Dr. Joseph Swain

Associate Professor of Geography

History and Political Science
Witherspoon Building Rm 244A
407 West Q St
Russellville, AR 72801
Phone: (479) 880-4287
E-mail: jswain@atu.edu

Education

BS - Northwestern S U of Louisiana
MA - Western Illinois University
PHD - Univ of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Recently Taught Courses

FW 2833 - INTRO GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS
GEOG 2013 - REGIONAL GEOG/WORLD
GEOG 2833 - INTRO GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS
GEOG 3303 - GEOG/LATIN AMERICA
GEOG 3413 - GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
GEOG 3703 - GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA
GEOG 4951 - UR: OZARKS: MEM LANDSCAPES
GEOG 4983 - SEM: NATIVE AMERICAN GEOG

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Dr. Swain’s major research interests are 1) Historical Cartography, 2) Monuments, Memorials, and the Politics of Collective Memory, and 3) Native American Geographies. Dr. Swain is one of the founding members of the Cultural and Geospatial Studies program at ATU, an interdisciplinary Geography-Anthropology B.A. Dr. Swain’s scholarship includes over 50 maps in more than a dozen publications.