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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

On Monday I start my first week as an assistant professor. But this weekend I’m reeling from losing everything I own in a fire. Any support is greatly appreciated. spot.fund/8c4sxhmsc

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UTK Geography & Sustainability @utkgeography.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Huge congratulations to Dr. Katrina Stack (PhD ‘26), who will be joining the University of South Florida this fall as Assistant Professor of U.S. Public History!

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UTK Geography & Sustainability @utkgeography.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“‘A Place in This World’: Critical Placemaking and Identity Formation at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour” was co-authored by Dr. Katrina Stack while she was completing her PhD in our department. The article is now published in GeoHumanities! Read it at the 🔗 here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FYJDV...

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Officially a Swiftie Geographer ✨ read “‘A Place in This World’: Critical Placemaking and Identity Formation at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour,” published now in GeoHumanities! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FYJDV...

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This fall, I’ll be joining the University of South Florida as Assistant Professor of U.S. Public History! Grateful, excited, and ready for this next era 💚🤘🏻

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 14/06/2026

They may not be historically accurate, but cultural geographers Katrina Stack of the University of Tennessee and Reagan Yessler of Pellissippi State Community College explain why Renaissance fairs remain spaces...

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 14/06/2026

Renaissance fairs began as a countercultural experiment in 1960s California. Today, you might see Vikings strolling alongside mermaids, elves and pirates — with tickets costing more than $50.

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UTK Geography & Sustainability @utkgeography.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We 🫶 our grad students! Our master’s and doctoral students do it all—balancing coursework and thesis or dissertation research while showing up as incredible TAs, teaching associates, and research assistants.🧡🌎 #gpsaw #gradstudentappreciationweek

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UTK Geography & Sustainability @utkgeography.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Where can you find UTK at #AAG2026 next week? Scroll this 🧵 or click the 🔗 below to check out some of the papers, posters, and panels we’re part of at the annual meeting in San Francisco starting March 17! www.canva.com/design/DAHCq...

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I love the Olympics because people in my life know that I’m the figure skater / judge who can answer their questions.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

My love language: making baked goods for people I care about 🤍

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Describing the “loan” of objects taken through colonial violence as “positive” or “very innovative” doesn’t hold up. It leaves the colonial system that put those objects there completely intact. news.artnet.com/art-world/br...

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British Museum Launches Long-Term Loan Program to Former Colonies

The British Museum has launched a new scheme that will see it share artifacts in its collection with museums in former British colonies.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Because nothing says “one week till your dissertation defense!” like having a broken foot.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

On this day 70 years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. On display at UT Libraries are these sketches done by Beauford Delaney, which precede his Rosa Parks series. They include phrases like "Ain't getting up" and "I will not be moved."

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I really loved reading and reviewing Southern Beauty and highly recommend it!

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UTK Geography & Sustainability @utkgeography.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

PhD Candidate Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social presented “Remapping Black Paris: Walking Tours as Embodied Archives and Cartographies” at the REP Conference last week in Albuquerque! Her collaborators are her advisor Derek Alderman @derekgeographer.bsky.social and Monique Y. Wells.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

My dissertation defense is scheduled!!

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I just sent my dissertation to my committee and asked to schedule my defense.

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Cultural Geography Specialty Group @culturalgeogsg.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Check out these call for papers and panelist for #AAG2026 ! If you have a CGSG sponsored session you’d would like us to share, please email the graphic to our grad rep at jlh7707@psu.edu

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UTK Geography & Sustainability @utkgeography.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We are excited to invite you to a one-hour virtual Graduate Program Information Session for the Department of Geography & Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville! 📅: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 ⏰: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EDT Register to attend at this 🔗: tiny.utk.edu/UTKGeogInfo

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

📢 Call for Panelists | #AAG2026 “Ethics, Creativity, and Refusal in Storytelling and Scholarship” Interested in joining our panel? Email 📩 kstack@vols.utk.edu + EFrazier@MissouriState.edu Full panel description ⬇️ www.canva.com/design/DAG2h...

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

where was the section 106 review on this?

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

recent baking: • dirty chai snickerdoodles • caramel apple macarons • dubai chocolate macarons • brown sugar poptart bars

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I really mean it when I say that I hope I can be as good of an advisor and mentor to my future students as my advisors and mentors have been to me throughout the years.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Gave a tour of my exhibit and approved the page proofs of the exhibition album I wrote today!

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I trial judged at my first figure skating competition! While it was challenging, I really loved being immersed in skating for a whole weekend ❤️⛸️

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

As the resident Swiftie and social media girlie of my department, you know I had to ❤️‍🔥

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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

NCPH has issued a joint statement with @aaslh.org, @oah.org, @asalh-bhm.bsky.social, and #AAAM on the erasure of history at National Park Service sites and steps you can take to support NPS sites. Read the full statement here: ncph.org/wp-content/u... #Advocacy #PublicHistory #SupportNPS

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I finished my fellowship position for the Beauford Delaney Papers Collection last week. This part of the exhibit is one of my contributions. One case highlights his sketches that precede his Rosa Parks series, while the other than explores his relational geographies in Knoxville, NYC, and Paris.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Today’s baking: Dubai chocolate brownies Cheesy garlic focaccia bread

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I was accepted to trial judge for a US Figure Skating non-qualifying competition! I’m excited for this new role in the figure skating world ⛸️ 🧡

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I probably spent more time on this postdoc app than any other application I’ve submitted and I hope it makes a difference.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

If you only want sites that highlight “beauty, abundance, or grandeur," then you don't care about actual history — you want propaganda. www.sfgate.com/california-p...

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Signs to police 'negative' history went up at Manzanar. Historians are nervous.

"It sends a pretty clear message that your story is not welcome here."

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Me: I have so much writing to do. Also me: What are the requirements to be a @usfigureskating.bsky.social judge?

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Last week, I took a spontaneous trip back to Paris. I didn't open my laptop the entire time I was there, and I loved every minute. It was the reset I needed.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The highlight of my return to Paris was definitely Paris Noir at @centrepompidou.bsky.social. Studying Beauford Delaney for the last two years and seeing so many of his works in one place was truly special.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I published some stuff this year.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I haven’t opened my laptop the entire time I’ve been in France.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Application is in the mail! 9-11 months to Irish citizenship!

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

not my best set, but kinda cute for @utkgeography.bsky.social end of the year awards ceremony

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

how am i supposed to get any work done.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

someone in the writing group on zoom: “are you back in france?” me: “…not yet.” but this is 10000% my favorite place to get work done on a friday morning.

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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Returning to Paris since I’m not graduating when I planned to.

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UTK Geography & Sustainability @utkgeography.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

PhD candidate Katrina Stack is the research fellow for the Beauford Delaney Papers Collection at UT Libraries. Read this article that discusses how she brought her perspective as a geographer to studying the archive of an abstract expressionist artist. volumes.lib.utk.edu/features/see...

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Seeing an Artist Through the Archive: Beauford Delaney in Paris -

Knoxville-born artist Beauford Delaney’s colorful portraits and vivid abstractions can be viewed in the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Knoxville Museum of Art, among many...

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