Perry Carter

Perry Carter, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Geosciences at Texas Tech University. Dr. Carter’s research interests include human, social, urban and economic geography. Specific interests include geographies of consumption, travel and tourism, space and its role in the construction of racial identity, geographic methodologies.

Matthew Cook

Matthew Cook, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Historic Preservation and Cultural Geography at Eastern Michigan University. He studied cultural and historical geography at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville culminating in his dissertation, “A Critical Historical Geography of Slavery in the US South.” Dr. Cook’s continuing academic interests build on his dissertation, focusing on geographies of memory, historical interpretation, and race relations in the U.S.

LaToya E. Eaves

LaToya E. Eaves, Ph.D. is a geographer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has been instrumental in increasing the visibility of Black Geographies in addition to her research, which centers questions of race, Blackness, gender, sexuality, and place — especially in terms of the US South and Southeast. Recipient of numerous awards including the 2019 Ronald F. Abler Distinguished Service Honors for her transformative impact on the American Association of Geographers through her commitment to Black Geographies, she serves as PI on a half million dollar NSF grant for a collaborative project on Museums, Public Pedagogy, and Black Geographies in the United States. Her profoundly interdisciplinary contributions reflect her experiences, training and teaching across Africana Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Geography departments. 

Candace Bright Hall-Wurst

Candace Bright Hall-Wurst, Ph.D. is Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Bright’s scholarly activities specialize in social/cultural development with a focus on community health and race, with much of her time devoted to the work of the Gulf States Health Policy Center. She specializes in both quantitative and qualitatively methodologies, including social network analysis.

Amy Potter

Amy E. Potter has a Ph.D. in Geography from Louisiana State University. She is an Associate Professor in Geography in the Department of Geology and Geography at Georgia Southern University in Savannah, Georgia. Most of her research connects to the larger themes of cultural justice and Black Geographies in the Caribbean and U.S. South where she has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork. On the island of Barbuda, she explored the complex relationship between transnational migrants to their common property, while also examining how tourism is transforming Barbudan’s sense of place. Her most recent research examines racialized heritage landscapes in the U.S. South, particularly at plantations and urban house museums.