Current CV:  

Interests:
Urbanization, Political economy, Energy geography, Resource geography

Current Research:
Urbanism and urbanization in East Asia
Taiwan urban historical geography and “military dependents villages” 
New towns and boomtowns

Courses Taught:
GEOG 5503 - Urban China: Space, Place, and Urban Transformation
GEOG 2100 - Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 2750 - World Regional Geography
GEOG 3701 - The Making of the Modern World
INTSTDS/FILM STUDIES 3905 – The Developing World on Screen
INTSTDS 2500 - Introduction to Development Studies

Select Publications:

Max D. Woodworth and Jeffrey B. Jacquet. 2026.“Focus on Global Coal Transitions: Focus Issue Concluding Editorial.” Submitted September 16, 2025, to Environmental Research – Energy 3, 030202. 10.1088/2753-3751/aea22a

Max D. Woodworth. 2026. “Taiwan’s Military Dependent Villages: Cold War Geopolitical Enclaves and Residential Space.” Submitted 24 April, 2025, to Journal of Historical Geography. Accepted January 3, 2026.

Seiba Issifu and Max D. Woodworth. 2026. “Formalization from Above, Resistance from Below: Voices of Struggle and Survival in Ghana’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector.” Submitted September 11, 2025, to Resources Policy. Accepted January 11, 2026.

Max D. Woodworth. 2026. “Who talks for Chinese urban studies? Assessing Urban Theory in a Rapidly Evolving Field” Transactions in Planning and Urban Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/27541223251413697

Max D. Woodworth. 2025. “Aspiration,” in V. Zhang and B. Anderson (Eds.), The Promises of Cultural Geography. Bristol University Press: 21-22.

Max D. Woodworth and Cecilia L. Chu. 2024. “Concrete: An Introduction.” Roadsides 11: 1-6.

Max D. Woodworth. 2024. “Macro concerns in the study of the micropolitics of urban change.” Dialogues in Human Geography. https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206241228

Max D. Woodworth. 2023. “‘Freedom Cities’: Trump and an American global new city.” Urban Geography. Publishing online Oct. 2, 2023. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02723638.2023.2263121

Max D. Woodworth. 2023. “Thinking ‘with’ China: Material and conceptual challenges.” Dialogues in Human Geography. Published online April 27, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820623117214

Max D. Woodworth and Shiuh-Shen Chien. 2022. “New Cities in China: Tracking Urban Projects on the City Fringe.” Geography Compass, published online https://doi-org.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/10.1111/gec3.12612

Max D. Woodworth. 2021. “Ruins, ruination, and fieldwork photography.” China Perspectives (4): 9-19.