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Dear Geographers: Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving break. Allow me to revise the start time of Emma Walcott-Wilson's dissertation defense scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 3). Rather than starting at 12:30pm, it will now begin on 12:15pm on the dot. See the details of the defense below, which will be held in BGB 104 (rather than the usual 406). DA Derek H. Alderman, PhD Professor of Geography<http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-derek-alderman/> From: Alderman, Derek Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 2:05 PM To: GeogGrads <[log in to unmask]>; GeogFaculty <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] Cc: Micheline van Riemsdijk <[log in to unmask]>; Benjamin, Stefanie Ka <[log in to unmask]>; Munoz, Isabel Solange <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Emma Walcott-Wilson Dissertation Defense, Dec. 3, 12:30pm Dear folks: It is my great honor and pleasure to announce that Geography doctoral candidate Emma Walcott-Wilson will present and defend her dissertation on Tuesday, Dec. 3, beginning at 12:30pm in Burchfiel, room 104 (normally used as the Geography Community Engagement room). The title of Emma's dissertation is " Tour guides as place-makers: Emotional labor, plantation aesthetics, and interpretations of slavery in South Carolina." Her graduate committee consist of Drs. Stefanie Benjamin, Solange Munoz, and Micheline van Riemsdijk and I serve as committee chair/advisor. As is the custom, the defense will begin a brief presentation by the candidate followed by a few questions from the general audience and a longer, closed door discussion with the doctoral committee. The wider department community and members of the university and Knoxville community are invited to the public presentation and Q & A. Best wishes, DA Derek H. Alderman, PhD Professor of Geography<http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-derek-alderman/> Betty Lynn Hendrickson Professor of Social Science Department of Geography, University of Tennessee 408 Burchfiel Geography Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0925 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To review the archives of CLUBGGY or Join/Leave the list go to: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/clubggy.html