Last update: August 2021

EDUCATION

2015 PhD., Geography Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

2008 M.S., Geography Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

2006 B.A., Environmental Studies; Geography (Honors). Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2016-present Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Kansas State University

2016 Lecturer, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University

PUBLICATIONS______________________________________________________________

*Denotes graduate student co-author; **Denotes undergraduate student co-author

Peer-reviewed journals

2021 Joslin, A. Intersections of Conservation, Cattle and Culture in Ecuador’s Paramo Grasslands. Mountain Research and Development.

2021 Joslin, A. Labor as a Linchpin in Ecosystem Services Conservation: Appropriating Value through Collective Institutions? Capitalism Nature Socialism. DOI: 10.1080/10455752.2021.1927126

2020 Joslin, A. Dividing ‘Above’ and ‘Below’: Constructing Territory for Ecosystem Services conservation in the Ecuadorian Highlands. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 110(6): 1874-1890.

2020 Joslin, A. Translating Water Fund Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Ecuadorian Andes. Development and Change. 51(4): 94 –116.

2019 Joslin, A.J. Unpacking ‘Success’: Applying Local Perceptions to Interpret Influences of Water Fund Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Ecuadorian Andes. Society & Natural Resources. 32(6): 617-637.

2019 Petriello M.A.* and A.J. Joslin. The Embers of Radical Ecology and Revolutionary Ideology in Nicaragua's Protests. Journal of Latin American Geography. 18(1): 203-209.

2018 Joslin, A.J. and W.E. Jepson. Territory and authority of water fund payments for ecosystem services in Ecuador’s Andes. Geoforum, 91, 10-20.

2013 Wonkka, C.L.; Lafon, C.W.; Hutton, C.M. and Joslin, A.J. A CSR classification of tree life history strategies and implications for ice storm damage. Oikos, 122(2), 209-222.

Encyclopedia Articles

2021 Joslin, A. The Great Mississippi Flood, 1993. In Paul, B. (Ed.) Natural Hazards and Disasters: From Avalanches and Climate Change to Water Spouts and Wildfires, pp. 127-132. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

2021 Joslin, A. and R.G. Micke**. Colombia Floods, 2010-2011. In Paul, B. (Ed.) Natural Hazards and Disasters: From Avalanches and Climate Change to Water Spouts and Wildfires, pp. 59-64. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Commentaries

2014 Joslin, A. (2014). Closing Dissertation Fieldwork. Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives

Series, 4(1), 41-44.

GRANTS AND AWARDS____________________________________________________________

Research

2021 Agri-environmental Conservation Incentives in the Extreme Wildfire Context of the U.S. Southern Plains. National Science Foundation, Human- Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Program. #2117533 A. Joslin PI, M. Caldas Co-PI, J. Bergtold Co-PI and I. Ciampitti Co-PI. 7/2021-12/2024. (Awarded $446,006).

2021 Grassland Conservation Landscapes in a Wildfire Context: Rural Emergency Response and Resilience. Chapman Center for Rural Studies, Kansas State University, Interdisciplinary Research Grant. A. Joslin PI, J. Bergtold Co-PI, M. Caldas Co-PI. 6/2021- 6/2022. Financial and Administrative Support (Awarded $24,994)

2019 Building the Federalism Data and Advanced Statistics Hub (FDASH). National Science Foundation, Convergence Accelerator Grant #1937033 (J. Windett PI, N. Birkhead Co-PI, M. Kroeger Co-PI, J. Harden Co-PI, A. Joslin Co-PI, J. Kirkland Co-PI, S. Shaikh Co-PI, S. Moller Co-PI, M. Parker Co-PI, I. Cho Co-PI, R. Hudson Co-PI, G. Hull Co-PI). 6/2019-8/2021 (Awarded $1,000,000)

2019 Agricultural Food Production and the Conservation Reserve Program in the Context of Wildfire: Assessing Rural Perceptions and Land Management in the U.S. Southern Plains. Global Food Systems Seed Grant, Kansas State University (A. Joslin PI, and M. Caldas Co-PI, J. Bergtold Co-PI). 10/2019-8/2021 (Awarded $42,795)

2018 Payments for Ecosystem Services in a Volatile Landscape: Examining the Conservation Reserve Program in the Context of Wildfire. University Small Research Grant, Kansas State University. (A. Joslin PI). 12/2018-12/2019 (Awarded $3,420)

2013 Doctoral Dissertation Research: Changing Labor and Land-use Regimes in Market- Based Ecosystem Services Projects. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant # 1303138. (A. Joslin Co-PI and W. Jepson PI). (Awarded $15,534)

2011 Travel-to-Fieldwork Graduate Student Grant. Glasscock Center for the Humanities, Texas A&M University. (Awarded $1,000)

2011 Graduate Student Fieldwork Grant. Department of Geography, Texas A&M University. ($400)

2007 Tinker Field Research Grant, for work in Brazil's Amazon. Tinker Foundation, Center for Latin America Studies, Michigan State University. ($1800)

