Academic Work

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The Intersection of Geography and Photography

I am a geographer, photographer, and public scholar whose work explores landscape, community, and environmental change — with a particular focus on Northeast Ohio. My research and photography are deeply intertwined: the camera is how I learn to see a place before I write about it. Here you will find the work that lives beyond the academic page — StoryMaps, publications, and projects.

Highlighted Projects & Writing

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View on ArcGIS StoryMaps and learn more about my work in higher education and beyond

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More than White Noise

Just Rural Futures, 2026

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Rust Belt narratives of people of color

Just Rural Futures, 2024

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Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there

The Conversation, 2024

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Photographing Alaska

Photographing Alaska's Landscapes weaves together landscape photography, colonial history, and climate change to explore what it means — geographically and ethically — to photograph a place.

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Air Quality in Northeast Ohio

Air Quality in Northeast Ohio explores how climate change and federal deregulation are worsening the air people breathe — and why some communities bear a heavier burden than others.

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Monolith, The Colonial Face of Landscape Photograph

Drawing on my background as both a professional photographer and geographer, this article examines how landscape photography — one of the most ubiquitous visual forms in everyday life — reflects and reinforces deeper histories of power and exclusion.

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Landscape Photography, National Parks, and Settler Colonial Nationalism

This article explores how the visual culture surrounding US national parks has shaped who feels welcome in — and who feels ownership over — America's public lands.

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