Assistant Professor David Baylis holds a BS/BA degree in Geography and Political Science from Aquinas College and an MS (2009) and PhD (2015) in Geography from Michigan State University. He was awarded a Fulbright Hays Fellowship to study the relationship between place, infrastructure, and environment in Ankara, Turkey (2014). Prior to returning to Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor in CIS-SS, Dr. Baylis spent several years teaching geography and geospatial technologies at Delta State University in the Mississippi Delta and later at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. At MSU, he teaches Introduction to Interdisciplinary Inquiry (IDS 299) and Qualitative Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IDS 495).
Current Teaching and Research Interests:
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Undergraduate research
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Place-based Storytelling
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Community Engaged Learning
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Career Readiness Curriculum