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Katrina Stack

@katgeographic.bsky.social
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cultural geographer. public historian. views my own. www.katrinastack.com

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Setholopolis @sethographer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Always a pleasure to collaborate with @derekgeographer.bsky.social and @katgeographic.bsky.social for pieces in The Conversation! This was informed by our recent journal article in the Professional Geographer about using @us.theconversation.com in the classroom: doi.org/10.1080/0033...
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From jargon to impact: Teaching undergraduates the art of public communication
Teaching public storytelling to students can help them communicate better in the world.
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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📢Call for papers for #AAG2027: "Desirable Futures in/from Historical Geography” What desirable futures can historical geography help us imagine—and build? @geographers.bsky.social @blackgeographies.bsky.social @culturalgeogsg.bsky.social
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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
for creativity, community and a shared love of the weird and whimsical.
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As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots?
To what extent has the line between playful community space and commercial spectacle been blurred?
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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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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
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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
This isn’t just about where objects travel. It’s who gets to decide when, how, and for how long communities can access their own histories.
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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
A loan assumes ownership, authority, and the right to take something back. It says: this is ours, but we’ll let you use it (for now). That keeps colonial power over other people’s heritage firmly in place.
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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 · 12/12/2025
It feels so good! 🧡
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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
All images from the Beauford Delaney Papers, MS.3967, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Estate of Beauford Delaney by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire.
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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
Thank you! I am really excited about the conversations that could develop in this!
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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Inspired by Katherine McKittrick’s 2025 AAG Stanley Brunn Award lecture, this panel will explore the tensions between sharing stories and protecting them, particularly when working with or within marginalized communities. @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
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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
guess no one foresaw a president demolishing some of the east wing in 1966.
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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 · 18/10/2025
yay field trips! 🧡 loved spending time in @greatsmokynps.bsky.social !
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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
NCPH Logo. NCPH Signs Joint Statement on Erasure of History at NPS Sites.
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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
And stay tuned for the exhibition album for *this* exhibit, which I am the lead author of! Opening this fall at UTK Libraries, “Beauford Delaney: Light Beyond the Canvas” ✨
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Katrina Stack @katgeographic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I was also able to include things like the exhibit album from Paris Noir at @centrepompidou.bsky.social, which I brought back from my visit in May. By including nods to recent exhibitions that featured Delaney, it emphasizes his continued importance and connections to items in this collection.
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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 · 01/07/2025
🧚‍♀️🧝‍♂️🏰
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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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