Thomas E. Chapman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography
Old Dominion University
Dept. of Political Science and Geography
7000 Batten Arts and Letters
Norfolk, VA 23529-0088
(757) 683-3841 (office)
(757) 683-4763 (fax)
E-mail: techapma@odu.edu
EDUCATION
2007 Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Doctor of Philosophy (Geography)
1992 University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Master of Arts (Geography)
1985 Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Bachelor of Arts (Geography)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2009- Assistant Professor of Geography
Present Dept. of Political Science and Geography
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
2007- Assistant Professor of Geography
2009 Dept. of Geology and Geography
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-2003 Manager GIS Operations, Feasinomics, Inc. Naples, FL
1998-2001 Vice President of Marketing, Putnam Investments. Boston, MA
1993-1998 Senior Research Analyst (GIS and Demographics), Fidelity Investments. Boston, MA
1989-1993 Neighborhood Planner, City of Boston 1989-1993.
SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Courses taught at Old Dominion University:
Þ Cartography
Þ Human Geography
Courses taught at Georgia Southern University:
Þ World Regional Geography
Þ Political Geography
Þ Introduction to GIS and Cartography
Þ Intermediate GIS
Þ Advanced GIS
Courses taught at Florida State University:
Þ World Regional Geography
Þ Introduction to GIS
Þ Political Geography
Þ Geographies of Social Justice (new course developed)
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Articles published in refereed journals:
Thomas Chapman, Jonathan Leib, Gerald Webster (2007). “Race, The Creative Class, and Political Geographies of Same Sex Marriage in Georgia.” Southeastern Geographer, 47(1), 27-54.
Thomas Chapman (2005).“Globalization, Identity, and the Florida Realm of the ORION Knights of The Ku Klux Klan: Landscapes of Resistance in Immokalee, Florida.” The Florida Geographer. 36: 84-98.
Parts of Books:
Thomas Chapman (2006). Essays on "Public Space" and "Geographies of Justice." in Barney Warf (ed.). Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Sage Publications. pp. 388-89; pp. 265-66.
Barney Warf and Thomas Chapman (2006). “Cathedrals of Consumption: The Political Phenomenology of Wal-Mart.” in Wal-Mart World, Stanley Brunn (ed.). Routledge, pp. 163-178.
Manuscripts Accepted for Publication:
Philip E. Steinberg and Thomas E. Chapman (2009). “Key West’s Conch Republic: Building Sovereignties of Connection”. Political Geography. Article In Press,
Gerald Webster, Thomas Chapman, Jonathan Leib (2009). "Sustaining the ‘Societal and Scriptural Fence’: Cultural, Social and Political Topographies of Same Sex Marriage in Alabama.” The Professional Geographer. Article in Press.
Thomas Chapman (2009). Essays on "Geography and Citizenship"; "Geography and Human Rights"; "Geography and Sexuality"; "Don Mitchell"; "Public Space". in Barney Warf (ed.). Encyclopedia of Geography, Sage Publications (forthcoming 2009).
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
Thomas Chapman and Robert Yarbrough. Community Geography in the Rural American South: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. 2009.
Thomas Chapman. Embodied Identities and the Body: Community Discourse and Debate Of Local Anti-Discrimination Law Based Upon Sexual Orientation. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. 2008.
Thomas Chapman. No Mouse in My House? Orlando ‘Gay Days’ and the Geographies of Spectacle. Southeastern Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Charleston, SC. 2007.
Thomas Chapman. An Applied Approach to the Politics of Place: Sexual Minority Rights and Spaces of Citizenship in Three Florida Localities. Applied Geography Conference. Tampa, Florida. 2006.
Thomas Chapman and Jonathan Leib. The Political Geographies of Same Sex Marriage in Georgia. Southeastern Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. West Palm Beach, Florida. 2005.
Thomas Chapman. Heterosexualizing Ownership of Place: Scale Politics and the Contestation of a Human Rights Ordinance in Collier County, Florida. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado. 2005.
Philip Steinberg and Thomas Chapman. The Conch Republic: Where Sovereignty is a State of Mind. Political Geography Pre-Conference, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado. 2005.
Seminars, Panels and Workshops:
Thomas Chapman. How to get Job in GIS. Seminar given to undergraduate Geography/GIS majors at Georgia Southern University. 2008.
Thomas Chapman and Robert Yarbrough. Community Mapping Workshop. GIS and mapping workshop given to regional non-profit organizations as part of Georgia Southern University’s Community Geography Initiative. 2008.
Thomas Chapman. The Political Geography of the 2004 Presidential Election. Session panelist. Presented at: Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. Biloxi, Mississippi. 2004.
Reviewer for journals:
Southeastern Geographer. 2007; 2009.
Speaking engagements:
Thomas Chapman. Community Geography in The Rural American South. Presented at Old Dominion University, Department of Political Science and Geography. 2009.
Philip Steinberg and Thomas Chapman. Contesting Connectedness: Performance of Difference in Key West, Florida. Presented at the Center for Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. 2006.
Funded projects and grants:
Thomas Chapman and Robert Yarbrough. Georgia Southern University Faculty Research Award ($9,864). Research grant for project entitled: “Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Detecting Substandard Housing in Camden County, Georgia”. 2009.
Thomas Chapman and Robert Yarbrough. Georgia Southern University Faculty Service Award ($5,790). Academic service award to fund a Community Geography Initiative. 2008.
Membership in professional societies:
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG)
National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)
Honors and awards for scholarship:
Awarded ‘Best Journal Article of the Year’ by editors of the Southeastern Geographer. 2008.
Earl and Sophia Shaw Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research. Florida State University (Cash award: $1,000). 2006.
Graduate Assistantship (Doctoral level). Florida State University. 2005-2007.
Research Fellow in Geographic Information Systems. Devoe Moore Center for Government and Public Policy, Florida State University. 2003-2005.
SCHOLARSHIP OF SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND THE PROFESSION
Advising responsibilities:
Undergraduate advisor for 25 geography majors. Georgia Southern University. 2007-2008.
Supervision of two undergraduate theses required for the B.S. Geography degree. Georgia Southern University. 2009.
Committee work at campus, college, department and University levels:
Scholarship Committee. Department of Political Science and Geography, Old Dominion University. 2009.
Curriculum Committee. Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University. 2007-2009.
Faculty Search Committee. Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University. 2008.
Assistance to student organizations:
Faculty Advisor, Georgia Southern University Gay/Straight Student Alliance (GSU/GSA). 2009.
Faculty Advisor, Georgia Southern University Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). 2008-2009.
Service to the community as a representative of the University:
University Liaison, Savannah Area GIS (Regional GIS Professional Association). 2007-2009.
Created and Managed the Georgia Southern University Community Geography Initiative (CGI). 2008-2009.
Service to the Geography discipline:
State of Georgia executive committee representative. Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG). 2009.
Executive Board member. Political Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers (AAG). 2008-2009.
Executive Board Member. Ethics, Justice and Human Rights Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (AAG). 2004-2006.
Service on conference committees:
Conference committee, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) annual meeting. 2008; 2009.
Session Chair: Cultural Space Creation. Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. Charleston, SC. 2007.
Session Chair: Gender Issues. Applied Geography Conference. Tampa, Florida. October 2006.
Paper Discussant, Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. 2005; 2007; 2009.