Rebecca Buller
Associate Professor of Practice School of Global Integrative Studies University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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OLDH 933
Lincoln NE 68588-0368 - Phone
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402-472-2411 On-campus 2-2411
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rbuller2@unl.edu
Rebecca A. Buller is a cultural and historical geographer, with specialties in the Great Plains and American West, experiential and geographic education, and women and genders’ studies. She is a Fellow of the Center for Great Plains Studies, where she also is the Journals Book Review Editor for Great Plains Quarterly and Great Plains Research.
Buller greatly values the power of service, self-governance, and healthy environments. From 2023 to 2026, she works in elected positions as the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain (GPRM) Regional Councilor of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) National Council and the UNL Academic Rights and Responsibilities Panel. She also served on the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Executive Committee. She is a 7-time award recipient of the UNL Parents’ Association "Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students.
Recent achievements include the collaborative creation and leading of new classes like “Environmental Justice” and “Geography Field Tour: Iceland”, a grant to help fund the co-investigation of COVID-19 Stories “Journal of a Plague Year” | “Birth and Early Infant Feeding Experiences of Mothers”, and the essay “Re-envisioning a Visioned Landscape” in Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape (Fritz et al. 2023). She is certified in Red Cross cardiopulmonary resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) for Professional Rescuers with First Aid and Wilderness First Aid (WFA) for first responders.
Buller advises BA/BS Geography, MA Geography, and Ph.D. Global Integrative Studies (e.g., Geography emphasis). If you are a potential graduate student with similar interests, please contact her.
Education
- BSEd - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Geography and History Secondary Education (2003)
- MA - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Geography - Historical Geography of the Great Plains (2004)
- PhD - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Geography - Historical and Cultural Geography (2009)
Research Interests
American West, Cultural Geography, Environmental Justice, Experiential Education, Experiencing Place, Geographic Education, Great Plains, Great Plains’ Women’s History and Populations, Historical Geography, Human Trafficking/Social Justice, Iceland, Outdoor Education and Leadership, Place Attachment, Qualitative Methods, Recreation and Tourism, Rural Geography, Sense of Place, Visual Methodologies
Research and Current Projects
Buller’s recent research and creative activity focus on experiential education, outdoor education and leadership, cultural geography, justice, the Great Plains, and Iceland.
Courses
Academic Success and Decision Making in a Globalized World (ANTH/GEOG/GLST 111; GIST 111)
Cultural Geography (GEOG 403/803)
Elements of Physical Geography (GEOG 155): lecture, lab
Environmental Justice (GEOG 403/803)
Geography Field Tour (GEOG 491/891):
Human and Physical Geographies of the Colorado Plateau
Iceland: People, Landscapes, and Sustainability in the Land of Fire and Ice
Iceland: Landscapes, Sustainability, & Tourism
Iceland: Eco-Exploration & Sustainability in Iceland
Human and Physical Geographies of Nebraska and Southern South Dakota
Human and Physical Geographies of the Northern Rockies
Geography of Nebraska (GEOG 370)
Geography of the United States (GEOG 271)
Human Trafficking in Nebraska and the Great Plains
Independent Study in Geography (GEOG 396)
Internship in Geography (GEOG 3xx)
Introduction to Human Geography (GEOG 140)
Masters Thesis (GEOG 899)
Non-Thesis Research (GEOG 996)
Quality of the Environment (GEOG 181)
Seminar in Human Geography: Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography (GEOG 940)
Seminar in Launching Academic and Professional Careers (ANTH/GEOG/GLST 311; GIST 311)
Undergraduate Seminar (GEOG 402)
Women of the Great Plains (GEOG/GPSP/WMNS 377)
World Regional Geography (GEOG 272)
Selected Publications
Book Chapters:
Buller, Rebecca A. “Experiential Education Lessons for Instructors and Students: From a Nebraskan Ski Resort Zombie Subdivision to Zion’s Angels Landing.” In Experiential Learning in Geography II: Experience, Evaluation, and Encounters, edited by Jonathan E. Wessell. Springer Nature, 2025.
Buller, Rebecca. “Re-envisioning a Visioned Landscape.” In Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape, edited by Dana Fritz. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2023. *2024 Nebraska Book Award Winner | Nebraska Library Commission | Category: Nonfiction Nebraska as Place
Book Reviews:
Buller, Rebecca A. 2024. Review of Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life (2022), by Elijah Anderson. Journal of Cultural Geography 41 (2) (2024): 207–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/08873631.2024.2357889
Buller, Rebecca A. 2023. Review of The Last Heir: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families (2022) by Bill Vaughn. Journal of Family History, 48(2), 226-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/03631990221148480
Buller, Rebecca A. 2021. Review of Elsewhere: A Journey into Our Age of Islands (2021), by Alastair Bonnett. Journal of Geography 120, no. 4 (2021): 160-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2021.1895869
Buller, Rebecca A. 2021. Review of Mapping Populism: Taking Politics to the People (2020), by John Agnew and Michael Shin. Historical Geography 48: 133-135. https://doi.org/10.1353/hgo.2020.0004
Articles:
Buller, Rebecca A. “The Walter Savidge Amusement Company.” Nebraska History 98, no.2 (2017): 98-113.