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Dr. Gloria Howerton

Gloria Howerton
  • Assistant Professor
  • Interim Faculty Director for the Intersectional Women's Center
  • Geography and Anthropology

Responsibilities

Teaching:

GEOG 111: Human Geography

GEOG 288: Cultural Landscapes of North America

GEOG 444: Legal Geographies of Race in the United States

GEOG 491: Special Topics - Intersectional Approaches to the Environment

GEOG 491: Special Topics - Youth and Childhood Geographies

 

Other:

Interim Faculty Director for the Intersectional Women's Center

Research and Creative Activities

AREAS OF INTEREST

Political Geography: Nationalism, Citizenship, Borders, Law and Policy

Geographies of Race: Racialized aspects of uneven development, Critical race theory

Critical Geographies of Education: Curriculum and nationalism, Reproduction of inequality through education, Neoliberal education policy

Youth Geographies: Interactions between youth and politics, Youth resistance

Education

BA: University of North Carolina - Greensboro

  • Major: Geography
  • Minor: Environmental Studies

MA: University of Georgia (Geography)

PhD: University of Georgia (Geography)

Certification

Received graduate certificate in GIS from the University of Georgia