Garrett Dash Nelson (he/him) is a historical geographer who currently serves as President & Head Curator at the Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library. His scholarly work focuses on the relationship between community structure, geographic units, and political ideology, and he specializes in the urban, regional, and environmental history of Boston and New England. In addition to his qualitative work, he also has methodological interests in geospatial analysis and the digital humanities. He holds an AB from Harvard College in Social Studies and Visual & Environmental Studies, an MA from the University of Nottingham in Landscape & Culture, and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Geography.
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PhD, 2016, Geography, University of Wisconsin–Madison -
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