Professor Spotlight Associate Professor Richard Schein several research interests intersect through a common focus on the American cultural landscape... (read more)
PEOPLE IN UK GEOGRAPHY :: FACULTY :: STAFF :: GRADUATE STUDENTS :: ALUMNI
  

John Benitez (advisor: Schein)
M.A. Geography, Arizona State University, 2002
B.S. Geography, Texas State University, 2000
cultural, ethnic, and religious geographies and landscapes
Miller Hall 4
Tel: (859) 257-3947
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: john.benitez@uky.edu

Patrick Bigger (Advisors: Mutersbaugh, Robertson)
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky, 2009
B.A. Geography, University of Arizona, 2005
environmental commodities, housing markets, carbon trading, finance geography, political ecology
Tel.: (859) 257-3947
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: patrick.bigger@uky.edu

Chris Blackden (advisor: Roberts)
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
B.A. Geography and Economics, University of South Maine  
1418 Patterson Office Tower
state theory, political economy, global governance institutions, theories of power
Tel.: (859) 257-6992
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: rubinfarr@hotmail.com

Benjamin Blandford (advisor: Schein)
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
B.A. Geography and Sociology, University of Kentucky
place, cultural movements, public space, identity and representation
413 Bradley Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-8981
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: benjamin.blandford@uky.edu

Andrew Boulton (advisor: Roberts)
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
BSc Geography, University of Bristol
geopolitics of development, neogeography/geoweb, knowledge economy and world cities
email: andrew.boulton@uky.edu

Paul Bradway (advisor: Sherriff)
B.A. History, University of Kentucky 2007
landscape ecology, Kentucky history, GIS
4 Miller Hall
Tel.: 257-8237
Fax: 323-1969
email: paul.bradway@uky.edu

Tim Brock (advisor:)
M.A. Geography, University of Kansas
B.A. Anthropology, Georgia Southern University
political ecology, development theory, issues of environment and energy, transportation and environmental planning, Latin America

412 Bradley Hall 
Tel.: (859) 257-9059
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: tim.brock@uky.edu

Jay Christian (advisor: Shannon)
M.P.H. Epidemiology, University of Kentucky
B.A. Anthropology and Russian Studies, Washington University-St. Louis
health geography, spatial statistics, GIS, urban planning and design, transportation
email: jay.christian@gmail.com

Hugh Deaner (advisor:)
M.R.P. and M.B.A., UNC Chapel Hill, 1996
B.A. Biology, Grinnell College, 1983
Political economy, cultural landscapes, political ecology
411 Bradley Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-8981
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: hugh.deaner@uky.edu

Mathias Detamore (advisor: Secor)
BS Architecture, University of Cincinnati
MArch Architecture, University of Cincinnati
cultural/political geography, geographies of the body and intimacy, gender and women's studies and queer theory, social theory, and Appalachian culture
Tel.: (513) 295-7659
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: mathias.detamore@uky.edu

Jidan Duan (advisor: J. Phillips)
BA Geography, Beijing Normal University
hydrology and geomorphology
4 Miller Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-3947
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: jidan.duan@uky.edu

Amanda Fickey (advisor: Samers)
M.A. Folk Studies (Emphasis on Historic Preservation), Western Kentucky University, 2007
B.A. History, University of Kentucky, 2004
cultural and economic geography, Appalachian Culture, historic preservation
1418 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6992
Fax: (859)323-1969
email: amanda.fickey@uky.edu

Abigail Foulds (advisor: Roberts)
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
B.A. Geography and Cross-Cultural Relations, Simon's Rock College
third world development, Latin America (Nicaragua), tourism, identity and representation
1418 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6992
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: abigail.foulds@uky.edu

Priyanka Ghosh (advisor: Karan and Robertson)
B.Sc. Geography, Presidency College, Kolkata
M.Sc. Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Political Ecology, Environmnetal History, Conservation and Development Politics in the Global South
Miller Hall 4
Tel.: (859) 257-3947
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: jhum.priya@gmail.com

Brian Grabbatin (advisor: )
B.S. Anthropology, College of Charleston
M.S. Environmental Studies, College of Charleston
political ecology, ethnobotany, cultural landscapes; Southern United States
1418 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6992
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: brian.grabbatin@uky.edu

