Ryan Weichelt, Ph.D.
Contact Information
105 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54702
Education
- Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Geography)
- M.A.G., Texas State University-San Marcos (Geography)
- B.S., Geography, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Geography)
Teaching and Research Interests
- Political Geography
- Electoral Geography of the United States
- Urban Geography
- Quantitative Methods
- Economic Geography
- Population Geography
- Sports Geography
Published Research
2025 - Weichelt, Ryan. Redistricting, Gerrymandering, and Geography. Rowan and Littlefield: Lanham, MD. Under Contract.
2024 - Weichelt, Ryan, Ezra Zeitler, Carolyn Seager, and Eli Swanson. “Assessing 80 Years of Economic and Social Change in Southwest Wisconsin Hamlets.” Ed. Stanley Brunn. Time Journeys. Springer Nature: Switzerland.
2023 - Weichelt, Ryan and Ezra Zeitler. “Second Home Ownership and Public-School Funding in Wisconsin’s Northwoods.” Eds. Holly R. Barcus and William G. Moseley. Sustaining Rural Systems: Rural Vitality in an Era of Globalization and Economic Nationalism. Routledge: Abingdon, United Kingdom.
2022 - Watrel, Robert, Ryan Weichelt, Erin Fouberg, John Heppen, Fiona Davidson, Clark Archer, Fred Shelley, Ken Martis. Editors of the Atlas of the 2020 Elections. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2022 - Weichelt, Ryan. “Latinos and 2020 Election.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2020 Elections. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2022 - Weichelt, Ryan. “Overview of the 2020 Senate Elections.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2020 Elections: Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2022 - Weichelt, Ryan. “A “Blue Wave,” the 2018 Congressional Elections.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2020 Elections: Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2022 - Weichelt, Ryan. “The Geography of Wisconsin Election Results and the 2020 Presidential Election.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2020 Elections: Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2022 - Weichelt, Ryan. “Overview of the 2020 Senate Elections.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2020 Elections: Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2022 - Weichelt, Ryan. “Misinformation and Voting Machines: The Geography of Voting Machines in Wisconsin.” Political Geography: Vol. 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102500
2022 - Weichelt, Ryan. “Trump, Biden, and Wisconsin.” Eds. Barney Warf and John Heppen. Geographies of the 2020 Election. Routledge: Abingdon,United Kingdom.
2022 - French, Kenneth and Ryan Weichelt. “Political Ramifications of the Jacob Blake Shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin on the 2020 Presidential Election.” Eds. Barney Warf and John Heppen. Geographies of the 2020 Election. Routledge: Abingdon, United Kingdom.
2022 - Weichelt, Ryan, J. Clark Archer, Robert Shepard, Robert Watrel, and Jill Archer. “The Intertwined Geographies of the Pandemic and the U.S. Presidential Election of 2020: COVID-19 Prevalence and Donald Trump.” Ed. Stanley Brunn. The Geographies of COVID-19. Springer Nature: Switzerland.
2021 – Weichelt, Ryan and Ezra Zeitler. “Second Home Ownership and Public-School Funding in Wisconsin’s Northwoods.” Geographical Review. 1–26. DOI: 10.1080/00167428.2020.1855583
2020 - Weichelt, Ryan. “Trump’s Populist Rhetoric and Wisconsin.” Ed. Barney Warf. Political Landscapes of Donald Trump. Routledge: Abingdon, United Kingdom.
2020 – Weichelt, Ryan. “In Memoriam of Ron Johnston.” Geopolítica(s): Vol. 11 (1): 21-23.
2019 - Weichelt, Ryan and Gerald Webster. 2019. “The Language of Reorganizing Electoral Space.” Eds. Stanley Brunn and Roland Kehrein. Handbook of the Changing World Language Map: 1 - 27. Springer Nature: Switzerland.
2019 - Weichelt, Ryan. “Un impulso para la Geografía Electoral: el uso de tecnologías geoespaciales para el análisis del voto de las comunidades hispanasenEstados Unidos.” Geopolítica(s): Vol. 9 (1): 11-34.
2018 - Watrel, Robert, Ryan Weichelt, Erin Fouberg, John Heppen, Fiona Davidson, Clark Archer, Fred Shelley, Ken Martis. 2018. Editors of the Atlas of the 2016 Elections. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2018 - Weichelt, Ryan. 2018. “Latinos and 2016 Election.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2016 Elections: 166 - 170. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2018 - Weichelt, Ryan. 2018. “Comparison of Wisconsin Voting Districts: 2016 to 2012.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2016 Elections: 247 - 248. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2018 - Weichelt, Ryan. 2018. “The U.S. Senate after the 2016 Election.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2016 Elections: 210 - 213. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2018 - Weichelt, Ryan. 2018. “Obamacare and the 2016 Election.” Eds. Robert Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, et. al. Atlas of the 2016 Elections: 224 - 225. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2016 - Hupy, Christina, Ryan Weichelt, Cyril Wilson, and Joseph Hupy. STEM and GIS in Higher Education. 2016. “Extending Into STEM: The Geospatial Education Initiative”: 95 – 106. ESRI Press.
2014 - Weichelt, Ryan. 2014. “Latinos and the 2012 Election.” Eds. Fred Shelley, J. Clark Archer, et. al. Atlas of the 2012 Presidential Election: 192 – 194. Roman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2014 - Weichelt, Ryan. 2014. “The 2012 Wisconsin Gubernatorial Recall Election.” Eds. Fred Shelley, J. Clark Archer, et. al. Atlas of the 2012 Presidential Election: 261 – 265. Roman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD.
2014 - Melsness, David and Ryan Weichelt. 2014. “Spatial Crime Displacement in Chicago’s South Side.” Geographic Bulletin: Vol 55: 63 – 80.
2014 - Middlesworth, Laura and Ryan Weichelt. 2014. “A Spatial Analysis of Foreclosures in Dane County, Wisconsin.” Geography Online: Vol. 13 (1).
2012 - Weichelt, Ryan & Ezra Zeitler. 2012. “Multi-scalar Cartographic Analysis of 2008 and 2010 Election Returns in Wisconsin, U.S.A.” Journal of Maps: Vol. 18(3): 312 – 319.
2010 - Weichelt, Ryan. 2010. “Does a Hispanic Political Region of South Texas Exist? An Electoral Analysis of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1952 to 2008 in the State of Texas.” Southwestern Geographer: Vol. 14: 88 - 121.
2006 - Weichelt, Ryan and Jonathan Herbert. 2006. “Sports and Climate: A Case Study of Lambeau Field and the Green Bay Packers.” The Geography-Sports Connection: Using Sports to Teach Geography: 17 – 24.
2005 - Weichelt, Ryan and Chad Smith. 2005. Physical Geography: 155 Laboratory Manual. Department of Anthropology and Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.