JAY T. JOHNSON
- Associate Chair of Geography & Atmospheric Science Director, Center for Indigenous Research, Science, and Technology
- University Distinguished Professor
- Geography & Atmospheric Science
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Biography —
Research —
Research interests:
- Indigenous geographies
- critical methodologies
- place-based struggle
Teaching —
Teaching interests:
- cultural geography
- qualitative research methods
- Indigenous geographies
Selected Publications —
<div class="fp-publications fp-container"><div class="aca-article">Alexander, S., Provencher, J., Henri, D., Taylor, J., Lloren, J., Nanayakkara, L., Johnson, J., Cooke, S. (2019). Bridging Indigenous and science-based knowledge in coastal and marine research, monitoring, and management in Canada. Environmental Evidence. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-019-0181-3">https://doi.org/10.1186/s137… class="aca-article">Brewer Ii, J., Vandever, S., Johnson, J. (2018). Towards energy sovereignty: biomass as sustainability in interior Alaska. Sustainability Science - Issue 2 | Volume 13. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/S11625-017-0441-5">https://doi.org/10.1007/S116… class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2018). Towards energy sovereignty: Biomass as sustainability in Interior Alaska. Sustainability Science. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0441-5">https://doi.org/10.1007/s116… class="aca-article">Brewer, J., Vandever, S., Johnson, J. (2018). Towards energy sovereignty: Biomass as sustainability in Interior Alaska. Sustainability Science. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0441-5">https://doi.org/10.1007/s116… class="aca-book">Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2017). <i>Being Together in Place: Indigenous Coexistence in a More Than Human World</i>. Univ of Minnesota Pr. [9781517902216].</div><div class="aca-book">Johnson, J. (2017). <i>Being together in place: Indigenous coexistence in a more-than-human world</i>. University of Minnesota Press. [978-1-5179-0222-3].</div><div class="aca-book">Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2017). <i>Being together in place: Indigenous coexistence in a more-than-human world</i>. University of Minnesota Press. [978-1-5179-0222-3].</div><div class="aca-book-chapter">Madge, C., Johnson, J. (2016). Empowering Methodologies: Feminist and Indigenous Approaches. <i>Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography</i>. Oxford Univ Pr. [9780199010905].</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2016). The agency of place: Toward a more-than-human geographical self. GeoHumanities. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566X.2016.1157003">https://doi.org/10.1080/… class="aca-article">Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2016). The agency of place: Toward a more-than-human geographical self. GeoHumanities. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566X.2016.1157003">https://doi.org/10.1080/… class="aca-book-chapter">Johnson, J. (2016). Empowering methodologies: Feminist and Indigenous approaches. <i>Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography</i>. Oxford University Press.</div><div class="aca-book-chapter">Johnson, J., Madge, C., Hay, I. (2016). Empowering methodologies: Feminist and Indigenous approaches. I. Hay (Eds.). <i>Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography</i>. Oxford University Press.</div><div class="aca-article">Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2016). The Agency of Place: Toward a More-Than-Human Geographical Self. GeoHumanities - Issue 1 | Volume 2. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566X.2016.1157003">https://doi.org/10.1080/… class="aca-article">Whyte, K., Brewer Ii, J., Johnson, J. (2016). Weaving Indigenous science, protocols and sustainability science. Sustainability Science - Issue 1 | Volume 11. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/S11625-015-0296-6">https://doi.org/10.1007/S116… class="aca-article">Johnson, J., Howitt, R., Cajete, G., Berkes, F., Louis, R., Kliskey, A. (2016). Weaving Indigenous and sustainability sciences to diversify our methods. Sustainability Science - Issue 1 | Volume 11. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/S11625-015-0349-X">https://doi.org/10.1007/S116… class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2015). Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences to Diversify our Methods. Sustainability Science - Issue 1 | Volume 11. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-015-0349-x">https://doi.org/10.1007/s116… class="aca-article">Johnson, J., Howitt, R., Cajete, G., Berkes, F., Louis, R., Kliskey, A. (2015). Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences to Diversify our Methods. Sustainability Science - Issue 1 | Volume 11. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-015-0349-x">https://doi.org/10.1007/s116… class="aca-article">Whyte, K., Brewer, J., Johnson, J. (2015). Weaving Indigenous Science, Protocols and Sustainability Science. Sustainability Science. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-015-0296-6">https://doi.org/10.1007/s116… class="aca-article">Coombes, B., Johnson, J., Howitt, R. (2014). Indigenous geographies III: Methodological innovation and the unsettling of participatory research. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 6 | Volume 38. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132513514723">https://doi.org/10.1177/03091… class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2014). Indigenous Geographies III, Methodological innovation and the unsettling of participatory research. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 6 | Volume 38. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132513514723">https://doi.org/10.1177/03091… class="aca-article">Coombes, B., Johnson, J., Howitt, R. (2014). Indigenous Geographies III, Methodological innovation and the unsettling of participatory research. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 6 | Volume 38. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132513514723">https://doi.org/10.1177/03091… class="aca-book">Johnson, J., Larsen, S. (2013). <i>A Deeper Sense of Place: Stories and Journeys of Collaboration in Indigenous-Academic Collaboration</i>. Oregon State Univ Pr. [9780870717222].</div><div class="aca-book">Johnson, J. (2013). <i>A Deeper Sense of Place: Stories and Journeys of Collaboration in Indigenous Research</i>. Oregon State University Press.</div><div class="aca-book">Johnson, J., Larsen, S., . (2013). <i>A Deeper Sense of Place: Stories and Journeys of Collaboration in Indigenous Research</i>. Oregon State University Press.</div><div class="aca-article">Coombes, B., Johnson, J., Howitt, R. (2013). Indigenous geographies II: The aspirational spaces in postcolonial politics – reconciliation, belonging and social provision. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 5 | Volume 37. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512469590">https://doi.org/10.1177/03091… class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2013). Indigenous geographies II: the aspirational spaces in postcolonial politics – reconciliation, belonging and social provision. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 5 | Volume 37. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512469590">https://doi.org/10.1177/03091… class="aca-article">Coombes, B., Johnson, J., Howitt, R. (2013). Indigenous geographies II: the aspirational spaces in postcolonial politics – reconciliation, belonging and social provision. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 5 | Volume 37. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512469590">https://doi.org/10.1177/03091… class="aca-book-chapter">Johnson, J. (2013). Dancing into place: the role of the powwow within urban Indigenous communities. <i>Indigenous in the city: contemporary identities and cultural innovation</i>. (pp. 316-323). UBC Press.</div><div class="aca-book-chapter">Johnson, J., Peters, E., Andersen, C. (2013). Dancing into place: the role of the powwow within urban Indigenous communities. E. Peters, C. Andersen (Eds.). <i>Indigenous in the city: contemporary identities and cultural innovation</i>. (pp. 316-323). UBC Press.</div><div class="aca-book-chapter">Johnson, J. (2013). Dancing into Place: The Role of the Powwow within Urban Indigenous Communities. <i>Indigenous in the City</i>. (pp. 316-323). Univ of British Columbia Pr. [9780774824644].</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2012). Place-based learning and knowing: critical pedagogies grounded in Indigeneity. GeoJournal - Issue 6 | Volume 77. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/S10708-010-9379-1">https://doi.org/10.1007/S107… class="aca-article">Coombes, B., Johnson, J., Howitt, R. (2012). Indigenous geographies I: Mere resource conflicts? The complexities in Indigenous land and environmental claims. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 6 | Volume 36. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132511431410">https://doi.org/10.1177/03091… class="aca-article">Louis, R., Johnson, J., Pramono, A. (2012). Introduction: Indigenous Cartographies and Counter-Mapping. Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization - Issue 2 | Volume 47. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3138/carto.47.2.77">https://doi.org/10.3138/carto.47… class="aca-article">Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2012). In between worlds: place, experience, and research in Indigenous geography. Journal of Cultural Geography - Issue 1 | Volume 29. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/08873631.2012.646887">https://doi.org/10.1080/0… class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2012). Editorial Introduction: Indigenous Cartographies and Counter-mapping. Cartographica - Issue 2 | Volume 47.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2012). Indigenous Geographies I: Mere resource conflicts? The complexity in Indigenous land and environmental claims. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 6 | Volume 36.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2012). Place-based learning and knowing: A critical pedagogy grounded in Indigeneity. GeoJournal - Issue 6 | Volume 77.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2012). In between worlds: place, experience, and research in Indigenous geography. Journal of Cultural Geography - Issue 1 | Volume 29.</div><div class="aca-article">Louis, R., Johnson, J., Pramono, A. (2012). Editorial Introduction: Indigenous Cartographies and Counter-mapping. Cartographica - Issue 2 | Volume 47.</div><div class="aca-article">Coombes, B., Johnson, J., Howitt, R. (2012). Indigenous Geographies I: Mere resource conflicts? The complexity in Indigenous land and environmental claims. Progress in Human Geography - Issue 6 | Volume 36.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2012). Place-based learning and knowing: A critical pedagogy grounded in Indigeneity. GeoJournal - Issue 6 | Volume 77.</div><div class="aca-article">Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2012). Towards an 'open' sense of place: Geography and the question of being. Annals of the Association of American Geographers - Issue 3 | Volume 102.</div><div class="aca-article">Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2012). In between worlds: place, experience, and research in Indigenous geography. Journal of Cultural Geography - Issue 1 | Volume 29.