The combined value of all enslaved people at its height was more than that of all the railroads and all the factories of the nation combined. Slavery turned a fledgling nation into a powerful global economy and in it, the shadows of brutality remain. #InternationalWorkersDay

For #AAG2024 , PhD Student Margaret Walton presented virtually on the impact of the SNCC Freedom Singers in the ongoing Civil Rights Movement.

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Jack Swab, PhD candidate, who was selected by the Provost as a recipient of the 2024 University of Kentucky Outstanding Teaching Award, in Category 3 (Teaching Assistants). ⭐️Congratulations⭐️Jack!

In “Housing the Past: Towards a Feminist Preservation of Civil Rights Memory” at #AAG2024 , PhD Candidate Katrina Stack discussed historic home preservation and interpretation that focuses on care, going beyond material structure.

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.National Park Service NCGE National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) National Geographic The American Geographical Society Five Reasons to Bring Our National Parks into the Classroom. Congrats to Seth Kannarr UTK Geography & Sustainability American Association of Geographers SEDAAG for contributing. 'Our parks reflect us both at our best and at our worst.' gettingsmart.com/2024/04/29/fiv…

In the “Swiftie Geographies” panel at #AAG2024 , PhD candidate Katrina Stack and Dr. Kelsey Ellis discussed ways Taylor Swift can be used in both research and teaching, ranging from economic geography to climate change to gender and sexuality.

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Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King was born #OTD in 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama. Her vision for social justice was influential to her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and continued long after his assassination.

Taft, OK Street Renamed To Honor First African American Woman Elected Mayor In USA--announcing Lelia Foley-Davis Avenue. newson6.com/story/62af4371…

⬜️ Dr. Mayra Roman-Rivera and Dr. Derek Alderman shared the amazing work their students are doing as part of the GEOG 420 - GIS in the Community class.

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Richmond's Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary, once named for Confederate, pays homage to city first female superintendent & first Black woman to serve in the Superintendent of Schools role in Virginia and Massachusetts vadogwood.com/2024/04/24/red…

Our colleague Christy Hyman, who is working with FOTM and Cornell Librarians to create spatial data connected to enslaved freedom seekers, will speak at Dartmouth on May 2 at 2:30 p.m.
Hanover, NH, come through!

A wonderful evening with Dr. Nitasha Sharma co-organising our American Association of Geographers AAG Recreation, Tourism & Sport session on: Geographies of magical tourism: storytelling, placemaking, heritage, fantasy, and folklore. With insightful presentations from Merit Zimmerman and Reagan Yessler. #magicaltourism

Just published: Rose-Redwood, Rose-Redwood, Alderman, and Hackett (2024), 'The Making of the Campus Namescape: A Comparison of University Naming Policies in Canada and the United States' (The Professional Geographer). tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Located close to the GreatSmokyNPS, UT is a natural fit for a course about environmental issues in national parks. From wildfires to sequoia groves, Vols are learning about the complexities of our environment in this UTK Geography & Sustainability class. #NationalParkWeek news.utk.edu/2024/03/13/the…

Very proud to attend presentation of PhD student Margaret Walton Margaret Walton UTK Geography & Sustainability on Sonic Geographies of Social Justice, a look at the Freedom Songs and Freedom Singers of the ongoing Civil Rights Movement. A very nice job.

Please check out our new YouTube channel. It has recordings of the Tracing the Contours of Caribbean Geography talk series-- with more content to come. youtube.com/@CaribbeanGeog…

PROUD of Central Magnet alumna, former CMS Geography and Intro to GIS student and current UTK Geography & Sustainability student Caroline Petersen for earning FIRST PLACE at the TNGIC conference last week for her research on pollinator prediction in Davidson Co. using a tool called MaxEnt.

Very proud of my colleague and long-time co-author Josh Inwood Penn State Geography for earning the Blaut Award, a great recognition of scholarly contributions and public interventions in support of radical, anti-racist geography.

Why being humble can make you a better leader. A missing quality among some academic/university leaders I encounter. theconversation.com/why-being-humb… via The Conversation

The real reason I was excited to come to #AAG2024 : exploring the possibilities of a feminist perspective on historic home preservation. Grateful to have a space to discuss ideas that feel big, maybe intimidating, and full of possibilities.