Geographers think outside of the box to help solve problems. Geography today is not your parent's geography, and when we are thinking about solving sustainability, geography will be front and center. Dr. Benton-Short is a urban geographer with an interest in the dynamics of the urban environment from many angles, including: urban sustainability, planning and public space, monuments and memorials, urban national parks, globalization and immigration.
Dr. Benton-Short has authored ten books, including: The Presidio: from Army Post to National Part (1998), Cities and Nature (2013), The National Mall: No Ordinary Public Space (2016) and Urban Sustainability in the US: Cities Take Action(2019, with Melissa Keeley) and A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (2019).
From 2010-2015, Dr. Benton-Short served as Academic Program Director for Sustainability at GW. She led the development of the pan-university sustainability minor for undergraduates.
Dr. Benton-Short received her undergraduate degree in History from Stanford University and her masters and PhD in Geography from Syracuse University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx