Joseph Swain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Geography
Witherspoon Building Room 266
407 West Q Street
Russellville, AR 72801
Phone: 479-356-2025
Email: jswain@atu.edu

 

Dr. Joseph Swain is responsible for World Regional Geography and upper level courses in both cultural and historical geography.  Dr. Swain's most recent research has focused on historical and cultural geography of Oklahoma.  In 2008, he completed a study focusing on the influence of the Oklahoma State Legislature in presenting a nascent historical landscape for Oklahoma's State Centennial in 2007.  Monuments and memorials were constructed through the state in preparation of the centennial celebrations. Discursive themes were analyzed to determine presentations of history throughout western Oklahoma.  In a related project, patterns and processes of pioneer migration to Oklahoma have been mapped and analyzed to determine possible culture areas throughout the state.  Dr. Swain has been at Arkansas Tech since 2008. 

 

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