Papers by KALLI F DOUBLEDAY
GeoJournal, 2020
Environmental perceptions are inherently
based on an individual’s existing knowledge, experiences... more Environmental perceptions are inherently
based on an individual’s existing knowledge, experiences, and future expectations. Methods for measuring
environmental perception, therefore, must capture a
range of experiences while also being flexible enough
to integrate these experiences into a coherent unit for
analysis. Many research topics require cross-cultural
comparisons in order to corroborate findings; however, assessments of environmental perception are
often place- and context-specific. We propose here
post-survey Likert constructions (PSLCs), using semistructured interviews to construct a five-point scale
system from multiple household responses after the
completion of interviews. This method is able to
capture the natural variability in the population using
the respondents’ own language and characterizations
of phenomena. We applied this method to measure the
perceived environmental variability of residents living
in a dynamic flooding landscape in the Okavango
Delta, Botswana. The PSLC method captures the
differences in environmental perception in a location
with different settlement and cultural histories, multiple language groups, and different environmental
conditions. The method easily transfers to other
environments and populations, allowing for potential
cross-cultural comparisons of perceived environmental variability. This publication responds to calls for
increased transparency in reporting the development,
execution, advantages, and disadvantages of methods
related to environmental change.
Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2020
This qualitative study, based on fifty-two focus groups, interviews, and participant observation ... more This qualitative study, based on fifty-two focus groups, interviews, and participant observation within a 10-km buffer around Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, India, builds on Monica Ogra’s foundational work bringing together feminist political ecology and human–wildlife conflict studies. Specifically, it exposes gender-based violence as a hidden cost of the socioenvironmental network of the tiger reserve landscape. This study asks these questions: How do gendered geographies in and around a protected area influence tiger reintroduction, and how do tiger reintroductions influence gendered geographies? What is the nature of the relationships between women’s economic and gender roles and attitudes toward tigers (original and reintroduced), and what are the main factors influencing this relationship? This research finds that (1) gender-based violence is a hidden cost of women working in and around Sariska and the reintroduced tigers, a hidden cost of human–wildlife conflict otherwise unnoted in the literature, (2) this hidden cost is not solely the product of human–wildlife encounters but in large part a consequence of the highly patriarchal society that dictates gendered human–environmental relations. The results and presented framework seek to inform developing debates and theory around just conservation, gender-based violence in relation to environmental change, human dimensions of apex predator conservation, and sustainable rural livelihoods in and adjacent to protected areas.
Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2020
This qualitative study, based on fifty-two focus groups, interviews, and participant observation ... more This qualitative study, based on fifty-two focus groups, interviews, and participant observation within a 10-km
buffer around Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, India, builds on Monica Ogra’s foundational work bringing
together feminist political ecology and human–wildlife conflict studies. Specifically, it exposes gender-based
violence as a hidden cost of the socioenvironmental network of the tiger reserve landscape. This study asks
these questions: How do gendered geographies in and around a protected area influence tiger reintroduction,
and how do tiger reintroductions influence gendered geographies? What is the nature of the relationships
between women’s economic and gender roles and attitudes toward tigers (original and reintroduced), and
what are the main factors influencing this relationship? This research finds that (1) gender-based violence is a
hidden cost of women working in and around Sariska and the reintroduced tigers, a hidden cost of
human–wildlife conflict otherwise unnoted in the literature, (2) this hidden cost is not solely the product of
human–wildlife encounters but in large part a consequence of the highly patriarchal society that dictates
gendered human–environmental relations. The results and presented framework seek to inform developing
debates and theory around just conservation, gender-based violence in relation to environmental change,
human dimensions of apex predator conservation, and sustainable rural livelihoods in and adjacent to
protected areas.
Nature and Space Women's risk and well-being at the intersection of dowry, patriarchy, and conservation: The gendering of human- wildlife conflict, 2019
Drawing on work in feminist political ecologies and employing a grounded theory approach, this ar... more Drawing on work in feminist political ecologies and employing a grounded theory approach, this article examines the socio-spatial links between the patriarchal tradition of dowry, tigers, and women's well-being. It shows how a landscape governed for conservation purposes can produce embodied and material harm for women living under a patriarchal system. Focus groups conducted in eastern Rajasthan, India, reveal how human-tiger interaction, even if primarily potential rather than actual, initiates a chain of social impacts that presents severe risks to women's well-being, mental health, and life itself. Analysis connecting the pressures of dowry (financial, physical, and psychological) to tiger presence helps expose the presumptions of unfairness, intra-household power dynamics, and hidden costs of human-wildlife cohabitation while supporting calls for the inclusion of women's perspectives in environmental theory and management.
Most literature on Supplemental Instruction (SI) programs focuses on
the benefits to undergraduat... more Most literature on Supplemental Instruction (SI) programs focuses on
the benefits to undergraduate students; this article addresses how such
programs benefit the next generation of geography educators. We outline
major differences between graduate teaching assistant (GTA) and SI work
for graduate students, particularly those working with introductory-level
geography classes. Pulling from our experiences working as SI instructors,
GTAs, and instructors of record, we offer a more detailed description of
an SI classroom and argue for its benefits in pe
The Geographical Bulletin, 2018
It is well attested that wherever people
gather, acrobats, poets, musicians, dancers,
and trickst... more It is well attested that wherever people
gather, acrobats, poets, musicians, dancers,
and tricksters also appear and perform.
Although street performers can be found
throughout the entire world, they are curiously
shunned in New York City, while
Plovidiv, Bulgaria in March 2015 decided to
follow other European cities in having auditions
or qualifiers for performers in public
places. This research adds to scholarship on
performance art as a beneficial element in
developing a sense of place in urban environments,
particularly pedestrian malls. A
hundred surveys were collected from Promenade
visitors to highlight these connections
in a case study of street performance on the
Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica,
California. The study argues the presence of
street performers are seen by the majority
as a beneficial element in a pedestrian mall,
resulting in the creation of a sense of place
that enhances the attraction, desirability and
hence success within a pedestrian mall.
Society & Animals, 2018
This case study explores the reintroduction of tigers to Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, Indi... more This case study explores the reintroduction of tigers to Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, India, highlighting how the (re)negotiation between people and tigers is a struggle rooted in place and territory, with boundaries co-constructed by human and nonhuman actors. While the reintroduction came only three years after the official admission of complete species loss, tigers as a dominant force on the landscape were absent for more than a decade in some places. Accordingly, the people of Sariska see the reintroduced tigers as foreigners without place-knowledge and as disturbers of the interspecies boundaries created by the interactions of Sariska's original tigers and many generations of local people. This study speaks to conservation sciences and animal geography to contribute to the scientific knowledge of the human dimensions of rewilding, still a nascent area of restoration ecology specifically in the case of apex predators in the global south. Keywords animal geography – coexistence – rewilding – boundaries – multispecies landscape
Interactions between humans and wildlife are frequent in India, requiring stakeholders to devise ... more Interactions between humans and wildlife are frequent in India, requiring stakeholders to devise mitigation strategies that benefit both humans and wildlife. Success of such initiatives can be impacted by stakeholders' perceptions of species and related issues, which may be unduly influenced by the media. This paper explores media representation of Human-Leopard Interactions (HLI) in India, focusing on detecting agenda-setting and framing in articles, and whether these differ with the level of association with HLI. To accomplish this, we coded articles (n=291) from three media-distribution levels with increasing detachment to HLI events: local news, Indian national news, and international news, and compared the types of agenda-setting and framing found across the three. Overall, international media had the most negative portrayal of leopards and HLI, while national had the most balanced. Local and international media included 'man-eater' framing in the majority of their stories; whereas stories of leopards as victims were most prominent in local news, and victim framing was most frequent in national. These results suggest that agenda-setting and framing may vary with association with HLI. Despite differences between sources, our findings suggest that all media distributions focused primarily on stories of leopards causing trouble (e.g., attacks and incursions), or in ways viewed as troublesome (e.g. incursions) with few stories of leopards as victims or informational pieces. The largely negative depiction, and differences in representation between geographic locations, could hinder mitigation strategies and policy through presenting stakeholders with incomplete information.
