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GREGORY KNAPP Department of Geography and the Environment The University of Texas at Austin 305 E. 23rd Street - A3100 – RLP 3.712 Austin, TX 78712 - 1697 [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-1556-0006
CV last edited June 30, 2020; re formatted for clarity July 12.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1984 M.S., Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1979 B.A., Mathematics and Economics, University of California, Berkeley, California 1975
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Faculty Director, B.A. in Sustainability Studies, and Chair, Sustainability Studies Faculty Advisory Committee, University of Texas at Austin, 2016-present.
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, The University of Texas at Austin, 1991 - present
Chair, Department of Geography and the Environment, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996- 2004.
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984-1991
Instructor, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1983.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Knapp, G. 1987. Geografia Quichua de la Sierra del Ecuador. Quito: Ediciones Abya Yala.
Denevan, W.M., Mathewson, K., & Knapp, G. (Eds.). 1987. Pre-Hispanic Agricultural Fields in the Andean Region, (2 Volumes). Oxford: BAR International Series.
Allan, N.J.R., Knapp, G., & Stadel, C. (Eds.). 1988. Human Impact on Mountains. Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield.
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Knapp, G. 1988. Ecología Cultural Prehispánica del Ecuador. Quito: Banco Central del Ecuador.
Knapp, G. 1991. Andean Ecology: Adaptive Dynamics in Ecuador. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
Knapp, G. 1992. Riego Precolonial y Tradicional en la Sierra Norte del Ecuador. Hombre y Ambiente 22 (special issue devoted to this one work). Quito: Ediciones Abya Yala.
Caviedes, C. & Knapp, G. 1995. South America. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Knapp, G. (Ed.) 2002. Latin America in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Solutions. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers and University of Texas Press.
Herlihy, P. & Knapp, G. (Eds.). 2003. Participatory Mapping of Indigenous Lands in Latin America, special issue of Human Organization. Volume 62, number 4.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (including Accepted and In Press)
Knapp, G. 1980. Cambios en el Clima de los Andes Ecuatorianos: Una Tentativa Explicación Genética, Revista del Centro Panamericano de Estudios e Investigaciones Geográficas 39-48.
Knapp, G. 1981. El Nicho Ecológico Llanura Húmeda, en la Economía Prehistórica de los Andes de Altura: Evidencia Ethnohistórica, Geográfica y Arqueológica, Sarance (Otavalo, Ecuador) 9: 83-88.
Knapp, G. 1981. The Full Extent of the Field: A Commentary on the ‘New Cultural Geography’ in Latin America, in Geographic Research in Latin America: Benchmark 1980, Proceedings of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 8: 217-224.
Knapp, G. 1982. Prehistoric Flood Management on the Peruvian Coast: Reinterpreting the ‘Sunken Fields’ of Chilca, American Antiquity 47: 144-154.
Knapp, G. 1983. Reply to Richard T. Smith, American Antiquity 48: 150-151.
Knapp, G., & Ryder, R. 1985. Aspectos del Origen, Morfología, y Funcion de los Camellones en el Altiplano de Quito, Cultura (Quito), 8 (23): 205-222
Knapp, G. 1986. Una Perspectiva de la Irrigación en los Andes del Norte, América Indígena 46: 349-356.
Knapp, G. 1987. Regimen de Inundaciones en la Costa Peruana Prehispánica: Reinterpretación de los Campos Hundidos de Chilca, Historica (Lima, Peru), XI(2): 163-179.
Knapp, G. 1987. Riego Precolonial en la Sierra Norte, Ecuador Debate (Quito) 14: 17-45.
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Knapp, G. (Comment, with Guillet, D., Browman, L., D'Altroy, T. N., Hunt, R. C., Lynch, T. F., Mitchell, W. P. , Oliver-Smith, A., Parsons, J. R., Quilter, J. , Sherbondy, J. E. & Treacy, J.) 1987. Terracing and Irrigation in the Peruvian Highlands [and Comments and Reply], Current Anthropology 28: 409-430.
Knapp, G. & Denevan, W. 1988. Ecología de la Agricultura Prehistórica de los Pántanos en Algunos Valles del Ecuador, Sarance (Otavalo, Ecuador) 12: 37-64.
Knapp, G. 1988. Geografía Lingüística y Cultural del Perú, Anthropológica (Peru) 6: 285-308.
Knapp, G. (Comment, With Riley, T.J., Edging, R., Rossen, J., Carter, G.F., O’Brien, M.J. & Scherwin, K.H.) 1990. Cultigens in Prehistoric Eastern North America [and Comments and Reply], Current Anthropology 31:525-541.
Knapp, G. 1992. Cultural and Historical Geography of the Andes, Benchmark 1990, Yearbook of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 17/18: 165-175.
Knapp, G. (Comment, With Atran, S., Chase, A.F., Fedick, S.L., McKillop, H., Marcus, J., Schwartz, N.B., & Webb, M.C.). 1993. Itza Maya Tropical Agro-Forestry [and Comments and Replies], Current Anthropology 34:633-700.
Knapp, G. 1998. Geography at the University of Texas at Austin: A Departmental History, The Southwestern Geographer 2: 95-123.
Herlihy, P. & Knapp, G. 2003. Maps of, by, and for the Peoples of Latin America, in Participatory Mapping of Indigenous Lands in Latin America, special issue of Human Organization. 62(4): 303-314.
Knapp, G. 2010. The Andes: Personal Reflections on Cultural Change, 1977-2010, Journal of Cultural Geography 27:307-316.
Knapp, G. 2015. Mapping Flower Plantations in the Equatorial High Andes, Journal of Latin American Geography 14(3):229-244.
Knapp, G. 2017. Mountain Agriculture for Global Markets: The Case of Greenhouse Floriculture in Ecuador. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 107(2): 511-519.
Knapp, G. 2020. Trajectories of Personal Archiving: Practical and Ethical Considerations. Geographical Review 110 (1-2): 65-77. Special Issue: Fieldwork in Geography.
Knapp, G. 2020. Benchmarking and Beyond: CLAG’s Role in Evaluating Research Agendas 1970-2020, Journal of Latin American Geography 19(1): 38-45. Special Issue: 50 Years of the Conference of Latin American Geography.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters (including Accepted and In Press)
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Knapp, G. & Ryder, R. 1983. (With R. Ryder) Aspects of the Origin, Morphology, and Function of Ridged Fields in the Quito Altiplano, Ecuador, in Drained Field Agriculture in Central and South America, J. P. Darch, ed., pp. 201-220. Oxford: B.A.R. International Series 189.
Knapp, G. & Denevan, W. 1985. The Use of Wetlands in the Prehistoric Economy of the Northern Ecuadorian Highlands, in Prehistoric Intensive Agriculture in the Tropics, I. S. Farrington, ed., pp. 185-207. Oxford: BAR International Series 232.
Knapp, G. & Preston, D. 1987. Evidence of Prehistoric Ditched Fields on Sloping Land in Northern Highland Ecuador, in The Ecology and Archaeology of Prehispanic Agricultural Fields in the Central Andes, W. Denevan, K. Mathewson and G. Knapp, ed., pp. 403-424. Oxford: BAR International Series 359.