Garrett Graddy (advisor: Roberts, Mutersbaugh)
M.A. Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School
B.A. Theater Studies, Yale University
cultural geographies of agricultural biodiversity; political ecology/environmental justice; Appalachian studies; Andean studies; rural development; postcolonial theory and methods; and the de-valuing, re-valuing, and evaluation of 'traditional'/'local' ecological knowledges
1339 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-9639
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: tggraddy@uky.edu

Aretina Hamilton (advisor: Schein)
M.A. Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware
B.A. Political Science, Kentucky State University
historical urban geography, landscape and race, memory, visual anthropology, urban and regional planning, gender, sexuality and space
410 Bradley Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-8981
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: aretina.hamilton@uky.edu

Kelsey Hanrahan (advisor: )
BSc Archaeology, University of Calgary 2005
MA Anthropology, University of South Carolina 2007
gender, livelihood, subsistence agriculture, development, material culture, feminist approaches, West Africa
1422 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.:(859) 257-6956
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: kbha225@uky.edu


Julianne Hazlewood (advisor: Roberts)
MA Native American Studies, UC Davis
MA Latin American Studies, University of Florida
BA Community Studies, UC Santa Cruz
political ecology, Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples' geographies of hope, decolonization of knowledge, critical development studies, Latin America
email: jahaze@gmail.com

Samantha Herr (advisor: )
B.A. Anthropoplogy, University of Arizona
cultural/political/urban geography, social theory, power and empowerment, everyday life
1422 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.:(859) 257-6956
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: szhe222@uky.edu

Stephanie Houck (advisor: )
B.A. Geography and Classics, University of Kentucky
geomorphology of forested and post-glacial landscapes
email: smhouc2@uky.edu

Priyanka Jain (advisor: Secor)
PhD Geography, University of Kentucky
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
M.S. Geography, Delhi School of Economics,
University of Delhi
B.A. Geography (hons), Kirori Mal College,
University of Delhi
development studies
8 Miller Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-8237
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: pjain2@uky.edu

Valerie Keathley (advisor: )
M.A. International Affairs, University of Kentucky
B.A. International Relations, Salem College
geographies of urbanization, development and globalization in Latin America or Turkey
1418 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6992
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: vjkeathley@uky.edu

Sya Buryn Kedzior (advisor: Karan)
M.A. University of Kentucky
B.A. Global Social and Environmental Systems, California State University, Monterey 
environmental social movements and environmental politics in India
email: syakedzior@gmail.com

Rebecca Lane (advisor: Ehrkamp)
B.A. Anthropology, University of Arizona
cultural and feminist geography, motherhood, memory, affect
1422 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6956
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: rebecca.lane@uky.edu

 

James Looney
M.A. Sociology, Syracuse University, 2006
B.A. Ecology and Environmental Studies, University of Tennessee, 1995
Graduate certificate in social theory.
Cultural and social geographies. Experiential and emotional landscapes. Agriculture, tourism, migration, and labor. Ethnographic and visual methods.
411 Bradley Hall
Tel.: (315) 289-4253
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: james.looney@uky.edu

Michael Marchman (advisor: Mutersbaugh)
M.A. Geography, University of Iowa
B.S. Psychology, University of Iowa
political economy, international development, tourism, labor, Caribbean
411 Bradley Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-8981
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: marchman@uky.edu

Sandy Marshall (advisor:)
B.A. Politics, Queen's University of Belfast
M.A. Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
diaspora identity formation and identity creation in contested spaces
413 Bradley Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-8981
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: sandy.marshall@uky.edu


Lauren Martin (advisor: Secor)
Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies, University of Kentucky
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
B.A. Philosophy, Grinnell College
surveillance practices, responses to "agroterrorism"
email: lauren.martin@uky.edu

Sarah McCormack (advisor: Phillips)
4 Miller Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-3947
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: sarahsmackcormack@gmail.com

Zina Merkin (advisor: Brunn)
M.L.A. University of California - Berkeley 
landscape, spatial perception and psychology of space, GIS, rural development, reclamation 
S329C Ag Science North 
Tel.: (859) 257-5909 
Fax: (859) 257-2859
email: zmerkin@uky.edu

Melissa Moorer (advisor: Zook)
M.A. University of Kentucky
B.A. Vassar College
1418 Patterson Offce Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6992
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: melissamoorer@gmail.com

Jon Otto (advisor: )
cultural and political geography
1418 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6992
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: jon.otto@uky.edu