2007 Graduate Office Fellowship Research Support Grant. Department of Geography, Michigan State University. ($2,000)

Fellowships

2014-2015 Doctoral Dissertation Writing Fellow. Office of Graduate and Professional Students, Texas A&M University (Awarded $24,000)

2013 Unocal Graduate Fellow in Geosciences. College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University. (Awarded $500)

2009-2015 National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship

(NSF-IGERT), Applied Biodiversity Science Program. Texas A&M University. (Awarded $80,000)

2007; 2008 Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellow, Portuguese Language Study. Michigan State University ($12,000)

2005-2006 Summer Servant-Leadership Fellow, Center for Vocational Reflection, Gustavus Adolphus College. ($1500)

Other Honors & Awards

2020 Blue Diamond (Technology) Award Finalist in the Business Impact, Education and Government Category for NSF-funded F-DASH project. N. Birkhead, I. Cho, J. Harden, R. Hudson, G. Hull, A. Joslin, M. Kroeger, J. Kirkland, S. Moller, M. Parker, S. Shaikh, and J. Windett,

2017 ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture Series Funding Award, Kansas State University. ($1200)

2017 Alternative Textbook Program Funding Award for GEOG 100: World Geography and Globalization. Kansas State University. ($5,000)

2015 Conference Travel Grant, Graduate Student Council, Texas A&M University. ($500)

2014 Henry C. Cowles Award for Excellence in Publication, Biogeography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, for co-authored paper published in Oikos by C. Wonkka, C. Lafon, C. Hutton, and A. Joslin

2013 Graduate Conference Travel Grant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University. ($750)

2010 Graduate Conference Travel Grant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University. ($400)

2008 Gamma Theta Upsilon Conference Travel Grant, Department of Geography, Michigan State University. ($600)

2006 National Council for Geographic Education Award, Gustavus Adolphus College.

2006 Paul Magnusson Award for Student Leadership and Service, Gustavus Adolphus College.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES___________________

Oral Presentations

*Denotes graduate student co-presenter

2021 Joslin, A., J. Bergtold and M. Caldas. Rural Perceptions of Wildfire Interaction with Grassland Conservation Incentives in the Southern Great Plains. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Online. 10 April.

2020 Joslin, A. Translating Water Fund PES in the Ecuadorian Andes Conference of Latin American Geographers. Antigua, Guatemala, 3 Jan.

2019 Molloy, M.* and A. Joslin. Adaptation to coastal environmental change in Louisiana: An analysis of local and state environmental governance relationships. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Lawrence, KS. 12 Oct.

2019 Joslin, A. Added value? The Benefits beyond Ecosystem Services for Water Fund Constituents in Ecuador. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. 5 Apr.

2018 Chatterjee, S.,* Paul, B.K., and A. Joslin. Determinants of Human Migration in the Climate Change Affected Indian Sunderbans. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Manhattan, KS. 6. Oct

2018 Joslin, A. Producing Ecosystem Services in the Ecuadorian Andes. Political Ecology Network Bi-annual meeting, Oslo, Norway. 19 Jun.

2018 Joslin, A. Community Labor within Latin American Water Funds. Conference of Latin American Geographers. San Jose, Costa Rica. 22 May.

2018 Joslin, A. Labor as a Linchpin: the role of pre-existing labor institutions in water fund PES. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 13 Apr.

2017 Joslin, A. Examining ‘Success’ in Water Fund Conservation Arrangements in Ecuador’s Andes. International Congress for Conservation Biology. Cartagena, Colombia. 27 Jul.

2017 Joslin, A. Translating Water Fund Payments for Ecosystem Services. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. 5 Apr.

2017 Joslin, A. Above and Below: Bordering Market-Based Conservation Territories. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. New Orleans, LA. 3 Jan.

2016 Joslin, A. “It’s like proving the existence of God”: Assessing Conservation and Development Outcomes of Water Fund PES in Ecuador. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA 21 Apr.

2015 Joslin, A. Territorialization, Authority and Neoliberalism: Sidelining the State in Payments for Watershed Services. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL 21 Apr.

2015 Joslin, A. Constructing Territory for Payments for Ecosystem Services through Market Alliances. Student Research Week, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 27 Mar.

2014 Joslin, A. Reworking Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Ecuadorian Andes. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. 28 Apr.

2013 Joslin, A. Territory within Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Ecuadorian Paramos. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. 13 Apr.

2013 Joslin, A. Payments for Ecosystem Services and Territory Arrangements in the Ecuadorian Páramos. Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association Annual Student Conference on Latin America. Austin, Texas. 8 Feb.

2010 Joslin, A. Agrarian Reform Settlements in the Brazilian Amazon: An Examination of Organizational Conflict and Environmental Repercussions. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. 12 Apr.

2008 Joslin, A. Unbalanced Objectives: The negotiation of conservation and development in Eastern Amazonia’s Agrarian Reform Settlements. 2008 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. 19 Apr.

2006 Joslin, A. Migration Patterns of the Immigrant Hispanic Community of St Peter, Minnesota, Symposium for Undergraduate Research in Geography. St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN. 13 Mar.

