Education:

Ph.D., Geography, University of Kentucky, 2008
M.A.,Geography, University of Kentucky, 1999
B.A., Geography, Michigan State University, 1995

Specialty Areas of Interest:

Urban and Cultural Geography
Housing Policy
Social Theory

Current BGSU Courses:

GEO 122    World Geography: Americas and the Pacific
GEO 230    Cultural Geography
GEO 349    Latin America

Recent and Current Research or Grants:

Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2002-2004

Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Award, The Graduate School, University of Kentucky, 2002

Student Research Award, Historical Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 2002

Andrew Hill Clark Award, student paper competition (Ph.D. level), Historical Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 2001. For “Slums, racial segregation, and the purification of urban space.”

First place, student paper competition (Ph.D. level), Urban Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 2001. For “Slums, racial segregation, and the purification of urban space.”

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications and Submissions:

Refereed publications

“Spaces of interpretation: Archival research and the cultural landscape.” Historical Geography 29 (2001):14-25

Manuscripts in preparation

“Slum clearance, racialized space, and the spatiality of ‘race’ in Lexington, Kentucky.”

“Distressed public housing and HOPE VI revitalization: An analysis of Park DuValle in Louisville, Kentucky.”

“HOPE VI and beyond: The unsettled present and uncertain future of public housing in the United States.”

Recent Presentations:

“Blockbusting the West End: Racial segregation and neighborhood transition in Louisville, Kentucky.” To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Boston, Massachusetts, April 15-19, 2008

“Selling the projects: The beginning of the end of public housing in the U.S.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, California, April 17-21, 2007

“(Dis)placing poverty: HOPE VI and the relocation of public housing residents.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Chicago, Illinois, March 7-11, 2006

“Gentrifying the projects: Public housing redevelopment in Louisville, Kentucky.” Annual Meeting of the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers. Bowling Green, Ohio, October 21-22, 2005

“The neoliberal bulldozer: Urban revitalization and the fate of public housing.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Denver, Colorado, April 5-9, 2005

“A miracle on 34th street?: Louisville’s Park DuValle and the uncertain future of public housing.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 14-19, 2004

“Distress, transformation, and the HOPE VI (re)definition of public housing.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4-8, 2003

“The changing face of low-income housing in Louisville, Kentucky.” Annual Meeting of the Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers. Richmond, Virginia, November 23-26, 2002

“Situating public housing revitalization: New Urbanism, mixed-income communities, and HUD’s HOPE VI program.” Ninth Annual Miniconference on Critical Geography. Lexington, Kentucky, November 2, 2002

“HOPE VI, New Urbanism, and the place of ‘race’ in urban revitalization.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Los Angeles, California, March 19-23, 2002