Dr. Paul N. McDaniel is an Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Kennesaw State University in metro Atlanta, Georgia. He earned a Ph.D. in Geography and Urban Regional Analysis from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, an M.A. in Higher Education Leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, an M.S. in Geography from the University of Tennessee, and a B.S. in Geography from Samford University. He is a broadly-trained geographer, having taught a variety of human geography and physical geography courses in diverse formats including large and small face-to-face courses, fully online, and study abroad. As an urban geographer, his current research explores the geography of place-branding, particularly as it relates to the causes, processes, and implications of immigration to urban regions, and other issues related to inclusive city- and place-branding strategies, initiatives, processes, and effects and how place-branding can contribute to the cultural, economic, political, and social development of cities and regions. Within this context, he also focuses on processes of immigrant settlement, adjustment, integration, and receptivity in cities and metropolitan areas, particularly in the U.S. South, using mixed-methods, qualitative, and community-based participatory research methods. Dr. McDaniel has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Urban Affairs, Southeastern Geographer, Professional Geographer, Papers in Applied Geography, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Law & Policy, Geographical Review, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Journal of Community Practice, Museums and Social Issues, Health Promotion Practice, Journal of Migration and Health, among others, as well as academic book chapters, and reports and other pieces for a general audience, such as those published with the American Immigration Council, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Atlanta Studies. He has delivered research and applied presentations at many local, regional, national, and international conferences, meetings, workshops, and other venues. Dr. McDaniel's teaching interests broadly include regional geography, human geography, urban geography and urban studies, population geography, health geography, and research methods. His teaching of geography and teaching philosophy is informed by his extensive travels throughout all 50 U.S. states and nearly thirty countries. Prior to joining Kennesaw State University, McDaniel was a research fellow with the American Immigration Council in Washington, DC.