Eric Sheppard is Humboldt Chair and Professor of Geography at the University of California. Prior to this he worked in the Geography Department of the University of Minnesota (1976 to 2012), beginning as Assistant Professor and awarded the highly prestigious Regents Professorship in 2008. Eric has research interests in geographical political economy, uneven geographies of globalization, neoliberalism, urbanization in the global South, urban sustainability and environmental justice, and critical GIS. He teaches courses in globalization, economic geography, development and urban change.