Dydia DeLyser

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6172 ~ Fax: 225-578-4420
E-mail: dydia@lsu.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1998.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cultural Geography
Historical Geography
Feminist Geography
Qualitative Methods and Methodologies
Social Theory

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

DeLyser, Dydia. 2005. Ramona Memories: Tourism and the Shaping of Southern California (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press).

DeLyser, Dydia, Andrew Curtis, and Rebecca Sheehan. 2004. “Using E-Bay for Research in Historical Geography,” Journal of Historical Geography 30: 764-782 .

DeLyser, Dydia. 2003. “Ramona Memories: Fiction, Tourist Practices, and Placing the Past in Southern California,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93(4): 886-908.

DeLyser, Dydia. 2001. “ ‘Do You Really Live Here?’ Thoughts on Insider Research,” Geographical Review, 91(1 and 2): 441-453

DeLyser, Dydia. 1999. “Authenticity on the Ground: Engaging the Past in a California Ghost Town,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 89(4): 602-632.

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, Geographical Review, 2006 to present Globe Book Award, Association of American Geographers, 2005

Co-Chair, Qualitative Research Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 2005 to present

Phi Kappa Phi Award for Outstanding Untenured Faculty Member in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Louisiana State University, 2005.

Editorial Board member, Journal of Historical Geography, 2005 to present

B. P. Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, 2004.

Editorial Board member, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 2004 to present

Co-Editor, Historical Geography, 1999-present

COURSES TAUGHT

Human Geography: Europe and the Americas
Cultural Geography
Urban Geography
Gender, Place, and Culture
Advanced Qualitative Methods
Academic and Professional Writing