Curriculum Vitae

Education

Degrees Received:

Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania

August 2000 to August 2003

Degree in Geography with emphases in cultural geography, political ecology, and tourism.

M.A. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

January 1998 to May 2000.

Degree in Rural Geography with emphases in tourism, social theory, and development. Graduated with distinction.

B.S. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

August 1989 to December 1994.

Degree in Geography and completion of Pre-Medical curriculum.

Graduated Cum Laude.

Other Education:

Aug. 96--May 97: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Graduate study in Geography with emphasis in Health Geography.

Aug. 95--May 96: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Undergraduate study in Geography and Medical Anthropology.

Jul. 89--Aug 89: Akadem Gorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia.

Exchange student studying Environmental Science.

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor:

Fall 2003 to present Department of Geography, University of Vermont.

Study abroad service/learning course in Vieques, Puerto Rico (Geog 190)

Adv. Human – Environment Interaction - “Whose Environment is it?” (Geog 245)

Adv. Political Economy & Ecology “Consequences of the American Empire” (Geog 273)

Geography of the Pacific (Geog 095)

Political Ecology (Geog173)

Geography of Third World Development (Geog 154)

World Regional Geography (Geog 001)

Geotechniques (Geog 081)

Instructor:

Spring 2003 Department of Geography, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Instructor for graduate seminar in Geography of the Pacific (Geog 665) with the theme of “Creating Pacific places from the inside and out.”

Co-Instructor for undergraduate class in Geography of the Pacific (Geog 365).

Spring 2001—May 2002 Geography Department / Schreyer Honors College, Pennsylvania State University.

Instructor for travel abroad service/learning honors course to Southern India titled “Experiences in International Service Learning: Making a Difference in a Globalizing World.” (Geog 297H).

Publications

Articles Published in Peer Reviewed Journals:

Davis, Jeffrey Sasha, Jessica Hayes-Conroy and Victoria M. Jones. (Forthcoming) “Military Pollution and Natural Purity: Seeing Nature and Knowing Contamination in Vieques, Puerto Rico” GeoJournal. Accepted July 2007.

Davis, Jeffrey Sasha. (2007). “Scales of Eden: Conservation and Pristine Devastation on Bikini Atoll” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 25 (2): 213-235.

Davis, Jeffrey Sasha. (2005). “Representing place: ‘Deserted isles’ and the reproduction of Bikini Atoll.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 95 (3): 607-625.

Davis, Jeffrey Sasha. (2005). “‘Is it really safe? That's what we want to know’: Science, stories and dangerous places.” Professional Geographer, 57 (2): 213-221.

Davis, Jeffrey Sasha and Duarte Morais. (2004) “Factions and Enclaves: Small Towns and Socially Unsustainable Tourism Development.” The Journal of Travel Research, 43: 3-10.

Davis, Kathleen Kleman, Jeffrey Sasha Davis, and Lorraine Dowler. (2004). “In Motion, Out of Place: The Public Spaces of Tourette Syndrome.” Social Science and Medicine, 59 (1): 103-112.

Articles accepted pending revisions:

“Militarization, resistance and the geographies of projecting imperial power” accepted pending revisions at Antipode on Oct 2, 2007.

Published Commentaries, Journal Introductions and Book Reviews:

Introduction to "Military Natures: Militarism and the Environment" special issue of GeoJournal (Forthcoming)

Review of Political Ecology: An Integrative Approach to Geography and Environment-Development Studies by Karl Zimmerer and Thomas Bassett in Ethics, Place and Environment 7 (3) 2004.

Review of Walt Disney and the Quest for Community. By Steve Mannheim in Regional Studies 38 (1) 2004.

Review of Reimagining the American Pacific: from South Pacific to Bamboo Ridge and Beyond. By Rob Wilson in Cultural Geographies 9 (3) 2002.

Davis, Jeffrey Sasha. 2001. “Commentary: Tourism Research and Social Theory: Expanding the Focus.” Tourism Geographies 3 (2): 129-138. (peer reviewed)

Maps:

Maps I created are featured in the second edition of For the Good of Mankind: A History of the People of Bikini and their Islands by Jack Niedenthal (2002). Bravo Publishing. The maps are also featured on the website http://www.bikiniatoll.com.

Presentations

April 2007 “Nature takes over: Constructing terra nullius and scales of control” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, CA.

Nov. 2006 “Islands of the Empire: modern colonialism and the places of global power projection” invited public lecture at Clark University. Worcester, MA.

Oct. 2006, “Widespread destruction and landscapes of loss and opportunity” NESTVAL regional conference of the Association of American Geographers. Burlington, Vermont.

