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Mapping Congress: Developing A Geographic Understanding Of American Political History

KENNETH C. MARTIS, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geography
West Virginia University
Department of Geology and Geography

Doctor of Philosophy, Geography,
University of Michigan
Master of Arts, Geography,
San Diego State University
Bachelor of Education, Secondary Education,
University of Toledo

RESEARCH

Geography of Elections
The geographical aspects of American political culture
Legislative redistricting and gerrymandering

CAREER SUMMARY and BIOGRAPHY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_C._Martis

NEWS

2024

United States Senate Malapportionment: A Geographical Investigation. Political Geography, Volume 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2024.103129. (with J. Clark Archer, Stanley D. Brunn, and Gerald R. Webster).

2023

American Association of Geographers
Member Profile

“Red Map, Blue Map” Feature Story, Humanities Magazine, Summer 2023 Edition

Common Cause, Reviewer and Commentator, Report on the 2020 Redistricting Cycle, West Virginia

Award, Book Authority
Atlas of the 2020 Elections
Best New Political History eBooks of 2023

2022

Publication of the Atlas of the 2020 Elections

2021

Volunteer Consultant, West Virginia League of Woman Voters, Fair Maps Committee, on the redistricting of the West Virginia Legislature

Editorial – Charleston Gazette-Mail, Some options on bipartisan WV redistricting

Organizing Committee, American Association of Geographers, Redistricting Panel Series

Recommendations for redistricting West Virginia House of Delegates for Monongalia County (with Jing Zhang)