1. TERRI SHAWN MITCHELL
Earth Sciences Department
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
(251) 442-7713
E-mail: smitchell@southalabama.edu
EDUCATION
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
B.A. Dec. 1990, magna cum laude
major- Anthropology minor- Spanish
Ph.D. May 1997
major- Geography minor- Anthropology
AWARDS / GRANTS
Alpha Lambda Delta National Honors Society
Phi Beta Kappa National Honors Society
Robert C. West Field Research Grant
LSU Graduate School Fellowship
C.S. Herschel Course Development Award
Mellon Foundation Travel Award, Inst. of Latin American Studies, UNC
LEADERSHIP / MEMBERSHIP
LSU Geography and Anthropology Society Treasurer
Geography & Anthropology Faculty-Student Liaison
National Geography Bee volunteer- Louisiana, North Carolina, Alabama
Association of American Geographers
Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (C.L.A.G.)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Athletic Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Dept. of History and Geography, Elon College, NC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Geography Department
Department of Continuing Education 1999-present
Troy University
Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Mobile 2002-2013
Education Dept., Spring Hill College, Mobile 2002-present
Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile 2007-present
Walden Univeristy (online) 2015-present
GIS EXPERIENCE
GIS Technician, GIS Department, City of Mobile (temporary position) 2015-2016
COURSES TAUGHT
Traditional classroom setting
Cultural Ecology, Geography of Latin America, World Regional Geography, Historical
World Regional Geography (graduate level), Human Geography, Physical Geography
(Atmospheric Processes and Patterns), Physical Geography (Landscape Processes and

2. Patterns), Third World Development Issues, Inter-Disciplinary Honors Seminar
(Enlightenment Period)
Online and “hybrid” (mixed online and classroom)
Cultural Geography, Geography of Latin America, Physical Geography (Atmospheric
Processes and Patterns), Physical Geography (Landscape Processes and Patterns), World
Regional Geography
PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCE PAPERS
January 2017 (upcoming). “No Country for Young Men/Women: Patterns of refuge and
resistance for Central American unaccompanied children in the US.” Conference of Latin
Americanist Geographers (CLAG), New Orleans, LA
November 2015. “Homeless Villages: Experiments in Micro-housing for the Homeless.”
SEDAAG, Pensacola, FL
November 2014. “What Are Places For? Wendell Berry and the Contextualization of Self.”
South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference. Atlanta, GA.
January 2012. “Incorporating Web-Based Resources into Classroom Lectures.” Web-Enhanced
and Blended Learning Seminar. University of South Alabama, Mobile
June 2011. Faculty seminar for Oxford Study Abroad Program. Oxford, UK
September 2009. “Use of Online Resources in Teaching Social Studies.” Seminar
for teachers. McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, Mobile, AL
October 2000. “Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish: Missionary Imperialism and the Problem of Dual
Citizenship.” Department of Geography Colloquim. UNC-Chapel Hill.
May 1999. “Las Carteleras y Cristos Negros: modalidades cristianas conflictivas en un paisaje
latinoamericano. Proceedings of the Coloquio Internacional sobre Geografia de las Religiones.
Universidad Católica de Santa Fe, Argentina.
April 1999. “Dividing Leviathan: Utilizing Group Projects in Large Classes.” Celebration of
Teaching Colloquium. UNC-Chapel Hill.
March 1993. "La Zona Seca: An Incipient Protestant Region in Traditional Lenca
Lands." Conference of the Southwestern Social Science Association. New Orleans, LA.
1993. "Down in Your Mustard-Seed . . . Heart: Folklore of the Bengal Raiders."
Louisiana Folklore Miscellany 8:57-62.
1993. "The Lenca." State of the Peoples. Cultural Survival. Boston: Beacon Press.
DISSERTATION
1997. "Moved by the Spirit: Protestant Diffusion and Church Location in Central
America, with a Case Study from Southwestern Honduras." Department of Geography
and Anthropology, Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA.