John A. Milbauer

Professor of Geography

Department of Social Sciences

Northeastern State University

600 North Grand Avenue

Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 74464

(918) 456-5511, ext. 3515

Milbauer@nsuok.edu

FAX (918) 458-2390

 

 

Education

 

            Ph.d.                           University of California, Riverside             1983

            MA                              University of California, Los Angeles        1973

            BA                               California State University, Northridge      1972

 

 

Experience

 

            1985-present             Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

            1982-1985                 Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi

1977-1981                 California State University, Los Angeles; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; University of California,         Riverside

 

 

Courses Regularly Taught

 

Fundamentals of Geography, Environmental Geography, Historical Geography of the United States, Cultural Geography, World Regional Geography, Political Geography

 

 

Professional Interests

 

            Historical and cultural geography of the United States with a focus on material culture

 

 

Submitted for Publication

 

            “Oklahoma’s County Courthouse Squares” To Material Culture.

 

 

In Preparation

 

            “Monuments of Oklahoma County Courthouses”

 

 

Membership in Professional Organizations

           

            American Association of University Professors, 1995-present

 

                        NSU Chapter President, 1997-1998, 2001-2001, 2004-2005

 

                        Oklahoma Conference President, 2003-2004, 2007-2008

 

            Association of American Geographers, 1982-present

 

            Pioneer America Society, 1985-present

 

 

Awards

 

            Northeastern State University, Circle of Excellence Candidate for Research, 2004

 

            Oklahoma Conference of the American Association of University Professors, President, 2003-2004 (plaque)

 

            Consortium of Oklahoma Geographers, President, 1989-1990 (plaque)

 

 

Bibliography

 

“Cultural Regions,” “Foursquare House,” “Wild Onion Dinners.”  2007. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia

 

            “Common Houses in Eastern Oklahoma.” 2004. Material Culture, Vol. 36(1):1-17

 

            “Fish Poisoning Among the Cherokees.” 2000. Mid-America Folklore, Vol. 28(1-2):7-11

 

            “People/North America.” 2000. Encyclopedia of World Geography. Pasadena: Salem Press:431-435

 

Study Guide. 1999, 2002. For Bergman, Edward F. and William H. Renwick. Introduction to Geography: People, Places, And Environment. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

 

“From Unregulated to Systematic Settlement: The Impact of the United States Public Land System in Cherokee Country. “1997. Material Culture, Vol. 29(3):19-28

 

            “The Persistence of a Cultural Fault Line in the Cherokee Country.” 1997. Southwestern Geographer, Vol. 1:11-24

 

            “Pennsylvania Extended in the Cherokee Country: A Study of Log Architecture.” 1996-97. Pennsylvania Folklife, Vol. 46(2):92-101

 

            “Physical Generic Toponyms in Oklahoma.” 1996. Names, Vol. 44(3): 205-224

 

Student’s Companion. 1995. For de Blij, H.J. The Earth: An Introduction to   its Physical and Human Geography, 4th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

 

            “Folk Monuments of Afro-Americans: A Perspective on Black Culture.” 1991. Mid-America Folklore, Vol. 19(2): 99-109

 

“The Geography of Food in Eastern Oklahoma: A Small Restaurant Study.” 1990. North American Culture. Vol. 6(1):37-52. Reprinted in Shortridge, Barbara and James R. Shortridge. 1998. The Taste in American Place. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Litttlefield Publishers, Inc

 

            “Cemeteries of Mississippi’s Yazoo Basin.” Mid-South Geographer, Vol. 5:1-19         

 

            “Southern Folk Traits in the Cemeteries of Northeastern Oklahoma.” 1989. Southern Folklore, Vol. 46(2):175-185

 

            “Rural Churches in Northeastern Oklahoma.” 1988. North American Culture, Vol. 4(1):41-52

 

            “Mining and Vegetation in Southwestern New Mexico.” 1986. Geographical Perspectives, Vol. 58: 58-67

           

“Population Origins and Ethnicity in the Silver City Mining Region of New Mexico, 1870-1890.” 1985. International Social Sciences Review, Vol. 60(4):160-165