Knapp, G. (With R.E. Bravo, L. Cañadas, W. Estrada, T. Hodges, A Ravelo, A. Planchuelo- Ravelo, O. Rovere, T. Solis, P. Yugcha, M.L. Parry, T.R. Carter, N.T. Konijn). 1988. The Effects of Climatic Variation on Agriculture in the Central Sierra of Ecuador, in The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture. Volume 2: Assessments in Semi-Arid Regions. M. L. Parry, T. R. Carter and N. T. Konijn, eds., pp. 383-493. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Knapp, G. & Cañadas, L. 1988. Introduction: Vulnerability to Climatic Variations, in The Effects of Climatic Variation on Agriculture in the Central Sierra of Ecuador, in The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture. Volume 2: Assessments in Semi-Arid Regions. M. L. Parry, T. R. Carter and N. T. Konijn, eds., pp. 389-398. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1988. (With O. Rovere) Selection of Climatic Scenarios, in The Effects of Climatic Variation on Agriculture in the Central Sierra of Ecuador, in The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture. Volume 2: Assessments in Semi-Arid Regions. M. L. Parry, T. R. Carter and N. T. Konijn, eds., pp. 399-412. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Knapp, G. (With L. Cañadas, T. Salcedo, and R. Bravo). 1988. The Vulnerability of Indigenous Farming Systems to Climatic Variations, in The Effects of Climatic Variation on Agriculture in the Central Sierra of Ecuador, in The Efffects of Climatic Variations on Agriculture. Volume 2: Assessments in Semi-Arid Regions. M. L. Parry, T. R. Carter and N. T. Konijn, eds., pp. 413-428. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Knapp, G. 1988. The Effects of Variations in Mean Temperatures and Frost Risk, in The Effects of Climatic Variation on Agriculture in the Central Sierra of Ecuador, in The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture. Volume 2: Assessments in Semi-Arid Regions, M. L. Parry, T. R. Carter and N. T. Konijn, eds., pp. 443-460. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Knapp, G. & Cañadas, L. 1988. Conclusions and Implications for Policies of Rural Development, in The Effects of Climatic Variation on Agriculture in the Central Sierra of Ecuador, in The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture, Volume 2, Assessments in Semi- Arid Regions, M. L. Parry, T. R. Carter and N. T. Konijn, eds., pp. 485-488. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Knapp, G. 1995. Tecnología e intensificación agrícola en los Andes Ecuatoriales Pre-Hispánicos, in Area Septentrional Andina Norte: Arqueología y Ethnohistoria, J. Echeverria and M.V. Uribe, eds., pp. 317-333. Quito: Banco Central del Ecuador.
Knapp, G. & Mothes, P. 1999. Quilotoa Ash and Human Settlements in the Equatorial Andes, in Actividad Volcánica y Pueblos Precolombinos en el Ecuador, P. Mothes, ed., pp. 139-155. Quito: Ediciones Abya Yala.
Knapp, G. & Herlihy, P. 2002. Mapping the Landscape of Identity, in Latin America in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Solutions. Gregory Knapp, editor. Austin: University of Texas Press. (Yearbook of Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers), pp. 251-268.
Knapp, G. 2007. The Legacy of European Colonialism, in The Physical Geography of South America, edited by T. Veblen, K. Young, and A. Orme, pp 279-288, Oxford University Press.
Knapp, G. 2011. Ethnic Mapping, in Mapping Latin America: A Cartographic Reader edited by Jordana Dym and Karl Offen, University of Chicago Press, pp 283-287.
Knapp, G. 2018. Mountain Agriculture for Global Markets: The Case of Greenhouse Floriculture in Ecuador, pp. 274- 282 in Mark Fonstad, ed., Mountains: Physical, Human-Environmental, and Sociocultural Dynamics, Routledge. (Republication of article originally published in the Annals of the AAG).
Knapp, G. 2019. Strategically Relevant Andean Environments, Chapter 1 in Linda J. Seligmann and Kathleen S. Fine-Dare, eds., The Andean World, Routledge Worlds Series, Routledge, pp. 17-28.
Knapp, G. 2020. The changing Kichwa Language Map in Ecuador, in Stanley Brunn and Roland Kehrein, eds., Handbook of The Changing World Language Map. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73400-2_51-1.
Knapp, G. 2020. (Accepted, publication scheduled September). Being a Student of Bill Denevan, in A. WinklerPrins and K. Mathewson (eds.), Forest, Field, and Fallow: William M. Denevan on Cultural and Historical Ecology. Springer International Publishing.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings (including Accepted and In Press)
Knapp, G. 1992. Cultural and Biological Change in Mexico and Texas, pp. 98-104 in Memorias, Encuentro Internacional Sobre Adaptaciones Culturales y Cambios Ecológicos en el Norte de México y Texas, Pasado y Presente. Saltillo: Archivo Municipal de Saltillo.