May 2006, invited lecture on Militarism and Gender for women’s studies / geography class at Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH.

March 2006, “ ‘Fish and Wildlife is another name for the Navy:’ Military destruction, environmental preservation and social justice.” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. Chicago, IL.

Feb. 2006, "American militarism and the creation of places worth destroying." Invited public lecture at Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, NY.

April 2005, “How do you return to an eco-tourist sanctuary? Conservation and repatriation on Bikini Atoll.” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. Denver, CO.

Jan 2005, “Militarism, Modernity and ‘Pristine wilderness’: Environmental preservation and post-colonial desires at US bombing ranges.” Fourth International Conference of Critical Geography. Mexico City, Mexico.

Mar 2004, “ ‘Is it really safe? That's what we want to know’: Science, stories and dangerous places.” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. Philadelphia, Pa

Mar 2004, “From Bikini Atoll to Star Wars: U.S. Weapons Testing and the ‘Disposable’ Places and People of the Marshall Islands” presentation for Area and International Studies Lecture Series, University of Vermont.

Mar 2003, “Indigenous ownership and sustainable tourism development: Re(-)creating Bikini Atoll.” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. New Orleans, LA.

Dec 2002, “ ‘We all wonder why the Bikinians aren’t here. It’s such a beautiful place’: Tourism, nuclear contamination, and re-creating place on Bikini Atoll” Geography Department Colloquium, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Nov 2002, “Spaces of marginalization and US weapons testing in the Marshall Islands” Annual Miniconference on Critical Geography. Lexington, KY.

Mar 2002, “Re-Creating Bikini: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Post Nuclear Tourism” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers.

Los Angeles, CA.

Mar 2001, “The Interaction of Landscape and Social Processes: Corporate Spaces and the Spatial Behavior of Tourists” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. New York, NY.

Oct 2000, “The Production of a Tourism Enclave: The Grand Canyon Railway and Williams, Arizona” Annual Meetings of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers. Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Apr 2000, “Corporate Tourism Enterprises: Small Town Saviors or Creatures of Capital?” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. Pittsburgh, PA.

Panels:

Apr. 2007, Participant on panel “Geographies of Militarism” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, CA.

Apr. 2007, Participant on panel “Claiming Political Space” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, CA.

Apr. 2005, Participant on Panel “Militarism, human health, and environmental destruction.” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. Denver, CO.

Mar. 2003, Participant on panel “Tourism impacts.” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. New Orleans, LA.

Awards, fellowships and honors

2007, $1,475 award for bringing speakers from Vieques, Puerto Rico to speak at UVM. Award is from University of Vermont Office of International Education.

2006, $15,000 Faculty Research Support Award from University of Vermont, College of Arts and Sciences for research in the summer of 2007 in the Pacific region.

2006, $954 from University of Vermont Service/Learning Office to prepare service component of study abroad class in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

2006, Participant in NYU Faculty Resource Network seminar “America’s Paradise”: Re-Imagining Hawai’i hosted by Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI.

2005, $510 award for research in Vieques, Puerto Rico from University of Vermont Office of International Education.

2004, $1655 award for research in Vieques, Puerto Rico from University of Vermont College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Fund.

2004, $300 award for travel to International Conference of Critical Geography in Mexico City from University of Vermont College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Fund.

2004, Finalist for Nystrom Award (award from the AAG for a paper from a dissertation)

2002, Grants for travel for dissertation field work from Department of Geography and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University.

2002, Muan/Wilson Award for outstanding graduate student in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University.

2001, Socialist Geography Specialty Group of the AAG student paper competition winner.

2001, E. Willard Miller Award for paper competition, Penn State University.

2001, Ruby Miller Grant for travel to Marshall Islands for research, Penn State University.

Service

Institutional service

College of Arts and Sciences Global Studies Planning Committee Fall 2006 to Present.

College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee 2004-2005 and Fall 2006 to present.

Member of United Academics Delegate’s Assembly May 2005 to present

Department union representative Fall 2004 to present.

Department Internship Coordinator Fall 2004 to present

Service to Discipline

Co-Chair of Qualitative Methods Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers 2007 to present.

Editor of special issue of GeoJournal on “Militarism and the Environment” Spring 2006 to 2007.

Panel session organizer for panels on “militarism and geography” and “the militarization of humanitarian aid” for 2007 meeting of AAG.

Paper session co-organizer on “critical explorations of militarism” 2006 meeting of AAG.

Coordinator of Qualitative Methods Specialty Group of the AAG student research proposal contests in 2006 and 2007.

Board member for Qualitative Methods Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers 2005 to present.