W. Scott Whitlock

Ph.D. Student, Geography & Regional Development

M.A., 2004, Geography, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.S., 2001, Professional Geography, University of North Alabama
B.A., 1999, English, University of North Alabama

Phone: (520) 621-1652 (Departmental)
FAX: (520) 621-2889
E-mail: wswhitlo at email.arizona.edu

Harvill Building, Box #2
Tucson, AZ 85721-0076
USA
Office: Harvill Bldg., Rm. 436

Curriculum Vitae

Research

My dissertation research will consider the intersections of queer theory with human/nature relationships, specifically in how sites of alternative masculinities (namely gay male masculinities) utilize wilderness landscapes in order to calcify identities that have been made invisible by the mainstream conceptions of masculinity, queerness, and who belongs and does not belong in nature. Allowing these two literatures to exist in conversation with each other, as well as with various empirical sites, presents us with opportunities to rupture seemingly naturalized binaries such as rural/urban, female/male, gay/straight, citizen/non-citizen, and white/non-white. This research points the way to a new queer geography and challenges the way that gay men have been written about in the urban and feminist geographic literature.

Current Projects

• "Closets and Half-Closets in the Spaces and Lives of Gay and Lesbian Episcopalians." Submitted.
• "Peep Shows, Camps, and Closets of Violence in the Iraq War," with Zane Grant. In Process.
• "What Does A Bear Do in the Woods?: Gay Male Subculture and the Uses of Masculinity and Wilderness." In Process.