{"id":9,"date":"2016-06-23T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T08:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2016-10-31T07:54:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T07:54:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;73&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Michael Ewers is a geographer who studies processes of international migration, human capital acquisition and urban development, with a regional specialization in the GCC. More specifically, his research examines how places attract and utilize global human capital and foreign knowledge to generate local development capacity. It also studies the ways in which international migration flows\u00a0interact with local labor market and urban growth dynamics. His work at SESRI focuses on geographical visualization of individual-level survey data through GIS mapping. Ewers\u2019 research has been published in numerous international journals, such as Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Progress in Human Geography, Geoforum, Urban Geography and The Geographical Journal. His research has been supported by grants from U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Academic Position<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Policy Analyst<\/h4><p>Qatar University, Qatar<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015<\/span><span>2010<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant Professor <\/h4><p>Texas A&amp;M University, US<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Education<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Ph.D<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2010<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Geography<\/p><p class=\"where\">The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">M.A<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Geography<\/p><p class=\"where\">The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Honors, Awards and Grants<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014 - 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar for College of Geosciences, Texas A&amp;M University<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013 - 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Building Knowledge Capital in Specialized Financial Centers: Islamic Wall Streets in Malaysia and Bahrain <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research Grant with Jessie<br \/>\nPoon, University at Buffalo<br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">GIST for Introductory Human Geography Core Courses, Texas A&amp;M University, College of Geosciences <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Geographic Information Science &amp; Technology for Introductory Human Geography Core<br \/>\nCourses<br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2011 - 2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Engaging Students Early through Field-Based Experiences in Introductory Courses, Texas A&amp;M University, College of Geosciences <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Texas A&amp;M University, College of Geosciences\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Texas A&amp;M Glasscock Center Stipendary Faculty Fellow <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Texas A&amp;M Glasscock Center\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2009 - 2010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The Ohio State University\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Fellowship Award <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The Ohio State University Department<br \/>\nof Geography<br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2008 - 2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant, US<br \/>\nDepartment of Education<br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2007<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Mershon Center Graduate Student Research Grant <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2007<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2007 - 2008<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Foreign Language and Area Studies Dissertation Research Fellowship <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        US Department of Education, OSU Middle East Studies Center\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2006 - 2007<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Foreign Language and Area Studies Academic Year Fellowship <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t         US Department of Education, OSU Middle East Studies Center\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2006<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t         US Department of Education, OSU Middle East Studies Center, Advanced Intensive Arabic Program at Damascus University, Syria\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;73&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Dr. Michael Ewers is a geographer who studies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":567,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mewers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}