James W. Harrington (JW)

Dr. Harrington was Provost and Professor at the University of Washington-Tacoma. Before being recruited back to the University of Washington, he was on the faculty at SUNY-Buffalo and George Mason University. Harrington’s academic specialization is in economic geography. He was a visiting scholar at West Chester University and the University of Minnesota-Duluth. His career on the faculty at the University of Washington began at the Seattle campus in 1997 where he was a Professor in Geography. He served as Director of the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program at the National Science Foundation, Executive Director of the North American Regional Science Council, and Secretary of the Association of American Geographers. While at UW, Dr. Harrington served on the Advisory Board for Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program and contributed to the AAG’s Health Departments Initiative: Beyond the Department: Building Effective Relationships with Deans, Provosts, and Presidents.