Susan M. Walcott

Susan M. Walcott is a Professor of Geography Emerita at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, and formerly at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Her research interests concern regional economic development, particularly in rapidly transitioning areas throughout Asia and the United States. Books, chapters and articles focus on high technology parks and industry clusters (the life sciences, furniture, tea) across the U.S. and China, modernization in Bhutan, and immigrant entrepreneurs. Book chapters and journal articles expand on these topics that she draws on for book examinations.