Reece Jones (geographer)

Reece Jones (born 1976) is an American political geographer and Guggenheim Fellow. Jones was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Life and career.
Jones is currently a professor of geography and environment at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He was the president of the Political Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers from 2014–15. He is the editor-in-chief at the journal Geopolitics. He is also the co-editor of the Routledge Geopolitics Book Series with Klaus Dodds.
Violent Borders.
Jones is best known for his work on border walls, the militarization of borders, and the rise in migrant deaths. His book "Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move" argues that making and enforcing a border is an inherently violent act. The citation for the PolGRG Book Award from the Royal Geographical Society called "Violent Borders" one of the most "influential political geography books published in recent times." Jones writes for a popular audience through opinion pieces arguing against border walls in the New York Times and for open borders in the Guardian.