麻豆传媒

Contact Information

Education

Ph.D., University of Arizona, Geography (Minor: Anthropology)
M.A., University of Arizona, Geography
B.A., University of California, Irvine, Social Ecology (Emphasis: Criminology)

Professional/Academic Experience

• M. and Jo Winchester Distinguished Scholar, 2021.
• Professor, Geography, GIS, and Sustainability. University of Northern Colorado, 2018-present.
• Visiting Researcher, Boston University. 2018-2019.
• Co-Director, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program, University of Northern Colorado, 2016-2018.
• Visiting Fulbright Specialist Scholar, 2018-2019.
• Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Northern Colorado, 2013-2018.
• Sustainability Scholar in Residence, Center for Teaching and Learning, Spring 2013.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Northern Colorado, 2008-2013.

Research/Areas of Interest

My teaching and research focuses on community resilience and adaptation in marine and agricultural communities, global environmental change, and experiential learning. With support from Fulbright and the National Endowment for the Humanities, I recently published my monograph, 鈥� which investigates the second greatest maritime shipwreck in non-wartime history, an event which led to more human losses than the RMS TItanic. My book sheds light on the geographical forces that gave rise to the disaster and the ways in which the Sufi tenet of rafet njort (beautiful optimism) defined Senegal鈥檚 resistance and recovery. I have been fortunate to have been awarded several Fulbright fellowships (Nepal, Mexico, Kuwait, Brazil) as well as the n order to conduct my international fieldwork. I am also privileged to have organized and led five undergraduate field expeditions courses to Iceland, Peru, Nicaragua, Nepal, and Guyana. I currently serve as a Fellow of the the and a board member for both Colorado and the I am a first generation scholar, long distance runner, writer, and mom.

Publications/Creative Works

Barton, Karen Samantha. 2021.  Lexington: Landam, MD. (January 15, 2021, Rowman & Littlefield imprint).

Barton, K. 2021. 鈥淒isease Discourses, African Knowledge Systems, and COVID-19 in Senegal.鈥濃�� In Francis Egbokhare and Adeshina Afolayan (eds), The Humanities and Global Health: Perspectives, Challenges, and Possibilities (in press).

Barton, K. 2021.  Who Builds the Desert? Exploring Guest Worker Migration, Resources, and  Julian Agyeman鈥檚 鈥淛ust鈥� Sustainability in the Arabian Gulf.  in Handbook on Teaching Social Issues, eds. (Evans, Ronald), 2nd edition, Information Age Publishing  (in press).

Barton, K. 2021. 鈥淐ouriers of Change: The Semiotics of Senegalese Postage Stamps.鈥� In 鈥淪tamps, Nationalism, and Political Transition. (ed. Brunn, Stanley). New York: Taylor & Francis (in press)

Barton, K. 2021.  Environmental and Climate Refugees in West Africa.Chapter 4 (pp. 36-50) in Encyclopedia of Global Migration. (ed. Pope, C.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, forthcoming (in press).

Barton, K. 2020. Chapter 8 (pp. 133-148) in Palgrave Handbook on Islam in Africa. (Falola, T., Kurfi, M. and F. Ngom), Palgrave Mcmillan.

Barton, K. 2019. An African Teaching Module: Using Stereotypes and Shipwrecks to Refine Students鈥� Knowledge of People and Place. The Geography Teacher.

Klein, P., Barton, K., Salo, J., Lee, J. and T. Vowles. 2019. In Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Geography (eds. Walkington, Hill and Dyer).  New York: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Barton, 2018.  Guyana鈥檚 Linden-Lethem Road:  A Metaphor for Conservation and Development.  Focus on Geography. Volume 61. 

Barton, K. 2017. . Journal of Geography. 116: 6 (pp. 237-249).

Barton, K. 2017. The Geographical Dimensions of Africa鈥檚 Greatest Shipwreck.  Focus on Geography. DOI:10.21690/foge/2016.60.4

Barton, K. 2012. Northern Colorado's Millennial Generation: Perceptions of Nature, Society and Technology. Journal of Geography 111: 6 (pp. 213-223).

Barton, K.  & C.  Collins. 2011.  Generational Geographies. Chapter 6 in Geography Handbook for the 21^st Century, Sage Publications (Stoltman, J, ed.).

Conway-Gomez, K., Barton, K., Wang, M., Wei, D., Hamilton, M., and Kingsland, M. 2010. Population & natural resources conceptual framework: How does population growth affect the availability of resources? In Solem, M., Klein, P., Mu帽iz-Solari, O., and Ray, W., eds., AAG Center for Global Geography Education. Available from .

Honors and Awards

2021 Fulbright Hays Fellowship, Mexico, Department of Education.
2019 Fulbright Core Fellowship, Yezin Agricultural University, Burma-Myanmar.
2019 麻豆传媒 HSS College Scholar Award.
2018 National Council for Geographic Education Distinguished Teaching Award.
2018 Sears Helgoth Distinguished Teaching Award.
2018 Council for American Overseas Research/National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship, Senegal.
2018 Ambassador鈥檚 Distinguished Scholars Program, Ethiopia.
2018 Fulbright Specialist Award, Institute for Crisis Management, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2016 Fulbright Teaching/Research Core Fellowship Burma-Myanmar.
2016 Fulbright Hays Seminars Abroad Fellowship, Senegal.
2012 麻豆传媒 Engaged Research Scholar Award.
2012 麻豆传媒 Diversity in the Classroom Award.
2011 麻豆传媒 Provost Excellence in Teaching Award.
2010 麻豆传媒 Humanities/Social Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award.
2010 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Fellowship (Qatar, UAE, Kuwait).
2010 Mortar Board Favorite Professor Award.
2010 麻豆传媒 Disability Resource Center Award.
2007 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Fellowship (Brazil).