Graduate Students

Kate Coddington

Ph.D. Student
kcodding@syr.edu

http://katecoddington.weebly.com

 Education
Ph.D. (ant. 2013), Geography, Syracuse University

Title: Aboriginal and refugee geographies of containment in Darwin, Australia, 1966-2010

Advisor:  Dr. Alison Mountz, Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Global Migration, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University and Waterloo Univer

Committee Members: Dr. Jamie Winders, Dr. John Western, Dr. Jackie Orr (Sociology)

C.A.S. (2013), Women’s and Gender Studies, Syracuse University

M.A. (2009), Geography, Syracuse University 

Title: Living and Breathing Bodies and States: Stories of Park and Place in Seward, Alaska 

Advisor: Dr. Alison Mountz

B.A. (2003) , History, Carleton College. 

Magna cum laude, Dean’s List 2001, 2002. Phi Beta Kappa, 2003. Awarded distinction in major field.

Research Interests:   

I am a political geographer who focuses on the politics of mobility in settler colonial spaces. My work is framed by a feminist geographical epistemology that explores the intersectional power relations that underscore the unequal access to citizenship, mobility, and belonging. My dissertation explores what I call 'geographies of containment' in Northern Australia that affect asylum seekers and Aboriginal Australians in diverse and powerful ways. 

Awards/Honors:
2012 Maxwell Dean’s Summer Research Award

2011 Syracuse University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

2011 Maxwell Dean’s Summer Research Award

2010 Maxwell Dean’s Summer Research Award

2009-2012 Syracuse University Fellowship

2009 Glenda Laws Student Paper Competition Award, 

Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group, 

Association of American Geographers

2009 PLACA Research Award

2009 Maxwell Dean’s Summer Research Award

2008 Maxwell Dean’s Summer Research Award