Joshua Long

Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography

Office:  324 Clapp Lab
Email: Joshua Long
Phone:  413-538-3465
Fax:  413-538-2239

Education

  • Ph.D. Human Geography, August 2008
    Department of Geography, University of Kansas
    Dissertation: Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, TX.
  • M.A. Rural Geography and Development (Summa Cum Laude) May 2004
    Department of Geography and Planning, Northern Arizona University
    Thesis: Corporate, Campus, and Counterculture: An Ethnogeographic Examination of Place Attachment and Culture in the American Coffeehouse.
  • B.S. Resource and Environmental Studies (Summa Cum Laude) May 2001
    Department of Geography, Texas State University
    (Formerly Southwest Texas State University)
    Honors Thesis: Calle Hidalgo: A Cultural Examination of Border Crossing as Rite of Passage Among South Central Texas Teenagers.

Teaching Schedule

  • GEOG 105: World Regional Geography, fall 2008.
  • GEOG 311: Seminar in Third World Development, fall 2008.
  • GEOG 206: Political Geography, spring 2009.
  • GEOG312: Seminar in Global Food Issues, spring 2009.

Research

  • Urban Geography and Urban Landscapes
  • Rural/Urban Interface and Exurban Environments
  • Sense of Place Studies
  • Social Theory
  • Human and Environmental Dimensions of Landscapes in Transition
  • Local Food Networks and Landscapes
  • Global Food Issues
  • Geographic Education and Student Developme

Publications

Larsen, Soren, Curt Sorenson, David McDermott, Joshua Long, Christopher Post.  2007. “Rootedness, Sense of Place, and the Politics of Exurban Development in Garden Park, Colorado.”The Professional Geographer 59 (4): 421-23.

Long, Joshua and R. Dawn Hawley. 2006. “From Beatniks to Britney and Beyond: The Socio-cultural Evolution of the American Coffeehouse,” in Wilson, Leslie ed. Americana: Readings in Popular Culture. Hollywood: Press Americana (242-50).

Under Contract and in Review:
Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas. Submitted to University of Texas Press.

In Preparation:
“Searching for the Sustainable Creative City: the case of Austin, Texas.” In preparation for submission.

“The Coffee Ritual: From Ceremony to Consumer Fetish.” In preparation for submission.

Published Reviews

Wood, Andrew Grant, ed. 2004. On the Border: Society and culture between the United States and Mexico, in Cultural Geographies 7 (13): p. 484-5.

Forthcoming:
Krims, Adam. 2007. Music and Urban Geography. London: Routledge. Forthcoming: Cultural Geographies.

Professional Papers

2009: Resistance in the Creative Archetype: Lessons from the “success story” of Austin, Texas. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV.

2008: Weird City: Cultural and Economic Resistance to Urban Landscape Transformation in Austin, Texas.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers: Boston, Massachusetts.

2008:  Creative City Rising: Resistance, Cultural Expression, and the Impact of Creative Strategies on Urban Development in Austin, Texas.
Presented at the KU Geography Brownbag Colloquium, March 26. Lawrence, KS.

2007: The Coffee Ritual: From Ancient Ceremony to Contemporary Consumer Fetish.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers: San Francisco, California.

2005: Corporate, Campus, and Counterculture: An ethnogeographic examination of place attachment and culture in the American coffeehouse.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers: Denver, Colorado.

2001: Calle Hidalgo: An Introspective Examination of Border Crossing as Rite of Passage Among South Central Texas Teenagers.
Presented at the Honors Program Forum for Graduating Seniors: San Marcos, TX