CV Highlights
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor of Historic Preservation and Cultural Geography, Eastern Michigan University (Fall 2021 to present)
Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation and Cultural Geography, Eastern Michigan University (Fall 2016 to 2021)
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D. Geography (2012-2016)
Dissertation: A Critical Historical Geography of Slavery in the American South
Dissertation Advisor: Derek Alderman
Committee members: Joshua Inwood, Ron Kalafsky, Maria Stehle
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.S. Geography, May 2012
Thesis: Redefining Memorial Landscapes: The Stolpersteine Project in Berlin
Thesis Advisor: Micheline van Riemsdijk
Committee members: Joshua Inwood, Ronald Foresta, Gilya Schmidt
University of Tennessee, Martin
B.S. Geosciences, Geography Concentration, May 2009
B.S. Communications, News Editorial Concentration, May 2009
Undergraduate Scholar’s Thesis: Berlin’s Tenth Life: Reemergence as the Unified Capital of Germany
Scholar’s Thesis Committee: Jefferson Rogers (chair), Mark Simpson, Lionel Crews, Daniel McDonough
For a full list of publications, presentations, service, awards, etc., please see Matt’s full CV linked above.
