CURRICULUM VITAE
Lisa Mathis Butler Harrington
August 2013
CONTACT
Department of Geography
Seaton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506‐2904
lbutlerh@ksu.edu
office tel:785.532.3410
dept tel: 785.532.6727
fax: 785.532.7310
EDUCATION
PhD, Geography, University of Oklahoma, May 1986. Focus: Land use and environmental
conservation.
MRPA, Recreation & Park Administration, Clemson University, May 1982. Focus: Natural resources
planning and management, environmental interpretation.
BS, Recreation Resources, Colorado State University, December 1979. Focus: Park administration.
(Included Jan‐May 1979 studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Kansas State University, Geography
Professor 2005‐
Associate Professor 2001‐2005
Assistant Professor 1995‐2001 (tenure‐track), 1994‐95 (visiting)
Eastern Illinois University, Dept. of Geology & Geography
Assistant Professor, 1990‐1994 (positive tenure & promotion decisions, Spring 1994)
Central Michigan University, Dept. of Geography
Assistant Professor (visiting), 1989‐1990
New Mexico State University, Dept. of Earth Sciences
Assistant Professor (visiting), 1988‐1989
Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1987‐1988
Western Washington University, Dept. of Geography/Regional Planning
Lecturer, 1986‐1987
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Rural geography (natural resources, land use,
social conditions)
Sustainability
Biotic resources
Public lands, reserved lands
Human‐environment geography
Environmental management & change
Environmental perception
Hazards
Resilience, vulnerability COURSES TAUGHT Kansas State University:
Undergraduate
Environmental [Physical] Geography I
Environmental [Physical] Geography II
Natural Resources
Sustainability Science
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
capstone course (team‐taught)
World Regional Geography
Undergraduate/Graduate
Geography of Public Lands seminar
Human Impact on the Environment
Seminar in Qualitative and Mixed Methods
Research
Intro. to Agricultural Resources & Environmental
Management [team‐taught, including
faculty at University of Purpan, France]
independent studies: biogeography, introduced
species, US agricultural vulnerability,
rural geography Graduate only
Seminar in Rural Geography
Seminar in Rural Resources Management
Seminar in Sustainability Science, Thought, &
Approaches
Prior teaching: Environment & Man [sic]
Environmental Conservation
Geography and World Affairs
Geography of Illinois
Geography of the United States
Human Geography
National Parks
Physical Geography Soil Geography
Survey of Geography
Weather & Climate
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Assoc. of American Geographers (AAG)(1981‐ )
& AAG Great Plains/Rocky Mountain
Division (1994‐ )
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG)
(2012‐ )
Canadian Association of Geographers (1995‐ )
Gamma Theta Upsilon (1988‐ )
Institute of British Geographers (1991‐ )
Internat’l Assoc. for Society & Natural Res. (2002‐ ) Kansas Geographic Alliance (2009‐ )
Sigma Xi (1996‐ )
Society of American Foresters (1988‐ )
Soil & Water Conservation Society (1987‐ )
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
InTeGrate (Interdisciplinary Teaching of Geoscience for a Sustainable Future; NSF STEP Center)
workshop ‐ Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences, Carleton College ‐ July 2012
(http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/workshops/sustainability2012/index.html) Leadership in the Age of Social Media (KSU Coffman Leadership alumni focus meeting) ‐ Jan 2011
Facilitation Training (Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy) ‐ Jan 2010
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Conflict coaching (KSU Coffman Leadership alumni focus meeting) ‐ Jan 2010
Dealing with change (KSU Coffman Leadership alumni focus meeting) ‐ Jan 2009
ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst training ‐ Sep 2005
ESRI ArcGIS I & ArcGIS II training ‐ Aug 2005
James R. Coffman Leadership Institute (KSU) ‐ May 2005
ADVANCE Workshop (NSF: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic
Science and Engineering Careers) (University of Washington) ‐ July 2004
Healthy Departments Workshop (Association of American Geographers) ‐June 2004
K‐State LEA/RN program (Learning Enhancement Action/Resource Network) ‐ AY 2002‐3
ESRI ARC‐INFO GIS training ‐ 1996; ERDAS IMAGINE (remote sensing) training ‐ Jan 1996
SELECTED RECOGNITION (also see service, below):
2013
John Fraser Hart Award for Research Excellence, Rural Geography Specialty Group,
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
2012
Kansas State University Professorial Performance Award
2009‐11 AAG Secretary (GPRM Regional Councilor 2008‐11)
2010
Selected as one of 10 US delegates to 7th Quadrennial British‐Canadian‐American Conference
on Rural Geography. Manitoba & Saskatchewan, July 2011.
2008
Invited contributor, ‘Space to Place: The Next Rural Economies Workshop,’ Prince George,
British Columbia, May
Invited featured speaker, South Dakota State University Geography Conference, Brookings,
April
2006
Selected as one of 13 US delegates to 6th Quadrennial British‐Canadian‐American Conference
on Rural Geography. Spokane and environs, July 2007.
2003
Selected for service on National Research Council Committee on Endangered and
Threatened Species in the Platte River Basin
2002
Selected as one of 15 US delegates to 5th Quadrennial British‐Canadian‐American Conference
on Rural Geography. Exeter and Plymouth, UK. July 2003.
Selected as a participant in “CIPEC Summer Institute: A Summer Institute on Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Applications in the Americas” (funding by NSF; over 115
international applicants, 18 accepted). 2000
Invited to be cooperating scientist for the Columbia Pacific Resources Center, WA
1998
Berg Fellow, Soil and Water Conservation Society (and participation in Berg Forum,
Washington, DC, September 1999)
Selected as one of 11 US delegates to 1999 Rural Geography Symposium, Halifax, NS, Canada;
July 1995‐6 Fellow, Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, Kansas State University
1995
Selected as one of 15 US delegates to Anglo‐Canadian‐US Rural Geography Symposium;
Charlotte‐Greenville, NC; 30 July‐5 August 1995
1993
Institute of British Geographers Young Research Worker for 1994 (sponsored by the IBG
Rural Geography Study Group)
1990
Selected as one of 15 US delegates to "The Contemporary Social and Economic Restructuring
of Rural Areas" seminar/workshop; London‐Leicester‐Birmingham, UK; 12‐19 August
1991
1987
Finalist, Nystrom Award for outstanding paper based on a dissertation, Association of
American Geographers
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FUNDING
2012
2010
2009
2008
2007‐8
2005‐6
2004
2003
2003‐06
2002
2000‐04
2001
1998‐99
Lisa K. Tabor (PI) and Lisa M.B. Harrington, Relating Girls and Science: Increasing Geography‐
Based STEM Interest for Rural High School Girls in Kansas, Association of American
Geographers EDGE program, Aug 2012‐June 2013 ($500)
KSU Faculty Development Award (FDA) (out‐of‐round): travel funds for invited presentation at
Dimitre Cantemir University, Faculty of Geography and Tourism (20th anniversary),
Sibiu, Romania, November 2010 ($500); in‐country expenses covered by DCU, Sibiu
KSU FDA: travel funds for Colloquium of International Geographical Union Commission on
Sustainability of Rural Systems July 14‐18, 2009, in Slovenia ($2000)
KSU ADVANCE Career Enhancement Opportunities Initiative: travel funds for Colloquium of
International Geographical Union Commission on Sustainability of Rural Systems July 14‐
18, 2009, in Slovenia ($1000)
KSU FDA: travel funds for Space to Place: The Next Rural Economies Workshop, May 14‐17,
2008 in Prince George, BC ($500)
NASA/Kansas Space Grant Consortium: Lisa Harrington, PI, M. Hubbard, A. Archer, C. Oviatt,
D. Goodin, J.M.S. Hutchinson, J. Harrington, J. Uhlarik, and C. Shanklin, co‐PIs; Kansas
Space Grant Consortium activities at KSU ($95,760 total; $42,000 from NASA) KSU University Small Research Grant (USRG): ‘Narratives of Southeastern Louisiana Hurricane
Katrina Evacuees and Nonevacuees’ ($1500)
NSF, Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) [Infrastructure Systems Management and
Hazard Response, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems] : “Factors Associated with
Compliance to Katrina Mandatory Hurricane Evacuation Orders in Seven Coastal
Louisiana Parishes,” B.K. Paul, PI; J. Gordon, and L. Harrington, co‐PIs ($28,000)
NSF, Geography and Regional Science Dissertation Research Improvement program: “The
Economic Impact of the Conservation Reserve Program on Households and Counties.”
PI: L. Harrington; co‐PIs: Mary Dobbs [PhD student] and Jeffrey Peterson [Ag Econ
faculty member] ($9850)
NASA/Kansas Space Grant Consortium: “Space Grant Funding for Kansas State University,” L.
Harrington (managing PI), J. Blair, D. Goodin, M. Hubbard, J. Uhlarik ($42,000)
KSU ADVANCE: grant for participation in AAG Healthy Departments workshop (June, Seattle)
and University of Washington ADVANCE workshop (July, Seattle) ($6000)
KSU FDA: International Geographical Congress travel funds ($1500)
KSU FDA: UK‐Canada‐US rural geography conference travel funds ($1855)
NSF: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)–‘Infrastructure to Develop a
Human‐Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) Network.’ Continuation. J.
Harrington (KSU PI), L. Harrington, M. Lu, S White (KSU: $66,864 for 4/1/03‐3/31/06 [total funding for 4 sites: $85,000/year for 3 years]) NSF: REU Supplement to ‘Infrastructure to Develop a Human‐Environment Regional
Observatory (HERO) Network.’ KSU team: J. Harrington (PI), D. Goodin, L. Harrington,
M. Lu, S White (KSU funding: $14,082) (Grant 5‐30404)
NSF: ‘Infrastructure to Develop a Human‐Environment Regional Observatory (HERO)
Network."’ KSU team: S. White (PI), D. Goodin, J. Harrington, L. Harrington, D. Kromm,
M. Lu ($290,000) (1920‐KSU‐NSF‐8052)
NSF: REU Supplement to Infrastructure to Develop a Human‐Environment Regional
Observatory (HERO) Network. S. White (PI), D. Goodin, J. Harrington, L. Harrington, D.
Kromm, M. Lu ($5000 student support)
NIGEC (National Institute for Global Environmental Change‐‐DOE): Global Change in Local
Places, L. Harrington, D. Goodin, J. Harrington, D. Kromm, S. White ($40,000) (LTW 62‐
123‐06519)
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1996‐99 NASA (through Association of American Geographers): Global Change in Local Places, S. White
& J. Harrington, KSU PIs; D. Goodin, L. Harrington, D. Kromm, KSU co‐PIs ($188,509)
(NAGW‐4932)
1998
KSU Community Service Program, Service Learning Mini‐grant: Grant to incorporate service
learning/application of NRES capstone course to water problems of Matfield Green,
Kansas. J. Sherow (PI), L. Harrington, P. Kalita ($950)
1997‐98 NIGEC: Global Change in Local Places, S. White & D. Kromm, PIs; D. Goodin, J. Harrington, L.
Harrington, co‐PIs ($40,000)
1996
Association of American Geographers, Anne U. White Fund research grant (for field work with
spouse): “Evaluation of Vegetation Change in the Vicinity of Mount St. Helens” ($1000)
1995
KSU USRG: “Assessing Vegetation Change at Mount St. Helens” ($1600)
PUBLICATIONS by category:
Journal articles and book chapters1
2013
Bergstrom, R.D., and L.M.B. Harrington. Balancing communities, economies, and the
environment in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Understanding Change and
Development: Perspectives from Rural Geography. D. Ramsey, N. Evans, J. Abrams, and
J. Clark, eds. Brandon, Canada: Rural Development Institute. (Accepted/forthcoming) 2012
Bergstrom, R., and L.M.B. Harrington. Sustainable community development in the Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem: A case study of Jackson, Wyoming. Papers of the Applied
Geography Conferences 35: 133‐142.
O’Brien, K., M. Pelling, A. Patwardhan, S. Hallegatte, A. Maskrey, T. Oki, U. Oswald‐Spring, T.
Wilbanks, and P.Z. Yanda, with contributing authors F. Berkhout, R. Biggs, H. Günter
Brauch, K. Brown, C. Folke, L. Harrington, H. Kunreuther, C. Lacambra, R. Leichenko, R.
Mechler, C. Pahl‐Wostl, V. Przyluski, D. Satterthwaite, F. Sperling, L. Sygna, T. Tanner, P.
Tschakert, K. Ulsrud, and V. Viguié. Toward a sustainable and resilient future. In:
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change
Adaptation. C.B. Field, et al., eds. Special report of Working Groups I and II of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, UK, pp. 437‐486. Online at http://www.ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/.
2011
Harrington, L.M.B. Rural Regional Geography and Kansas, USA, High Plains Research
(Geografia rurala regionala si Kansas, SUA, Studiu al Campiilor Inalte de Preerie).
Geo‐Carpathica Annl XI (11): 201‐214. [Dimitrie Cantemir University; invited]
Bergstrom, Ryan, and L.M.B. Harrington. Perceptions of sustainable development in Red
Lodge, Montana. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 34: 19‐28.
Marzen, L., Z. Szantoi, L.M.B. Harrington, and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Implications of management
strategies and vegetation change in the Mount St. Helens blast zone. Geocarto
International 26(5):359‐376. 2010
Harrington, L.M.B. The U.S. Great Plains, Change, and Place Development. In The Next Rural
Economies: Constructing Rural Place in a Global Economy, pp. 32‐44. G. Halseth, S.
Markey and D. Bruce, eds. CABI International: Oxfordshire. (Invited)
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Double‐blind or blind peer‐reviewed in most cases.
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Harrington, L.M.B., M. Lu, and David E. Kromm. Milking the Plains: Movement of large dairy
operations into southwestern Kansas. The Geographical Review 100(4):538‐558.
2009
Harrington, L.M.B., M. Lu, and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Fossil Water and Agriculture in
Southwestern Kansas. In Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The
Human‐Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 269‐291. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Polsky, C., A. Comrie, J. Whitehead, C. Sorrensen, L.M.B. Harrington, M. Lu, R. Neff, and B.
Yarnal. Rapid Vulnerability Assessments of exposures, sensitivities, and adaptive
capacities of the HERO study sites. In Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human‐Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 175‐208. B. Yarnal, C.
Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Polsky, C., C. Sorrensen, J. Whitehead, L.M.B. Harrington, M. Lu, R. Neff, and B. Yarnal. Evaluating Vulnerability Assessments of the HERO Study Sites. In Sustainable
Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human‐Environment Regional Observatory
Project, pp. 209‐228. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University
Press.
Robichaux, R., and L.M.B. Harrington. Environmental conditions, irrigation reuse pits, and the
need for restoration In the Rainwater Basin wetland complex, Nebraska. Papers of the
Applied Geography Conferences 32: 217‐225. 2007
Kettle, N., L.M.B. Harrington, and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Groundwater depletion and agricultural
land use change in the High Plains: A case study from Wichita County, Kansas. The
Professional Geographer 59(2):221‐235.
2006
Harrington, L.M.B., J. Gordon, B.K. Paul. Southeastern Louisiana evacuation/non‐evacuation
for Hurricane Katrina. In Learning from Catastrophe: Quick Response Research in the
Wake of Hurricane Katrina. Boulder, CO: Hazards Research Center. Pp 327‐352.
