Research
I study distributed innovation in networked economies. I am particularly interested in studying the relationship between the DiY arts and crafts movement and the web.
Education
PhD (in progress) University of Tennessee, Department of Geography
M.A. (2007) Indiana University, Department of Geography
B.A. (2004) University of Kentucky, Department of Geography
Publications
Shultz, Benjamin J. (2008) Inside the Gilded Cage: The Lives of Latino Immigrant Males in Rural Central Kentucky. Southeastern Geographer 48 (2), 201-218.
Shultz, Benjamin J., Lensing, Janet R., Wise, David H. (2006) Effects of Altered Precipitation and Wolf Spiders on the Density and Activity of Forest-Floor Collembola. Pedobiologia 50 (1), 43-50.
Papers Presented
Shultz, Benjamin J. (2009) Space in the Digital Age: A Case Study of the Online DiY Phenomenon. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 23 November, Knoxville, TN.
Shultz, Benjamin J. and Burd, Charlynn A. (2009) The Southern Gentry: Re-Examining Patterns of Growth and Change in the New South. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 23 March, Las Vegas, NV.
Shultz, Benjamin J. and Burd, Charlynn A. (2008) The Southern Gentry: Re-Examining Patters of Growth and Change in the New South. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 25 November, Greensboro, NC.
Shultz, Benjamin J. (2008) Inside the Gilded Cage: The Experiences of Latino Males in Rural Central Kentucky. Southern Demographers Meeting, 31 October, Greenville, SC.
Shultz, Benjamin J. and Johnson, Brian E. (2008) Networks Considered in Explanation of Exurban Migration. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 16 April, Boston.
Shultz, Benjamin J. (2007) The Latino Immigrant Experience in Rural Central Kentucky. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 20 April, San Francisco.
Grants and Awards
Everett S. Lee Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award: Southern Demographic Association, 2008
Student Publication Award: University of Tennessee, 2008
Urban Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers: Student Travel Support, 2008
Departmental Graduate Fellowship Award for Outstanding Academic Performance: Indiana University Department of Geography, 2007
Chairman's Graduate Student Recognition Award: Indiana University Department of Geography
Outstanding Geography Undergraduate Award: University of Kentucky Department of Geography
Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant: University of Kentucky Department of Entomology
New Horizons Study Abroad Grant: University of Kentucky Office of International Affairs
Professional Memberships
Association of American Geographers
Southern Demographic Association
Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers
Urban Geography Specialty Group
Economic Geography Specialty Group
Teaching
I have taught introductory-level courses in World Regional Geography at both the University of Tennessee and Indiana University.