Dr. Eliot Tretter
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Associate Professor
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Background
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy Geography, Johns Hopkins University, 2004
M.A. Geography, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
B.A. Geography, Clark University, 1997
Biography
Eliot Tretter is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Undergraduate Advisor of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Calgary. I received my Doctorate from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and before coming to UofC, I was a Lecturer for many years in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Texas at Austin. I have written on a wide variety of subjects in urban geography, including housing, environmental racism, sustainability, smart cities, the knowledge economy, the political economy of culture, urban political ecology, and urban governance. My work has been published in urban studies and geography journals most recently in Environment and Planning A; Capitalism, Nature and Socialism; and Labour/Le Travial (Journal of Canadian Labour Studies). I am the author of Shadows of a Sunbelt City: The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin, published by University of Georgia Press in 2016. My latest book project, tentatively titled Petrocity, explores the complex and contradictory effects of Canada's hydrocarbon extraction on Calgary's urbanization. I currently reside in the Hillhurst Neighborhood in Calgary and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.
Research
Areas of Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| GEOG 452 LAB 01 B01 | Urban Social Geography | 2021 |
| GEOG 558 LEC 01 01 | Urban Rgn'l Political Economy | 2021 |
| GEOG 452 LEC 01 01 | Urban Social Geography | 2020 |
| UBST253 | Introduction to Cities | |
| GEOG 553 | Globalization and the City |
Awards
- Educational Leadership and Mentorship Academic Staff Badge, University of Calgary. 2021
- Academic Staff Certificate in University Teaching course on Educational Leadership and Mentorship, University of Calgary. 2020
- Teacher Appreciation Award, Hispanic Business Student Association. 2011
- Most influential professors for the graduating class, Aggieland Yearbook . 2007
Publications
- Digital transformations of the urban–carbon–labor nexus: A research agenda.. Tretter, Eliot, and Ryan Burns. Digital Geography and Society . 5. (2023)
- Creative Re-Uses: The Promises and Challenges of Temporary Land Use in Calgary 123. . Alyssa Carruthers and Eliot Tretter.. (2022)
- Petrocity. Eliot Tretter. The International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design 16(1).. (2022)
- Shadows of a Sunbelt City: the Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin. Eliot Tretter. University of Georgia Press. (2021)
- Producing Alberta’s Tar Sands: Oil, Ideas, Rents, and New Enclosures. Eliot Tretter. Capitalism Nature Socialism. (2019)
- Eradicating a triple threat: Early urban planning and the spillover effects of fire, riot, and epidemic from slums. Eliot M Tretter; Alan Smart. (2019)
- Transforming Rainey Street: Decoupling equity from environment in Austin’s Smart Growth Agenda. Elizabeth Mueller; Eliot Tretter. Routledge. 167-180. (2018)
- Mission Impossible: The Influence of Incumbent Industries on Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy Targeting Carbon Lock-In.. Hastings-Simon, Sara, and Eliot Tretter. The School of Public Policy Publications 16.1.. (2023)
- Introduction to Special Issue on Techno-Scientific Rents. . Kean Birch, Callum Ward, and Eliot Tretter. Competition and Change. 26.3-4 (2022): 407-414.. (2022)
In the News
- Ximena González. The Future of Downtown Calgary. . Calgary Avenue Magazine. (2021)
- Audrey K. McGlinchy. Why is it hard to create enough affordable housing?. NPR Marketplace. (2021)
- Audrey McGlinchy. The battle for 3000 Funston Street Monday.. Austin Monitor. (2021)
- Audrey McGlinchy. Racist Clauses Are Common in Local Zoning Documents. Several Texas Bills Would Make It Easier to Change That.. KUT 90.5 Austin. (2021)
- Racial equality: Building a better Austin. KVUE . (2020)
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