Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science

Spatial Analysis. GeoSpatial Intelligence. Remote Sensing.
Geographic Information Systems and Science.

Timothy F. Leslie

Assistant Professor
Ph.D, Geography, Arizona State University, 2007
M.A., Geography, Arizona State University, 2004
B.A., Economics and Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami (FL), 2002

Coordinator - BA and BS in Geography

Affiliate Faculty Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics

Telephone: (703) 993-4336

Fax: (703) 993-9299

Email: tleslie@gmu.edu

Office: 260 Research Hall

Expertise | Recent Publications | Academic and Professional Activities | Awards

Expertise

  • Urban Spatial Structure
  • Innovation Economies
  • Spatial Statistics
  • Health Geography

Recent Publications

  • Leslie, T.F. and B. J. Kronenfeld, In Press. The Co-Location Quotient: A New Measure of Spatial Association Between Categorical Subsets of Points. Geographical Analysis.
  • Leslie, T.F., 2010. Identification and Differentiation of Urban Centers in Phoenix Through a Multi-Criteria Kernel-Density Approach. International Regional Science Review 33(2) 205-235.
  • Leslie, T.F. and L.R. Pawloski, 2010. Sociodemographic Determinants of Growth Among Malian Adolescent Females. American Journal of Human Biology 22(3): 285-290.
  • Ó hUallacháin, B. and T.F. Leslie, 2009. Post-Industrial Manufacturing in a Sunbelt Metropolis: Where are Factories Located in Phoenix?. Urban Geography, 30(8): 898-926.
  • Leslie, T.F. and N. Waters. 2010. Geographic Information Systems in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (Third Edition), Taylor and Francis, 1943-1954.
  • Ó hUallacháin, B. and T.F. Leslie, 2007. Rethinking the Knowledge Production Function. Journal of Economic Geography, 7(6): 737-752.
  • Ó hUallacháin, B. and T.F. Leslie, 2007. Producer Services in the Urban Core and Suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. Urban Studies, 44(8): 1581-1601.
  • Leslie, T.F. and B. Ó hUallacháin, 2006. Polycentric Phoenix. Economic Geography 82(2): 167-192.
  • Ó hUallacháin, B. and T.F. Leslie, 2005. Spatial Convergence and Spillovers in American Invention. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 95(4): 866-886.

Academic and Professional Activities

Courses offered:
  • GGS 101 - Major World Regions
  • GGS 110 - Maps and Mapping
  • GGS 305 - Economic Geography
  • GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
  • GGS 463 - Applications of Geographic Information Systems
  • GGS 540 - Medical Geography
  • GGS 551 - Thematic Cartography
  • GGS 590 - GIS for Business
  • GGS 791 - Advanced Spatial Statistics

Awards

  • Undergraduate Apprenticeship Mentor - Spring 2009
Drugs, Violence, and Development in Colombia
Police Patrol Area Optimization
Access to Transit
3D View of the George Mason Fairfax Campus