Kyle Davis

Geography PhD Student

Contact Info

ks.davis@ku.edu

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Biography —

I consider myself a human geographer. My current research focuses on the relationship between population distributions, political developments and voting behavior in the United States. I study these in order to understand how demographic change is breaking up the traditional order of US politics and electoral outcomes.

Advisor: Dr. Barney Warf

Education —

B.S. in Geography, Brigham Young University, 2023, Provo, UT

M.A. in Geography, University of Kansas, 2025, Lawrence, KS

Research —

Political Science / Electoral Geography
Population Geography
Urban / Rural Contrasts
Latin America
Cultural and Historical Geography
Tourism
Mountaineering

Teaching —

Graduate Teaching Assistant:
Culture and Health (Fall 2023 - Spring 2025)
Intro to Physical Lab in Geography (Fall 2025 - Present)

Selected Publications —

Davis, K.S., Otterstrom, S.M., and Reeves, D. 2025. Imported Toponymy and the FamilySearch Place Name Database: Mapping North American Communities with European Capital Namesakes. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 60(2): 78-92.

Davis, K.S. 2025. Homeless Republicans: Haley Voters and the 2024 Presidential Primary in Coastal South Carolina. Southeastern Geographer 65(1):101-118.

Davis, K.S. 2024. The Big Peach Divided: Demographic-Electoral Transitions and Geographic Polarization in Atlanta Metropolitan Area Counties. Southeastern Geographer 64(3):312-332.