JAY T. JOHNSON


Jay T. Johnson
  • Associate Chair of Geography & Atmospheric Science Director, Center for Indigenous Research, Science, and Technology
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Geography & Atmospheric Science

Contact Info

Office Phone:
Department Phone:
Malott Hall #4019S

Biography

My current research interests concern the broad area of Indigenous peoples' cultural survival with specific regard to the areas of resource management, political activism at the national and international levels and the philosophies and politics of place which underpin the drive for cultural survival. Much of my work is comparative in nature and has focused predominately on New Zealand, the Pacific and North America. For more information, please visit my research center webpage at http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/cfirst/.

Research

Research interests:

  • Indigenous geographies
  • critical methodologies
  • place-based struggle

Teaching

Geog 370 - Intro to Cultural Geography Geog 500 - Geography Capstone Geog 875 - Qualitative Research Methods Geog 970 - Seminar in Cultural Geography

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>