2005
Committee on Endangered and Threatened Species in the Platte River Basin, National
Research Council. Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River. The National
Academies Press. Washington, DC. 299 pages. [William Graf and the NRC Platte River
Committee received the 2006 AAG Meredith F. Burrill Award for this work.]
Harrington, L.M.B. Vulnerability and sustainability concerns for the U.S. High Plains. Chapter
11 in Rural Change and Sustainability: Agriculture, the Environment and Communities.
S.J. Essex, A.W. Gilg, and R. Yarwood, eds., with J. Smithers and R. Wilson. CABI
Publishing: Cambridge, MA. Pp. 169‐184.
Harrington, L.M.B., and J. Harrington, Jr. When winning is losing: Arkansas river interstate
water management issues. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 28:46‐51.
2003
Cutter, S.L., J.T. Mitchell, A. Hill, L. Harrington, S. Kaktins, B. Muraco, J. DeHart, A. Reynolds,
and R. Shudak. Attitudes toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from local places.
In Global Change and Local Places: Estimating, Understanding, and Reducing
Greenhouse Gases. Association of American Geographers Global Change and Local
Places Research Team. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Harrington, J.A., Jr., D. Goodin, L.M.B. Harrington, D.E. Kromm, and S.E. White. Southwest
Kansas: Local emissions and non‐local determinants. In Global Change and Local
Places: Estimating, Understanding, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases. Association of
American Geographers Global Change and Local Places Research Team. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
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Harrington, L.M.B. Bioweaponry and agroterrorism. In Geographic Dimensions of Terrorism, pp. 187‐197. S.L. Cutter, D.B. Richardson, and T.J. Wilbanks, eds. New York: Routledge. (Invited) Harrington, L.M.B. Rural resource changes in the Pacific Northwest. In The New Countryside:
Geographic Perspectives on Rural Change, pp. 48‐63. K.B. Beesley, H. Millward, B.
Ilbery, and L. Harrington, eds. Brandon, Manitoba, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada:
Brandon University (Rural Development Institute) and St. Mary’s University.
Millward, H., L. Harrington, B. Ilbery, and K. Beesley. Milieux, viewpoints, and processes of
change in the new countryside. In The New Countryside: Geographic Perspectives on
Rural Change, pp. 9‐23. K.B. Beesley, H. Millward, B. Ilbery, and L. Harrington, eds. Brandon, Manitoba, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Brandon University (Rural
Development Institute) and St. Mary’s University.
2002
Harrington, L.M.B., and M. Lu. Beef feedlots in southwestern Kansas: Local change,
perceptions, and the global change context. Global Environmental Change 12(4):273‐
282.
Harrington, L.M.B., Max Lu, and John A. Harrington, Jr. Human adaptability to environmental
change: Development of an assessment protocol. Papers and Proceedings of the
Applied Geography Conferences 25:269‐275.
2001
Harrington, L.M.B. Attitudes toward climate change: Major emitters in southwestern Kansas.
Climate Research 16(2): 113‐122.
2000
Leathers, N., and L.M.B. Harrington. Effectiveness of conservation reserves: ‘Slippage’ in
Southwestern Kansas. The Professional Geographer 52(1):83‐93. Beesley, K.B., H. Millward, L. Harrington, and B. Ilbery. Chapter 1–Introduction:
Environmental and economic forces affecting rural producers (and what’s happening in
the Annapolis Valley?). In Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability in the New
Countryside. H. Millward, K. Beesley, B. Ilbery, and L. Harrington, eds. Saint Mary’s
University and Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Halifax and Truro, Canada.
1998
Harrington, L.M.B., J. A. Harrington, Jr., and P. Frenzen. Vegetation Change in the Mount St.
Helens Blast Zone, 1979‐1992. Geocarto International 13(1):75‐82.
Harrington, L.M.B., and S. Kaktins. Policy and local utility greenhouse gas emissions, or: Why
a coal‐fired power plant in a natural gas production area? Papers and Proceedings of the
Applied Geography Conferences 21:1‐9.
1997
Harrington, J.A., Jr., L.M.B. Harrington, and C.J. Berlin. Modeling Spartina in Willapa Bay. Proceedings of the 2nd International Spartina Conference. Olympia, Washington, March
20‐21, 1997. P. 23‐26.
Nellis, M.D., L.M.B. Harrington, and J. Sheeley. Policy, Sustainability, and Scale: The U.S.
Conservation Reserve Program. Chapter 14 in Agricultural Restructuring and
Sustainability: A Geographical Perspective. B. Ilbery, T. Rickard, and Q. Chiotti, eds. CAB
International. Wallingford, UK. P. 219‐231.
1996
Harrington, L.M.B. Regarding research as a land use. Applied Geography 16(4):265‐277.
1995
Harrington, L.M.B. Response to an Aquatic Plant Management EIS for Washington State.
Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences 18:97‐102.
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1994
Burnett, G.W., and L.M.B. Harrington. Early National Park Adoption in Sub‐Saharan Africa.
Society and Natural Resources. 7:155‐168.
Harrington, L.M.B. Responses to Environmental Management Concerns in Pacific County,
Washington. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences 17:30‐36.
Harrington, J.A., Jr., L.M.B. Harrington, and C.J. Berlin. Water Temperature, Air Temperature,
and Atmospheric Circulation Relationships for Willapa Bay, Washington. Papers and
Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences 17:1‐7.
1993
Harrington, J.A., Jr., and L.M.B. Harrington. Modeling the expansion of Spartina in the Palix
estuary. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences 16:50‐56.
Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Willapa Bay, Washington: Environmental
concerns and natural resource management. Geographic Perspectives on the Social and
Economic Restructuring of Rural Areas. Proc., Commission on Changing Rural Systems
International Geographical Congress, 4‐6 August 1992. M. Duane Nellis, ed. Kansas
State University. Manhattan, Kansas. P. 162‐169.
1992
Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Spartina invasion in the Palix estuary. Papers and
Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences 15:56‐60. Harrington, L.M.B. Research as an alternative land use. Chapter 14 in Contemporary Rural
Systems in Transition. Volume 1: Agriculture and Environment. I.R. Bowler, C. Bryant,
and M.D. Nellis, eds. CAB International. Wallingford, UK. P. 195‐205. 1991
Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Using the Forest Service as an information source
for species mapping: Corkbark fir. J.W. Frazier, ed. Papers and Proceedings of the
Applied Geography Conferences 14:183‐188. 1990
Harrington, L.M.B. Researchers, agency attitudes, and wilderness. Ecosystem Management:
Rare Species and Significant Habitats. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Natural Areas
Conference. R.S. Mitchell, C.J. Sheviak and D.J. Leopold, eds. New York State Museum
Bull. 471:293‐297.
1989
Burnett, G.W., and L.M.B. Harrington. Measuring the international content of the Journal of
Forestry. Journal of Forestry 87(7):17‐19.
1988
Harrington, L.M.B., and R.S. Roberts. Wilderness research: Effects of administering agency.
Society and Natural Resources 1(3):215‐225.
1987
Burnett, G.W., and L.M. Butler. National parks in the Third World and associated national
characteristics. Leisure Sciences 9(1):41‐51.
1986
Butler, L.M., and R.S. Roberts. Use of wilderness areas for research. In Proceedings‐‐National
Wilderness Research Conference: Current Research. July 23‐26, 1985, Fort Collins, CO.
R.C. Lucas (compiler). USDA Forest Service Intermountain Research Station. Ogden, UT.
Pp. 398‐405.
Butler, L.M., and G.W. Burnett. Eight‐legged predator. Montana Outdoors 17(2):34‐37.
1984
Roberts, R.S., and L.M. Butler. Information for state groundwater quality policymaking.