</div><div class="aca-book-chapter">Shaw, W., Coombes, B., Johnson, J., Gombay, N., Coombes, B., Gombay, N., Johnson, J., Shaw, W. (2011). The Challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies. <i>A Companion to Social Geography</i>. (pp. 472-489). Blackwell Pub. [9781405189774].</div><div class="aca-book-chapter">Johnson, J. (2011). The challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies: Implications for openly transcultural research. <i>The Companion to Social Geography</i>. (pp. 472-489). Blackwell.</div><div class="aca-book-chapter">Johnson, J., Yellow Bird, M., Healy, L., Link, R. (2011). Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Survival. L. Healy, R. Link (Eds.). <i>Handbook on International Social Work: Human Rights, Development, and the Global Profession</i>. (pp. 208-213). Oxford University Press.</div><div class="aca-book-chapter">Coombes, B., Gombay, N., Johnson, J., Shaw, W., Panelli, R. (2011). The challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies: Implications for openly transcultural research. R. Panelli (Eds.). <i>The Companion to Social Geography</i>. (pp. 472-489). Blackwell.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2008). Indigeneity's Challenges to the White Settler-State: Creating a Thirdspace for Dynamic Citizenship. Alternatives - Issue 1 | Volume 33. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/030437540803300103">https://doi.org/10.1177/030… class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2008). Kitchen Table Discourse: Negotiating the "Tricky Ground" of Indigenous Research. American Indian Culture and Research Journal - Issue 3 | Volume 32. <a href="https://doi.org/10.17953/AICR.32.3.N614240262468465">https://doi.org/10… class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2008). Indigeneity's challenges to the white settler-state: creating a thirdspace for dynamic citizenship. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political - Issue 1 | Volume 33.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2008). Kitchen Table Discourse: negotiating the 'Tricky Ground' of Indigenous research. American Indian Culture and Research Journal - Issue 3 | Volume 32.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2008). Indigeneity's challenges to the white settler-state: creating a thirdspace for dynamic citizenship. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political - Issue 1 | Volume 33.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2008). Kitchen Table Discourse: negotiating the 'Tricky Ground' of Indigenous research. American Indian Culture and Research Journal - Issue 3 | Volume 32.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J., Cant, G., Howitt, R., Peters, E. (2007). Creating Anti‐colonial Geographies: Embracing Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledges and Rights. Geographical Research - Issue 2 | Volume 45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00441.x">https://doi.org/10.11… class="aca-article">Johnson, J., Murton, B. (2007). Re/placing Native Science: Indigenous Voices in Contemporary Constructions of Nature. Geographical Research - Issue 2 | Volume 45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00442.x">https://doi.org/10.11… class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2007). Creating anti-colonial geographies: Embracing Indigenous Peoples' Knowledges and Rights. Geographical Research - Issue 2 | Volume 45.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J. (2007). Re/placing Native Science: Indigenous voices in contemporary constructions of nature. Geographical Research - Issue 2 | Volume 45.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J., Cant, G., Howitt, R., Peters, E. (2007). Creating anti-colonial geographies: Embracing Indigenous Peoples' Knowledges and Rights. Geographical Research - Issue 2 | Volume 45.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J., Murton, B. (2007). Re/placing Native Science: Indigenous voices in contemporary constructions of nature. Geographical Research - Issue 2 | Volume 45.</div><div class="aca-article">Johnson, J., Louis, R., Pramono, A. (2006). Facing the Future: Encouraging Cartographic Literacies in Indigenous Communities. ACME: An International E-Journal of Critical Geography - Issue 1 | Volume 4.</div></div>
Selected Presentations —
<div class="fp-presentations fp-container"><div class="aca-presentation">Being together in place - Garfield Conservatory in conjunction with Artist in Residence, Claire Pentacost. Location: Chicago, IL. (4-28-2018).</div><div class="aca-presentation">Decolonisation as a transition discourse: gazing toward the horizon to glimpse the pluriverse. Location: London, United Kingdom. (8-29-2017).</div><div class="aca-presentation">Heeding the call of place: to speak, to create, and to teach - Institute of Australian Geographers. Location: Brisbane, Australia. (7-11-2017).</div><div class="aca-presentation">The ethical and epistemological challenges to sharing qualitative data - Qualitative Data Sharing and Use to Accelerate Synthesis for Conservation and Sustainability Science. Location: SESYNC, Annapolis, Maryland. (2-28-2017).</div><div class="aca-presentation">The Haskell/KU Collaboration in STEM Education - The Tribal College STEM Summit. Location: Moscow, ID. (9-15-2016).</div><div class="aca-presentation">Learning from place: Lessons of hospitality and reciprocity at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Aotearoa/New Zealand - American Association of Geographers. Location: San Francisco, CA. (4-03-2016).</div></div>
Awards & Honors —
<div class="fp-award fp-container"><div class="aca-award">Docking Faculty Scholar. University of Kansas Office of the Provost. Received: 8-31-2019.</div><div class="aca-award">Enhancing Diversity. Association of American Geographers. Received: 12-31-2014.</div></div>