Publications & Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Pomeroy, J. Y. (2026). Conclusion: The evolving contestation – A synthesis of the prevailing threats to the United States. In J. Weaver & J. Pomeroy (eds.), Intelligence analysis: An unclassified assessment regarding the security of the United States. (pp. 161-168). NOVA Science Publishers.

Weaver, J. M., & Pomeroy, J. Y. (eds.). (2026). Intelligence analysis: an unclassified assessment regarding the security of the United States. NOVA Science Publishers.

Pomeroy, J. Y., & Legg Wood, C. (2025). Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map lead contamination in York City, Pennsylvania: Real-world problem for project-based learning. In F. Lima (ed.), Utilizing Service-Learning Practices for Creative Design Improvements (pp. 461-492). IGI Global Scientific Publishers.

Pomeroy, J. Y., & Pomeroy, G. M. (2025). A sketch of urban planning education in Asia: A review of sustainability related content and other program elements in schools of planning. In T. V. Ha, G. M Pomeroy, & N. H. Nguyen (eds.), Proceedings of the 16th Asian Urbanization Conference – AUC2024, Forging a livable and sustainable urban future. (pp. 93102). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-9924-7

Pomeroy, J. Y. (2024). Moving national security forward for the United States in the climate-altered world. In J. Weaver & J. Y. Pomeroy (eds.), Intelligence analysis and the United States: threats to the hegemony. NOVA Science Publishers.

Weaver, J. M., & Pomeroy, J. Y. (eds.). (2024). Intelligence analysis and the United States: threats to the hegemony. NOVA Science Publishers.

Pomeroy, J. Y. (2022). Conclusions: Understanding intersectional dynamics is the key to global power primacy. In J. Weaver & J. Y Pomeroy (eds.), Intelligence analysis: domestic and foreign threats confronting the Biden administration. NOVA Science Publishers.

Weaver, J. M., & J. Y Pomeroy. (eds.). (2020). Contemporary intelligence analyses and national security: A critical American perspective. NOVA Science Publishers.

Pomeroy, J. Y. (2020). Conclusions, recommendations, and future research needs. In J. Weaver & J. Y Pomeroy (eds.), Contemporary intelligence analyses and national security: A critical American perspective. NOVA Science Publishers. Pomeroy, J. Y. & Wadhwa V. (eds.). (2020). Society, space, and social justice: geographies of intersectionality. Lexington Books of Rowman & Littlefield.

Pomeroy, J. Y. (2020). Introduction. In J. Pomeroy & V. Wadhwa (eds.), Society, space, and social justice: geographies of intersectionality. Lexington Books of Rowman & Littlefield.

Wadhwa, V. & Pomeroy, J. Y. (2020). A woman’s place: examining perceptions of urban social space in India. In J. Pomeroy & V. Wadhwa (eds.), Society, space, and social justice: geographies of intersectionality. Lexington Books of Rowman & Littlefield.

Weaver, J. M. & Pomeroy, J. Y. (eds.). (2019). Global intelligence priorities (from the perspective of the United States). NOVA Science Publishers.
Pomeroy, J. Y. (2019). Challenges of the U.S. national security and moving forward. In J. Weaver, & J. Y. Pomeroy (eds.), Global intelligence priorities (from the perspective of the United States). NOVA Science Publishers.

Weaver, J. M., & Pomeroy, J. Y. (eds.). (2018). Intelligence analysis: unclassified area & point estimates (and other intelligence-related topics), 2nd Edition. NOVA Science Publishers.

Pomeroy, J. Y. (2018). Conclusions. In J. M. Weaver & J. Y. Pomeroy (eds.), Intelligence analysis: unclassified area & point estimates (and other intelligence-related topics), 2nd Edition. NOVA Science Publishers.

