UTK Geography & Sustainability
@utkgeography.bsky.social
Department of Geography and Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A student-centered department where one can VOLUNTEER to explore, study, and make a better world 🌎
Where can you find UTK at the annual #SEDAAG meeting on Sunday and Monday? Click the 🔗 below to see some of the sessions and panels we have faculty, graduate students, and undergrads participating in!
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November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Where can you find UTK at the annual #SEDAAG meeting on Sunday and Monday? Click the 🔗 below to see some of the sessions and panels we have faculty, graduate students, and undergrads participating in!
www.canva.com/design/DAG4a...
www.canva.com/design/DAG4a...
Wrapping up Geography Awareness Week with a huge thank you to Dr. Michael McCanless for an engaging talk, an insightful Lunch & Learn, and a fun Mappy Hour ✨🌎 Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate the power of geographic thinking and the many ways it helps us understand our world!
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wrapping up Geography Awareness Week with a huge thank you to Dr. Michael McCanless for an engaging talk, an insightful Lunch & Learn, and a fun Mappy Hour ✨🌎 Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate the power of geographic thinking and the many ways it helps us understand our world!
Join us for Mappy Hour with Dr. Michael McCanless during Geographic Awareness Week! 🗺️✨
📅 Thursday, Novemver 20
⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM (right after the public seminar in SU270)
📍 Barley’s Taproom — 200 E. Jackson Ave, Knoxville
📅 Thursday, Novemver 20
⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM (right after the public seminar in SU270)
📍 Barley’s Taproom — 200 E. Jackson Ave, Knoxville
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Join us for Mappy Hour with Dr. Michael McCanless during Geographic Awareness Week! 🗺️✨
📅 Thursday, Novemver 20
⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM (right after the public seminar in SU270)
📍 Barley’s Taproom — 200 E. Jackson Ave, Knoxville
📅 Thursday, Novemver 20
⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM (right after the public seminar in SU270)
📍 Barley’s Taproom — 200 E. Jackson Ave, Knoxville
Need a lab? Dr. Sally Horn is teaching GEOG 431: Like Sediments and Environmental History (aka, Secrets in Mud)!
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Need a lab? Dr. Sally Horn is teaching GEOG 431: Like Sediments and Environmental History (aka, Secrets in Mud)!
Dr. Tracey Norrell is teaching both GEOG 444: Age of Migration: Global Conflict and the Movement of Peoples and GEOG 350: Geography of Human Rights: Africa and the Americas!
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dr. Tracey Norrell is teaching both GEOG 444: Age of Migration: Global Conflict and the Movement of Peoples and GEOG 350: Geography of Human Rights: Africa and the Americas!
Dr. Derek Alderman is teaching GEOG 423: Geographies of American Pop Culture!
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dr. Derek Alderman is teaching GEOG 423: Geographies of American Pop Culture!
Dr. LaToya Eaves is offering a new course - GEOG 495: Community Geography!
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dr. LaToya Eaves is offering a new course - GEOG 495: Community Geography!
🌍 Join us for a Lunch & Learn on careers in Geography & Sustainability with Dr. Michael McCanless!
📅Thursday, November 20
🕦 11:30am–12:20pm
📍 I-House Great Room
🍲 Lunch from Tarik’s North African provided!
📅Thursday, November 20
🕦 11:30am–12:20pm
📍 I-House Great Room
🍲 Lunch from Tarik’s North African provided!
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🌍 Join us for a Lunch & Learn on careers in Geography & Sustainability with Dr. Michael McCanless!
📅Thursday, November 20
🕦 11:30am–12:20pm
📍 I-House Great Room
🍲 Lunch from Tarik’s North African provided!
📅Thursday, November 20
🕦 11:30am–12:20pm
📍 I-House Great Room
🍲 Lunch from Tarik’s North African provided!
PhD Candidate Sukanya Das presented her paper, “Empowerment Capability Utilization: A Theory of Power, Awareness, and Informed Utilization” at the 13th Race, Ethnicity and Place (REP) Conference last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
PhD Candidate Sukanya Das presented her paper, “Empowerment Capability Utilization: A Theory of Power, Awareness, and Informed Utilization” at the 13th Race, Ethnicity and Place (REP) Conference last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
PhD Candidate Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social presented “Remapping Black Paris: Walking Tours as Embodied Archives and Cartographies” at the REP Conference last week in Albuquerque! Her collaborators are her advisor Derek Alderman @derekgeographer.bsky.social and Monique Y. Wells.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
PhD Candidate Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social presented “Remapping Black Paris: Walking Tours as Embodied Archives and Cartographies” at the REP Conference last week in Albuquerque! Her collaborators are her advisor Derek Alderman @derekgeographer.bsky.social and Monique Y. Wells.
PhD student Swachhatoya Das presented her paper “Centuries in Motion: Charting the Historical Pathways of Indian Migration to North America” at the Race, Ethnicity, and Place (REP) Conference 2025 in Albuquerque!
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
PhD student Swachhatoya Das presented her paper “Centuries in Motion: Charting the Historical Pathways of Indian Migration to North America” at the Race, Ethnicity, and Place (REP) Conference 2025 in Albuquerque!
❗️Publication Alert❗️Congratulations to Dr. Derek Alderman for his recent publication with Dr. Joshua Inwood in Media and Communication, “Remapping the Legacy of Enslavement: Street Names, Stealth Stickers, and the Living Black Atlas”!
Read here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
Read here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
❗️Publication Alert❗️Congratulations to Dr. Derek Alderman for his recent publication with Dr. Joshua Inwood in Media and Communication, “Remapping the Legacy of Enslavement: Street Names, Stealth Stickers, and the Living Black Atlas”!
Read here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
Read here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
UT Geography & Sustainability merch is here! 🧡🌎
Crewnecks and hoodies in black and sand.
Order by Nov. 3 @ 11:59pm ⬇️
www.b-unlimited.com/collections/...
📦Choose shipping:
• Group order → pickup at BGB
• Ship to any address for a extra cost
Questions? Contact kstack@vols.utk.edu
Crewnecks and hoodies in black and sand.
Order by Nov. 3 @ 11:59pm ⬇️
www.b-unlimited.com/collections/...
📦Choose shipping:
• Group order → pickup at BGB
• Ship to any address for a extra cost
Questions? Contact kstack@vols.utk.edu
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
UT Geography & Sustainability merch is here! 🧡🌎
Crewnecks and hoodies in black and sand.
Order by Nov. 3 @ 11:59pm ⬇️
www.b-unlimited.com/collections/...
📦Choose shipping:
• Group order → pickup at BGB
• Ship to any address for a extra cost
Questions? Contact kstack@vols.utk.edu
Crewnecks and hoodies in black and sand.
Order by Nov. 3 @ 11:59pm ⬇️
www.b-unlimited.com/collections/...
📦Choose shipping:
• Group order → pickup at BGB
• Ship to any address for a extra cost
Questions? Contact kstack@vols.utk.edu
Sally Horn, Karen King, Dimitris Herrera and many grads and undergrads shared demos and activities related to tree ring, soil, and sediment records of environmental history at the #CanYouDigIt Day outreach event at McClung Museum last weekend.
October 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Sally Horn, Karen King, Dimitris Herrera and many grads and undergrads shared demos and activities related to tree ring, soil, and sediment records of environmental history at the #CanYouDigIt Day outreach event at McClung Museum last weekend.
And of course, no field trip is complete without the traditional Waffle House stop on the way back! 🧇🧡
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
And of course, no field trip is complete without the traditional Waffle House stop on the way back! 🧇🧡
With Ranger Julianne, they learned all about carbon sequestration and took in the incredible views from the tower.
A huge thank you to course instructors, PhD Candidates Seth Kannarr and Katrina Stack, for leading the trip.
A huge thank you to course instructors, PhD Candidates Seth Kannarr and Katrina Stack, for leading the trip.
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
With Ranger Julianne, they learned all about carbon sequestration and took in the incredible views from the tower.
A huge thank you to course instructors, PhD Candidates Seth Kannarr and Katrina Stack, for leading the trip.
A huge thank you to course instructors, PhD Candidates Seth Kannarr and Katrina Stack, for leading the trip.
Students and instructors from GEOG 200: Environmental Issues in National Parks and GEOG 345: People and Environment spent the day at Look Rock along the Foothills Parkway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Students and instructors from GEOG 200: Environmental Issues in National Parks and GEOG 345: People and Environment spent the day at Look Rock along the Foothills Parkway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
We are excited to invite you to a one-hour virtual Graduate Program Information Session for the Department of Geography & Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville!
📅: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
⏰: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EDT
Register to attend at this 🔗: tiny.utk.edu/UTKGeogInfo
📅: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
⏰: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EDT
Register to attend at this 🔗: tiny.utk.edu/UTKGeogInfo
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We are excited to invite you to a one-hour virtual Graduate Program Information Session for the Department of Geography & Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville!
📅: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
⏰: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EDT
Register to attend at this 🔗: tiny.utk.edu/UTKGeogInfo
📅: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
⏰: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EDT
Register to attend at this 🔗: tiny.utk.edu/UTKGeogInfo
Dr. Thomas Bell, professor emeritus with the Department of Geography and Sustainability, was honored at the ISLPMC (International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture) Annual Meeting for receiving the Henry H. Douglas Distinguished Service Award.
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dr. Thomas Bell, professor emeritus with the Department of Geography and Sustainability, was honored at the ISLPMC (International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture) Annual Meeting for receiving the Henry H. Douglas Distinguished Service Award.
PhD candidate Seth T. Kannarr recieved the Warren E. Roberts Graduate Student Paper Award at the ISLPMC Annual Meeting! His paper was titled “Public Memory in Your Pocket: Analyzing Coins as Everyday Geographies of American Identity.” Congratulations Seth!
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
PhD candidate Seth T. Kannarr recieved the Warren E. Roberts Graduate Student Paper Award at the ISLPMC Annual Meeting! His paper was titled “Public Memory in Your Pocket: Analyzing Coins as Everyday Geographies of American Identity.” Congratulations Seth!
Congratulations to Swachhatoya Das for presenting her paper, “Gendered Income Disparities among Indian Immigrant Workers in the United States: Analyzing the Returns of Education to Income” at the Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference this week at the University of Birmingham!
August 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Congratulations to Swachhatoya Das for presenting her paper, “Gendered Income Disparities among Indian Immigrant Workers in the United States: Analyzing the Returns of Education to Income” at the Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference this week at the University of Birmingham!
🌎 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in climate extremes and their impacts on the environment and/or human communities.
🔗 Link to apply + full description is in our bio!
🔗 Link to apply + full description is in our bio!
August 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🌎 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in climate extremes and their impacts on the environment and/or human communities.
🔗 Link to apply + full description is in our bio!
🔗 Link to apply + full description is in our bio!
Happy first day of classes to our favorite geographers, sustainers, and GIScientists! 🍊
August 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Happy first day of classes to our favorite geographers, sustainers, and GIScientists! 🍊
Ready for a new era 🌎🧡 Seriously, a new semester starts next week!
August 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ready for a new era 🌎🧡 Seriously, a new semester starts next week!
❗️Publication Alert❗️Dr. Reagan Yessler (PhD, ‘25) and PhD candidate Katrina Stack just published their chapter, “‘Once Upon a Time, Somewhere in Europe…’: Mythicisation and Identity Crafting in Renaissance Festivals,” in Magical Tourism and Enchanting Geographies! Find the 🔗 to the book in our bio!
June 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
❗️Publication Alert❗️Dr. Reagan Yessler (PhD, ‘25) and PhD candidate Katrina Stack just published their chapter, “‘Once Upon a Time, Somewhere in Europe…’: Mythicisation and Identity Crafting in Renaissance Festivals,” in Magical Tourism and Enchanting Geographies! Find the 🔗 to the book in our bio!