Dr Heather Winlow, Senior Lecturer: Human Geography

I am a cultural and historical geographer and I joined the geography department at Bath Spa in September 2001. Previously I studied geography at University of Wales, Lampeter (BA, 1995) completed my doctorate on the cartographic representation of race at Queen’s University, Belfast (PhD, 1999) and undertook postdoctoral work at University College Dublin (2000-2001). My teaching specialisms include historical geographies and cultural geographies, in which I lead modules. I also lead the core level 6 modules Geography and Geographers and Overseas Development Experience. My current research interests include: cartographic representations of race, history of cartography, history and philosophy of geography, and cultural landscapes and identities. I am an active researcher and was recently awarded (2008) a fellowship under the American Geographical Society McColl Research Programme for research into the cartographic representation of the native North American population between 1850 and 1950. I am also involved in collaborative pedagogic research related to the Foundation Degree in Development Geography. I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) (with the Institute of British Geographers) and a member of the Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG) of the RGS.