Sara Beth Keough
Professor of Geography
Department of Geography
Arts & Behavioral Sciences
Academic and Student Affairs
SVSU Main Campus
Gilbertson Hall-North Wing 148
989-964-2195
sbkeough@svsu.edu
Biography
Dr. Keough is a broadly-trained cultural geographer with interests in urban, social, and economic geography. She holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Tennessee and an M.S. in Geography from Virginia Tech. Her current research focuses on water vending in the informal economy in West Africa (Niger and Senegal), and she has also published articles on urban planning, media, migration, and music, with a regional focus on Canada. Her work has appeared in The Journal of Cultural Geography, The American Review of Canadian Studies, Urban Geography, Aether: The Journal of Media Geography, and Focus on Geography, as well as chapters in edited volumes on music and media. Dr. Keough is the Chief Editor of the scholarly, peer-reviewed journal Material Culture (since 2008), and serves on the Executive Board of the International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture. In her spare time, she is a distance runner, a mother, an avid reader, and is a semi-professional trumpet player who performs in many Saginaw-area ensembles.Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Univ Tennessee
Univ Tennessee
Teaching Interests
Urban Geography, Cultural Geography, Social Geography, Economic Geography, Human-Environment Relations, Material Culture, Geography Education West Africa, Canada Qualitative Methods Courses Taught: World Regional Geography, North American Regional Geography, Urban Geography, Cultural Geography, Geographic Inquiry (Senior Capstone Course), Geographies of Consumption, Geography of Modern Senegal, Teaching Geography Languages Spoken: French, Spanish, Hausa (African Indigenous Language)Research
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles, Book Chapters, and Bibliographies: Keough, S. 2015. Considerations of Place in Satellite Radio. In Maines, S. and Luckenbeal C. International Handbook of Mediated Geographies. Springer Publications. (In press June 2015). Keough, S. 2015. “Planning for Growth in a Natural Resource Boomtown: Challenges for Urban Planners in Fort McMurray, Alberta.†Urban Geography. 36 (5): 1-28. DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1049482 Keough, S. and Youngstedt, S. 2014. “The Material Culture of Water in Niger.†FOCUS on Geography 57 (4): 152-163 Keough, S. 2013. Cultural Landscape. In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press. Keough, S. 2013. “Examining the Cultural Imprint of Newfoundlanders in Fort McMurray, Alberta.†FOCUS on Geography. 46 (1): 9-13. Keough, S. 2012. “Don’t touch that dial!: Media and the accumulation of social capital among Newfoundlanders in Fort McMurray, Alberta.†American Review of Canadian Studies. 42(2): 157-171. Keough, S. 2011. “Promoting and Preserving Cultural Identity Through Newfoundland Radio Music Broadcasts.†Aether: The Journal of Media Geography. 7: 75-96. Keough, S. 2010. “The Wenhai Ecolodge: A Case Study of Culture and Environment in Southwest China.†FOCUS on Geography. 53 (2): 65-71. Keough, S. 2010. “The Importance of Place in Community Radio Broadcasting: A Case Study of WDVX, Knoxville, Tennessee.†Journal of Cultural Geography. 27 (1): 77-99. Keough, S. 2009. “Internet Radio and Cultural Connections: A Case Study of the St. John’s, Newfoundland Radio Market.†In Bell, T. and Johannson, O. eds. Sound, Society, and the Geography of Popular Music. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 185-204. Keough, S. 2007. “Geography as Art: Music and National Identity in Newfoundland.†Material Culture 39 (2): 43-52. Keough, S. and Adams, C. 2002. “Smithfield Plantation: The original land parcels.†The Smithfield Review 6: 71-73. Book Reviews Keough, S. 2014. Review of Smutylo, A. “The Memory of Water.†The Canadian Geographer. 44 (4): 72. Keough, S. 2013. Review of Opp, J. and Walsh, J.C., Eds. 2010. “Placing Memory and Remembering Place in Canada.†Memory Studies. 6 (4): 493-495. Keough, S. 2011. Review of Tinajero, A. “El Lector: A History of the Cigar Factory Reader.†Journal of Latin American Geography. 10 (1): 213-215. Keough, S. 2010. Review of Hiller, H. “Second Promised Land: Migration to Alberta and the Transformation of Canadian Society.†American Review of Canadian Studies 40 (4): 552-554. Keough, S. 2008. Review of Cohen, D. “Globalization and Its Enemies†Transactions of the Pioneer America Society. 31: 97-99. Keough, S. 2008. Review of Hackworth, J. “The Neoliberal City: Governance, Ideology, and Development in American Urbanism.†Historical Geography 36: 281-283. Keough, S. 2006. Review of Connell, J. and Gibson, C. “Soundtracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place.†Material Culture 38 (1): pp.17-19. Republished Material Culture 38 (2).Honors and Awards
2014 - SVSU Faculty Recognition Award for Outstanding Scholarship2014 - Ruth and Ted Braun Fellowship
2013 - American Geographical Society's McColl Family Fellowship
2007 - Association for Canadian Studies Outstanding Dissertation Award