Profiles in "Place, Culture, and Identity" Expertise Area

  • Chris Stojanowski is a bioarchaeologist who studies the history of past peoples through analysis of their physical remains recovered from the archaeological record.
  • McHugh is a cultural geographer with research interests in geographical thought & theory, geohumanities, post-phenomenology, and more-than-human geographies.
  • Teaching Professor J Duncan Shaeffer teaches numerous regional geography courses, and also serves as the Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs for the School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning.
  • Kelli Larson is a professor of geography and sustainability with expertise in human-environment interactions related to urban ecology, landscape sustainability, and biological conservation.
  • Steve Semken is an ethnogeologist and geoscience-education researcher who studies place-based and culturally bridging geoscience teaching, geoheritage, virtual field education, and geology of the Southwestern US Cordillera.
  • Robinson's research involves an interest in culture and identity in and out of the educational context. Her doctoral studies explored the identities of first-generation Black male students at Predominantly White Institutions.
  • West works in the textual culture of late medieval and early modern China (1000–1600), with specialties in performance literature, drama, urban literature, and garden studies.
  • Li, a senior Fulbright Scholar to India, focuses her research on ethnic geography, highly-skilled international migration and transnational connections. She is the author of more than 90 journal articles and book chapters.
  • Arreola is a cultural geographer who specializes in the study of the Mexican American borderlands.
  • Jeffrey W. Kassing is a professor of communication studies in the School of Social & Behavioral Sciences. His research interests include football/soccer in relation to identity, fandom, politics, migration, and media.