Willie Wright (Starting Fall 2017)

Assistant Professor

Education

Ph.D. Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017
M.A. Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville, 2010
B.A. Communication Disorders, University of Houston, 2008

Research Interests

Black geographies, black radical tradition, urban geography, cultural geography, race & agriculture

Selected Publications

Wright, W. White guy insight’: On Patrice O’Neal’s comedic double-consciousness. In Theresa Rajack-Talley & Derrick Brooms (Eds.) Through the Barrel of the Bullet: Black Male Mentorship and Scholarship. Lanham: MD. Lexington Books. Forthcoming.

Wright, W. & Herman, C. No “blank canvas”: Public art and gentrification in Houston’s third ward. City & Society. Forthcoming.