Education

Ph.D.    (2005) Geography, University of Kansas.

M.A.     (1996) Geography, The George Washington University.

B.A.     (1990) Geography, University of Texas.

 

 

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (2003-Present).

 

Doktorand Fellow, Knowledge Management, Geographic Information Services, Syngenta Crop Protection; Basel, Switzerland (2002-2003).

 

 

Publications

2008.   “Who Will Work the Land? National Integration, Cash Economies, and the Future of Shifting Cultivation in the Honduran Mosquitia,” Journal of Latin American Geography, 8(1): Forthcoming.

2007.   “Honduras,” In Encyclopedia of the Caribbean. Edited by John Garrigus. New York: Facts on File, Inc. Forthcoming.

2006.   “Croquis del Curso Medio del Río Patuca” (text to Plate CXIII) in Atlas de Mapas Históricos de Honduras (Honduras, an Atlas of Historical Maps); Colección Cultural de Centroamérica, Serie Histórico no. 18. By William V. Davidson. Managua, Nicaragua:  Fundación Uno. Pp. 246-247, 253.

2005.   “The Sustainability of Shifting Cultivation in Rain Forest Conservation:  Participatory Mapping the Cultural Geography of Native Peoples in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras” Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geography, University of Kansas.  Pp. i – 391. 

2003.   Book Review. “Ethnoecology: Located lives/Situated knowledge,” Edited by Virginia D. Nazarea.  Journal of Cultural Geography, 19: 101-103.

2001.   Book Review. “Cultural politics in revolution: Teachers, peasants, and schools in Mexico, 1930-1940,” by Mary Kay Vaughan.  Journal of Historical Geography, 27 (2): 299-300.

1998.   Book Review. “Conservation through cultural survival: Indigenous peoples and protected areas,” Edited by Stan Stevens.  Geographical Review, 88 (1): 143-146.

 1996.  “Contrasting Development Strategies on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico:  A Comparison of State-Directed Development and NGO-Indigenous Collaboration in a Tropical Forest Frontier” Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Department of Geography, The George Washington University.  Pp i – 110.

 

 

Professional Presentations

2007.   “Who Will Work the Land? National Integration, Cash Economies and the Future of Shifting Cultivation in the Honduran Mosquitia.” Paper Presented at Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers; May 31-June 3; Colorado Springs, Colorado.

2007.   “Local Knowledge of Historic Hurricanes Among Coastal Miskito and Garífuna Communities of the Honduran Mosquitia.” Co-Authored by Carl A. Reese and Kam-biu Liu; Presented by David M. Cochran. Paper Presented at the 103^rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers; April 17-21; San Francisco, California.

2005.  “Who Will Work the Land?  Emergent Cash Economies and the Future of Shifting Cultivation in the Mosquitia of Eastern Honduras.”  Paper Presented at the 60^th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers; November 20-22; West Palm Beach, Florida.

2004.   “Making a Living at the Rainforest Frontier:  Migration and Diversification as Local Strategies for Survival along the Middle Río Patuca in the Mosquitia Region of Eastern Honduras.” Co-Authored by Kendra McSweeney; Presented by David M. Cochran.  Paper Presented at the 100^th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers; March 14-19; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2003. “Shifting Agriculture, Economic Livelihoods, and Farmer Resilience to Hurricane Disturbance in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve of Eastern Honduras.”  Paper Presented at the 58^th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, November 23-25; Charlotte, North Carolina.

2002.   “In the Aftermath of Hurricane Mitch: An Assessment of Agricultural and Agroforestry Losses along the Middle Río Patuca, Gracias a Dios, Honduras.” Paper Presented at the 98^th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers; March 19-23; Los Angeles, California.

 

Competitive Grants and Research Funding

2006. Aubrey Keith Lucas and Ella Ginn Lucas Endowment for Faculty Excellence

           Award. University of Southern Mississippi.

2005.   Collaborative Research Grant. National Science Foundation (BCS-0452382).

2003. Dean’s Research Initiative Grant.  College of Science and Technology,

           University of Southern Mississippi.

2000. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award. National Science Foundation (BCS-0071243).

2000.   Institute for International Education – Fulbright Grant; Honduras.

 

 

Professional Memberships

Association of American Geographers

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers