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Brett Chloupek Brett R.Chloupek

Office:117 Lindley
Email: chloupek@ku.edu


  • B.S., Geography, Computer Information Systems, University of Nebraska-Kearney, 2005
  • GIS Certificate, Oklahoma State University, Department of Geography, 2007
  • M.S., Geography, Oklahoma State University, 2007
    Thesis title: Young Czechs' Perceptions of the Velvet Divorce and the Modern Czech Identity"

Publications/Presentations

  

Research Interests

Chloupek, Brett R.  2010.  Religious Differentiation between Germans and Czechs in Bohemia, 1880-1931, The Visegrad Review, ISSN 1920-8782.

Burger, Paul R., and Brett R. Chloupek. 2010.A GIS Spatial Analysis of University of Nebraska at Kearney Alumni Cohorts 1930 – 2004.  Great Plains Research, Vol. 20, No. 2.   

Chloupek, Brett R. 2010.  Geography and Catholicism in Slovakia, 1498-1989:  A theoretical framework for the study of religion.  Great Plains Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers, Lawrence, KS.

Chloupek, Brett R.  2009.  Religious Differentiation between Germans and Czechs in Bohemia, 1880-1931.  Challenges for the Geography of Religion in the 21st Century Symposium, Prešov, Slovakia. 

Chloupek, Brett R.  2008.  Slovakia’s Gypsies: Centuries of Problems, Few New Solutions.  Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies Brownbag Series, May 6th, Laird Essay Winner.

Chloupek, Brett R.  2007.  Young Czechs’ Perceptions of the Velvet Divorce and the Modern Czech Identity. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
 

The Geography of Religion, Historical and Political Geography, National and Ethnic Identity in Europe, Czech and Slovak Republics, Visegrad Region, Roma Populations in Eastern Europe, Geographic Information Systems.

Personal website:
http://www.people.ku.edu/~chloupek/default.htm

Awards and Fellowships:

2009-2010 Boren Fellowship, National Security Education Program – Slovakia

2007-2009 Foreign Language/Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship – Polish Language

2008 Laird Essay Contest Winner, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

2007 KU GIS Day Student Presentation Competition – 2nd Place