Weaver, J. M., & J. Y. Pomeroy (Eds.). (2016). Intelligence analysis: unclassified area and point estimates, 1st Edition. NOVA Science Publishers. Pomeroy, J. Y. (2016). Concluding comments and future outlooks. In J. M. Weaver & J. Y Pomeroy (Eds), Intelligence analysis: unclassified area and point estimate, 1st Edition. NOVA Science Publishers.

Pomeroy, J. Y., & Raģone, A. (2015). Charcoal making and deforestation in Gros Mangle, Haiti: exploring sustainability at local scale. The Pennsylvania Geographer, 53(Fall/Winter), 4870.

Pomeroy, J. Y., & Pomeroy, G. M. (2006). Pointers, practicalities, and pitfalls of directing a field course in Asia. Education about Asia, 11(2):46-48.

Pomeroy, J. Y. (2004). Residential patterns of Asians in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area: enabled selectivity, choice of ethnic proximity or assimilation. 12th Annual Pennsylvania Geographical Society Conference. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Pomeroy, J. Y. (2003). Social correlations of imbalanced sex ratio in China. 11th Annual Pennsylvania Geographical Society Conference. New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Academic Presentations:

March 17, 2026. With Legg Wood, C. Paper Presentation of “Mapping the Invisible: Pediatric Lead Hazard in York City, Pennsylvania. At the 2026 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting. Virtual.

November 15, 2024. Paper Presentation on “Evolving Sustainability Education and Urban Planning Programs in Asian Higher Education Institutions.” At the 2024 Pennsylvania Geographical Society Annual Conference. Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania.

November 12, 2024. Invited Presentation on Topics of Inclusion and Belonging – “Society, Space, and Social Justice – Geographies of Intersectionality.” Office of Student Diversity, Inclusion and Spiritual Life, York College of Pennsylvania.

September 17, 2024. Invited Presentation on the History of Maps and Modern Mapping Technologies by the Zoom Rock Room (a local non-profit geology organization). June 7, 2024. Roundtable: Intelligence Analysis and the United States: Threats to the Hegemony at the Annual International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE) Conference (Virtual).

April 10-14, 2024. Evaluating Key Sustainability Competencies in Higher Education Institutions. The 2024 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii.

April 10-14, 2024. Invited Panelist for “Now Hiring I: Academic Career Paths for Geographers.” At the 2024 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii.

January 11-12, 2024. A Sketch Evaluation of Urban Planning Education in Asia. The 16th Asian Urbanization Conference: Forging a Livable and Sustainable Urban Future. Vietnamese-German University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

April 22, 2023. Invited Presentation titled “Geography and Urban Renewal: Toward Sustainable or Not” by York County History Center as part of the 2023 York City Go Green.

March 30, 2023. Invited Presentation titled “The Realities of Climate Change – What Can We Do? Are We Too Late?” by YWCA Hanover for the March monthly event.

March 6-10, 2023. Invited Guest Lecture Presentation on Comparing and Contrasting Universities and Colleges’ Sustainability Initiatives in Southcentral Pennsylvania, USA. The University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.

April 3-7, 2019. Geography of Intersectionality on Gender Inequality: Comparison of India and China. American Association of Geographers 2019 Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.

April 10-14, 2018. Agroforestry Leads to Sustainability at Local Scale: Case Study of Coffee Estate in Northern Highlands of Nicaragua. American Association of Geographers 2018 Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.

Nov. 10, 2017. Is Land Use Intensification in Coffee Estate Sustainable? Critical Case Study in Northern Highlands of Nicaragua? Pennsylvania Geographical Society 2017 Annual Conference. Shippensburg, PA.

Oct. 2, 2017. Women in Contemporary Indian Cities: A Mixed Approach Investigating Gender Inequality. YCP First Monday Lecture Series.

April 5-8, 2017. Gender-based Crimes in Indian Cities: Inclusion of Social Space in Urban Planning. American Association of Geographers 2017 Annual Conference. Boston, MA.