Book Reviews, Encyclopedia Entries and Other Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
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Knapp, G. 1984. Review of Irrigation Horticulture in Highland Guatemala: The Tablón System of Panajachel, by K. Mathewson. Journal of Historical Geography, 10, 312-313.
Knapp, G. 1985. Cultural Ecology, in A Geographical Bibliography for American Libraries, C. Harris, ed., pp. 130-134. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Geographers.
Knapp, G. 1985. Review of Time Resources, Society, and Ecology: Volume I: Preindustrial Societies, by T. Carlstein, Economic Geography, 61: 104-105.
Knapp, G. 1985. Review of Pulltrouser Swamp: Ancient Maya Habitat, Agriculture, and Settlement in Northern Belize, by B. L. Turner II & P. Harrison, Geographical Review 75, 368- 370.
Knapp, G. 1985. Review of The Ecosystem Concept in Anthropology by E. Moran, ed., The Professional Geographer, 37, 242.
Knapp, G. 1985. Review of Advances in Abandoned Settlement Analysis: Application to Prehistoric Anthrosols in Colombia, South America, by R. Eidt, Geographical Review, 75, 370- 372.
Knapp, G. 1985. Geography and Research Manpower Needs for Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin American Studies Association Forum 16: 19-21.
Knapp, G. 1987. Linguistic and Cultural Geography of Contemporary Peru. Texas Papers on Latin America 87-13. Austin: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas, Austin.
Knapp, G. 1988. (Compiler). Field Notebook. 1988 Field Excursion to Mexico, Department of Geography, University of Texas, March 17-26 1988.
Knapp, G. 1988. Introduction (to Part Two), Chapter 10 in Human Impact on Mountains, N. Allan, G. Knapp and C. Stadel, eds., pp. 129-132. Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield.
Knapp, G. 1989. (With Kathleen Schroeder). Austin-Querétaro Excursion Guide, 1989 Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. Austin: Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Querétaro, and the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.
Knapp, G. 1989. Potential Ethnic Territories: Mapping Linguistic Data from Modern Andean Censuses. Texas Papers on Latin America 89-13. Austin: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin.
Knapp, G. 1989. Review of Landscape and Culture: Geographical and Archaeological Perspectives by J. M. Wagstaff, ed., Economic Geography, 65, 91-93.
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Knapp, G. 1990. Austin-Auburn Field Guide October 21-30, 1990. Seminar in Regional Geography Austin, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin. (Geography 380). Academic Printing Service.
Knapp, G. 1990. Review of The Keepers of Water and Earth: Mexican Rural Social Organization and Irrigation, by K. I. Enge and S. Whiteford, The Americas, 47(2), 256-258.
Knapp, G. 1991. Review of Observing the Economy, by C.A. Gregory and J.C. Altman, Economic Geography, 67, 159-161.
Knapp, G. 1991. (Translator). Juan Fidel Zorrilla, New Santander and the Integration of the Mexican Northeast, Paper distributed at the symposium, Cultural Adaptation at the Edge of the Spanish Empire: A Northern View, Austin, Texas, February 22-23, 1991.
Knapp, G. 1991. (Translator). Martha Rodriguez Garcia, Archives of Coahuila: Resources for Study of Cultural Adaptation, Paper distributed at the symposium, “Cultural Adaptation at the Edge of the Spanish Empire: A Northern View, Austin, Texas, February 22-23, 1991.
Knapp, G. 1991. (Translator). Maria Isabel Monroy de Marti, The Archives of San Luis Potosí and their Relevance for the History of the Northern Frontier of New Spain, Paper distributed at the symposium, Cultural Adaptation at the Edge of the Spanish Empire: A Northern View, Austin, Texas, February 22-23, 1991.
Knapp, G. 1991ff. (With H. Pozo Velez, Murdo MacLeod). Ecuador. In Encyclopedia Britannica. (Vol. 17, pp. 951-960). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Knapp, G. 1993. Op-ed. Border Symbolizes More than Division, Austin American-Statesman, A19 (May 5).
