PhD Student in Human Geography
508 McCone Hall
visual representation, community development, Oakland, black geographies, critical race and new media studies
RESEARCH INTERSESTS
My current research draws on black feminist geographies, media studies and science and technology studies to look at practices of black community building in Oakland, city development, and how claims to space are articulated through social media imagery.
AWARDS
UC Consortium for Black Studies Grant
Chancellor's Fellowship for Graduate Study
PUBLICATIONS
Hawthorne, C. & Heitz, K. “A Seat at the Table?: Reflections on Black Geographies and the Limits to Dialogue” Dialogues in Human Geography. (2018, vol. 8, issue 2).