Dr. Derek Alderman, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Tennessee Knoxville
DEREK ALDERMAN
Founder, he/him
Derek Alderman, Ph.D. is a cultural and historical geographer interested in race relations, public memory, popular culture, and heritage tourism in the U.S. South. Much of my work focuses on the rights of African Americans to claim the power to commemorate the past and shape cultural landscapes as part of a broader goal of social and spatial justice.
Expertise: Racism & Inequality, Plantations, Enslavement & Heritage Tourism, Race and public memory, Black commemorative activism, Black counter-mobility work, Critical place naming analysis
Contact: dalderma@utk.edu
Selected Publications