This paper explores the Rajasthan Forest Department's feeding of an elderly tigress named Machli,... more This paper explores the Rajasthan Forest Department's feeding of an elderly tigress named Machli, and her consequent liminal status between a wild life and a captive life. Machli is regarded as the world's most famous tiger as a result of her decade-long starring role in multiple documentaries broadcast to international audiences. Many people display a relational empathy towards Machli. This has resulted in a powerful ethic of care, materialized in the Forest Department's realignment of resources to care for her in old age; specifically to keep her from an unbefitting end of starvation. Machli's relationship to humans and other tigers contribute to scholarship that interrogates notions of ''wildness, " ''pristine nature, " and the social construction of the nature-society divide through the case of an individual animal's celebrity and consequential human-animal relations. Most scholarship centers on species or a population in theorizing human-animal conservation relationships and within the distinct spaces of in or ex situ conservation sites. I argue that greater attention needs to be paid to the complex scalar entan-glements of individual animals and how this impacts perceptions about conservation practices and wild nonhuman life more generally. This is particularly true as individual animal celebrity grows across a broad spectrum of wild, captive, and domestic spaces and projected or rejected domesticity. Machli's case highlights and allows for theoretical intervention into changing normative human-wild animal relations across scales and species.
In a recent special issue of The Southwestern Geographer, " Advice to Early Career Academic Geogr... more In a recent special issue of The Southwestern Geographer, " Advice to Early Career Academic Geographers, " William Doolittle provided welcome insights on making and becoming a professor (Doolittle 2014). In his article, Doolittle outlined the evolution of graduate students from an incoming Master's student to a defending doctoral candidate and stressed the importance of 'reshaping' one's attitude during this process. He concluded the article with sage advice, based on decades of experience, for graduate students embarking on this journey and the professors guiding them through it. Doolittle's advice is valuable and presents succinct suggestions for managing the transition from graduate student to professor. Here, we mirror this approach and call on our experiences as students, teachers, and researchers to extend the suggestions to the undergraduate level. By encouraging academic independence and critical thinking early on, we can produce better graduates; students that rather than having just " completed 17 years of being taught, " may already be ready to engage in higher learning (Doolittle 2014, 12).
Conference Presentations by KALLI F DOUBLEDAY
Society & Animals, 2018
This case study explores the reintroduction of tigers to Sariska Tiger Reserve in
Rajasthan, Ind... more This case study explores the reintroduction of tigers to Sariska Tiger Reserve in
Rajasthan, India, highlighting how the (re)negotiation between people and tigers is
a struggle rooted in place and territory, with boundaries co-constructed by human
and nonhuman actors. While the reintroduction came only three years after the official
admission of complete species loss, tigers as a dominant force on the landscape
were absent for more than a decade in some places. Accordingly, the people of Sariska
see the reintroduced tigers as foreigners without place-knowledge and as disturbers
of the interspecies boundaries created by the interactions of Sariska’s original tigers
and many generations of local people. This study speaks to conservation sciences and
animal geography to contribute to the scientific knowledge of the human dimensions
of rewilding, still a nascent area of restoration ecology specifically in the case of apex
predators in the global south.
