Darius Scott, PhD
Postdoctoral Research FellowUNC Center for Health Equity Research |
EDUCATION
PhD | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Geography
BA | Morehouse College | English
BIOGRAPHY
Darius Scott received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council. He uses qualitative and historical methods to weigh how health and infrastructural inequities are negotiated by African Americans and the LGBTQ community. In particular, he employs oral history and archival research to understand ways HIV and transportation development inequities lead to race and sexual orientation-based community formations in the US South. His research contributes to debates in human geography and public health regarding how culture and space, as coupled factors, produce differences within populations (e.g. black gay men). He is interested in employing cultural geographic insights to foster nuanced, place-based interventions aimed at improving the well-being of LGBTQ and African American communities.
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KEY PROJECTS
- Investigating the HIV/AIDS Disparity with Cultural Geography and Public Health Methods | This project aims to provide critical insight into how oral histories contextualize and mobilize spatial knowledge of HIV/AIDS' impact on the community and social experiences of black gay men in the United States.