1961 USGS Map Set at Cal State Long Beach

Dr. Tyler Sonnichsen is Lecturer of Human Geography and Environmental Justice in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Central Michigan University. 

Born and raised in New England, Tyler Sonnichsen completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in Television-Radio-Film at Syracuse University, minoring in Geography and Spanish. He developed interests in media and culture from an early age, and spent a long time working at a radio public relations firm in Washington, DC before moving to Long Beach, CA to pursue his MA in Geography.

He completed his PhD in Human Geography at the University of Tennessee in 2017 and is currently a Lecturer in the College of Science and Engineering at Central Michigan University. He completed his MA at California State University, Long Beach in 2013. He focuses on emotional geographies, cultural geography, collective concepts of place and space, public memory, gender, and music. His research so far has focused on dynamics of intersections of place, culture, media, and memory.

Feel free to contact him at sonicgeography [at] gmail [dot] com.