Dr. Jessica Graybill

Jessica K. Graybill received her Ph.D. in Geography and Urban Ecology from the University of Washington in 2006 and is currently Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Russian & Eurasian Studies Program at Colgate University. Her primary research interests are in urban and socio-environmental transformations, especially as they relate to the impacts of resource extraction and climate change on local and indigenous communities. She is past president of the Russian, Central Eurasian, and East European Specialty Group and the Polar Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. She is a recipient of American Council for Learned Societies (2009-10) and Fulbright (2014-15) fellowships, both awarded for research related to resource use, extraction and climate change in the Russian Far East. Currently, she is a co-principal investigator on three National Science Foundation grants (Arctic Frontiers of Resources and Sustainability, Arctic Coast, and Arctic Synthesis of Sustainability). She is the Editor of Polar Geography and recent publications include Cities of the World, 7th Edition (2019) and “Emotional Environments of Energy Extraction in Russia” (2019) in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers.