Thomas Chapman
Dr. Chapman with his best friend
Rosy (the camel) in the Australian outback
Dr. Thomas Chapman grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is currently
an Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Geology
and Geography at Georgia Southern University. He completed his
B.A. in Geography at Michigan State University (1985), his M.A.
in Geography at The University of Toledo (1992), and his Ph.D.
in Geography at Florida State University (2007).
Teaching
Dr. Chapman has several years experience teaching a variety of
geography courses, including World-Regional Geography, Geographic
Information Systems (GIS), and Political Geography. He currently
teaches World Regional Geography (GEOG 1130) and GIS (GEOG 3440/4543).
Research
Dr. Chapman is a broadly trained human geographer, with research
interests in Political and Cultural Geography, and pedagogical
methods in GIS. His dissertation revolved around the geographies
of anti-discrimination law, and the spatial impacts of community
discourse and debate on expanding the scope of such laws. In addition,
Dr. Chapman specializes in the geographies of human rights and
social justice, and has conducted research on intersections of
the politics-of-place and identity construction.
Service
Dr. Chapman is an active member of both the Association of
American Geographers (AAG) and the Southeastern Division of the
AAG (SEDAAG). He is also an article reviewer for The Southeastern
Geographer.
Publications
Thomas Chapman, Jonathan Leib, Gerald Webster. "Race,
The Creative Class, and Political Geographies of Same Sex Marriage
in Georgia." The Southeastern Geographer. 2007. (47)1:
27-54.
Thomas Chapman. "Globalization,
Identity, and the Florida Realm of the ORION Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan: Landscapes of Resistance in Immokalee, Florida."
The Florida Geographer. 2005. 36: 84-98.
Thomas Chapman. "Public Space." In Barney Warf, ed.
Encyclopedia of Human Geography. 2006. Sage Publications.
388-89.
Thomas Chapman. "Geographies of Justice." In Barney
Warf, ed. Encyclopedia of Human Geography. 2006. Sage Publications.
265-66.
Barney Warf and Thomas Chapman. "Cathedrals of Consumption:
The Political Phenomenology of Wal-Mart." In Wal-Mart
World, ed. Stanley Brunn. 2006. Routledge. 163-178.