David K. Seitz

Associate Professor of Cultural Geography

David K. Seitz is a critical geographer of liberal multiculturalism broadly interested in the relationships between fantasy, politics, and urban space. 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. He is a member of the editorial collective of ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies and the editorial board of Social and Cultural Geography.

Courses Taught

(Please refer to HSA Departmental Courses for this semester’s courses.) Recent offerings include:

  • AMST179B HM Race, Gender, and Class in the Long Great Recession
  • AMST179C HM Race, Gender, and Class in Urban Speculative Fiction
  • GEOG145 HM Feeling Natural?
  • GEOG179K HM Gentrification and Its Discontents
  • GWS179B HM Envy: A Queer Feeling?
  • HSA10 HM Critical Inquiry: Star Trek, Race, Gender, and Class

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