Nicole King

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at UMBC. My scholarship analyzes changes to the social and built environment during the rise of consumer culture in the twentieth century—such as the development of vernacular landscapes of tourism in the U.S. South and the decline of industrial neighborhoods in South Baltimore. I want to make the hidden parts of our world visible through scholarly research and public humanities programming. I also direct the Orser Center for the Study of Place, Community, and Culture at UMBC. My work is often inspired by the question: “Why does this place look the way it does?”