Clayton Rosati is a geographer and media scholar at Bowling Green State University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the School of Media and Communication. A former student of Mwalimu MG Mũgo, he earned a B.A. in African American Studies and Political Science, an M.A. in Sociology, and a Ph.D. in Geography from Syracuse University.

Rosati studies the interconnections of media, race, and urban development through their landscapes, infrastructures, and labor. Occasional musician and visual artist, he has also served as the Visual Interventions Editor for the journal, Human Geography, since its founding in 2008.