Douglas Allen, PhD
Lecturer
Middle Tennessee State University
Department of Global Studies and Human Geography
Biography
Currently a Lecturer at Middle Tennessee State University, I am an urban cultural geographer with a focus on black geographies and place-making. I study place-making as a community affirming practice of resisting (racial) injustice, and I teach students how to engage and understand our plural world/society and emphasize reflexive participation in the making of society and place. My work intersects music and place-making, memory and memorialization, and the construction of identity and place in urban contexts.
MY LATEST RESEARCH
My recent research looks at the place-making practices of the Marching 100 at Florida A&M University (FAMU), an HBCU in Tallahassee, Florida. This work focuses on the geographic visions and experiences of students, alumni, and staff of the Marching 100 on FAMU's campus and within the city of Tallahassee. Work from this project contributes to literature on black geographies and place-making. It illustrates the power of black life and black joy to reshape urban socio-spatial relations.
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