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Brett Chloupek
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Geography; University of Kansas
- M.S. Geography, Certificate in GIS; Oklahoma State University
- B.S. Geography, Computer Information Systems; University of Nebraska-Kearney
Courses Taught
- Peoples and Cultures of the World
- Geopolitics
- Geographies of Europe, Asia, and Latin America
- Maps and Spatial Reasoning
- Cartography
Academic Interests
- Cultural, Political, Historical Geography
- Toponymy, Historical Geographic Information Systems
- The Visegrád Four (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary)
Scholarly Activity
Recent Publications
- Chloupek, Brett R. 2018. A GIS approach to cultural and historical toponymic research in Nebraska. Journal of Cultural Geography, 35 (2).
- Chloupek, Brett. R. et al. 2017. If you build it will they come? Using GIScience to estimate retirement community demand and evaluate potential locations in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Illinois Geographer, 58(2) 1-18.
- Burger, P.R., Brett R. Chloupek, and H.J. Combs, 2013. A GIScience Approach to Urgent Care Facility Site Selection in Nebraska. Papers in Applied Geography, 36: 495-504.
Recent Conference Papers
- Chloupek, Brett R. 2018. Historical and spatial patterns in Eastern European street names. 17th International Conference of Historical Geographers, Warsaw, Poland. July 16. (Invited session: Old and historical maps as a tool: challenges for mind, development of form.)
- Chloupek, Brett R. 2018. Chernobyl as a prototype for geopolitical ecotourism. Plains Safaris: A conference on tourism and conservation in the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Center for Great Plains Studies, April 19, 2018.
- Chloupek, Brett R. and Luke B. Campbell, 2017. Contested memory, contested futures: The geography of politics in Ukraine. Great Plains Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Maryville, MO.
- Chloupek, Brett R. 2017. Bohemians into Czechs: Mapping Nebraska’s Bohemian Alps using Historical GIS. 2017 Great Plains Symposium: “Flat Places, Deep Identities: Mapping Nebraska and the Great Plains.” Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. March 31, 2017.
Student Group Advisement
- Nepalese Student Association, Faculty Advisor
Other Professional Experiences
- Member, Missouri Board on Geographic Names (MOBGN)
- Fellow, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES) – University of Kansas (current)
- Associate Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (current)
- Boren Fellowship, Dissertation Research Abroad in Slovakia, 2009-2010
