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Assistant Professor PO Box 173364, CB 172 |
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Discussing tafoni weathering with students, Sedona, AZ. |
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As a "Traditional" Geographer, I am broadly-trained, have a penchant for fieldwork, and pursue all sorts of research. My current endeavors include biogeomorphology and environmental perception, geography education, humanistic geography, and rock art management. But my general academic interests span the gamut from cultural ecology to epistemology to Renaissance cartography. Regionally, my specialties include the Aegean, arid lands, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, although I do have a solid grasp of most other regions. Aristotle told Alexander to "Go and see"...and that's pretty much my life! I am also an Educator and weave creative and critical inquiry into my pedagogy using four key transferable skills: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Additionally, I have formal training in the Art of Academic Advising, and that preparation (alongside my diverse life and professional experiences) allows me to guide students in unique and innovative ways. And for me, teaching is fun! It's one of the main reasons I chose Academia as a career! My overall goal is to spread Geography; help diffuse it in space-time; help people realize its applicability. If that means I utilize various facets, like actor-networks, landform change, microclimate, gender theory, geovisualization, etc., of the discipline's diamond to illuminate a situation, then super! Whatever it takes to show how Geography plays such a key role in today's world and should be at the forefront of everyone's minds! |
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At least one thing on this site was updated in Fall 2008 |
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Casey D. Allen |
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Geographer, PhD |
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Case on columnar basalt Isle of Staffa, Scotland |
