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Kyle D Green

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Narrative

I have always found great pleasure in learning new and wondrous things. Sociology is the discipline that allows me to continue to explore the world with the wonderment of a child first entering the magical lands of fairy tales.


Specialties

  • Sociology
  • Geography
  • Excess, violence, and masculinity
  • Mixed Martial Arts
  • Popular Culture (sport, music, youth)
  • Spaces of escape
  • Place, Identity, Critical Race Theory

Educational Background

  • B.A.: Geography major, Philosophy and Honors minors, State University of New York (SUNY), Geneseo, NY, 2005.
  • M.A.: Geography, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2008.

Research Activities

  • Globalization and sustainable development in Latin America: Research assistant for a National Science Foundation funded study of the urban thermal heat island effect in Merida, Mexico, 06/2003 - 08/2003
  • Globalization and sustainable development in Latin America: Research assistant for a National Science Foundation funded study of consumer consumption and waste generation in Merida, Mexico, 06/2003 - 08/2003
  • Globalization and sustainable development in Latin America: Research assistant for a National Science Foundation funded study of ecotourism in Celestun, Mexico, 06/2003 - 08/2003

Professional Activities

  • 2005 AAG conference poster presentation, Denver, CO: The Globalization of Basketball
  • Paper presentation at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers: Analysis of the Generation and Distribution of Solid Waste in Mérida, Mexico
  • Paper Presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Geographers (Boston): Streetball: Representation and racialization of an urban performance (as part of the Public Space and Spectacle session)
  • Discussant on the Critical Sports Geography panel at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Geographers (Boston)

Awards

  • National Council for Geographic Education & Association of American Geographers Award for Excellence of Scholarship, 2004 - 2005

Courses Taught

  • Cities, Citizens, and Communities (Teaching Assistant)
  • Geographies of Global Cities (Teaching Assistant)
  • Physical Geography (Lab Instructor)
  • Humanities II (Teaching Assistant)
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