Kyle Walker, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

kyle.walker@tcu.edu817-257-5241Scharbauer Hall 2004 ETCU Box 297280

Program Affiliations

AddRan College of Liberal Arts Geography

Ph.D., University of Minnesota
MA, University of Minnesota
BA, University of Oregon

World Regional Geography
Introduction to GIS
Data Analysis & Visualization
Advanced GIS
Urban & Business GIS

Population geography; cities and suburbs; demographic data visualization

Walker, Kyle E.(2016) Baby boomer migration and demographic change in U.S. metropolitan areas. Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1093/migration/mnw012.
Walker, Kyle E.(2016) tigris: An R Package to Access and Work with Geographic Data from the US Census Bureau. The R Journal.
Walker, Kyle E.(2016) Locating neighborhood diversity in the American metropolis. Urban Studies. DOI: 10.1177/0042098016643481.
Walker, Kyle E. (2016) Tools for interactive visualization of global demographic concepts in R. Spatial Demography4(3), pp. 207-220.
Walker, Kyle E.(2015) The spatiality of local immigration policies in the United States.Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie106(4), pp. 486-498.
Walker, Kyle E., and Sean M. Crotty. (2015) Classifying high-prevalence neighborhoods for cardiovascular disease in Texas. Applied Geography 57, pp. 22-31.
Walker, Kyle E. (2014) Immigration, local policy, and national identity in the suburban United States. Urban Geography 35(4), pp. 508-529.
Walker, Kyle E., and Helga Leitner. (2011) The Variegated Landscape of Local Immigration Policies in the US. Urban Geography 32(2), pp. 156-178.

Last Updated: November 03, 2025