Recent Publications

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(2024). Powered by gentrification: the uneven development of residential rooftop solar in Atlanta, Georgia. Energy Research & Social Science 108: 1-13.

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(2024). Horizontal holdings: untangling the networks of corporate landlords. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, forthcoming.

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(2023). The metropolitan and neighborhood geographies of REIT- and private equity-owned single-family rentals. Journal of Urban Affairs, forthcoming.

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(2023). How Private Equity Landlords Prey on Working-Class Communities of Color. New Labor Forum 32 (2): 54-63.

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Teaching

Over the course of my teaching career, I’ve taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses across both human geography and GIS. At Georgia State, I’ve been responsible for teaching the following courses:

  • GEOG2200 Mapping Our World: Introduction to Geospatial Technologies
  • GEOG4518/GEOS6518 Digital Cartography
  • GEOG4095/GEOL4095/GEOS6095 Colloquium in Geosciences
  • GEOS8006 Survey of Geographic Thought
  • GEOS8030 Seminar in Cartography: Critical Mappings

Advising

Prospective Students:

I am always interested in speaking with prospective graduate students for our master’s program at GSU Geosciences. Students working under my supervision generally focus on using GIS methodologies to explore issues in the realm of critical human geography, especially urban social and environmental injustices. I am particularly interested in advising students who want to work on one or more of the following topics:

  • Critical and community-based mapping
  • Housing, land and property ownership
  • Urban environmental justice in Atlanta

If you’re interested in working with me on these (or closely related) topics, please email me with your CV/resume, a brief statement describing your interests, and a sample of your written and/or cartographic work.

Current Students:

Noé Calderon Castro
M.S. in Geography, Georgia State University, 2023-present
B.S. in Environmental Spatial Analysis, University of North Georgia, 2021

Ryan Pardue
Ph.D. in Urban Studies, Georgia State University, 2023-present
M.S. in Geography, Georgia State University, 2023
B.A. in Geography and Economics, University of Tennessee, 2019

Alec Sparks
M.S. in Geography, Georgia State University, 2021-present
B.A. in Urban and Regional Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2018

Mia Wood
M.S. in Geography, Georgia State University, 2023-present
B.S. in Environmental Geosciences, Georgia State University, 2023

Past Students:

Carys Behnke
M.S. in Geography, Georgia State University, 2022
B.S./B.A. in Geography, University of Georgia, 2020
Thesis: Blocking Out the Sun: Restricting Rooftop Solar in Atlanta, Georgia

Campbell Casseb
M.S. in Geography, Georgia State University, 2022
B.S. in Forestry, University of Tennessee, 2017
Capstone: Modern Extent and Impacts of Atlanta’s Suburban Forest Conversion into Primarily Residential Land Use

Marissa Fallico
M.I.S. in Urban Studies, Georgia State University, 2022
B.A. in Environmental Studies, Northeastern University, 2019
Capstone: Examining the Financialization of Farmland in Frederick County, Maryland

Tristan Jumeau
M.S. in Geography, Georgia State University, 2023
B.S. in Environmental Geosciences, Georgia State University, 2022
Capstone: Investigating the Distribution of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Atlanta, Georgia

Hannah Mizell
B.S. in GIS and Environmental Geoscience, Mississippi State University, 2020

Mustafa Monk
M.S. in Geography, Mississippi State University, 2020
B.A. in Geography, University of Texas-Austin, 2017
Thesis: Evaluating the unequal impacts of Hurricane Harvey: Critical GIS analysis in systems of governmental risk assessment and mitigation in Houston, Texas

Brandon North
M.S. in Geography, Georgia State University, 2022
B.S. in Geology, University of Georgia, 2013
Capstone: The Cost of Green Infrastructure and the Price Residents Pay

Laurel Sparks
B.S. in Environmental Geosciences, Georgia State University, 2022