Michael Pryce-Jones (advisor: Roberts)
M.A. Geography, Florida State University
B.Sc. Geography, Lancaster University
urban and cultural geography, social theory
email: prycejon@yahoo.com

Julie Riesenweber (advisor: Schein)
M.A. Early American Culture, University of Delaware
B.A. Anthropology, University of Kentucky
historical and cultural landscapes, vernacular architecture: particularly that of America and Kentucky, historical perservation, sociology and politics of space
College of Architecture
110 Pence Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-9835
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email:jriesen@uky.edu

Jairus Rossi (advisor: )
B.S. Biology and Religious Study, Bucknell University
M.S. Geography, Pennsylvania State University
Social construction of nature, science/technology studies, restoration ecology, genetic biotechnology, microscale natures, nature/society relations, fermented foods
412 Bradley Hall 
Tel.: (859) 257-9059
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: jairusrossi@uky.edu


Jackie Salmond (advisor: Roberts)
M.A. Geography, University of South Florida  
B.A. Geography, University of South Florida  
social geography, inequality, poverty
email: jackie.salmond@uky.edu

Jessica Schmid (advisor: Roberts)
B.A. French Language and Literature, International Politics, Pennsylvania State University  
email: jessica.schmid@uky.edu

Taylor Shelton (advisor: Zook)
B.A. Geography & Political Science, University of Kentucky
economic and internet geographies, science studies
Miller Hall 3
Tel: (859) 257-3947
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: johntaylorshelton@gmail.com

Stephanie Simon (advisor: Schein)
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky, 2005
B.A. English, Truman State University, 2001
410 Bradley Hall
Tel.: (859) 257-8782
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: stephaniesimon@uky.edu

Christine E. Smith (advisor:)
B.A. Geography and International Relations, Syracuse University 2006
social movements and U.S.drug policy
1418 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6992
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: Cesmit5@uky.edu

Mitchell Snider
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
B.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
Graduate Certificate in Social Theory
Migration Studies, political economy, social theory, gender/masculinities/identity, transnational studies, citizenship, democracy
1422 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6956
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: mitchell.snider@uky.edu


Deborah Thompson (advisor: Schein)
M.A. Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University
B.A. Hampshire College
feminist, cultural and historical geography with a focus on Appalachia, music and other folk arts, religion, historic architecture, gender and race
email: djthom4@uky.edu

Meagan Todd (advisor: Ehrkamp)
B.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
political and social geography; geopolitics, religion and identity in the former Soviet Union
1422 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6956
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: meagan.todd@uky.edu

Chris Van Dyke
BA English, University of South Florida
MA Geography, University of South Carolina
landscape ecology, political ecology, U.S. environmental history
1422 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.: (859) 257-6956
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: cvandyke97@gmail.com

Liana Tuttle Vasseur (advisor: Schein)
M.A. English, University of Kentucky
B.A. English, Florida International University
migration studies, social construction of 'the border'
1422 Patterson Office Tower
Tel.:(859) 257-6956
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: ltvass2@uky.edu

Timothy Vatovec (advisor: )
M.A. Geography, University at Albany, SUNY, 2007
B.A. Political Science & Sociology, Hartwick College, 2003
cultural and political geographies, landscapes, space and place, and social theory
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: vatovect@gmail.com

Candice Wallace (advisor: Zook)
M.P.A. Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky
B.A. Political Science, University of Kentucky
Economic Geography and Transportation
Kentucky Transportation Center

312 Engineering Annex, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, KY 40506
Tel.:(859) 257-4513 ext. 286
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: candice.wallace@uky.edu

Michael Walls (advisor: Schein)
M.A. University of Kentucky
M.P.A. University of Mississippi
B.A. Anthropology, Mississippi State University
A.S. Computer Science, State Tech. Institute at Memphis
GIS, urban/regional planning, public policy, cultural, historical, software engineering, data architecture, social theory
Tel.: (859) 552-5070
email: mwalls@insightbb.com

Tommy Wilson (advisor: Schein)
M.A. Geography, University of Kentucky
B.A. Geography, University of Kentucky (Hons)
Power, Wave Formation, Surfing, Subjectivization, the Political, theories of Play, Rock Climbing
410 Bradley Hall

Tel.: (859) 257-8782
Fax: (859) 323-1969
email: tbwilsonky@gmail.com