M. Beth Schlemper, Ph.D.
Professor, B.A. Geography Program Advisor
Snyder Memorial 3031
419.530.5492
Education
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003 – Geography
M.A. University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997 – Geography
B.S. Ed., summa cum laude, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1993 – Social Studies
Research Interests
Dr. Schlemper's research falls into two broad areas: cultural/historical geography and geography education. Exploring a region known as Wisconsin’s Holyand as a case study, she identified the patterns of chain migration that contributed to the emergence of this cultural region in the mid-nineteenth century by engaging in extensive archival research and fieldwork in both the United States and Germany. Based on this research, Schlemper developed a conceptual model related to the construction and maintenance of regional identity and borders that can be applied by researchers to other regions.
Another major area of research for Dr. Schlemper is geography education, including higher education and grades 7-12. These efforts have been collaborative and funded by the National Science Foundation. She is also working in the area of the scholarship of teaching and learning in Human Geography at the undergraduate level.
She has published articles in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, The Professional Geographer, Geographical Review, Journal of Geography, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, Journal of Cultural Geography, Journal of Historical Geography, Theory & Research in Social Education, and Urban Education. In addition, she has published book chapters in edited volumes, such as in Aspiring Academics: A Resource Guide for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty, Spatial Citizenship Education: Citizenship Through Geography, and Wisconsin Germans Land and Life
