6/2021 CURRICULUM VITA THOMAS L. BELL June 2021 Personal Data Department of Geography University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0925 e-mail :
[email protected] phone: (270) 779-1938 Education University of Iowa: Ph.D. (Geography) May 1973 "Central Place Theory as a Mixture of the Function Pattern Principles of Christaller and Lösch: Some Empirical Tests and Applications" (Gerard Rushton--dissertation advisor) University of Iowa: M.A. (Geography) February 1969 University of Iowa: B.A. (History with secondary school teaching certificate) June 1967 Teaching Experience Adjunct Urban Geography, Geography of North America, Geography of Music (Honors) Professor Western Kentucky University (2009-2014) Professor Emeritus University of Tennessee (2009-present) Professor (with tenure) Behavioral Geography, Urban Geography, Advanced Urban (1983-2009) Geography, Political Geography, Seminar in Urban Geography, University of Tennessee Intermediate Economic Geography, Geographic Methodology, Basic Economic Geography, Geography of the United States and Canada, First Year Studies, Seminar in Geography and Popular Culture (University Honors Program), Proseminar (Capstone course for majors), Geography of American Popular Culture, Freshmen Honors Seminar (Urban Geography, Cultural Geography), Advanced Honors Seminar (Urban Cultural Geography) Associate Professor (with Transportation Geography, Political Geography, Urban Geography, tenure) (1976-1983) Industrial Geography, Senior Honors, Advanced Urban Geography, University of Tennessee