Taylor Shelton
Assistant Professor of Geography and GIS
Department of Geosciences
Mississippi State University
About
My name is Taylor Shelton and I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University. Broadly-trained as a human geographer, my work combines critical socio-spatial theory and GIS in order to understand — and challenge — urban inequalities. In particular, my work focuses on how mapping and data visualization can be used to develop alternative understandings of urban social and spatial processes, especially as it relates to issues of housing speculation, property ownership and neighborhood segregation.
Prior to joining Mississippi State in 2017, I held appointments as a visiting scholar in the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky and as a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Urban Innovation at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I earned my BA and MA degrees in geography from the University of Kentucky and my PhD from the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University.
As of August 2020, I will be joining the Department of Geosciences at Georgia State University as an Assistant Professor.
Interests
- Critical GIS
- Digital geographies
- Urban geography
- Socio-spatial inequality
- Geographic thought and methodology
Education
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Ph.D., Geography, 2015
Clark University
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M.A., Geography, 2011
University of Kentucky
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B.A., Geography and Political Science, 2008
University of Kentucky