research in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Senegal, South Africa, Finland, and the UK over the past 20 years, and he regularly uses his research to inform his teaching.

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