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:
785-864-5547
Department Phone:
785-864-5143
Malott Hall #4019S

Personal Links

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 —

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. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-019-0181-3.
Brewer Ii, J., Vandever, S., Johnson, J. (2018). Towards energy sovereignty: biomass as sustainability in interior Alaska. Sustainability Science - Issue 2 | Volume 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11625-017-0441-5.
Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2017). Being Together in Place: Indigenous Coexistence in a More Than Human World. Univ of Minnesota Pr. [9781517902216].
Madge, C., Johnson, J. (2016). Empowering Methodologies: Feminist and Indigenous Approaches. Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography. Oxford Univ Pr. [9780199010905].
Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2016). The Agency of Place: Toward a More-Than-Human Geographical Self. GeoHumanities - Issue 1 | Volume 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566X.2016.1157003.
Whyte, K., Brewer Ii, J., Johnson, J. (2016). Weaving Indigenous science, protocols and sustainability science. Sustainability Science - Issue 1 | Volume 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11625-015-0296-6.
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. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11625-015-0349-X.
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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132513514723.
Johnson, J. (2014). Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences: Diversifying our Methods (WIS2DOM) Workshop. National Science Foundation.
Johnson, J., Larsen, S. (2013). A Deeper Sense of Place: Stories and Journeys of Collaboration in Indigenous-Academic Collaboration. Oregon State Univ Pr. [9780870717222].
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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512469590.
Johnson, J. (2013). Dancing into Place: The Role of the Powwow within Urban Indigenous Communities. Indigenous in the City. (pp. 316-323). Univ of British Columbia Pr. [9780774824644].
Johnson, J. (2012). Place-based learning and knowing: critical pedagogies grounded in Indigeneity. GeoJournal - Issue 6 | Volume 77. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10708-010-9379-1.
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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132511431410.
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. https://doi.org/10.3138/carto.47.2.77.
Larsen, S., Johnson, J. (2012). In between worlds: place, experience, and research in Indigenous geography. Journal of Cultural Geography - Issue 1 | Volume 29. https://doi.org/10.1080/08873631.2012.646887.
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.
Shaw, W., Coombes, B., Johnson, J., Gombay, N., Coombes, B., Gombay, N., Johnson, J., Shaw, W. (2011). The Challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies. A Companion to Social Geography. (pp. 472-489). Blackwell Pub. [9781405189774].
Johnson, J., Yellow Bird, M., Healy, L., Link, R. (2011). Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Survival. L. Healy, R. Link (Eds.). Handbook on International Social Work: Human Rights, Development, and the Global Profession. (pp. 208-213). Oxford University Press.
Johnson, J. (2008). Indigeneity's Challenges to the White Settler-State: Creating a Thirdspace for Dynamic Citizenship. Alternatives - Issue 1 | Volume 33. https://doi.org/10.1177/030437540803300103.
Johnson, J. (2008). Kitchen Table Discourse: Negotiating the "Tricky Ground" of Indigenous Research. American Indian Culture and Research Journal - Issue 3 | Volume 32. https://doi.org/10.17953/AICR.32.3.N614240262468465.
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00441.x.
Johnson, J., Murton, B. (2007). Re/placing Native Science: Indigenous Voices in Contemporary Constructions of Nature. Geographical Research - Issue 2 | Volume 45. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00442.x.
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.

Selected Presentations —

Being together in place - Garfield Conservatory in conjunction with Artist in Residence, Claire Pentacost. Location: Chicago, IL. (4-28-2018).
Decolonisation as a transition discourse: gazing toward the horizon to glimpse the pluriverse. Location: London, United Kingdom. (8-29-2017).
Heeding the call of place: to speak, to create, and to teach - Institute of Australian Geographers. Location: Brisbane, Australia. (7-11-2017).
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).
The Haskell/KU Collaboration in STEM Education - The Tribal College STEM Summit. Location: Moscow, ID. (9-15-2016).
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).

Awards & Honors —

Docking Faculty Scholar. University of Kansas Office of the Provost. Received: 8-31-2019.
Enhancing Diversity. Association of American Geographers. Received: 12-31-2014.