Yolonda Youngs

Biography

Dr. Yolonda Youngs, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Geography (Arizona State University, 2009), M.S. in Earth Sciences/Geography (Montana State University, 2004), B.A. in Anthropology (Florida State University, 1993). Her research specialties are world regional geography, cultural landscapes, historical-environmental geography, tourism & outdoor recreation, GIS, and national parks and protected areas. Dr. Youngs has published her research in the Geographical Review, Environmental History, Society and Natural Resources: An International Journal. She is currently completing a two book projects: Framing Nature: The Making of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon (University of Nebraska Press) and is the co-editor (with Dr. Geoffrey L. Buckley, Ohio University) of The American Environment Revisited: Historical Geographies for the Twenty-First Century (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers). She serves on the editorial board of Historical Geography (journal). She is the author of Shaping Tourism in North American Odyssey: Historical Geographies for the Twenty-First Century and is anticipating a forthcoming book chapter about Yellowstone Lake (in Designs Upon Nature: The Cultural Landscape of Yellowstone National). Her research has been funded through grants from the National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Idaho Humanities Council, and the Association of American Geographers. She currently is an active researcher in the NSF EPSCoR MILES project, focusing on historic landscapes and ecosystem services (http://miles.isu.edu/grp2.html) past. Dr. Youngs' research is also supported by grants from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service in Grand Teton National Park. Dr. Youngs is active in national and international scholarly networks. She has presented her research in Chile, Russia, Tunisia, Australia, France, and Spain. She has lived in Italy and travelled extensively throughout Europe. She is an active member of the International Geographical Union, International Cartographic Association, and served as a U.S. National Committee Scholar.

Research Interest

World Regional Geography, Historical Geography of National Parks, Introduction to Cultural Geography, Global Tourism, and Environment, Geography, & Sustainability.