Audrey Joslin

Dr. Audrey Joslin is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences at Kansas State University. She is currently on sabbatical leave during the Fall 2025 semester, with Dr. Abigail Langston serving as Interim Graduate Program Director.

Her research engages with the human dimensions of environmental governance through a political ecological lens. Current projects include:

• Technology use in prescribed fire
• Water fund conservation programs in Latin America
• Rural perceptions of wildfire interaction with conservation lands in the Great Plains

Dr. Joslin's publication record (2018-2024) reveals a strong emphasis on payments for ecosystem services, particularly in the Ecuadorian Andes, and more recently expanding to wildfire management in the Great Plains. Her work critically examines socio-political dimensions of conservation, including recognitional justice, local perceptions of success, and territorial construction for environmental governance.

She actively contributes to the academic community as Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Director for the American Association of Geographers (2017-present) and maintains affiliations with the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN), Society for Conservation Biology, and multiple AAG specialty groups including Cultural and Political Ecology, Rural Geography, and Latin America.