Alex A. Moulton

Alex A. Moulton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His academic work critically examines human-environment processes amid global economic and ecological transformations.

His research spans interdisciplinary domains including:

• Climate change adaptation and justice frameworks
• Spatial politics of Black communities and Maroon societies
• Resource governance systems under environmental stress
• Ethics of care in ecological crises
• Reparative approaches to environmental harm

Moulton synthesizes methodologies from Environmental Sociology, Political Ecology, and Environmental Geography through field interviews, discourse analysis, archival research, and historical-geographical comparisons. His publications appear in high-impact journals including EPD: Society and Space, Geography Compass, and Journal of Political Ecology, demonstrating consistent contributions to critical environmental scholarship. Notable work explores Jamaican Maroon communities as exemplars of Black geographies that transcend plantation spatial legacies.

Moulton actively engages public scholarship through CASTAC's Platypus blog, where he examines Black spatial agency and critiques narrow representations of Black life. His digital presence includes ORCID, ResearchGate, and Twitter profiles supporting academic outreach.