Executive Director

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Thomas Cooke is  Professor Emeritus of  Geography and Demography at the University of Connecticut.  He is a Fulbright Scholar (spent at the University of Groningen) and the recipient of the Research Excellence Award in Population Geography by the American Association of Geographers. Prof. Cooke has held visiting positions at Queen's University in the UK, the University of St Andrews, and the University of Amsterdam.

At the University of Connecticut, he directed the University of Connecticut's Urban Studies program, the Center for Population Research, and Connecticut's US Census Data Center. Before arriving at UConn in 1994, Tom spent two years as an applied demographer at the Polis Center in Indianapolis. At Polis, he played a vital role in developing SAVI, now the nation's largest and most comprehensive community information system.

Thomas completed his Ph.D. in Geography at Indiana University in 1993 with a minor in Economics and specializations in Demography, Econometrics, Spatial Analysis, Migration, and Urban Studies. His MA (Indiana University, Geography, 1988) and BA (The Ohio State University, Geography, 1986) degrees focused on Russian and Soviet Studies.