Heather Winlow

Personal statement

I am a cultural and historical geographer and I joined the Geography department at Bath Spa in September 2001. Previously I studied Geography at the University of Wales, Lampeter (BA, 1995) and completed my doctorate on the cartographic representation of race at Queen's University, Belfast (PhD, 1999). I also undertook postdoctoral work at University College, Dublin (2000-2001).

My current research interests include: cartographic representations of race, history of cartography, history and philosophy of geography, and cultural landscapes and identities.

Academic qualifications

• PhD - Queen's University, Belfast

Professional qualifications

• Certificate of Advanced Professional Studies Higher Education Learning and Teaching Education

Professional memberships

• Fellow - Royal Geographical Society/ Institute of British Geographers
• Member - Historical Geography Research Group (research group of the RGS/ IBG)
• Member - History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (research group of the RGS/IBG)

Learning and Teaching

I currently teach on the following modules:  

• GEO6000/6001/6007-40 Geography Dissertations (40 credits, 3rd year core)
• GEO6003-20 Identities and Inequalities: Past to Present (20 credits)*
• GEO6100-20 Advanced Geographical Fieldwork (20 credits)
• GEO5000-20 Contested Geographies: Histories and Debates (20 credits, 2nd year core)*
• GEO4000-20 Environment, People and Place (20 credits, 1st year core)
• GEO4100-20 Global Development (20 credits)
  * Module Leader 

Other external roles

• External Examiner for BA/BSc Geography, University of Central Lancashire (September 2016 – June 2020)
• Member of Editorial Board of Cartographica (January 2010 – December 2017)
• Recognised Reviewer Status, Elsevier (2016)
• Article reviewer for: Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Cartographica; Imago Mundi; Journal of Historical Geography; Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Social and Cultural Geography; The Professional Geographer; The Globe ; Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Research Specialisms

• Visual Representations of Race and Ethnicity
• Exploration of late 19th century and early 20th century mapping of race and racial categories by geographers and anthropologists
• US state cartographies and the representation/exclusion of the indigenous population between 1850 and 1950.
• Photographic Representations of indigenous groups, past and present
• Histories of Geography/ Cartography
• Research and invited publications in the history of geography and history of cartography, including influence of evolutionary theories on geography/geographers, race and ethnicity, and indigenous peoples and western mapping