Faculty and Staff Information

Alyson Greiner

Associate Professor

Ph.D., The University of Texas, 1996

Editor, Journal of Cultural Geography

Address:
Oklahoma State University
Department of Geography
Stillwater, OK 74078-4073

Office: 203 Scott Hall

Phone: 405/744-9169 or 405/744-6250
Fax: 405/744-5620

Email: alyson.greiner@okstate.edu

 

Personal Web Page

AREAS OF INTEREST

Cultural Geography

Historical Geography of Australia
Folk Architecture and historic preservation

Necrogeography, expecially burial customs and practices
Regional geography of Europe, Africa, and Australia/Pacific

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Geography, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996
M.A., Geography, University of Missouri, 1991
B.A., Geography, Mary Washington College, 1988

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

          Associate Professor: Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 2002-present       

          Assistant Professor: Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1996-2002

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Greiner, Alyson L. 2004. “Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov.” Journal of Historical Geography 30: 552-558.

Greiner, Alyson L. 2003. “A History of Geography at Oklahoma State University.” Southwestern Geographer: 77-112.

Greiner, Alyson L. 2003. “Louis Seig.” Journal of Cultural Geography 21(1): 121-126.

Greiner, Alyson L. 2003. “USA: Gräber erzählen Geschichte [Cemeteries as a Window on the Ethnic Mosaic of the United States].”  Der Überblick, the quarterly magazine of the Protestant Churches’ Development Services in Germany, June: 30-33.

Greiner, Alyson L., and Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov. 2002. Anglo-Celtic Australia: Colonial Immigration and Cultural Regionalism. Santa Fe, NM: Center for American Places.

Greiner, Alyson L., Thomas A. Wikle and Jennifer M. Spencer. 2002.  "Geographic Education and Careers in Geography." Journal of Geography 101(4):153-160.

Greiner, Alyson L. 2001.  “Popular Culture, Place Images, and Myths:  The Promotion of Australia on American Television.” Journal of Popular Culture 34(4):91-101.

Greiner, Alyson L. and T.G. Jordan-Bychkov.  1997. “Scottish Migration to the Eastern Australian Outback.”  Scottish Geographical Magazine 113(3): 159-167.

 

Jordan, Terry G. and Alyson L. Greiner, eds. 1996. "Texas Travel Diary of Henry H. Field, 1853."  Southwestern Historical Quarterly 99(3): 351-370.

Jordan, Terry G. and Alyson L. Greiner, eds. 1994.  "Irish Migration to Rural Eastern Australia."  Irish Geography 27(2): 135-142.

GRANTS RECEIVED 

2004-2005. “Thematic Survey of Historic Movie Theaters in Central Oklahoma.” Oklahoma Historical Society and National Park Service, $47,093.

 

 

2003-2004. “Thematic Survey of New Deal Era Public Art in Oklahoma. ”Oklahoma Historical Society and National Park Service, $47,859.

 

2001-2002. “Reconnaissance Level Survey of Four East Central Oklahoma Towns.” Oklahoma Historical Society and National Park Service, $65,157.

 

2000-2001. “Reconnaissance Level Survey of Four Southeastern Oklahoma Towns,” Oklahoma Historical Society and National Park Service, $61,250.

 

1999-2000. “Reconnaissance Level Survey of a Portion of Duncan, Oklahoma.” Oklahoma Historical Society and National Park Service, $65,753.

 

1998-1999. “Reconnaissance Level Survey of a Portion of McAlester, Oklahoma.” Oklahoma Historical Society and National Park Service, $73,963 (co-PI with G. Carney).

 

1999. “Where Geography Can Take You: An Interactive CD-ROM.” National Geographic Society Education Foundation/Oklahoma Geography Education Fund, $8,746 (PI with T. Wikle).

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE

American Geographical Society

Association of American Geographers

Consortium of Oklahoma Geographers

National Council for Geographic Education

Australian Studies Association of North America

 

Editor, Journal of Cultural Geography, 2002-present

Assistant Editor, Journal of Cultural Geography, 1998-2002

AWARD

Citation of Merit, State Historic Preservation Office, 2002.

Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 2002.

National Council for Geographic Education Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award, 2000.

Last Modified: 19 July 2005

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Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma