University of Tennessee, Department of Geography
Contact Information Email: bshultz@utk.edu Outside of school, I enjoy playing old-time music. You can read what I have to say about that and hear the music at this site: Notes from Yew Piney Mountain. | ResearchI study distributed innovation in networked economies. I am particularly interested in studying the relationship between the DiY arts and crafts movement and the web. EducationPhD (in progress) University of Tennessee, Department of Geography M.A. (2007) Indiana University, Department of Geography B.A. (2004) University of Kentucky, Department of Geography PublicationsShultz, Benjamin J. (2008) Inside the Gilded Cage: The Lives of Latino Immigrant Males in Rural Central Kentucky. Southeastern Geographer 48 (2), 201-218. Shultz, Benjamin J., Lensing, Janet R., Wise, David H. (2006) Effects of Altered Precipitation and Wolf Spiders on the Density and Activity of Forest-Floor Collembola. Pedobiologia 50 (1), 43-50. Papers PresentedShultz, Benjamin J. (2009) Space in the Digital Age: A Case Study of the Online DiY Phenomenon. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 23 November, Knoxville, TN. Shultz, Benjamin J. and Burd, Charlynn A. (2009) The Southern Gentry: Re-Examining Patterns of Growth and Change in the New South. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 23 March, Las Vegas, NV. Shultz, Benjamin J. and Burd, Charlynn A. (2008) The Southern Gentry: Re-Examining Patters of Growth and Change in the New South. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 25 November, Greensboro, NC. Shultz, Benjamin J. (2008) Inside the Gilded Cage: The Experiences of Latino Males in Rural Central Kentucky. Southern Demographers Meeting, 31 October, Greenville, SC. Shultz, Benjamin J. and Johnson, Brian E. (2008) Networks Considered in Explanation of Exurban Migration. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 16 April, Boston. Shultz, Benjamin J. (2007) The Latino Immigrant Experience in Rural Central Kentucky. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 20 April, San Francisco. Grants and AwardsEverett S. Lee Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award: Southern Demographic Association, 2008 Student Publication Award: University of Tennessee, 2008 Urban Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers: Student Travel Support, 2008 Departmental Graduate Fellowship Award for Outstanding Academic Performance: Indiana University Department of Geography, 2007 Chairman's Graduate Student Recognition Award: Indiana University Department of Geography Outstanding Geography Undergraduate Award: University of Kentucky Department of Geography Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant: University of Kentucky Department of Entomology New Horizons Study Abroad Grant: University of Kentucky Office of International Affairs Professional MembershipsAssociation of American Geographers Southern Demographic Association Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Urban Geography Specialty Group Economic Geography Specialty Group TeachingI have taught introductory-level courses in World Regional Geography at both the University of Tennessee and Indiana University.
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