Visual Art
Public Spaces After a Pandemic
by Wes Bishop
Appalachian Studies Conference, Athens, Ohio.
Woman smokes a cigarette in Athens, Ohio
Quiet cafe in Athens, Ohio
Coffee shop in Anniston, Alabama
Barista helps customer with app in Jacksonville, Alabama
Men get ready for work at gas station in Jacksonville, Alabama
Wesley R. Bishop is assistant professor of Public and American history at Jacksonville State University. Dr. Bishop’s research interests are primarily in public history, specifically public sphere studies. He is interested in how social movements use conceptions of “the public” and public space to challenge, reshape, and protest society. Dr. Bishop is the author of two books, Coxey’s Army: The Path of Protest from Populism to the New Deal, 1893-1936 and Liberating Fat Bodies: Social Media Censorship and Body Size Activism.