Dr. Kenneth Madsen is a researcher of Borders, Indigenous-Academic Interactions, Conflict Between Interest Groups; and a member of the Faculty Oversight Committee of the Newark Earthworks Center at The Ohio State University. Dr. Madsen is an Associate Professor of Geography and associated with American Indian Studies at The Ohio State University.
Dr. Kenneth Madsen is a researcher of Borders, Indigenous-Academic Interactions, Conflict Between Interest Groups; and a member of the Faculty Oversight Committee of the Newark Earthworks Center at The Ohio State University. Dr. Madsen is an Associate Professor of Geography and associated with American Indian Studies at The Ohio State University.
182 LeFevre Hall
1199 University Drive
Newark, Ohio 43055
Professional Website
Areas of Expertise
- Borders
- Indigenous-Academic Interactions
- Conflict Between Interest Groups
Education
- 2005 PhD, Geography, Arizona State University
- 1999 MA, Geography, Arizona State University
- 1989 BA, International Studies, Graceland College
Kenneth Madsen's research focuses on the interaction between local communities and border security / border law enforcement activities. Much of his work considers the specific circumstances of the Tohono O'odham of southern Arizona and northern Sonora. He is also interested in dynamics of indigenous-academic interactions and insights from fiction on geographic processes.
Ongoing Newark Earthwork's Center's Research
Indigenous Ohio: OSU and Native Arts and Humanities Past and Present Grant
Research
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2021. "Terminus Unleashed: Divine Antecedents of Contemporary Borders." Journal of Borderlands Studies (available ahead of print). [external link DOI]
- Bein, Rick, Et Al. 2020. "Fifty Years of Fieldwork in Latin America (contribution to photo essay)." Journal of Latin American Geography. 19 (1): 115-131. [external link DOI]
- Weiser, Elizabeth; Low, John; Madsen, Kenneth. 2019. "One site, many interpretations: managing heritage at an ancient American site," in Smeds, K. and Davis, A. (Eds.) Museum and Place. Paris: ICOFOM (International Committee for Museology), pp. 138-161. [external link]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2018. "Walls, waivers and what we don’t know (part of the JLAG Perspectives Forum – The Border Wall and Beyond: Political and Environmental Perspectives)." Journal of Latin American Geography. 17 (3): 262-264. [external weblink] [external link as printed]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. and D.B. Ruderman. 2016. "Robert Frost’s ambivalence: borders and boundaries in poetic and political discourse." Political Geography. 55: 82-91. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2015. Research dissonance. Geoforum. 65: 192-200. [external link DOI]
Madsen, Kenneth D. 2015. Graffiti, art and advertising: re-scaling claims to space at the edges of the nation-state. Geopolitics. 20 (1): 95-120. [external link DOI]
Madsen, Kenneth D. 2014 Contextualizing cultural landscapes and political geography with montage. you are here. XXVI: 42-45.
- Madsen Kenneth. D. 2014. A basis for bordering: land, migration and inter-Tohono O’odham distinction along the U.S.-Mexico Line, in Jones, R. and Johnson, C. (Eds) Placing the Border in Everyday Life. London: Ashgate, pp. 93-116. [external link]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2014. The alignment of local borders. Territory, Politics, Governance. 2 (1): 52-71. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2014. Blue Indians: teaching the political geography of imperialism with fictional film. Journal of Geography. 113 (2): 47-57. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2011. Barriers of the US-Mexico border as landscapes of domestic political compromise. cultural geographies. 18 (4): 547-556. [external link DOI]
- Soto-Berelov, Mariela and Kenneth D. Madsen. 2011. Continuity and distinction in land cover across a rural stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border. Human Ecology. 39 (4): 509-526. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2008. Indigenous research, publishing and intellectual property. American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 32 (3): 89-105. [external link]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2007. Local impacts of the balloon effect of border law enforcement. Geopolitics. 12 (2): 280-298. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2005. A Nation Across Nations: The Tohono O’odham and the U.S.-Mexico Border. PhD. Dissertation, Arizona State University. [external link]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. and Ton van Naerssen. 2003. Migration, identity and belonging. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 18 (1): 61-75. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2002. Writing for non-geographers: lessons from the J.B. Jackson Prize. Geographical Review. 92 (1): 63-72. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 1999. The U.S.-Mexico Border Fencescape Along the Arizona-Sonora Boundary. MA. Thesis, Arizona Sate University. [external link]
- Arreola, Daniel D. and Kenneth Madsen. 1999. Variability of tourist attraction on an international boundary: Sonora, Mexico border towns. Visions in Leisure and Business. 17 (4): 19-31.
If you are interested in obtaining digital or print copies of any of these publications, please email me.