Knapp, G. 1993ff. (with Gino Germani). South America: The People. In Encyclopedia Britannica. (Vol. 27, pp. 595-599). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.,
Knapp, G. 1993ff. Andes Mountains. In World Book Encyclopedia. (A:453-454). Chicago: World Book Publishing.
Knapp, G. 1993. Review of Ancient Road Networks and Settlement Hierarchies in the New World, by C. D. Trombold, The Professional Geographer, 45, 124-125.
Knapp, G. 1993. Review of Our Daily Bread: The Peasant Question and Family Farming in the Colombian Andes, by N. Reinhardt, Mountain Research and Development, 13, 379-380.
Knapp, G. 1994. Review of Smallholders, Householders: Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture, by R. M. Netting, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 84, 314-317.
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Knapp, G. 1996 Review of Cultural Economies Past and Present, by R.H. Halperin, The Professional Geographer, 48(1), 115-116.
Knapp, G. 1996. Review of Las Chacras de Coporaque: Andeneria y Riego en el Valle del Colca, by J. M. Treacy, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 86 (4), 786-788.
Knapp, G. 1997. Review of Changing Fortunes: Biodiversity and Peasant Livelihood in the Peruvian Andes, by K. Zimmerer, Geographical Review, 87(4), 568-569.
Knapp, G. 1997ff. South America: The Andean Region. In Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online http://ea.grolier.com/article?id=0363530-00 (good through October 20, 2010).
Knapp, G. 1999. Review of Tiwanaku and its Hinterland: Archaeology and Paleoecology of an Andean Civilization Volume 1: Agroecology, by A. Kolata et al., Geoarchaeology, 14(1), 94-96.
Knapp, G. 1999. Finding the Right Internship Opportunity, AAG Newsletter 35(11):13.
Knapp, G. 1999. William M. Denevan: Winner of the 1998 Robert McC. Netting Award. Cultural Ecology Newsletter of the Association of American Geographers. Published online; currently (2020) at: https://capeaag.wordpress.com/cape-honors/william-m-denevan/
Knapp, G. 2001. Latin American Studies: Geography, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences 12: 8403-8407. Editors-in-chief Neil J. Smelser, Paul B. Baltes. Amsterdam and New York: Elsevier.
Knapp, G. 2002. Introduction, in G. Knapp, ed., Latin America in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Solutions (vii-x). Austin: University of Texas Press.
Knapp, G. & Zonn, L. 2004. University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geography and the Environment, AAG Newsletter 39(9): 14
Knapp, G. 2004. Ecuador. In Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. (Vol. 1, pp. 416- 418). Berkshire Publishing Group, Routledge.
Knapp, G. 2004. Review of Lines in the Water: Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca, by B. Orlove, Mountain Research and Development, 24 (3), 274-275.
Knapp, G. 2004. Review of Imaging the Andes: Shifting Margins of a Marginal World, by T. Salman and A. Zoomies (eds.), The Americas, 61 (2), 319-320.
Knapp, G. 2004. In Memorium: Terry Gordon Jordan-Bychkov, Memorial Resolution, University of Texas Faculty Council. Documents of the General Faculty, pp. 3678-3684. (Chair of memorial committee, with W Doolittle and R. Holz). Online at: https://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2004-2005/memorials/jordan/jordan.html
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Knapp, G. 2005. (With W. Doolittle). Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov, 1938-2003, Annals of the Association of American Geographers 95(2): 462-470.
Knapp, G. 2007. Ecuador, In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society. (Vol. 2, p. 539). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
Knapp, G. 2007. Human Ecology In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society. (Vol. 3, pp. 880- 884). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
Knapp, G. 2007. Review of Latin America: Regions and People, by R. Kent, Journal of Latin American Geography, 6(1), 202-203.
Knapp, G. 2010. Review of Ethno- and Historical Geographic Studies in Latin America: Essays Honoring William V. Davidson, by P. Herlihy, K. Mathewson, and C. Revels, eds., Journal of Latin American Geography 9(2): 176-178.
Knapp, G. 2010. Review of Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America, by N. Safier, Geographical Review, 100, 122-123.
Knapp, G. 2010. Review of Aftershocks: Earthquakes and Popular Politics in Latin America, by J. Buchenau and L. Johnson, eds, The Americas, 67, 137-138.