Natural Resources Journal 24(4):1015‐1041.
Roberts, R.S., F.M. Shelley, and L.M. Butler. A land‐use based approach to information for
groundwater quality management. In Proceedings of the NWWA Eastern Regional
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Conference on Groundwater Management. Oct. 31‐Nov. 2, 1983, Orlando, FL. D.M.
Nielsen (ed.). Water Well Publishing Co. Worthington, OH. Pp. 402‐428.
1983
Roberts, R.S., and L.M. Butler. The Sunbelt phenomenon: the causes of growth. Chapter 1 in
The Future of the Sunbelt: Managing Growth and Change. S.C. Ballard and T.E. James
(eds.). Praeger. New York. P. 1‐36.
Burnett, G.W., and L.M. Butler. The unkindest bite of all. Montana Outdoors 14(3):6‐8.
1982
Butler, L.M., and G.W. Burnett. Variables associated with national park establishment, Sub‐
Saharan Africa. Environmental Conservation 9(4):344‐346.
Burnett, G.W., and L.M. Butler. The 'bloody nuisance' that bites. Montana Outdoors 13(4):15‐
17.
Edited volumes
2012
Spellerberg, I., D. Fogel, S. Fredericks, and L.M.B. Harrington, eds. Measurements, Indicators,
and Research Methods for Sustainability. Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol 6. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire. www.berkshirepublishing.com/brw/product.asp?projid=98
2009
Harrington, L.M.B., and John A. Harrington, Jr., eds. Papers of the Applied Geography
Conferences 32. Applied Geography Conferences, Inc. 454 pp. (Double‐blind peer‐
reviewed annual)
2008
Harrington, L.M.B., and John A. Harrington, Jr., eds. Papers of the Applied Geography
Conferences 31. Applied Geography Conferences, Inc. 345 pp. (Double‐blind peer‐
reviewed annual)
2007
Harrington, L.M.B., and John A. Harrington, Jr., eds. Papers of the Applied Geography
Conferences 30. Applied Geography Conferences, Inc. 545 pp. (Double‐blind peer‐
reviewed annual)
2006
Harrington, L.M.B., and John A. Harrington, Jr., eds. Papers of the Applied Geography
Conferences 29. Applied Geography Conferences, Inc. 456 pp. (Double‐blind peer‐
reviewed annual)
2004
Oliver, John. Climate and Art. L.M.B. Harrington, ed. Occasional Publications in Geography. Department of Geography, Kansas State University: Manhattan, Kansas. 26 pp.
2003
Beesley, K.B., H. Millward, B. Ilbery, and L. Harrington, eds. The New Countryside: Geographic
Perspectives on Rural Change. Brandon, Manitoba, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada:
Brandon University (Rural Development Institute) and St. Mary’s University. 490 pp.
2000
Millward, H., K.B. Beesley, B. Ilbery, and L. Harrington, eds. Agricultural and Environmental
Sustainability in the New Countryside. Truro, Nova Scotia: Rural Research Centre, Nova
Scotia Agricultural College. 125 pp.
Invited encyclopedia and handbook entries2
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Blind peer‐reviewed in most cases.
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2013
Laingen, C., and L.M.B. Harrington. Agricultural Geography. Oxford Bibliographies in
Geography. B. Warf, ed. New York: Oxford University Press. (Accepted/forthcoming: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/page/geography) [Harrington invited]
2012
Harrington, L.M.B. Sustainability Science. In Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol 6:
Measurements, Indicators, and Research Methods for Sustainability. Great Barrington,
MA: Berkshire. 2011
Harrington, J., Jr., and L.M.B. Harrington. Global Change and Geographic Thought. In 21st
Century Geography: A Reference Handbook, pp 59‐66. J. Stoltman, ed. Sage. 2010
Harrington, L.M.B. Hurricane Katrina. Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Communication, Vol 1, pp. 379‐383. S. Priest, ed. Sage Publications. 2009
Harrington, L.M.B. Rural resource management. International Encyclopedia of Human
Geography, Vol. 9, pp. 390‐397. N. Thrift and R. Kitchin, editors‐in‐chief. Elsevier
Science. 2005
Harrington, L.M.B. Hadley, George. Encyclopedia of World Climatology, p. 399. John Oliver,
ed. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Harrington, L.M.B. Von Humboldt (Baron), Friedrich Heinrich Alexander. Encyclopedia of
World Climatology, p. 412. John Oliver, ed. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Harrington, L.M.B. Maury, Matthew Fontaine. Encyclopedia of World Climatology, p. 481. John Oliver, ed. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Invited reviews and comments
2011
Harrington, L.M.B. The Rural‐Urban Fringe in Canada: Conflict and Controversy. Kenneth B.
Beesley, ed. Book Review. The Professional Geographer 63(4):561‐563.
2006
Harrington, L.M.B. Good Growing (by L. Duram). Book Review. Agriculture and Human
Values.
2004
Harrington, L.M.B. Every Farm A Factory: The Industrial Ideal in American Agriculture. Book
Review. The Geographical Review 94(3):410‐412. [Published Sept 2005]
2002
Harrington, L.M.B. Sustainability, scale, and critical connections. Invited comment on ‘Core
questions of science and technology for sustainability: Long‐term trends and transitions’
essay by Robert Kates, for Forum: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development. http://sustsci.aaas.org/content.html?contentid=645
Harrington, L.M.B. Environmental Indicators and Agricultural Policy, ed. by Floor Brouwer
and Bob Crabtree. Book review. Journal of Rural Studies 17:377‐382. 1996
Harrington, L.M.B. Book review: Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. Journal of Rural
Studies 12(3):319‐320. 1993
Harrington, L.M.B. "Versamap." (Software review.) Journal of Geological Education 41:506.
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Engel, B.A., J. Choi, L. Theller, K.J. Lim; supporting authors J. Harrington, L. Harrington, S.
Hutchinson. Geographic information systems (GIS) Technology. Chapter 15 in Carcass
Disposal: A Comprehensive Review. Report prepared by National Agricultural
Biosecurity Center Consortium, Carcass Disposal Working Group. CD and online at
http://fss.k‐state.edu. National Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, Kansas. 37 pp.
1999
Harrington, J., L. Harrington, D. Kromm, S. White, and D. Goodin. Global change in local
places. 1998‐99 Annual Report of the Great Plains Regional Center‐NIGEC. GPRC 99‐01. University of Nebraska‐Lincoln, Institute of Agricultural and Natural Resources. Lincoln,
NE. P. 95‐101. http://nigec.ucdavis.edu/reports/FY1998/
1998
Harrington, J., D. Goodin, D. Kromm, S. White, and L. Harrington. Global change in local
places. 1997‐98 Annual Report of the Great Plains Regional Center‐NIGEC. GPRC 98‐01. University of Nebraska‐Lincoln, Institute of Agricultural and Natural Resources. Lincoln,
NE. P. 67‐77.
1997
Goodin, D., J.A. Harrington, Jr., L.M.B. Harrington, D.E. Kromm, M.D. Nellis, and S.E. White.
Global changes in local places: southwestern Kansas. 1996‐97 Annual Report of the
Great Plains Regional Center‐NIGEC. GPRC 97‐01. University of Nebraska‐Lincoln,
Institute of Agricultural and Natural Resources. Lincoln, NE. P. 59‐65.
1983
Science & Public Policy, University of Oklahoma. Ground Water Management in the
Southeastern United States: Final Report. Office of Exploratory Research, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Washington, DC. (EPA‐600/2‐83‐90)
Degree Research
1986
Butler, L.M. Research Use of Wilderness Lands: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. Forest
Service and the National Park Service. Dissertation. The University of Oklahoma.
Norman, OK. 172 p.
1982
Butler, L.M. Relationships of Selected Socio‐Economic and Physical Variables to the
Establishment of National Parks and Reserves in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Professional paper. College of Forest & Recreation Resources, Clemson University. Clemson, SC. 40 pp.
PRESENTATIONS3:
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Harrington, L.M.B. Key ideas for development of sustainability theory. Annual Meeting of the Great
Plains/Rocky Mountain (GP/RM) Division of the AAG, Park City, UT, 12 Oct.
Bergstrom, R., and LMB Harrington. Sustainable community development in the Greater Yellowstone
Ecosystem: a case study of Jackson, Wyoming. The 35th annual Applied Geography Conference. Minneapolis, MN, 11 Oct. Harrington, L.M.B., and G. Robinson. Building an international community of researchers: the
Quadrennial Rural Geography Conferences. Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual
conference, NYC, Feb.
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Bergstrom, Ryan, and LMB Harrington. A transition toward sustainability: challenges in the Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem. AAG annual conference, NYC, Feb.
Bergstrom, Ryan, and LMB Harrington. Perceptions of sustainable development in Red Lodge,
Montana. The 34th annual Applied Geography Conference. Redlands, CA, 21 Oct. [presented by
Harrington]
Harrington, LMB. Conceptualizations of Rural Sustainability and Issues of Rural Change. Rural
Development–Rural Geography: Theories and Applications. The 7th Quadrennial Conference of
British, Canadian, and American Rural Geographers. Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, 13‐
20 July . pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Framing of Conflict and Geographic Concepts: An LNG Terminal in the Rural U.S.
Pacific Northwest. 19th Colloquium of the IGU Commission on the Sustainability of Rural
Systems. Glasgow, Eire, 1‐7 Aug. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Mount St. Helens: Thirty Years of Change. (Poster.) Association of American
Geographers Annual Conference. Seattle, April. Harrington, L.M.B. Invited panelist for ‘Whither Rural Geography? Future Directions.’ AAG Annual
Conference. Seattle, April. Harrington, L.M.B. Exploring the Meaning of “Sustainability” in the Rural Pacific Northwest. 2011
Sustainability Conference, Kansas State University.
Harrington, L.M.B. LNG, public opinion, and decision‐making: conflict in Oregon. Association of
American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, Washington, DC, Apr.
S.E. White, D.G. Goodin, J.A. Harrington, L.M.B. Harrington, D.E. Kromm. GCLP 2010: Kansas Ogallala
region. AAG annual meeting, Washington, DC, Apr.
Bergstrom, R., and L.M.B. Harrington. Conceptualizing sustainability in two amenity‐driven
communities of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, North America. Global Change and the
World’s Mountains. Perth, Scotland, 26‐30 Sept pr
Vought, T.J., Jr.; J.A. Harrington, Jr.; J.M.S. Hutchinson; L.M.B. Harrington; and S.L. Hutchinson. Redefining Military Training Land Sustainability. Annual Meeting of the Great Plains/Rocky
Mountain (GP/RM) Division of the AAG, Lawrence, KS, 9 Oct.
Harrington, L.M.B. Mount St. Helens, 30 years post‐eruption: Repeat photography of environmental
change. Kansas State University Ecology and Environmental Biology Seminar, 14 Oct.
Harrington, L.M.B. Decisionmakers’ Views of Sustainability in Rural Coastal Washington and Oregon. Annual meeting of the Applied Geography Conferences, Ft. Worth, 22 Oct.
Harrington, L.M.B. Rural Regional Geography and Kansas, USA, High Plains Research. Invited
presentation at Dimitre Cantemir University, Faculty of Geography and Tourism (20th
anniversary), Sibiu, Romania, 18 Nov.
Harrington, L.M.B. Sustainability, Stakeholders, and Moving Forward. Invited presentation at the
University of North Carolina‐Greensboro, Department of Geography, Dec 2.
Robichaux, R., and L.M.B. Harrington. Environmental conditions, irrigation reuse pits, and the need
for restoration In the Rainwater Basin wetland complex, Nebraska. Annual meeting of the
Applied Geography Conferences, Baton Rouge, October.
L.M.B. Harrington. Local concerns with change and the meaning of ‘sustainability’ in two rural U.S.
counties. Colloquium of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on the
Sustainability of Rural Systems, July, Maribor, Slovenia. pr
L.M.B. Harrington. Local conceptions of sustainability in the rural Pacific Northwest. AAG annual
meeting, April, March, Las Vegas.
L.M.B. Harrington. The U.S. Great Plains, change, and place development. Invited speaker, ‘Space to
Place: The Next Rural Economies Workshop,’ Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, 14‐17
May.
L.M.B. Harrington. Rural change and sustainability: History and lessons from the western Kansas High
Plains. Invited featured speaker, South Dakota State University Geography Conference,
Brookings, April.
Gordon, J., L.M.B. Harrington, B.K. Paul. The perfect disaster: How a confluence of social variables
contributed to nonevacuation in Orleans Parish prior to Hurricane Katrina. Society For Risk
Analysis Annual Meeting 2007. December, San Antonio. pr
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Harrington, L.M.B. Invited panelist: Agricultural and rural applied geography (30‐year
retrospective/prospective session). Applied Geography Conference, October, Indianapolis
Harrington, L.M.B., M. Lu, and D.E. Kromm. Milking the Plains: Movement of Large Dairy Operations
into Southwestern Kansas. Sixth Quadrennial Rural Geography Conference, July, Spokane &
Cheney, Washington, and Wallace & Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Invited panelist: Geography and the ADVANCE program. AAG annual meeting,
April, San Francisco.
Gordon, J., L.M.B. Harrington, B.K. Paul. Race, information sources, and evacuation behavior among
Southeast Louisiana residents for Hurricane Katrina. Society for Risk Analysis annual meeting. Dec. Abstract: www.sra.org/events_2006_meeting.php. (Poster) pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Central High Plains agriculture: A century of change. Annual Meetings of the Great
Plains/Rocky Mountain (GP/RM) and West Lakes Divisions of the AAG, Lincoln, NE. Oct. (Presented by C. Laingen.)
Harrington, L.M.B., J. Gordon, B.K. Paul. Variables associated with evacuation decisions for Hurricane
Katrina, Southeast Louisiana. Applied Geography Conference, Tampa. Oct.
Harrington, L.M.B., J. Gordon, B.K. Paul. Hurricane Katrina Leavers and Stayers in Southeast Louisiana. National Hurricane Conference, Orlando, Florida. Apr. (Invited)
Harrington, L.M.B., J. Gordon, B.K. Paul. Factors Related to Hurricane Katrina Evacuation and
Nonevacuation in Southeastern Louisiana. AAG annual meeting. Chicago. March.
Harrington, L.M.B., and J. Harrington, Jr. When winning is losing: Arkansas river interstate water
management issues. Applied Geography Conference, Washington, DC, Nov.
Harrington, L.M.B., M. Lu, and D.E. Kromm. Expansion of dairying in southwestern Kansas. AAG
annual meeting, Denver. April.
Jessica C. Whitehead, J.C., C. Polsky, C. Sorrensen, L.Harrington, and M. Lu. Rapid assessment of the
capacity to adapt to hydroclimatic change and variation: A cross‐site comparison. AAG annual
meeting, Denver. April.
Kettle, N.P., L.M.B. Harrington, and J.A. Harrington. Groundwater depletion and agricultural land use
change in Wichita County, Kansas. Water and the Future of Kansas annual conference,
Lawrence. March. (Poster)
Harrington, L.M.B. Changes in agriculture & resource use in the High Plains. AAG annual meeting,
Philadelphia. March. Harrington, L.M.B., J.A. Harrington, M. Lu, D.G. Goodin, D.E. Kromm, S.E. White. Human‐Environment
Observatory research in the Kansas High Plains, USA. Congress of the International Geographical
Union (IGU), Glasgow, Scotland. Aug. pr
Kromm, D.E., M. Lu, and L.M.B. Harrington. Expansion of dairying in the North American High Plains. Rural Sustainability Pre‐Congress Meeting, IGU, Scotland. Aug. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. The National Research Council Study on Endangered Species of the Central Platte
Valley. AAG GP/RM annual meeting, Sioux Falls. October.
Harrington, L.M.B. Agricultural adjustments to resource availability, Western Kansas. Applied
Geography Conference, St. Louis. Oct. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Agriculture and biosecurity. AAG annual meeting, New Orleans. March.
Neff, R.J., C. Sorrensen, K. Chen, and L.M.B. Harrington. Localizing global environmental change: a
protocol for evaluating human‐environment interactions through the lens of place vulnerability
to change. AAG annual meeting, New Orleans. Mar.
Harrington, L.M.B. Vulnerability and sustainability concerns for the U.S. High Plains. Fifth Quadrennial
British‐Canadian‐American Conference on Rural Geography. Exeter and Plymouth, UK. July. pr
Harrington, L.M.B., J.A. Harrington, Jr., M. Lu, D.G. Goodin, D.E. Kromm, and S.E. White. 2003. Human
dimensions of global environmental change research in southwestern Kansas. Open Meeting of
the Global Environmental Change Research Community, Montreal, 16‐18 October 2003. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Sustainability and Vulnerability Concerns in Southwestern Kansas. AAG annual
meeting, Los Angeles. March.
Harrington, J.A., Jr., Lisa MB Harrington, D.E. Kromm, M. Lu, S.E. White, D.G. Goodin. High Plains‐
Ogallala HERO Activities. AAG annual meeting, Los Angeles. March. 14
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Harrington, L.M.B., Max Lu, and John A. Harrington, Jr. Human adaptability to environmental change:
Development of an assessment protocol. Applied Geography Conference, Binghamton, NY. Oct. Abstract: Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences 25:389. pr
Harrington, L.M.B., and M. Lu. Southwest Kansas Feedlots: Local Change and the Global Change
Context. Applied Geography Conference, Fort Worth. Nov. (Presented by J. Harrington). pr
Harrington, L.M.B. The GCLP and HERO projects in southwestern Kansas. Invited presentation for
Kansas Center for Rural Initiatives brownbag lunch, Kansas State University. Oct.
Harrington, L.M.B. Change in the Rural Pacific Northwest: Environmental and Resource Stresses. Invited, University of South Carolina Department of Geography. Oct.
Harrington, L.M.B. Coming of Age? Mount St. Helens 1980‐2001. Clemson University, Department of
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. Oct. Harrington, L.M.B., J.A. Harrington, Jr., D.E. Kromm, M. Lu, S.E. White, and D.G. Goodin. Global
Change, Sustainability, and Vulnerability Research in Southwestern Kansas. AAG GP/RM annual
meeting, Omaha. Sept.
Harrington, L.M.B. The Changing Rural Environment of the Pacific Northwest. Invited, Penn State
University Department of Geography. Sept.
Harrington, L.M.B. Kansas Feedlots, Change, and Adaptation. AAG annual meeting, New York. Feb. Harrington, L.M.B. Global Change Research in Kansas. CIPEC Summer Institute, Bloomington, IN. May. (One of 18 selected participants.) pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Livestock, Biodiversity, and Rare Breeds Distributions in the U.S. AAG GP/RM
annual meeting, Provo. Sept.
Harrington, L.M.B., and S. Kaktins. Connecting Rural Activities to Climate Concerns: Perceptions in
Southwestern Kansas. AAG annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. Apr. Harrington, L.M.B. Attitudes Toward Climate Change Issues in Southwestern Kansas. Applied
Geography Conference, Charlotte, NC. Oct. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Environmental and Economic Changes in the Rural Pacific Northwest. Fourth
Quadrennial International Rural Geography Symposium, Halifax, NS, Canada. July. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Natural Areas As Research Land: Research Natural Areas in the United States. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Orono, Maine. June. Invited. Harrington, L.M.B., D.E. Kromm, S.E. White, and S. Kaktins. Assessing Potential Greenhouse Mitigation
in Southwestern Kansas. AAG annual meeting, Honolulu, HI. Mar. Harrington, L.M.B., and S. Kaktins. Policy and Local Utility Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Or: Why a Coal‐
Fired Power Plant in a Natural Gas Production Area? Applied Geography Conference. Louisville,
KY. October. pr
Harrington, L.M.B., and S. Kaktins. A Misfiring of Public Conservation Regulation: Holcomb Power
Plant. AAG GP/RM annual meeting, Lawrence, KS. Sept. Harrington, L.M.B. Distribution of Rare Livestock Breeders in North America. AAG annual meeting,
Boston. March. White, S., D. Kromm, J. Harrington, Jr., L. Harrington, S. Kaktins, and B. Witcher. "Driving Forces
behind Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Southwest Kansas." AAG annual meeting, Boston. March. Illustrated paper session.
Harrington, L.M.B. Research lands in the Western United States. 24th Annual Natural Areas
Association and Exotic Pest Plant Council Conference. Portland, OR. August. .
Harrington, L.M.B. and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Vegetation change in the Mount St. Helens blast zone,
1980‐1992. AAG annual meeting, Fort Worth, TX. April. Harrington, J.A., Jr., L.M.B. Harrington, and C.J. Berlin. 1997. Modeling Spartina in Willapa Bay. Second International Spartina Conference. Invited. Olympia, WA. Mar.
Harrington, L.M.B. and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Analysis of vegetation change in the Mount St. Helens blast
zone. AAG GP/RM annual meeting, Greeley, CO. Sept.
Harrington, L.M.B. The expansion and distribution of USFS Wilderness. AAG annual meeting,
Charlotte, NC. April. Harrington, L.M.B. Response to an Aquatic Plant Management EIS for Washington State. Applied
Geography Conference, Arlington, VA. November. pr
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Nellis, M.D., L.M.B. Harrington, and J. Sheeley. Policy, Sustainability, and Scale: The U.S. Conservation
Reserve Program. Third Quadrennial Anglo‐Canadian‐US Rural Geography Symposium;
Charlotte, NC. July. pr
Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Analysis of Response to an Aquatic Plant Management EIS. AAG annual meeting, Chicago. March. Harrington, L.M.B. Responses to Environmental Management Concerns in Pacific County, Washington.
Applied Geography Conference, Akron, OH. Oct. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Mount St. Helens: Hazard & Recovery. NSF Summer Advanced Institute (Natural
Hazards and Human Response/Resources and Conservation), Indiana State University. June. Invited.
Harrington, L.M.B. Research Lands in the United States: Historic Development. AAG annual meeting,
San Francisco. April. Abstract: 1994 AAG Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 144. Harrington, L.M.B. Environmental Management Concerns in Southwestern Washington. University of
Illinois Department of Geography. Feb. Invited colloquium presentation.
Harrington, L.M.B. Environmental Stresses and Social Response: Pacific County, Washington, USA.
Institute of British Geographers Annual Meeting, Nottingham. January. Abstract: Conference
Handbook, Institute of British Geographers 1994 Annual Conference, p. 69. IBG Guest (‘Young
Research Worker'). Harrington, J.A., Jr., and L.M.B. Harrington. Modeling the expansion of Spartina in the Palix estuary. Applied Geography Conference, Toronto. Oct. pr
Harrington, J.A., Jr., and L.M.B. Harrington. Modeling the Expansion of Spartina in Willapa Bay. ERDAS
Northern Regional Users' Group Meeting, Bloomington, IN. Aug.
