Dr. Shaolu Yu is an urban geographer and urban planner. She holds a B.S. in Resources, Environment, Urban Planning and Management (Qufu, China), an M.S. in Urban Affairs (Beijing, China), and a Ph.D. in Geography (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT). Trained in an interdisciplinary background and participating in projects in China, the U.S., and Canada, Dr. Yu has developed a comparative and global perspective and a mixed method approach in her research on cities.
Dr. Yu’s research interests include: Urban Space and Place-making, Migration and Mobility, Race and Ethnicity, Asian Urbanism, and GIS (Geographical Information Science). Her research have been published in the journals Annals of Association of American Geographers, The Professional Geographer, Geoforum, Urban Geography, Geographical Review, Journal of Transport Geography, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Papers in Applied Geography.
Selected Publications
2026: Shaolu Yu. . Geoforum, 172, 2026. Elsevier.
2026: Shaolu Yu., and Han Li. . Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 50(1), 44–55. Taylor & Francis.
2025: Shaolu Yu, Aijazi, O., Watson, J. K. . In T. Chen & C. Eubanks (Eds.), Global Asias: Tactics & theories (pp. 283–346). University of Hawaiʻi Press.
2023: Shaolu Yu: .”&Բ;The Professional Geographer, 75:1, 175-186. Taylor & Francis.
2022: Shaolu Yu: . Annals of American Association of Geographers, 112:1, 97-122. Taylor & Francis.
2019: Shaolu Yu. . The Professional Geographer, 72:2, 272-282. Taylor & Francis.
2018: Shaolu Yu, Madalyn Bryant, Emily Messmer, Sophie Tsagronis & Sarah Link. . Urban Geography, 39(10), 1555-1575. Springer.
2018: Shaolu Yu. . Geographical Review, 108: 2, 225-249. Wiley.
2018: Shaolu Yu. . Papers in Applied Geography, 4:3, 256-273. Taylor and Francis.
2017: Shaolu Yu. . Urban Geography, 39(4), 563-586. Springer.
2017: Lucia Lo, Shaolu Yu, and Wei Li. Chinese Mobilities and Canada, University of British Columbia Press, 2017. 138-166.
2016: Shaolu Yu. Journal of Transport Geography, 54: 10-21. Elsevier.
2016: Shaolu Yu, and Wei Li. Navigating Geography and Self: Transnational Geographers Disrupting Boundaries in a Global Age, Lexington, 2016. 51-68.
