Peter Nelson: Aging Baby Boomers and United States Population Growth
Peter Nelson
Assoc Prof of Geography; Fac co-Head, Atwater Commons
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 313
Phone: (802) 443 - 3247
Email: pbnelson@middlebury.edu
Topics he can discuss include: - where aging baby boomers choose to live and why
- U.S. population growth
- intersections of economy and culture
Peter Nelson is an associate professor of geography at Middlebury College. He joined the faculty in 1999 and teaches courses on population issues, the global economy and urban geography.
His current research focuses on the aging of the baby boomers and their impact on population geography.
Recent publications include "Migration and the Spatial Redistribution of Nonearnings Income in the United States: Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Perspectives from 1975-2000" in 2005, and "The Baby Boom and Nonmetropolitan Population Change, 1970-1990" in 2004.
Nelson graduated from Dartmouth College in 1993 and received his master's and doctorate in geography from University of Washington.