Knapp, G. 2011Review of In the Shadow of Melting Glaciers: Climate Change and Andean Society, by M. Carey, H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, 1(4), 15-18. URL: https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/contributed-files/env-roundtable-1-4.pdf
Knapp, G. 2012. Bibliographic Review: Geography: Western South America, pp. 162-177 in Handbook of Latin American Studies: No. 67: Social Sciences, edited by Tracy North and Katherine D. McCann. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Knapp, G. 2013. Review of Curiosity, Inquiry and the Geographical Imagination, by D. Gade, The AAG Review of Books, 1:1, 13-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2325548X.2013.785742
Knapp, G. 2013. Review of Mobilizing Ethnic Identity in the Andes: A Study of Ecuador and Peru, by L. Glidden, Bulletin of Latin American Research, 32(4), 517-518.
Knapp, G. 2014. Review of Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History, by G. Cushman, Journal of Historical Geography, 45, 135-136.
Knapp, G. 2014. Bibliographic Review: Geography: Western South America, pp. 154-169 in Handbook of Latin American Studies: No. 69: Social Sciences, edited by Tracy North and Katherine D. McCann. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Knapp, G. 2015. Review of The Incas, Second Edition, by T. D’Altroy, Journal of Latin American Geography, 14(2), 205-206.
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Knapp, G. 2016. In Memorium: David L. Huff, Memorial Resolution, University of Texas Faculty Council. Documents of the General Faculty, pp. 14176-14177. (Chair of memorial committee, with W. Doolittle and E. Cox).
Knapp, G. 2016. Bibliographic Review: Geography: Western South America, pp. 157-169 in Handbook of Latin American Studies: No. 71: Social Sciences, edited by Tracy North and Katherine D. McCann. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Knapp, G. 2016. In Memorium: Karl Butzer, Latin Americanist Geographer. Journal of Latin American Geography 15(2):167-171.
Knapp, G. 2016. Creative Work: Five Poems to Better Understand Our World. Catalyst, The Official Publication of the College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, September 6, 2016. http://utcatalyst.org/blog/2016/09/06/five-poems?rq=knapp (Last accessed January 24, 2020).
Knapp, G. 2017. Review of Spell of The Urubamba: Anthropogeographical Essays on an Andean Valley in Space and Time, by D. Gade, Geographical Review, 107(3): e37-e39.
Knapp, G. 2017. Human Ecology. In The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology ( pp. 3392-3400). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Knapp, G. 2017. In Memorium: Karl Wilhelm Butzer, Memorial Resolution, University of Texas Faculty Council. Documents of the General Faculty, pp. 15048-15049. (Chair of memorial committee, with W. Doolittle, T. Beach, and A. Rosen).
Knapp, G. 2018. Ecología humana. AINKAA, Revista de Estudiantes de Ciencia Política, 2(3) (Jan-June 2018). Medellin: Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Translation of Knapp (2007) by John Jairo Alzate Alvarez. https://cienciashumanasyeconomicas.medellin.unal.edu.co/Boletin- 2018-01/4_Human_ecology.pdf
Knapp, G. 2018. Human Ecology. In International Encyclopedia of Geography. Second revised edition (29 March 2018). One of thirty articles selected for updates in this edition. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0477.pub2 DOI:10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0477.pub2
Knapp, G. 2019. Bibliographic Review: Geography: Western South America, pp. 144-158 in Handbook of Latin American Studies: No. 73: Social Sciences, edited by Tracy North and Katherine D. McCann, University of Texas Press.
Works in Progress
Book
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Pathways Toward Sustainable Geographies: Andean Trajectories. In preparation, 25% complete. Expecting to submit August 2021.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Skilled transnational spaces: networks, identities, and trajectories of Latin American chemical engineers (with Tania de Souza). 95% complete, has been returned for rewriting. Manuscript under revision for resubmission to another journal. Expecting to submit October 2020.
Sustainable Geographies: Multiple Actors and Change in the Rural Equatorial Andes. In preparation. 30% complete. Expecting to submit September 2020.