Session Description: This panel brings together four female PhD Candidates, and one recent gradua... more Session Description: This panel brings together four female PhD Candidates, and one recent graduate, in geography working across Brazil, Peru, the Mediterranean, US-Mexico border and India employing a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods. The panel will share and discuss the production of geographic knowledge through international fieldwork as a solo female researcher. Topics of discussion will include but are not limited to: power-dynamics between researcher and field assistants, interpersonal relations in the field, safety and precautions, understanding but not bending to cultural gender biases. Additionally, the panel will explore ways in which gender and power can/should be accounted for in fieldwork; this include questions of positionality and personal, cultural conditions in the field that may influence research goals. Overall, the purpose of this panel is to reflect on some of the issues that are faced by female graduate students conducting international fieldwork, and exchange ideas on preparation, in-field strategies, and general advice.
Session Description: Geographic imaginations transport graduate students to their field sites bef... more Session Description: Geographic imaginations transport graduate students to their field sites before ever physically arriving. Yet, during graduate students' first international fieldwork seasons, the landscapes encountered and experiences gained are rarely comparable to those anticipated. Conducting empirical fieldwork provides valuable knowledge, in multiple forms, and presents unique opportunities and challenges, particularly when conducting international fieldwork for the first time. This panel is comprised of graduate students who have undertaken their first independent international fieldwork, using a variety of methods. The panelists will highlight lessons learned, emphasizing issues that are regularly faced by graduate students on first field expeditions, including planning strategies, in-field advice, and best practices. This panel aims to provide graduate students preparing to undertake first-time international fieldwork (as well as potential graduate students) with truthful and encouraging information to be prepared and to assess and plan their own itineraries and field work strategies.
Session Description: Moving out of the undergraduate student mentality and into the world of grad... more Session Description: Moving out of the undergraduate student mentality and into the world of graduate research, publishing, grading, and teaching is a drastic change for most. Part of easing that transition, is or should be the support and insight from other graduate students. Departmental graduate associations are employed to fill this role to varying degrees. This panel brings together presidents of current geography graduate student associations to discuss 1) how their roles and their associations bridge the gap between graduate students and important professional development information, 2) discuss obstacles and strengths of peer guidance through graduate school, and 3) start an open dialogue among panelists and session attendees on ways to better serve each other through peer-to-peer leadership and valuable experience in the form of departmental graduate associations. Through these topics and discussions, this panel aims to encourage development and new initiatives within departments across geography.
Session Description: Drawing from current scholarship in animal geography, we invite contribution... more Session Description: Drawing from current scholarship in animal geography, we invite contributions for a session exploring the complex interactions and connections between wild carnivores and humans. Relationships between wild carnivores and humans are complex, dynamic, and fraught with tensions both real and imagined. Throughout history, carnivores have elicited a range of emotions in humans from fear to infatuation. Human responses are not always easy to qualify or quantify, as individuals think with and about "animals in different and often conflicting ways, using different arguments in different social situations" (Lofgren 2007, 105). Understanding human perceptions of wild carnivores is extraordinarily important, as they have very real and tangible impacts on wildlife and landscape management, and on the very survival of carnivore populations. Shared spaces between human populations and carnivores are typically contested, creating complex geographies of encounter. In places where these populations meet, boundaries are constructed, and enforced by both humans and animals. The physical practice of boundary making brings humans and animals into contact in the shared margins. These shifting geographies initiate changes in the lives of carnivores, humans, and in the lives of other species sharing the same spaces. As human encroachment continues to shrink wild habitats, carnivores are frequently relegated to protected areas incapable of meeting many species' spatial needs. While conservation initiatives have focused largely on containment, humans and carnivores are both crossing the boundaries between their socially constructed territories and challenging the conceptual placement of wild carnivores on the landscape. This session seeks to explore the unique nature of carnivore-human relations across the globe. Papers from a range of geographic perspectives and considering a variety of species and locations are welcome. Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words by email to kdoubleday@utexas.edu and sharonwadams@utexas.edu by October 15, 2014 to allow time to read abstracts and prepare the final panel submission to AAG by November 5, 2014.
