Dr. LeeAnn Lands, Professor of History

LeeAnn Lands is a professor of history at Kennesaw State University. Anaffiliate of the American studies program, she teaches courses on the 1970s, suburban Atlanta, and US social justice movements. She is the author of Culture of Property: Race, Class, and Housing Landscapes in Atlanta, 1880-1950 (University of Georgia Press, 2009) and Poor Atlanta: Poverty, Race, and the Limits of Sunbelt Development (University of Georgia Press, 2023).

Email: llands@kennesaw.edu

 

MAST Courses Taught:

  • AMST 7200: American Cultural Movements: U.S. Social Justice Movements, post-1945
  • AMST 7210: Historical Studies: Historical Studies of the 1970s U.S
  • AMST 7300: Cities, Suburbs, and Countrysides: The Atlanta Suburbs since 1945

 

Select Publications:

  • Poor Atlanta: Poverty, Race, and the Limits of Sunbelt Development. University of Georgia Press, 2023.

  • “Lobbying for Welfare in a Deep South State Legislature in the 1970s.” Journal of Southern History 84 (August 2018): 653-96.

  • [With photographs by Boyd Lewis.] “Emmaus House and Atlanta’s Anti-Poverty Movements.” Atlanta Studies. Released 28 April 2015.

  • Culture of Property: Race, Class, and Housing Landscapes in Atlanta, 1880- 1950. University of Georgia Press, 2009.