2004 Joslin, A. Perspectives on Hunting Wildlife from the Communities near San Lorenzo Protected Area, School of International Training Research Symposium, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama. 5 Dec.

Poster Presentations

2019 Joslin, A. The Conservation Reserve Program and Wildfires: Incentive-based conservation in a context of uncertainty. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Lawrence, KS. 12 Oct.

2013 Joslin, A. Labor and Land Use in Payments for Watershed Services. National Science Foundation IGERT Video and Poster Competition. 21 May. <http://posterhall.org/igert2013/posters/385>.

Invited Talks

2018 Market-based Ecosystem Services Conservation: Success in Andean Grasslands? Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.18 Feb.

2013 Connecting Urban and Rural Landscapes through Water Resources. Yanapuma Foundation, Quito, Ecuador. 12 September.

2012 Trabajo interdisciplinario entre biólogos y científicos sociales: la contribución de la Geografía. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador. 4 April.

Organized Conference Sessions

2020 Co-organizer with J. Rodriguez de Francisco. Complicating Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. One paper session for the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Apr. 9. Session cancelled due to Covid-19.

2017 Organizer. “Andes and the Environment.” Paper session for the Conference of Latin American Geographers, New Orleans, LA. Jan 3-5.

TEACHING__________________________________________________________________

Graduate Student Advising, Kansas State University

Chair, Current

Shreya Ojha, (PhD, Geography)

Committee member, Current

Erich Herbel, (MLA, Landscape Architecture)

Christy Jean (PhD, Geography)

Chair, Completed

Michael Molloy (MA, 2020. Geography). Chair.

Thesis title: Adaptation to coastal environmental change in Louisiana: An analysis of local and state environmental governance relationships

Avantika Ramekar (PhD, 2020. Geography). Co-Chair.

Dissertation title: Living with oil and natural gas: A risk perception study among adults in Kansas and Oklahoma

Committee member, Completed

Subarna Chatterjee (PhD, 2021. Geography) Dissertation title: Decreasing climate change vulnerability through adaptation with special reference to migration: A study in the Indian Sundarbans

Thomas Larsen (PhD, 2018. Geography). Dissertation title: Developing a Human-Environment Timeline: A Chronology of Ideas and Events for the Anthropocene

Evan Lanning (MLA, 2018. Landscape Architecture). Thesis title: Frackland: Chronicles of America’s Oil and Gas Landscapes.

Courses Instructed

Kansas State University

Geog 790: Environmental Governance Fall 2021

Geog 100: World Geography & Globalization Fall 2016-2021, Spring 2017

Geog 722/822: Geographies of Int Conservation Fall 2017, Fall 2020

Geog 600: Mountain Geography Spring 2018, 2019, 2021

Geog 495: Capstone Seminar in Geography Spring 2017-2021

Geog 870: (Ind Study) Environmental Governance Spring 2018

Geog 490/790: Applied Interdisciplinary Field Methods and Experience Spring 2020

Texas A&M University

Geog 360: Natural Hazards Spring 2016

Geog 323: Geography of Latin America Fall 2015

Geog 202: The Global Village Spring 2014; Fall 2013

Michigan State University

ISS 310V: People and Environment Summer 2008

SERVICE____________________________________________________________________

National and International

· Vice Chair, Latin America Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers (2020-present)

· Great Plains Rocky Mountain Division Regional Director, Rural Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers (2017-present)

· Reviewer

o Journals: Geoforum; Conservation and Society; Land Use Policy; Water; Land; Sustainability; Tropical Conservation; Forests; Water; Journal of Latin American Geography

o Funding Agencies: National Science Foundation

o Other: Oxford University Press

University and Departmental

· Reviewer, Global Food System Seed Grants, Kansas State University (2020, 2021)

· Faculty Judge, Research and the State Graduate Student Poster Competition, Kansas State University. (10/2020)

· Faculty Mentor, McNair Scholar’s Program, Kansas State University (Summer 2018)

· Committee member, Kale Undergraduate Research Award, Geography & Geospatial Sciences Dept (2017-present)

· Manager, Flower Fund, Geography & Geospatial Sciences Dept. (2018-present)

· Committee member, Geography Undergraduate Scholarships (2017-present)

· Committee member, Graduate Admissions, Geography & Geospatial Sciences Dept. (2020-present)

· Co-Organizer, Department Display, University Open House (2021)

· Committee member, Strategic Plan Review Committee, (2016-18)

· Co-representative, Alumni Board, Department of Geography, Kansas State University, (2016-17)

Media Engagement

Interview, KCUR 89.3. ‘K-State to Help with Massive Research Data Hub on Everything from Marijuana to Education.’ https://www.kcur.org/science-environment/2019-12-02/k-state-to-help-with-massive-research-data-hub-on-everything-from-marijuana-to-education

Professional Affiliations

· Association of American Geographers, member (2007-present)

o Latin America Specialty Group

o Rural Geography Specialty Group

o Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group

o Mountain Geography Specialty Group

· Society of Conservation Biology

o Social Science Working Group (2016-present)

· Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (2007-present)

· Gamma Theta Upsilon, International Geographic Honor Society (inducted 2004)