Campbell, Charles - 2025

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Book
The Suburban Wild by Peter Friederici
Career Goals

Charlie intends to pursue a Master's Degree in Geoprahic Information Science.  He is interested in a career in emergency management, mapping, natural hazard mitigation, or geospatial analysis.

Community Involvement

Charlie has volunteered with Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity. Through this organization, he has participated in cleanups, fundraising efforts, and a wide variety of service projects targeting the community of Tallahassee.

Favorite Meal

Shiro Wot.

First Name
Charles
Hometown City
Winter Garden
Hometown State
FL
Scholar Picture
Campbell
Last Name
Campbell
Major
Geography
Minor
Urban and Regional Planning
Research Interests

Charlie researches development policy, failed development, and indigenous conceptions of resource extraction through the geography department.  In the summer of 2023, Charlie traveled to British Columbia, Canada, to work with Florida State University geography professor Tyler McCreary and University of Northern British Columbia professor Daniel Sims on their research project examining conceptions of wilderness and settler colonial failure in the traditional lands of the Tsek'ehne First Nation. This research is ongoing and Charlie remains on the project now. Charlie and fellow presidential scholar Emma Barrett published their second journal article together in the Southeastern Geographer. Titled Smokey Hollow: Circulations of Race and Value in Tallahassee, Florida, the work is a culmination of their UROP project research. Charlie is also pursuing an Honors Thesis titled Zombie Communities: An Exploration of Florida's Zombified Suburbs, in which he examines sense of place and failure Floridian suburban developments.

Year
2025
Pronouns
he/him