Kayla Edgett

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Email:
kayla.edgett@uga.edu
Office:
Geography-Geology Building 120K
Research Interests:

Critical human geography; racial capitalism; placemaking; social movements; counterinsurgency; Atlanta

Education:

Ph.D. (2026), Geography, University of Georgia 
M.S. (2022), Geosciences, Georgia State University 
B.A. (2013), Sociology, Emory University 

Courses Regularly Taught:
GEOG 1130
Selected Publications:

Edgett, K. (forthcoming December 2024). Becoming External Enemies: From Occupy Atlanta to Stop Cop City. In No Cop City, No Cop World: Writings from the Stop Cop City Movement. Haymarket. 

Edgett, K. & Heynen, N. (forthcoming December 2024). Cultivating Solidarity and Trust in the Field Through the “Spiral Model”: Engaging with Communities from a Radical Geographical Perspective. In How To Foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice in Geography, eds. Chen, G., & Eaves, L. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 

Edgett, K., Hankins, K., & Pierce, J. (2023). Whitenesses in the city: A history of place-making in Little Five Points, Atlanta, USA. Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City. doi.org/10.1080/26884674.2023.2209339 

Edgett, K. (2022). Competing Spatial Imaginaries and Counterinsurgency in the "Black Mecca": A Case Study of the Ron Carter Patrol. Thesis, Georgia State University. doi.org/10.57709/28870154

Edgett, K. & Abdelaziz, S. (2021). The Atlanta Way: Repression, Mediation, and Division of Black Resistance from 1906 to the 2020 George Floyd Uprising. Atlanta Studies. atlantastudies.org

Research Areas:
People, Place, and Identity

Major Professor

Nik Heynen

Distinguished Research Professor
nheynen@uga.edu

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