Liz Hines holds an M.A. in Geography from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. in Geography from Louisiana State University.  She teaches Cartography, Planning, World Geography, the Geography of Food, and the Geography of Race at UNC Wilmington.  She is the director of the Geography Internship Program.  Her research interests include American Racial History,  the American South, Foodways, Ethnicity, Belize, and South Africa.  She is a board member of the African American Heritage Foundation of Wilmington, LINC, Inc., and a member of Wilmington's Long-Range Plan Steering Committee.