Exhibits
- Up Close with U.S.-Mexico Border Barriers Exhibit
- February 6 – March 29, 2019. LeFevre Art Gallery. This exhibit was also displayed at the Dayton International Peace Museum and Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.
Member of the Faculty Oversight Committee
Associate Professor of Geography | The Ohio State University
madsen.34@osu.edu
182 LeFevre Hall
1199 University Drive
Newark, Ohio 43055
Professional Website
Areas of Expertise
- Borders
- Indigenous-Academic Interactions
- Conflict Between Interest Groups
Education
- 2005 PhD, Geography, Arizona State University
- 1999 MA, Geography, Arizona State University
- 1989 BA, International Studies, Graceland College
Kenneth Madsen's research focuses on the interaction between local communities and border security / border law enforcement activities. Much of his work considers the specific circumstances of the Tohono O'odham of southern Arizona and northern Sonora. He is also interested in dynamics of indigenous-academic interactions and insights from fiction on geographic processes.
Ongoing Newark Earthwork's Center's Research
Indigenous Ohio: OSU and Native Arts and Humanities Past and Present Grant
Research
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2021. "Terminus Unleashed: Divine Antecedents of Contemporary Borders." Journal of Borderlands Studies (available ahead of print). [external link DOI]
- Bein, Rick, Et Al. 2020. "Fifty Years of Fieldwork in Latin America (contribution to photo essay)." Journal of Latin American Geography. 19 (1): 115-131. [external link DOI]
- Weiser, Elizabeth; Low, John; Madsen, Kenneth. 2019. "One site, many interpretations: managing heritage at an ancient American site," in Smeds, K. and Davis, A. (Eds.) Museum and Place. Paris: ICOFOM (International Committee for Museology), pp. 138-161. [external link]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2018. "Walls, waivers and what we don’t know (part of the JLAG Perspectives Forum – The Border Wall and Beyond: Political and Environmental Perspectives)." Journal of Latin American Geography. 17 (3): 262-264. [external weblink] [external link as printed]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. and D.B. Ruderman. 2016. "Robert Frost’s ambivalence: borders and boundaries in poetic and political discourse." Political Geography. 55: 82-91. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2015. Research dissonance. Geoforum. 65: 192-200. [external link DOI]
Madsen, Kenneth D. 2015. Graffiti, art and advertising: re-scaling claims to space at the edges of the nation-state. Geopolitics. 20 (1): 95-120. [external link DOI]
Madsen, Kenneth D. 2014 Contextualizing cultural landscapes and political geography with montage. you are here. XXVI: 42-45.
- Madsen Kenneth. D. 2014. A basis for bordering: land, migration and inter-Tohono O’odham distinction along the U.S.-Mexico Line, in Jones, R. and Johnson, C. (Eds) Placing the Border in Everyday Life. London: Ashgate, pp. 93-116. [external link]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2014. The alignment of local borders. Territory, Politics, Governance. 2 (1): 52-71. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2014. Blue Indians: teaching the political geography of imperialism with fictional film. Journal of Geography. 113 (2): 47-57. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2011. Barriers of the US-Mexico border as landscapes of domestic political compromise. cultural geographies. 18 (4): 547-556. [external link DOI]
- Soto-Berelov, Mariela and Kenneth D. Madsen. 2011. Continuity and distinction in land cover across a rural stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border. Human Ecology. 39 (4): 509-526. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2008. Indigenous research, publishing and intellectual property. American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 32 (3): 89-105. [external link]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2007. Local impacts of the balloon effect of border law enforcement. Geopolitics. 12 (2): 280-298. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2005. A Nation Across Nations: The Tohono O’odham and the U.S.-Mexico Border. PhD. Dissertation, Arizona State University. [external link]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. and Ton van Naerssen. 2003. Migration, identity and belonging. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 18 (1): 61-75. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 2002. Writing for non-geographers: lessons from the J.B. Jackson Prize. Geographical Review. 92 (1): 63-72. [external link DOI]
- Madsen, Kenneth D. 1999. The U.S.-Mexico Border Fencescape Along the Arizona-Sonora Boundary. MA. Thesis, Arizona Sate University. [external link]
- Arreola, Daniel D. and Kenneth Madsen. 1999. Variability of tourist attraction on an international boundary: Sonora, Mexico border towns. Visions in Leisure and Business. 17 (4): 19-31.
If you are interested in obtaining digital or print copies of any of these publications, please email me.
Exhibits
- Up Close with U.S.-Mexico Border Barriers Exhibit
- February 6 – March 29, 2019. LeFevre Art Gallery. This exhibit was also displayed at the Dayton International Peace Museum and Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.
