Title
Assistant Professor of Geography (2006)
Degree
BA, BS University of Arizona 1997; MS Yale University 2000; PhD University of Washington 2006
Specialties
Physical geography, political ecology, urban ecology, geographies of consumption, former Soviet Union area studies
Interests
Society-nature interactions, political ecology, urban ecology, regional geography of the former Soviet Union
Selected Publications
Graybill, J.K. 2009. “Places and identities on Sakhalin Island: situating the emerging movements for ‘Sustainable Sakhalin’.” In Environmental Justice of the Former Soviet Union. Agyeman, J., Ogneva-Himmelberger, E., eds. Boston: MIT Press.
Graybill, J.K., Shandas, V. Fyffe, J., Flores, E., forthcoming 2009. “Forces Acting on Doctoral Education from the Viewpoint of Early Career Researchers.” In Nerad, M. Forces and Forms Global Network on Doctoral Education, Volume II. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Graybill, J.K., Shandas, V., forthcoming 2009. "Doctoral Student and Early Academic Career Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity.” In Frodeman, R., Klein, R.T., Mitcham, C., eds. The Oxford Handbook on Interdisciplinarity,. Oxford University Press.
Graybill, J.K., 2008. “Regional dimensions of Russia’s transformation: hydrocarbon development and emerging socio-environmental landscapes of Sakhalin Island.” In Kring Beringia: Expeditioner och folk. Geography and Anthropology Yearbook of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography No. 127.
Graybill, J.K., Mitchneck, B., 2008. “Cities of Russia.” In Brunn, S., Hays-Mitchell, M., Ziegler, D., eds. Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development. Fourth edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Shandas, V., Graybill, J.K., Ryan, C.M., 2008. “The challenges of ecosystem-based management: a case study from Western Washington.” Journal of Planning and Environmental Management 51(5): 649-664.
Mills, A., Francis, T., Shandas, V., Whittaker, K. Graybill, J.K., 2008. “Using best available science to protect critical areas in Washington state: challenges and barriers to planners.” Urban Ecosystems
Graybill, J. K., 2007. “Continuity and change: (Re)constructing geographies of the environment in late Soviet and postsoviet Russia.” Area 39(1): 6-19.
Dooling, S., Graybill, J.K., Greve, A., 2007. “Response to Young and Wolf: Goal attainment in urban ecology research.” Urban Ecosystems 10(3): 339-347.
Graybill, J.K., Dooling, S., Shandas, V., Withey, J., Greve, A., Simon, G., 2006. A Rough Guide to Interdisciplinarity: Graduate Student Experiences. BioScience 59(9): 757-764.
Perepechko, A.S., Graybill, J.K., ZumBrunnen, C.; Sharkov, D., 2005. Spatial Database Development for Russian Urban Areas: A New Conceptual Framework. GIScience and Remote Sensing. 42(2): 122-148.
Francis, T., Whittaker, K., Shandas, V. Mills, A., Graybill, J.K., 2005. Incorporating science into the environmental policy process: a case study from Washington State. Ecology and Society 10(1):35. URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss1/art35
Dissertation
Research Grant, Center for Statistics, Demography & Ecology, University of Washington 2005; Howard Martin Grant, Geography Department, University of Washington 2005; Rachel Woods Grant, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington 2005; Vespucci Organization Scholarhisp for GIScience training in Fiesole, Italy 2004; National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education & Research Training (IGERT) Fellow in Urban Ecology, University of Washington 2001-2006
Travel
Currently on fourth-year leave, traveling across Russia from August 2009-August 2010. Travel funded by Colgate University and my ACLS Fellowship ((http://www.acls.org/research/fellow.aspx?cid=2bc15e6d-5050-de11-97ce-000c293a51f7)
Professional Experience
Language editor and translator, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) 2000-01
Distinctions
Awarded a Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies for 2009-2010. See my ACLS profile at http://www.acls.org/research/fellow.aspx?cid=2bc15e6d-5050-de11-97ce-000c293a51f7
June 2008: Prize for best paper in 2007 by a new researcher in the journal Area. (Graybill, J.K., 2007. "Continuity and change: (re)constructing environmental geographies in late Soviet and post-Soviet Russia." Area 39(1):6-19.) Link to article: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117996036/abstract
March 2008: Research grant from the Upstate Institute, Colgate University, to study urban green spaces in post-industrial Utica, N.Y.
Other
Chair of the Russian, Central Eurasian & East European Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers. See our website at http://sites.google.com/site/rceeespecialtygroup/.
Board Membership
Environmental Council (2007-2009); Library Advisory Committee (2007-08)