Photo: Contact info Email: kayla.edgett@uga.edu Office: Geography-Geology Building 120K Research Interests: Critical human geography; racial capitalism; placemaking; social movements; counterinsurgency; Atlanta Education Education: Ph.D. (Current), Geography, University of Georgia M.S. (2022), Geosciences, Georgia State University B.A. (2013), Sociology, Emory University Research Selected Publications: 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
