David K. Seitz

Assistant Professor of Cultural Geography

David K. Seitz is a critical geographer of liberal multiculturalism with recurring interests in gentrification, immigration, queer community formation, popular culture, and socialist strategy. He is the author of two books, A Different Trek: Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine and A House of Prayer for All People: Contesting Citizenship in a Queer Church. Alongside his work in the HSA department at HMC, Prof. Seitz is affiliated faculty in the Cultural Studies Department at Claremont Graduate University, and core faculty in the American Studies Program at the Claremont Colleges. In 2023, he joined the editorial collective of ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies.

Courses Taught

(Please refer to HSA Departmental Courses for this semester’s courses.)

  • GEOG 105 HM Place, Power, and Difference
  • GEOG 125 HM Geographies of Disease and Health Justice
  • GEOG 165 HM Geographies of Education
  • GEOG 175 HM Geographies of Labor
  • GEOG 195 HM Geographies of Solidarity
  • HSA10 HM Critical Inquiry: Star Trek, Race, Gender, and Class

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