Bethany Craig

Education:
2026: Ph.D. in Geography, University of Kentucky. (Lexington, Kentucky). Dissertation: Geopolitics of Reproductive Health: Storytelling Capacities and Political Implications of Bodily Markings (Advisor: Dr. Patricia Ehrkamp)

2022: M.S. in Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Summa Cum Laude. Thesis: Scars as Cartography: Bodily Commemorations and Memorials (Advisors: Drs. Derek H. Alderman and Dr. Nikki Luke).

2020: B.S in Marketing/Collateral: Human Resources, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Summa Cum Laude. Haslam College of Business (Knoxville, Tennessee).



Research Interests:
Commemoration
Black Feminist Thought
Symbolic Interaction
Community development
feminist geography
Feminist Geopolitics
Reproductive Health
Selected Publications:

  1. Craig, B., Swab, J., & DeBruin, J. (2024). Bowling for Better: Reforming World Geography Bowl to Create a More Inclusive Geography. The Professional Geographer, 76(3), 367–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2291377

  2. Yessler, R., & Craig, B. (2024). Dungeons and Dragons: Gender, Race, and Power in the Fantasy and Storytelling Space. GeoHumanities, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566X.2024.2352528

  3. Derek H. Alderman, Bethany Craig, Joshua Inwood & Shaundra Cunningham (2023) The 1964 freedom schools as neglected chapter in Geography education,  Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 47:3, 411-431, DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2022.2087056

  4. Craig, B. (2023). My Scars Tell My Stories. (B. Craig, Illus.). Kindle Direct Publishing.