Dr. Robert Briwa

Education

B.A., French and secondary major in Geography, State University of New York at Geneseo, 2013

M.A., Geography, Kansas State University, 2015

Ph.D., Earth Sciences (Geography), Montana State University, 2019

Teaching Areas

• World Regional Geography
• Fundamentals of Geography
• Introduction to Physical Geography and Lab
• Human Geography
• Regional Geography of North America
• Assorted special topics relating to research interests.

Research

Historical and cultural geographies of the North American West, literary geographies, heritage studies, U.S. state and national parks, historical cartography.

Publications

Selected publications:

Briwa, R. 2021. “The Changing Terrain of Heritage at a Montana State Park.” Journal of Historical Geography 71: 17-27.

Briwa, R. 2020. “Bird Watching with The Peregrine: Literary Geographies of Comfort Reading.” Literary Geographies 6 (2): 212-218. Accessible at

Briwa, R. and N. Bergmann. 2020. “Picturing the National Parks through Postcards at the National Park Service Centennial.” FOCUS on Geography 63.

Briwa, R. and W. Wyckoff. 2020. “Making Heritage Through Montana’s Official State Highway Maps, 1914-2000.” Geographical Review 110 (3): 299-321.