Harrington, L.M.B. Mount St. Helens: Hazard & Recovery. NSF Summer Advanced Institute (Natural
Disasters: Volcanic Eruption, Avalanches and Earthquakes), Indiana State University. June. Invited.
Harrington, J.A., Jr., and L.M.B. Harrington. Remote Sensing and GIS Contributions to Building a
Sustainable Willapa Ecosystem. AAG annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. April. Abstract: 1994 AAG
Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 97. Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Spartina Invasion in the Palix Estuary. Applied Geography
Conference; Denton, TX. Oct. Abstract: Papers and Proceedings of Applied Geography
Conferences 15:137‐138. pr
Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Recent Timber Harvest Levels, Pacific County, Washington.
Commission on Changing Rural Systems, IGC; Manhattan, KS. August. Abstract: Commission on
Changing Rural Systems, International Geographical Congress Program, p. 27. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Photographic Monitoring of Environmental Change at Mount St. Helens. Poster. AAG annual meeting, San Diego. April. Abstract: 1992 AAG Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 94.
Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Using the Forest Service as an Information Source for
Species Mapping: Corkbark Fir. Applied Geography Conference, Toledo. Oct. Abstract: Papers
and Proceedings of Applied Geography Conferences 14:234. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Research Use of Rural Lands in the United States. Second Quadrennial
Anglo‐Canadian‐US Rural Geography Symposium. London‐Leicester‐Birmingham, UK. Aug. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Wilderness and low‐density areas. Invited panel topic. AAG annual meeting,
Miami, FL. April. Invited panelist.
Harrington, L.M.B. Niger: A Country of the Sahel. Geography Awareness Week Lecture, Eastern Illinois
University, Department of Geology & Geography. Nov.
Burnett, G.W., and L.M.B. Harrington. The Regional Priorities of National Park Establishment,
Sub‐Saharan Africa. Applied Geography Conference, Charlotte, NC. Oct. Abstract: Papers and
Proceedings of Applied Geography Conferences 13:268. pr
Harrington, J.A., Jr., and L.M.B. Harrington. The Geographic Distribution of Corkbark Fir: Mapping via
Questionnaire. West Lakes Division of the AAG annual meeting, DeKalb, IL. Oct. Abstract: West
Lakes Division, Association of American Geographers, 41st Annual Meeting: Program and
Abstracts, p. 13.
Harrington, L.M.B. Lands for Research: New Mexico. AAG annual meeting, Toronto. Abstract: 1990
AAG Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts, p. 96.
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Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. Geographic Distribution of Corkbark Fir. Ecological Society
of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT. July‐August. Abstract published: Abstracts, 75th
Annual ESA Meeting (ESA Bulletin 71(2):160. June 1990). Poster. pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Research as a Land Use: A Neglected Subject. Geography and Geology Colloquium,
Indiana State University. Nov. Invited.
Harrington, L.M.B. New Mexico's Research Landscape. AAAS Southwestern and Rocky Mountain
Division annual meeting, Las Cruces, NM. April. Abstract: Proceedings of the Southwestern and
Rocky Mountain Division, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Sixty‐Fifth
Annual Meeting: New Mexico Journal of Science 29(1):18.
Harrington, L.M.B. Mount St. Helens: Eruption Impacts & Landscape Recovery. Geography and
Planning Colloquium, New Mexico State University. Sept.
Harrington, L.M.B. Variations in Research Use of Protected Natural Areas. Ecological Society of
America annual meeting, Davis, CA. Aug. Abstract: Abstracts, 73rd Annual ESA Meeting (ESA
Bulletin 69(2):160. June 1988) pr
Harrington, L.M.B. Researchers, Agency Attitudes, and Wilderness. Natural Areas Conference,
Syracuse. June. Abstract: 15th Annual Natural Areas Conference Program and Abstracts.
Harrington, L.M.B. Research in Wilderness. Poster. Fifth Triennial Conference on Research in the
National Parks and Equivalent Reserves, Tucson. Nov. Abstract: Parks and Neighbors
Maintaining Diversity Across Political Boundaries: Program and Abstracts, p. 54.
Harrington, L.M.B. Research as a Land Use. AAG annual meeting, Phoenix. April. Abstract: 1988 AAG
Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts 72.
Harrington, L.M.B. Research, an Overlooked Land Use. AAAS Southwestern and Rocky Mountain
Division annual meeting, Wichita. April. Abstract: Proceedings: Program and Abstracts, p. 30.
Harrington, L.M.B. Research Use of Park Service and Forest Service Wilderness Areas. Geography and
Planning Colloquium, New Mexico State University. Feb.
Butler, L.M. Research Use of National Park and US Forest Service Wildernesses. AAG annual meeting,
Portland, OR. April. (Nystrom Special Session I.) Abstract: AAG Newsletter 22(7):14. pr
Butler, L.M. Wilderness Research: A Comparison of Forest and Park Service Areas. Western
Washington University Department of Geography & Regional Planning Seminar. Jan.
Butler, L.M. Wilderness Research: A Comparison of Forest and Park Service Areas. AAG annual
meeting, Minneapolis. May.
Butler, L.M., and R.S. Roberts. The Use of Wilderness Areas for Research. Annual meeting, Southwest
Division of theAAG, Denton, TX. October.
Butler, L.M., and R.S. Roberts. The Use of Wilderness Areas for Research. National Wilderness
Research Conference, Fort Collins, CO. July.
Butler, L.M. Research Use of Designated Natural Areas. AAG annual meeting, Detroit. April. Abstract:
AAG Program Abstracts 1985, Session 323.
Butler, L.M. Research Issues in Environmental Conservation. AAG annual meeting, Washington, DC.
April. Abstract: AAG Program Abstracts 1984, p. 174.
Butler, L.M., and R.S. Roberts. Finding Wells in Oklahoma: A Case of Modern Water‐Witching.
University of Oklahoma Geoscience Day Colloquium, Norman, OK. April.
Butler, L.M., and R.S. Roberts. Modern Water Witching: Finding Oklahoma's Wells. Oklahoma
Academy of Science annual meeting, Tulsa. November.
Roberts, R.S., F.M. Shelley, and L.M. Butler. A Land‐Use Based Approach to Information for
Groundwater Quality Management. National Water Well Association Eastern Conference on
Groundwater Management, Orlando. Nov. pr
Butler, L.M. Current Issues in Environmental Conservation and Land Use. Southwest Division of the
AAG annual meeting, Norman, OK. Oct.
Burnett, G.W., and L.M. Butler. The Geography of National Parks in the Third World. AAG annual
meeting, Denver. April. Abstract: AAG Program Abstracts 1983, p. 186.
Roberts, R.S., and L.M. Butler. State Groundwater Planning, Land Use Data, and the Geographer.
Southwestern Social Science Assoc. annual meeting, Houston. March.
Burnett, G.W., and L.M. Butler. Relationships of Socio‐Economic and Physical Variables to National
Park and Reserve Establishment, Sub‐Saharan Africa. AAG annual meeting, San Antonio. April. Abstract: AAG Program Abstracts 1982, p. 302.
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Burnett, G.W., and L.M. Butler. Variables Associated With National Park Establishment, Sub‐Saharan
Africa. Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. April. Invited.
SELECTED SERVICE4
2012‐15 Publications Committee, Association of American Geographers (AAG)
2012‐15 KSU: Board member, Agricultural Resources and Environmental Management Graduate
Certificate program (AREM)
2012‐13 Search Committee, K‐State Geography Department Head
2012
NSF cross‐directorate review panel
National Geographic grant proposal reviewer
Manuscript reviewer, Applied Geography; The Geographical Review; Journal of Rural Studies;
The Canadian Geographer; Journal of Natural & Environmental Sciences; Papers of the
Applied Geography Conferences
Kansas Geography Bee Moderator, final/championship round
KSU: Judge, Research Forum graduate student posters
2011‐12 KSU: Board member, AREM
2010‐13 Board of Directors, Applied Geography Conferences
2009‐12 KSU: Board member (elected [all NRES faculty on ballot]), Natural Resources and
Environmental Science secondary major (NRES)
2011
NSF/USDA review panel (DRRC ‐ Disaster Resilience for Rural Communities)
Manuscript reviewer, Land Use Planning (3); Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences (2)
Proposal reviewer (NSF GSS)
Kansas Geography Bee Moderator, preliminary and final/championship rounds
2009‐11 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Secretary/Executive Committee member
AAG Committee on Committees chair
2008‐11 AAG Great Plains/Rocky Mountain (GPRM) Regional Councillor (elected)
2007‐10 KSU College of Arts & Sciences: Dean’s Advisory Committee
Board of Directors, Applied Geography Conferences
2010
NSF cross‐directorate review panel
Member, AAG delegation to Romania (invited by Romanian Professional Geographers
Association; visits to 4 universities)
Manuscript reviewer, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Papers of the
Applied Geography Conferences, Geographical Review, Journal of Cultural Geography
Reviewer, Readings in Sustainability Science and Technology (Working Paper, Center for
International Development, Harvard)
Editorial Board appointments: Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis (University of
Bucharest), the Romanian Review of Regional Studies (Babeş‐Bolyai University), Annals
of the University of Oradea [Romania], Geography Series
Kansas Geography Bee Moderator, preliminary and final rounds
2006‐9 Co‐editor, Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences
Meredith F. Burrill Award Committee, AAG (interim chair, Fall 2006)
KSU: Board member (elected [open ballot]), NRES
2009
NSF cross‐directorate review panel
Editorial Board appointment: Journal for Geography (University of Maribor, Slovenija) External tenure review (1)
Manuscript reviewer, Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences (2)
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Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Rural Studies (1), USGS (1), Papers of the Applied Geography
Conferences (3)
Board of Directors, Applied Geography Conferences
Editorial Board member, The Professional Geographer
Kansas Space Grant (NASA) administrator for KSU
Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Councillor, AAG (appointed, partial term)
AAG Constitution and By‐laws Committee
Interim Director, NRES, KSU
Executive Committee (elected), KSU Chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society
Manuscript reviewer, The Professional Geographer (4); Great Plains Research (1); Papers of
the Applied Geography Conferences (5)
Proposal review panel, US EPA (STAR P3 fellowships)
External tenure review (1)
Organizing committee, Quadrennial International Rural Geography Conf. (Spokane 2007)
Proposal reviewer, Kansas Space Grant Consortium
KSU Geography representative to Consortium on Environmental Sustainability and
Stewardship
Manuscript reviewer, The Professional Geographer (8); Society and Natural Resources (2);
Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences (3)
Thesis reviewer (6), BYU review of the Geography masters program
US EPA proposal review panel (STAR P3 fellowships)
External mid‐tenure review (1); External tenure review (1)
KSU: University Small Research Grants and Faculty Development Awards Committee
(USRG/FDA)
Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Rural Studies, Society and Natural Resources, Papers and
Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences
Board of Directors (elected), Rural Geography Specialty Group (RGSG), AAG
KSU: College of Arts and Sciences Course and Curriculum Committee; University General
Education Council
Departmental: Student Learning Outcomes Assessment lead
Manuscript reviewer, Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences (2)
Board Member, Learning Disabilities Association of Kansas
NSF Geography & Regional Science Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI)
panel (5 panels)
KSU: Board of Directors (elected [open ballot]), NRES Secondary Major
Chair, AAG Research Grants Committee
KSU College of Arts & Sciences Course and Curriculum Committee
Member, AAG Research Grants Committee
Proposal reviewer, National Geographic Society (Committee for Research and Exploration)
Physical geography book manuscript reviewer (McGraw‐Hill)
Manuscript reviewer, Physical Geography
Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Rural Studies and The Professional Geographer
Board Member, Learning Disabilities Association of Kansas
Chair, AAG CARLU specialty group
Manuscript reviewer, The Professional Geographer
NSF CAREER program proposal reviewer
Newsletter Editor, CARLU specialty group, AAG
NSF dissertation proposal reviewer
Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Geography in Higher Education and Geocarto International
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1995
1994‐95
1994
1993‐94
1992‐94
1991‐93
1990‐92
NSF dissertation proposal reviewer
NSF dissertation proposal reviewer
Program Committee, Rural Geography Symposium, Charlotte, NC, 30 July‐4 August 1995
Manuscript reviewer, The Professional Geographer
EIU College of Sciences Advisory Committee
Secretary‐Treasurer, CARLU specialty group, AAG
Departmental (EIU): Reinstating BS in Geography Committee (Chair)‐ program reinstated,
1994‐95
Secretary‐Treasurer, CARLU specialty group, AAG
GRADUATE ADVISING
Geography PhD Students
In Progress
Brandon Haddock
ABD; topic: Hiding in Plain Sight: The GLBT Community in the Great
Plains
Benjamin Munro
ABD; topic: Biofuels and the social construction of environmental policy
William Wetherholt
ABD; topic: Barriers to terminal depopulation: Place attachment in very
small towns of the central Great Plains
PhD 2012
Ryan Bergstrom
(Visiting Asst. Prof., Gustavus Adolphus)
Sustainable Development in Amenity‐based Communities of the Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem
PhD 2009
Christopher Laingen
(Asst. Prof., Eastern
Illinois University)
Changes in human and natural systems influenced by pheasant hunting
in South Dakota PhD 2006 (posthumous)
Mary Dobbs
topic: Conservation Reserve Program contributions to farm economics
PhD 2001
Luke Marzen
(Prof., Auburn)
Remote Sensing of Change in the Mount St. Helens Blast Zone Thesis Option Geography Masters Students
In Progress
Laura Wallace
Decision‐making and dam removal for ecosystem restoration: Condit
Dam, White Salmon River, Washington
MA 2010
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Linnea Sando
(PhD student, Montana
State)
Landscape Imprints of Haying Technologies in Eastern Idaho and Western Montana
MA 2009
Jake George
(Kansas Department
of Wildlife & Parks)
Conservation Reserve Program: Relationships Between Agricultural
Commodity Output Prices, Input Costs, and Slippage in Kansas MA 2003
Mary Dobbs
(Deceased)
Attitudes and Behavior: Exploring the Relationship Between Stated
Water Quality Attitudes and Management Practices, Big Creek and
Middle Smoky Hill River Watersheds, Kansas
Nathan Kettle
(PhD program,
Univ. So. Carolina)
Groundwater depletion and agricultural land use change in Wichita
County, Kansas MA 2000
Sergio Camberos (McAllen, TX, schools)
Kristen Rundquist
(Grand Forks AFB, ND)
Regeneration of Ponderosa Pine Following a Wildfire in Yosemite
National Park, California
Modeling Grassland Bird Habitat in Agricultural Areas: A Landscape‐
Scale Study in Southwestern Kansas
MA 1998
Jennifer Radcliff
(Port of Tacoma)
The Effects of Geography and Management Practices on Vegetative
Species Diversity of National Parks
MA 1997
Nancy Leathers
(USDA APHIS, FL)
Conservation Reserves and Protection of Erodible Soils in Southwestern
Kansas Non‐Thesis Geography Masters Students
MA 1996
Jon Guderski Matthew June (BLM, Santa Fe, NM)
Committees of 18 additional completed M.A. recipients, 1 M.S. recipient (Biol & Agr Engineering) and
12 completed Ph.D. recipients (as of mid‐2013) (not including appointed chairships)
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