Weronika A. Kusek is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Northern Michigan University. Weronika is a native of Poland, an immigrant to the US, and a former international student. Her research interests stem from her personal experiences. The primary focus of her research has been the phenomenon of mass Polish migration to the UK after Poland joined the European Union in 2004.Nicholas Wise is Reader International Urban Change at Liverpool John Moores University. His academic focus on sense of place, place image, and regeneration links to his background in human geography (PhD, Kent State University), and he has focused on a range of cases in the Dominican Republic, Croatia and Serbia. Originally from the United States, he has worked in Scotland, England and Taiwan.

• List of figures List of boxes Contributor bios 1 Experience, mobility, professional narratives, and human geography WERONIKA A. KUSEK AND NICHOLAS WISE2 Population geographies of Brazil: a geographer’s personal and professional viewpoints ALAN P. MARCUS3 Migration: how international fieldwork helped me embrace my immigrant identity WERONIKA A. KUSEK4 Geography of a life: a woman’s journey in place and culture HANIEH HAJI MOLANA5 Working among regions: understanding identity and ethnicity in a globalized world through India and its diaspora CHRISTABEL DEVADOSS6 Engaging in fieldwork in Paris DAVID H. KAPLAN7 Seeking sense of place: reflections on study abroad, becoming an international geographer, and living a mobile lifestyle NICHOLAS WISE8 Doing linguistic geography research: field experiences from Galicia, Spain KATHRYN L. HANNUM9 Political geography: sovereignty, Indigenous rights, and governance in an island context CADEY KORSON10 Nature, culture, and tourism in the Caribbean VELVET NELSON11 A secret affair: researching Ireland’s Catholic Mass Rocks HILARY BISHOP12 Urban and environmental geographies: challenges and successes of fieldwork in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania SARAH L. SMILEY13 Understanding geography through international experiences: a student perspective MICHAELA L. GAWRYS AND J. TODD NESBITT14 Framing your own narratives: reflecting on personal and professional development NICHOLAS WISE AND WERONIKA A. KUSEKIndex

Weronika A. Kusek is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Northern Michigan University. Weronika is a native of Poland, an immigrant to the US, and a former international student. Her research interests stem from her personal experiences. The primary focus of her research has been the phenomenon of mass Polish migration to the UK after Poland joined the European Union in 2004.Nicholas Wise is Reader International Urban Change at Liverpool John Moores University. His academic focus on sense of place, place image, and regeneration links to his background in human geography (PhD, Kent State University), and he has focused on a range of cases in the Dominican Republic, Croatia and Serbia. Originally from the United States, he has worked in Scotland, England and Taiwan.

• List of figures List of boxes Contributor bios 1 Experience, mobility, professional narratives, and human geography WERONIKA A. KUSEK AND NICHOLAS WISE2 Population geographies of Brazil: a geographer’s personal and professional viewpoints ALAN P. MARCUS3 Migration: how international fieldwork helped me embrace my immigrant identity WERONIKA A. KUSEK4 Geography of a life: a woman’s journey in place and culture HANIEH HAJI MOLANA5 Working among regions: understanding identity and ethnicity in a globalized world through India and its diaspora CHRISTABEL DEVADOSS6 Engaging in fieldwork in Paris DAVID H. KAPLAN7 Seeking sense of place: reflections on study abroad, becoming an international geographer, and living a mobile lifestyle NICHOLAS WISE8 Doing linguistic geography research: field experiences from Galicia, Spain KATHRYN L. HANNUM9 Political geography: sovereignty, Indigenous rights, and governance in an island context CADEY KORSON10 Nature, culture, and tourism in the Caribbean VELVET NELSON11 A secret affair: researching Ireland’s Catholic Mass Rocks HILARY BISHOP12 Urban and environmental geographies: challenges and successes of fieldwork in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania SARAH L. SMILEY13 Understanding geography through international experiences: a student perspective MICHAELA L. GAWRYS AND J. TODD NESBITT14 Framing your own narratives: reflecting on personal and professional development NICHOLAS WISE AND WERONIKA A. KUSEKIndex