John Strait

Geographer; sociocultural, urban & ethnic geographies; race & ethnicity, music, social movements, diaspora studies; street art; possess a bad case of wanderlust

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

Environmental Science and Geography double major, Hope Rodgers, is spending her summer interning at Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin 🦒. Hope is also a research assistant for Dr. Zhou and a Weather & Climate TA. We hope everyone is having a great summer 🌞

[Rock Photography @Photomusicrock]

Playing AC/DC’s music in retirement facilities is the way!

[Derek Alderman @MLKStreet]

.@theAAG Honored to discuss the work of my colleagues and me to examine the memorial politics & racial demographics of neighborhoods named for the Confederacy. Listen to interview on Florida Frontiers #631 https://t.co/akUWjr5Hgn Our paper available: https://t.co/VodWzYu6aN

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

Geography professor, Dr. John Strait, and his GEOG 4360 students, are busy this week in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta visiting historic and cultural sites they discussed all Spring semester. A truly memorable and immersive field experience! 🎶

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

⭐️ Our department has two amazing student-athletes that we are so proud of! Geography major & softball player, Roni Harrison, and Geology major & rugby player, Drake Torno. Both students are excellent on the field AND in the classroom! Eat ‘em up! 🧡🐾

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

🌎 Geographer Dr. John Strait and his students in his GEOG 3350 ACE course - volunteered with the City of Huntsville at the Sam Houston Statue Visitor’s Center. They discussed how the statue functions as a site that evokes significant cultural meanings of time and place.

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

⭐️ Congratulations to alumna, Laura Phillips (Env. Science major with minors in Geology & Geography and Weather TA), who will begin her graduate studies at the University of GA this Fall (fully funded) in Geology. She spent the last year in the NSF Woods2Water RaMP program.

[John Strait @straitmojo]

@drghadasasa Dr. Sasa, this is very powerful stuff, great work, I sincerely thank you for sharing

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

⚒️ Geology professor Dr. David Moss’ NSF CAREER grant has opened up so many research and in-the-field opportunities for our students (in addition to having a post-doctoral student around our department) 🌟. Who knew clams could be so cool?

[John Strait @straitmojo]

This is some seriously cartographic applications of urban geography https://t.co/GX5fo446Fe

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

Behind the scenes at SHSU’s Channel 7 Live - Degree and Me. Geography professor, Ava Fujimoto-Strait, talks with Nik Delacerda about all things Geography and its linkages to Geology and Environmental Science in the Department of Environmental and Geosciences ⚒️🌎🌳

[Jim Russell @ProducerCities]

‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question: "In the US, college graduates today earn 92% more than non graduates, up from 80% in 1996, even as the share of people with a degree has climbed from 27% to 40%" https://t.co/YntPTHs2tj

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

It’s getting to be about that 💍 time 🧡. So proud of our senior Bearkats! Pictured here is Geography major & Art minor, Annalisa Waddell with her mom and Geography Professor Dr. John Strait and Geography major & Wildlife Biology minor, Lindsay Rush. Eat ‘em up! 🐾

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

🌟 Congratulations to Geology major with minors in Biology & Environmental Science, Skylin Bromonsky, on receiving the ⚒️ Houston Geological Society scholarship! Skylin is an honors student, lab TA, and research assistant. So well deserved 🌟

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

🌟 Congratulations to 🌳Environmental Science major, COSET Ambassador, and Geologic Hazards TA, Tyra Callahan, and her advisor, Ava Fujimoto-Strait, who presented their class ACE project at President White’s Community Engagement Celebration today.

[John Strait @straitmojo]

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[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

🌎 Dr. Ross Guida and Dr. Pat Harris helped judge the Conroe ISD High School Science Fair today at the Lone Star Convention Center 🔬🌳♻️. It was a great day seeing innovative research projects from our future STEM leaders!

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

A New Year’s Eve wedding 🤍. Congratulations to Geography alumni, Diego Chavez and Ava Herrera 💞. We wish y’all a lifetime of love and happiness.

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

Dr. John Strait & Ava Fujimoto-Strait co-led the field component of the Hawaii Field Course after a semester of classroom-content. Students explored the cultural & environmental diversity as well as a community engagement component in Waipio Valley 🌱

[SHSU Department of Environmental and Geosciences @SHSUgeo]

Congratulations to our graduating Geography senior with an Environmental Studies minor, Chloe Graefe, who recently completed the National GIS Certification Exam GISP-E for Emerging Professionals 🌎 and just accepted a job as a GIS Technician at Centerpoint Energy 🌟. Eat ‘em up!