Assistant Professor
PhD 2021 Geography, University of Kentucky
MA 2013 Socio-Legal Studies, The International Institute for the Sociology of Law,
Onati, Spain
MA 2012 Geography, Syracuse University
BA 2008 Geography, Women's and Gender Studies. University of Oregon
Urban studies
Surveillance and the framing of poverty as a security risk
Surveillance and policing in schools
Theories and practices of care in academia
Recent Publications
Nguyen, N. and Kaufman, E. (Requested by editor, in preparation) Updates to “Biometric Technologies.” Oxford Bibliographies in "Geography". Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press
Kaufman, E, Molana, H. and Chennault, C. (Accepted, revisions under review). “Slow(ed) Scholarship: time, health, and refusal from the intersections of privilege and precarity.” ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies.
Kaufman, E.C. (2021) Staying with the trouble of collegiality, professionalism and care: Fertilities in academia. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 39(8) 1737-1754
Kaufman, E.C. (2020) “Police Geographies.” Introductory Essay to the forum “Police Geographies.” Society and Space Open Site, edited by Emily Kaufman.
Nguyen, N. and Kaufman, E.C. (2019) “Biometric Technologies.” Oxford Bibliographies in "Geography". Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press
Kaufman, E.C.(2018) Review Essay of Police: A Field Guide by David Correia and Tyler Wall. In Review Forum for Environment and Planning D: Society and Space organized by Mat Coleman
Crampton, J.C., Huntley E.M., Kaufman E.C. (2017) “Societal Impacts and Ethics of GIS“ in GIS Principles and Technical Designs of GIS. Edited by Thomas J. Cova and Ming-Hsiang Tsou. Oxford: Elsevier.
Kaufman, E.C. (2017) Data-Driven or Data-Justified? Antipode Intervention Symposium: "Algorithmic Governance" organized by Jeremy Crampton and Andrea Miller.
Kaufman, E.C. (2016) “Policing Mobilities Through Bio-Spatial Profiling In New York City.” Political Geography 55, 72-81
Kaufman, E.C. (2015) “Bryant Park and the Production of Social Control.” Oñati Socio-Legal Series 5.5
Kaufman, E.C., and L. Nelson (2012) “Malthus, Gender and the Demarcation of ‘Dangerous’ Bodies in 1996 US Welfare Reform.” Gender, Place & Culture 19.4: 429–448
Grants and Awards
2022-2023: Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Fellowship, Towson University (TU): Course Release
2018, 2019, 2021: Barnhardt-Withington-Block Summer Fellowship: $700, $800, $1,230/year
2019: National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
2019: AAG Political Geography Specialty Group Alexander B. Murphy Dissertation Enhancement Award
2019: AAG Urban Geography Specialty Group Graduate Student Fellowship
2017: College of Arts and Sciences Certificate of Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Kentucky
2016: Fellow in Multimodal Communication, Division of Undergraduate Education, University of Kentucky