Nov. 4-5, 2016. A Woman’s Place: Investigating Social Injustice in Contemporary Indian Urban Places. Pennsylvania Geographical Society 2016 Annual Conference. Altoona, PA.

March 29-April 2, 2016. Exploring Charcoal Making and Deforestation in La Gonáve, Haiti. American Association of Geographers 2016 Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Feb. 1, 2016. Is Charcoal Making Still Responsible for Deforestation in Haiti’s Largest Off-Shore Island, La Gonáve? YCP First Monday Lecture Series.

Jan. 6-8, 2015. Do Women Have a Place? Examining Perceptions of Urban Social Space in Indian Cities. The 13th International Asian Urbanization Conference. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Nov. 6, 2015. Examining Charcoal Industry and Sustainability in Gros Mangle, Haiti. Pennsylvania Geographical Society 2015 Annual Conference. West Chester, PA.

April 21-25, 2015. Invited Panelist in the session titled “Geographic Approaches toward Environmental Sustainability.” Association of American Geographers 2015 Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.

April 8-12, 2014. Evaluating Sustainability in Land Use Planning in Frederick and Caroline Counties of Maryland, 1990-2020. Association of American Geographers 2014 Annual Conference. Tampa, FL.

April 9-13, 2013. Investigating Municipal Annexations Through Political Ecology: Case Studies in Frederick and Caroline Counties of Maryland, 1990-2010. Association of American Geographers 2013 Annual Conference. Los Angeles, CA.

Feb. 24-28, 2012. Invited Panelist in the session titled “Potential of Political Ecology in Redefining/Refining Regional Planning and Development.” Association of American Geographers 2012 Annual Meeting.

Feb. 24-28, 2012. Using Structuration Theory: Analyzing Sustainability Structures of Annexation Events in Two Counties of Maryland, 1990-2010. Association of American Geographers 2012 Annual Meeting. New York City.

April 12-16, 2011. Analyzing Annexations in Frederick and Caroline Counties of Maryland, 1990-2010. Association of American Geographers 2011 Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.

April 14-18, 2010. Analyzing Municipal Annexation: Case Studies in Frederick and Caroline Counties of Maryland, 1990-2010: Preliminary Results. Association of American Geographers 2010 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

March 22-27, 2009. Land Use and Land Cover Change, Comparing Incorporated and Unincorporated Census Designated Places in Maryland. Association of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

April 15-19, 2008. Land Use Land Cover Change in Frederick County, Maryland from 1973-2002 from a Political Ecology Perspective. Association of American Geographers 2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

April 17-21, 2007. Spatiality of Unincorporated Places in Maryland, 1970-2010. Association of American Geographers 2007 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

April 17-21, 2007. Poster presentation titled “Revisiting Jean Gottmann’s Megalopolis Using Remote Sensing Approach.” Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.

April 17-21, 2007. Invited Panelist in the session titled “Consumerism for China Rising Panel Session.” Association of American Geographers 2007 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

March 7-11, 2006. Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Biophysical Characteristics of Urban Sprawl in Mega Cities by Satellite Imagery. Association of American Geographers 2006 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Nov. 2005. Pointers, Practicalities, and Pitfalls for Directing a Short-Term Study Abroad Course. Pennsylvania Geographical Society 2005 Annual Meeting. Greensburg, PA.

March 14-19, 2004. Reflections of Residential Choice: A Factorial Ecology of Asian Americans in Suburban Maryland. Association of American Geographers 2004 Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.

Nov. 2004. Residential Patterns of Asians in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. Pennsylvania Geographical Society 2004 Annual Meeting. New Cumberland, PA.

Nov. 2003. Family Structure and Geographic Proximity in China’s Sex Ratio Imbalance. Pennsylvania Geographical Society 2003 Annual Meeting. Erie, PA.

Jan. 7-10, 1999. Contemporary Residential Patterns of Asian Americans in the Cleveland Metropolitan Area. Association of American Geographers 1999 Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI.