Dr.Karen S. Barton
Geographer, Explorer, Storyteller
About Me
Professor of Geography, GIS, Sustainability @ University of Northern Colorado. Winner of 9 Fulbright Fellowships, NEH-CAORC Fellow, Royal Geographical Society, Society for Woman Geographers, The Explorers Club. Author: Africa's Joola Shipwreck: Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). Experiential learning, study abroad, deep learning, African-Latin American geographies. Proud first generation scholar, long distance runner, mom.
twitter: @karensbarton1
The MV Joola in 1995 (Photo: Carol Keicker)
Fieldwork in Senegal (Photo: Marieme Seydi)
Video of Field expedition to Nepal in Kavre-Palanchok, funded by Fulbright Specialist Program and UNC Hewit Foundation.
@Fulbright Scholar Group to Myanmar Kavre-Palanchok Expedition Post-Gorkha Earthquake