UTK Geography & Sustainability

Meet our 2025-2026 graduate students! 🧡🌎 Got our traditional picture outside of BGB just in time for #GeographyAwarenessWeek!

A recent article in the GR by Jack Swab explores #Northwestern University as a preeminent center for geographic thought in the U.S. Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @UTKGeography @AmericanGeo

Dr. Derek Alderman (@MLKStreet) was quoted in this recent @nytimes article, offering insight into Nauru’s decision to officially adopt the name “Naoero” — a change that better reflects what the island’s people have long called it. nytimes.com/2026/05/18/wor…

Congratulations to Ian Scott, who received an Achievement Award in Natural Sciences 2026 Exhibit of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURECA). Ian worked with Professor Sally Horn to develop a long-term fire history from a lake sediment core. • • 📸: Sally Horn

🚀 Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD): Michael Camponovo

🎓 Outstanding Graduate Advocate: LaToya Eaves 🍎 Outstanding Faculty Teaching (Undergraduate): Jack Swab

Congratulations to everyone recognized at this year’s department awards ceremony! ✨🌎🧡 Scroll this 🧵 to see this year’s graduate, undergraduate and faculty awards recipients!

Renaissance fairs began as a refuge for artists blacklisted during the Red Scare. Now they're a multimillion-dollar industry grappling with their countercultural origins. Cultural geographers explore how the spirit of the fairs has changed: theconversation.com/as-renaissance…

Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast, then seagrass made an unexpected comeback. Another great contribution to @ConversationUS from @UTKGeography @ArtsSciencesUT. Well done, Drs. Hannah Herrero @hvherrero & Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner @SouthwesternU theconversation.com/hurricanes-dev…

Join us for our Lunch & Learn with our Earth Day speaker, National Geographic Photographer and BBC Cinematographer Martin Gregus! 📅 Thursday, April 23 🕦 11:30AM-1:00PM 📍 Frieson Black Cultural Center 102/103 🍛 Catered by Tarik's North African

Join us on Thursday for our Earth Day Speaker, National Geographic Photographer and BBC Cinematographer Martin Gregus! 📅Thursday, April 23 🕞 Reception at 3:30pm with seminar to follow at 4:00pm 📍 SU 262 B/C

As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots? Cultural geographers Katrina Stack & Reagan Yessler @theAAG @UTKGeography contribute to the public's understanding of these fairs as spaces of escape and comfort theconversation.com/as-renaissance…

Huzzah! Drs. Katrina Stack and Reagan Yessler (PhD ‘25) just published a new article for @ConversationUS, “As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots?” Read it now at the 🔗 below! theconversation.com/as-renaissance…