Dr. Michael Sublett
Professor Emeritus of Geography
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No official office hours in retirement.
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Biography
Born and raised in Missouri, Dr. Sublett took three degrees in Geography (Missouri and Chicago) and served on the faculty at Illinois State from 1970 until 2015.
Research Interests & Areas
Historical/Political Geography of Illinois and the Midwest; toponomy of the United States
Ph D Geography
The University of Chicago
Chicago, llinois
MA Geography
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
BA Geography
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Distinguished Mentor Award
National Council for Geographic Education
2014
ILGISA Service Award
Illinois GIS Association
2004
Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award
National Council for Geographic Education
2000
Distinguished Geographic Educator Award
Illinois Geographical Society
1989
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa Society
1966
Book, Authored
Township: Diffusion and Persistence of Grassroots Government in Illinois, 1850-2000
Michael Sublett
(2004), 398, Peter Lang Publishing Group
Paper Counties: The Illinois Experience, 1825-1867
Michael Sublett
(1990), Peter Lang Publishing Group
Have Chalk, Will Travel: On-Campus Commuting by Teachers at Illinois State University, Fall Semester 1985
Michael Sublett
(1985), 41, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University
East Central Illinois: A Look into the Future
Michael Sublett & Douglas K. Meyer
(1980), 31, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University
Farmers on the Road: Interfarm Migration and the Farming of Noncontiguous Lands in Three Midwestern Townships, 1939-1969
Michael Sublett
(1975), 214, Department of Geography, The University of Chicago
Commentary on a Corn Belt Countryside: A Self-Guided Experience
Michael Sublett, William D. Walters, Jr., & Southard M. Modry
(1973), 126, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University
Book, Chapter
Student Voices through Researching and Promoting Learner Autonomy
Michael Sublett, J A Walsh, K McKinney, & D Faigao
(2010), 146-161, Engaging Student Voices in the Study of Teaching and Learning, Stylus Publishing
Journal Article
An Enterprise-Naming Inspiration in the United States: The Geographical Panhandle
Michael Sublett
Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 73, (2025)
Lost Illinois: Audubon, Audubon County
Michael Sublett
Illinois Heritage, 20 (May-June 2017), 20-24, (2017)
Linear Legacy: Map and Modern Landscape Evidence of Illinois Indian Treaty Boundaries
Michael Sublett
Illinois Geographer, 53 (Spring), 2-52, (2011)
Sense of Place and the Senior Field Problem at Illinois State University
Michael Sublett
Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society, 51 (Fall), 20-24, (2009)
Advanced Placement Human Geography and the Annual Meetings of the National Council for Geographic Education
Michael Sublett
Journal of Geography, 106, 21-28, (2007)
Phi Beta Kappas in Illinois
Michael Sublett
Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society, 47 (Fall), 1-20, (2005)
Other
Review of The Sangamon River: A Sense of Place
Michael Sublett
Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society, 50 (Spring), 59-62, (2008)
Summary of Free Responses to Six Questions Posed in an On-line Survey of the Faculty Regarding the Status of SOTL at Illinois State University
Michael Sublett
(2007)
Presentations
Human Geography and the First Decade of the Advanced Placement Syllabus Audit
Michael Sublett
National Conference on Geographic Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 27, 2017
A Thousand Student Papers: Assigning, Overseeing, Preserving, and Cataloging Them
Michael Sublett
Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, Illinois, September 25, 2014
Downstate: Illinois’s Enduring Other
Michael Sublett
Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, Illinois, September 26, 2013
AP Human Geography Teacher Survey: Illinois and Beyond
Michael Sublett, Amy Bloom
National Conference on Geography Education, Denver, Colorado, August 3, 2013
Changing Libraries: Implications for Teaching and Learning
Michael Sublett, Dane Ward, Jeff Barr, Angela Bonnell
Teaching & Learning Symposium, Normal, Illinois, January 9, 2013
The DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer: Retro Resource in a Digital World
Michael Sublett
National Conference on Geographic Education, San Marcos, Texas, October 5, 2012
Downstate, Upstate, Outstate: The Peripheral Other
Michael Sublett
National Conference on Geographic Education, Portland, Oregon, August 5, 2011
Qualitative Assessment of an In-Service Institute
Michael Sublett, K Gandy, D Kruger, L Murley
National Conference on Geographic Education, Savannah, Georgia, October 2, 2010
Geography Career Fair: Programmatic Issues
Michael Sublett
National Conference on Geography Education, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 25, 2009
Map and Modern Landscape Evidence of Two Indian Treaty Boundaries in Southeastern Illinois
Michael Sublett
Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, Illinois, October 30, 2008
Mapping the Class Hinterland
Michael Sublett
National Conference on Geography Education, Dearborn, Michigan, October 10, 2008
Illinois Townships: Grassroots Government Since 1850
Michael Sublett
The Colloquium of the Geography-Geology Department at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, March 28, 2008
Climbing Mount Assessment: One Program’s Plan
Michael Sublett
Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 19, 2007
Grassroots Government: Illinois Townships Then and Now
Michael Sublett
Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, Illinois, October 18, 2007
Landscape Impact of an 1816 Illinois Indian Treaty
Michael Sublett
Twenty-seventh Annual Illinois History Symposium, Normal, Illinois, February 17, 2007