M Beth Schlemper
Biographic Data
| ID | 6100192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Beth Schlemper |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Beth |
| FAMILY NAME | Schlemper |
| SIGNATURE | SCHLEMPER M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toledo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4678-0458 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Culturally Responsive Teaching through Spatial Justice in Urban Neighborhoods
As part of a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to create culturally responsive curriculum that uses critical spatial thinking and geospatial technologies to address spatial justice in urban neighborhoods, students from a predominantly African American inner-city public high school in Toledo, Ohio participated in two summer workshops in 2015 and 2016. Using a range of data sources including sketch maps, interviews, and neighborhood-…
Yi-Fu Tuan’s Legacy
Yi-Fu Tuan published extensively in a number of outlets throughout his long career, including in the Geographical Review between 1968 and 2002. While Tuan’s influence on research and teaching in geography was far reaching, he also inspired scholars in other disciplines, such as education and environmental psychology. This retrospective essay commemorates Tuan’s relationship with the Geographical Review and brings together a diverse group of schol…
Identity, social interaction, and networks in the region of Wisconsin’s Holyland
This paper focuses on how a sense of identity, social interaction, and networks contribute to the construction and maintenance of regions. Using Wisconsin’s Holyland as a case study, we conducted fieldwork, collected primary data from residents through a survey, and utilized social network analysis (SNA) to determine how it is defined as a vernacular and functional region. While there appeared to be consensus regarding the key defining characteri…
Including Students’ Geographies in Geography Education
Preparing students to become active, participatory citizens is more than promoting personal responsibility. It requires actively engaging with others in order to improve one’s community. Using a critical geography approach, this article describes research with students living in urban areas that engaged them in fieldwork and citizen mapping of the neighborhood around their high school. We were interested in how they interacted with this environme…
Introduction to the 2013 Marquee Address
Introduction to the Marquee Address
Additional informationNotes on contributorsM. Beth SchlemperM. Beth Schlemper is Chair of the Cultural Geography Specialty Group of the AAG, and Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Toledo
Departmental Climate and Student Experiences in Geography Graduate Programs’
Discourses on ‘Diversity’
This qualitative and contextual study explores how 'diversity' is interpreted by graduate students and faculty in ten departments of geography in the United States. It applies a model that considers historical, structural, psychological and behavioral dimensions. Themes addressed include issues related to gender, international origin, race/ethnicity, age, family status, disciplinary subfields and institutional location; silences persist around se…
From the Rhenish Prussian Eifel to the Wisconsin Holyland
The Regional Construction of Identity and Scale in Wisconsin's Holyland
Through an examination of a regional construct, this study reveals the relationships between the processes that shape the construction of identity and scale. This paper examines the political, social, cultural, and institutional forces that were most significant in the construction of identity and scale in a region known as the Holyland in east central Wisconsin. This study provides a glimpse into how particular geographic scales are constructed …
Including Students’ Geographies in Geography Education
Preparing students to become active, participatory citizens is more than promoting personal responsibility. It requires actively engaging with others in order to improve one’s community. Using a critical geography approach, this article describes research with students living in urban areas that engaged them in fieldwork and citizen mapping of the neighborhood around their high school. We were interested in how they interacted with this environme…
Discourses on ‘Diversity’
This qualitative and contextual study explores how 'diversity' is interpreted by graduate students and faculty in ten departments of geography in the United States. It applies a model that considers historical, structural, psychological and behavioral dimensions. Themes addressed include issues related to gender, international origin, race/ethnicity, age, family status, disciplinary subfields and institutional location; silences persist around se…
Culturally Responsive Teaching through Spatial Justice in Urban Neighborhoods
As part of a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to create culturally responsive curriculum that uses critical spatial thinking and geospatial technologies to address spatial justice in urban neighborhoods, students from a predominantly African American inner-city public high school in Toledo, Ohio participated in two summer workshops in 2015 and 2016. Using a range of data sources including sketch maps, interviews, and neighborhood-…
From the Rhenish Prussian Eifel to the Wisconsin Holyland
The Regional Construction of Identity and Scale in Wisconsin's Holyland
Through an examination of a regional construct, this study reveals the relationships between the processes that shape the construction of identity and scale. This paper examines the political, social, cultural, and institutional forces that were most significant in the construction of identity and scale in a region known as the Holyland in east central Wisconsin. This study provides a glimpse into how particular geographic scales are constructed …
The Regional Construction of Identity and Scale in Wisconsin's Holyland
Through an examination of a regional construct, this study reveals the relationships between the processes that shape the construction of identity and scale. This paper examines the political, social, cultural, and institutional forces that were most significant in the construction of identity and scale in a region known as the Holyland in east central Wisconsin. This study provides a glimpse into how particular geographic scales are constructed …
From the Rhenish Prussian Eifel to the Wisconsin Holyland
Discourses on ‘Diversity’
This qualitative and contextual study explores how 'diversity' is interpreted by graduate students and faculty in ten departments of geography in the United States. It applies a model that considers historical, structural, psychological and behavioral dimensions. Themes addressed include issues related to gender, international origin, race/ethnicity, age, family status, disciplinary subfields and institutional location; silences persist around se…
Departmental Climate and Student Experiences in Geography Graduate Programs’
Introduction to the Marquee Address
Additional informationNotes on contributorsM. Beth SchlemperM. Beth Schlemper is Chair of the Cultural Geography Specialty Group of the AAG, and Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Toledo
Introduction to the 2013 Marquee Address
Including Students’ Geographies in Geography Education
Preparing students to become active, participatory citizens is more than promoting personal responsibility. It requires actively engaging with others in order to improve one’s community. Using a critical geography approach, this article describes research with students living in urban areas that engaged them in fieldwork and citizen mapping of the neighborhood around their high school. We were interested in how they interacted with this environme…
Identity, social interaction, and networks in the region of Wisconsin’s Holyland
This paper focuses on how a sense of identity, social interaction, and networks contribute to the construction and maintenance of regions. Using Wisconsin’s Holyland as a case study, we conducted fieldwork, collected primary data from residents through a survey, and utilized social network analysis (SNA) to determine how it is defined as a vernacular and functional region. While there appeared to be consensus regarding the key defining characteri…
Yi-Fu Tuan’s Legacy
Yi-Fu Tuan published extensively in a number of outlets throughout his long career, including in the Geographical Review between 1968 and 2002. While Tuan’s influence on research and teaching in geography was far reaching, he also inspired scholars in other disciplines, such as education and environmental psychology. This retrospective essay commemorates Tuan’s relationship with the Geographical Review and brings together a diverse group of schol…
Culturally Responsive Teaching through Spatial Justice in Urban Neighborhoods
As part of a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to create culturally responsive curriculum that uses critical spatial thinking and geospatial technologies to address spatial justice in urban neighborhoods, students from a predominantly African American inner-city public high school in Toledo, Ohio participated in two summer workshops in 2015 and 2016. Using a range of data sources including sketch maps, interviews, and neighborhood-…
Sociology (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Social science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Geography Education and Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works)