Areas of Specialization

Environmental planning, policy, and politics
International conservation and sustainable development
Globalization and the environment
Environmental sociology
Environmental history
Latin American studies (esp. Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia)

Current Research

Politics of community-based conservation in Latin America
Community forestry in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Politics of international biodiversity conservation

Courses

Consuming Nature (FOUN 09#-31)
Introduction to Environmental Studies (ENST 100)
Environmental Planning (ENST 215)
Environmental Policy Analysis (ENST 250)
Environmental History of the Developing World (ENST 242)

University Activities

Bucknell University Environmental Center
Environmental Residential College
Latin American Studies Program

Selected Publications

2003. Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-first Century .   Albany: SUNY Press (Co-edited with Steve Brechin, Crystal Fortwangler, and Pat West).

2003.   Negotiating Devolution: Community Conflict, Structural Power and Local Forest Management in Quintana Roo, Mexico .   Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor.  

2005.   Community Adaptation or Collective Breakdown?   The Formation of "Work Groups" in Two Ejidos in Quintana Roo, Mexico.   Pp. 151-179 In Bray et al.   The Community Forests of Mexico:   Managing for Sustainable Landscapes .   Austin: University of Texas Press.