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Published by Dr David A. Padgett

David A. Padgett is an Associate Professor of Geography, and Director of the Geographic Information Sciences (GISc) Laboratory at Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville, Tennessee. He has developed a Geography/ Environmental Justice curriculum with a strong emphasis upon service learning. The GISc Lab has developed working relationships with a variety of grassroots groups, non-profit organizations, and government agencies. Since 1992 Padgett has been the Owner and Chief Consultant of GEO-Mental, a multi-faceted environmental consulting firm. He was Project Manager and Co-Author of "The Best Cities for African Americans" cover feature series for Black Enterprise Magazine - May 2007, July 2004, and July 2001. He is the author of "Nashville: An Experience in Metropolitan Governance" in Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity, Robert D. Bullard (Ed.), 2007. Padgett has been a Trainer for TSU's Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program partnership since 2001 (https://www.globe.gov/), and Co-PI on the NASA funded GLOBE Mission Earth Project since January 2016 (https://www.globe.gov/web/mission-earth). Since June 2016 he has been a GIS Consultant for the HBCU Community Based Organization Gulf Equity Consortium http://www.dscej.org/our-work/hbcu-cbo-gulf-equity-consortium In April 2019, Padgett was awarded the American Association of Geographers Presidential Achievement Award for “significant contributions in advancing geography, GIS,and STEM education within the Historically Black College and University,” Padgett, 55, is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and the University of Florida at Gainesville. View more posts