Welcome and Thanks

Welcome to my home on the web, and thanks for your interest in reading about what I am up to. I am a professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of North Texas. In that capacity I teach in our BS/BA in Geography and MS in Applied Geography programs, with a focus on business geography and location intelligence.

I am currently serving as executive director for the Applied Geography Conferences, Inc. Through my career, I have been honored to be entrusted with a variety of responsibilities focused on building the geography discipline and its business and applied geography subfields.

​Personal highlights reflected on this site:

• I hope you find my research, teaching, and geography career links on this website helpful. Each has extensive information on my work and professional involvement in the discipline of geography.
• Here's information about graduate studies with me in the emerging field of location intelligence. I'm always interested in talking with potential students.
• ​I'm active in practicing my faith, always with the aim of exhibiting great respect to one and all. I welcome good conversations about faith and belief.

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Looking for geography degree coursework that leads to rewarding career options in a dynamic work setting?
Check out the grad and undergrad learning opportunities we offer through the UNT Location Intelligence Research Group.

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Coming to GEOG 4220/5220 in Fall 2020 and GEOG 4230/5230 in Spring 2021

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My latest peer-reviewed publications:

Rice, Murray D., and Joshua P. Bova, ‘Business district development and competition: An exploration of structural evolution in the retail districts of Denton, Texas’, Papers in Applied Geography. My coauthor, Joshua Bova, is a 2018 MS graduate from UNT Geography and the Environment who now holds a position in market planning with KFC in Louisville, KY. Josh's thesis was the starting point for this journal publication.

Rice, Murray D., and Ronald Kalafsky, ‘An infatuation with building things: Business strategies, linkages, and small city economic development in Manitoba’, Growth and Change. This publication was the result of field survey research I did in Manitoba in July, 2018. My coauthor, Ron Kalafsky, is professor and chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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