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Assistant Professor PO Box 173364, CB 172 casey.allen@ucdenver.edu |
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Part of summer fieldwork on the Colorado Plateau. Zion National Park. |
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"Go and see..." Aristotle told Alexander, and that's pretty much what I do whenever possible. As a "Traditional" Geographer, I am broadly-trained, have a penchant for fieldwork, and pursue all sorts of research. My current endeavor focuses on demonstrating that fieldwork enhances learning. For this, I use humanistic geography as a platform and the mediums of rock decay and biological soil crusts to engage people in the landscape. Regionally-speaking, my specialties include Arid lands, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, although I do have a solid grasp of most other regions. Education remains paramount in my life—so much apparently, that the Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education declared me an “Early Career Scholar” in the discipline (2012), and the University of Colorado Denver named me their Outstanding Student Mentor (2013). I believe these accolades have something to do with my formal training in the Art of Academic Advising. And that preparation (alongside my diverse life and professional experiences) allows me to guide and mentor students in unique and innovative ways. Besides, for me teaching and interacting with students is fun...It's one of the main reasons I chose Academia as a career! Overall, my goal rests in spreading Geography; helping diffuse it in space-time; improving people's perception of it and its applicability. If that means I utilize various facets of Geography to illuminate a situation (like actor-networks, landform change, microclimate, gender theory, geovisualization, etc.), then super! Whatever it takes to show how Geography plays such a key role in today's world and should be at the forefront of everyone's minds!
At least one thing on this site was updated Spring Term 2013 |
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Casey D. Allen |
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Geographer, PhD |
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Students at Levera Beach during annual Maymester field studies course. |
