Overview
John I. Carruthers's current scholarship is focused on evaluating environmental remediation projects in the Puget Sound region of Washington State and the value of public education and other amenities in the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Before joining Cornell, Carruthers worked at George Washington University (GW), where he was the founding director of the Sustainable Urban Planning Program, which he led to PAB accreditation.
Research Focus
His research has been published in leading journals, including Environment and Planning B, the International Regional Science Review, the Journal of Economic Geography, the Journal of Regional Science, and others. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2001, an M.S. from the University of Arizona in 1998, and a B.A. from Hunter College, City University of New York, in 1996.