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Murray D. Rice
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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. Through UNT Geography I also serve as program director for our new geospatial analytics certificate.

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.

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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My latest peer-reviewed publications:
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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.
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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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I am an educator and researcher in the field of location intelligence, specializing in research related to connections between location intelligence, business strategy, and entrepreneurship, and teaching on topics linking geography, businesses, and cities.

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