Director, Undergraduate Programs
Director, Urban Studies Institute
Director, Kentucky State Data Center
502-852-8151
matthew.ruther@louisville.edu
Dr. Ruther is a population geographer with research interests in neighborhood growth and change, small area population estimation, and spatial methodology.
Research Interests: Demographic analysis, population forecasting, small area estimation, neighborhood growth and change, GIS
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Demography, University of Pennsylvania
Master of Arts, Demography, University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science, Economics and Quantitative Studies, New York University
Courses
PADM 601: Research Methods for Public Administration
PADM 606: Urban Policy Analysis
PLAN 616: Analytical Urban Geography
PLAN 618: Urban Demography and GIS
Recent Publications
Kinahan, K. and M. Ruther. 2020. “Uncovering the Relationship between Same-Sex Households and Historic Districts.” Journal of the American Planning Association 86(4):481-494 https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2020.1762507
Tesfai, R., M. Ruther, and J.F. Madden. 2020. “Precursors to Neighborhood Revitalization? Immigrant Growth and Neighborhood Change in New and Traditional Immigrant Settlement Areas.” Urban Geography 41(2):268-292 https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2019.1647755
Ruther, M., R. Tesfai, and J.F. Madden. 2018. “Foreign Born Population Concentration and Neighborhood Growth and Development within U.S. Metropolitan Areas.” Urban Studies 55(4):826-843 https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016672804
Ruther, M., S. Leyk, and B. Buttenfield. 2017. “Deriving Small Area Mortality Estimates Using a Probabilistic Reweighting Method.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 107(6):1299-1314 https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2017.1320213
Hsieh, N. and M. Ruther. 2016. “Sexual Minority Health and Health Risk Factors: Intersection Effects of Gender, Race, and Sexual Identity.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 50(6):746-755 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.11.016