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based on an individual’s existing knowledge, experiences, and future expectations. Methods for measuring
environmental perception, therefore, must capture a
range of experiences while also being flexible enough
to integrate these experiences into a coherent unit for
analysis. Many research topics require cross-cultural
comparisons in order to corroborate findings; however, assessments of environmental perception are
often place- and context-specific. We propose here
post-survey Likert constructions (PSLCs), using semistructured interviews to construct a five-point scale
system from multiple household responses after the
completion of interviews. This method is able to
capture the natural variability in the population using
the respondents’ own language and characterizations
of phenomena. We applied this method to measure the
perceived environmental variability of residents living
in a dynamic flooding landscape in the Okavango
Delta, Botswana. The PSLC method captures the
differences in environmental perception in a location
with different settlement and cultural histories, multiple language groups, and different environmental
conditions. The method easily transfers to other
environments and populations, allowing for potential
cross-cultural comparisons of perceived environmental variability. This publication responds to calls for
increased transparency in reporting the development,
execution, advantages, and disadvantages of methods
related to environmental change.
buffer around Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, India, builds on Monica Ogra’s foundational work bringing
together feminist political ecology and human–wildlife conflict studies. Specifically, it exposes gender-based
violence as a hidden cost of the socioenvironmental network of the tiger reserve landscape. This study asks
these questions: How do gendered geographies in and around a protected area influence tiger reintroduction,
and how do tiger reintroductions influence gendered geographies? What is the nature of the relationships
between women’s economic and gender roles and attitudes toward tigers (original and reintroduced), and
what are the main factors influencing this relationship? This research finds that (1) gender-based violence is a
hidden cost of women working in and around Sariska and the reintroduced tigers, a hidden cost of
human–wildlife conflict otherwise unnoted in the literature, (2) this hidden cost is not solely the product of
human–wildlife encounters but in large part a consequence of the highly patriarchal society that dictates
gendered human–environmental relations. The results and presented framework seek to inform developing
debates and theory around just conservation, gender-based violence in relation to environmental change,
human dimensions of apex predator conservation, and sustainable rural livelihoods in and adjacent to
protected areas.
the benefits to undergraduate students; this article addresses how such
programs benefit the next generation of geography educators. We outline
major differences between graduate teaching assistant (GTA) and SI work
for graduate students, particularly those working with introductory-level
geography classes. Pulling from our experiences working as SI instructors,
GTAs, and instructors of record, we offer a more detailed description of
an SI classroom and argue for its benefits in pe
gather, acrobats, poets, musicians, dancers,
and tricksters also appear and perform.
Although street performers can be found
throughout the entire world, they are curiously
shunned in New York City, while
Plovidiv, Bulgaria in March 2015 decided to
follow other European cities in having auditions
or qualifiers for performers in public
places. This research adds to scholarship on
performance art as a beneficial element in
developing a sense of place in urban environments,
particularly pedestrian malls. A
hundred surveys were collected from Promenade
visitors to highlight these connections
in a case study of street performance on the
Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica,
California. The study argues the presence of
street performers are seen by the majority
as a beneficial element in a pedestrian mall,
resulting in the creation of a sense of place
that enhances the attraction, desirability and
hence success within a pedestrian mall.
Conference Presentations by KALLI F DOUBLEDAY
Rajasthan, India, highlighting how the (re)negotiation between people and tigers is
a struggle rooted in place and territory, with boundaries co-constructed by human
and nonhuman actors. While the reintroduction came only three years after the official
admission of complete species loss, tigers as a dominant force on the landscape
were absent for more than a decade in some places. Accordingly, the people of Sariska
see the reintroduced tigers as foreigners without place-knowledge and as disturbers
of the interspecies boundaries created by the interactions of Sariska’s original tigers
and many generations of local people. This study speaks to conservation sciences and
animal geography to contribute to the scientific knowledge of the human dimensions
of rewilding, still a nascent area of restoration ecology specifically in the case of apex
predators in the global south.
Teaching Documents by KALLI F DOUBLEDAY
Books by KALLI F DOUBLEDAY