Rasul Mowatt

Dr. Rasul A. Mowatt is Professor and Head of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management at North Carolina State University. He was Associate Chair of the Department of American Studies and Geography at Indiana University-Bloomington. His research focuses on the Geographies of Race, Geographies of Violence and Threat, and the Political Animation of Public Space. He is a Research Affiliate of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Equity in Tourism (RESET). Some of his critical works include “The intersections of historical racial violence and racial discrimination that informs Black travel in Current Issues in Tourism;” and “The utilization of archival maps and materials of the work of W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Philadelphia Negro to consider how cities have historical and racialized impacts on quality of life”. Dr. Mowatt received the Beth Wood Distinguished Service-Learning Faculty Award four years in a row from 2015-2016; 2014-2015; 2013-2014; 2012-2013. He is the President of the Academy of Leisure Sciences, Co-editor of Leisure Sciences, and founding editor of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism in Public Health. He recently published book titled "The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence: The State and the City Between Us."