Geoffrey L. Buckley

Geoffrey Buckley, portrait
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Director of Experiential Learning, Honors Tutorial College; Professor of Geography
35 Park Place, Room 204, Athens Campus
Geography
email address buckleg1@ohio.edu

Please note: Dr. Buckley is currently serving in the Honors Tutorial College and is not accepting graduate students at this time.

Education

Ph.D., University of Maryland

M.A., University of Oregon

B.A., Connecticut College

Research

  • Environmental justice
  • Historical geography
  • Public lands
  • Urban sustainability

Prior to moving to the Honors Tutorial College, Geoff taught for 24 years in the Department of Geography. Over the course of his career, he has published more than 50 articles and book chapters, and authored or edited six books, including The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape (opens in a new window) (with Chris Post and Alyson Greiner, 2023), The American Environment Revisited: Environmental Historical Geographies of the United States (opens in a new window) (with Yolonda Youngs, 2018), and North American Odyssey: Historical Geographies for the Twenty-first Century (opens in a new window) (with Craig Colten, 2014). His current research explores the career of Arthur E. Demaray, who rose through the ranks of the National Park Service to become the agency’s fifth director.

Courses Taught

  • HC 2905: Road Trip: The Epic American Journey
  • HC 2905: Parks and Recreation

Representative Publications

Buckley, G.L., N. Finnicum, M. O’Malley, J. Bowie, and Y. Youngs. In press. Learning by Doing: Building Place-Based Experiential Learning into the Curriculum. Honors in Practice 21.

Post, C.W., A.L. Greiner, and G.L. Buckley, eds. 2023. The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape. London: Routledge.

Dickerman, E., and G.L. Buckley. 2022. Promoting Diversity at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Environmental Justice 16 (2): 162-170.

Pickett, S.T.A., et al. 2020. Theoretical Perspectives of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Conceptual Evolution in a Socio-Ecological Research Projec (opens in a new window)t. Bioscience. 

Buckley, G.L., and Y. Youngs, eds. 2018. The American Environment Revisited: Environmental Historical Geographies of the United States. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Grove, J.M., et al. 2018. The Legacy Effect: Understanding How Segregation and Environmental Justice Unfold Over Time in Baltimore (opens in a new window). Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108 (2): 524-537.

Buckley, G.L. 2018. Rethinking Fountainbridge: Honoring the Past and Greening the Future. In: Explorations in PLACE Attachment, ed. Jeffrey S. Smith, 197-210. London: Routledge.

Buckley, G.L., C.G. Boone, and J.M. Grove. 2017. The Greening of Baltimore’s Asphalt Schoolyards. The Geographical Review 107 (3): 516-535.

Selected Student Projects

Meghan Little, M.S. Environmental Studies (Thesis: “Conservation and Compliance: A Case Study in Kosovo’s Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park,” May 2019)

Natalie Mumich, M.A. Geography (Thesis: “Greater Canyonlands: A Contested Landscape in Southern Utah,” May 2019)

Tatyana Pashibin, M.S. Environmental Studies (Thesis: “Environmental Perceptions of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, 1961-1971,” May 2019)

Meredith Stone, M.A. Geography (Thesis: “Décor-racial: Defining and Understanding Street Art as it Relates to Racial Justice in Baltimore, Maryland,” May 2017)

Jillian Prusa, M.A. Geography (Thesis: “Refurbishing the Rust Belt: Vacant Land Reuse in Baltimore, Maryland and Cleveland, Ohio,” December 2014)

James Lloyd, M.A. Geography (Thesis: “Community Development, Research, and Reinvestment: The Struggle Against Redlining in Washington, DC, 1970 – 1995,” August 2012)