Beer is the third most widely consumed beverage in the world, after water and tea.
Many of us love it but don’t give much thought to where it originated, how it has
changed with the migration and climate of its creators and how much it drives economies
today.
Take two beer-loving geographers and a crazy idea to educate people about their favorite
beverage, and you’ve got the makings of a book about global spatial relationships,
as seen through beer goggles. Appropriately, the book was born as a sketch on the
back of a cocktail napkin.
Mark Patterson and Nancy Hoalst-Pullen, a.k.a. The Beer Doctors on Facebook and Twitter, are geographers from Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
They published an academic book called The Geography of Beer last March, and have since turned it into a course and a study abroad program. Hoalst-Pullen
will be giving a TED talk on using beer to expand geographic literacy later this month.
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A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State University offers more than 150 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to its approximately 38,000 students. With 13 colleges on two metro Atlanta campuses, Kennesaw State is a member of the University System of Georgia and the third-largest university in the state. The university’s vibrant campus culture, diverse population, strong global ties and entrepreneurial spirit draw students from throughout the region and from 92 countries across the globe. Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2), placing it among an elite group of only 6 percent of U.S. colleges and universities with an R1 or R2 status, and one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. For more information, visit kennesaw.edu.