Visions of Agency and Human Nature in Sustainable Development. In preparation. Expecting to submit February 2021.
Women in Flower Plantations in Ecuador (with Sophie Fuchs). In preparation. Expecting to submit August 2020.
Political Ecology of Agrochemicals in Ecuadorian Floriculture. Expecting to submit December 2020.
Book Chapters
Knapp, G. (Submitted, accepted). Kenneth Rexroth and Paul Goodman: Poets, Writers, Anarchists and Political Ecologists, in Simon Springer and Maleea Acker, eds. Anarchist Political Ecology. Volume 2, Natures of Emancipation, ed. by Martin Locret-Collet. Revised, accepted by editors.
Other Knapp, G. (Submitted, accepted). Bibliographic Review: Geography: Western South America, in Handbook of Latin American Studies: No. 75: Social Sciences, edited by Tracy North and Katherine D. McCann, University of Texas Press.
Bibliographic Review: Geography: Western South America, in Handbook of Latin American Studies: No. 77: Social Sciences, edited by Tracy North and Katherine D. McCann, University of Texas Press. In preparation, 20% complete, expecting to submit May 2021.
Knapp, G. (Submitted) Review of Life in Oil: Cofán Survival in the Petroleum Fields of Amazonia by M.L. Cepek, Bulletin of Latin American Research.
RESEARCH GRANTS 1991-present
Knapp, G. (PI) Ecuador research on cultural contexts of environmental movements, funded by U. of Texas Mellon Grant. July 10 – August 1, 1991.
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Knapp, G. (PI) Ecuador to work with student (Jodi Vender) on environmental education, and to study impacts of oil development, funded by U. of Texas Zimmerman Grant. July 8 – August 2, 1992.
Knapp, G. Supervisor, with Salazar, D. “Through Sickness and In Health: A Tropical Ethnoecology of Traditional Medicine Among the Pemon Indians of the Venezuelan Gran Sabana”. Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. 1993-1994.
Knapp, G. (PI) Venezuela to study Pemón land and resource management in the Guiana highlands, with Ph.D. student Deborah Salazar, funded by U. of Texas Institute of Latin American Studies grant. June 20 – July 3, 1994.
Knapp, G. (PI) Ecuador to study relationships between irrigation districts and environmental preserves, funded by U. of Texas Mellon Grant. June 4-June 29, 1995.
Knapp G, Supervisor, with Offen, K. “The Miskitu Kingdom. Landscape and the Emergence of a Miskitu Ethnic Identity, Northeastern Nicaragua and Honduras, 1600-1800”. Fulbright Institute of International Education Dissertation Research Grant. 1995-1996. Included site visit in Nicaragua.
Knapp, G. Supervisor, with Sundberg, J. “Conservation Encounters: NGOs, Local People,and Changing Cultural Landscapes.” Fulbright Institute of International Education Dissertation Research Grant. 1996-1997. Included site visit to Guatemala.
Knapp, G. (PI) Ecuador and Peru, research on volcanic impacts on raised fields in Ecuador, participation in Olaf Holm Colloquium and research workshop on Ecuadorian coast, research on landscapes near Arequipa, funded by U of Texas Mellon Grant and grant from Ecuadorian Central Bank, June 25-July 25, 1997.
Knapp, G. (co PI with Lisa Hanley). “Urban Indigenous Identity: The Case of the Gahuijon in Quito.” Ford Foundation Grant, 1999.
Knapp, G. (Supervisor, with Brook, M.). “Re-scaling the Commons: Miskitu Indians, Forest Commodities, and Transnational Development Networks.” Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. 2002. Included site visits to Nicaragua.
Knapp, G. (co PI, with Doolittle, W. and Kirkham, S.). “ Valuing Invasives: Understanding The Merremia Peltata Invasion In Post-Colonial Samoa.” NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. 2002-2003.
Knapp, G. (co Supervisor, with Doolittle, W. and Kirkham, S.). “Valuing Invasives: Understanding The Merremia Peltata Invasion In Post-Colonial Samoa.” Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. 2002-2003.
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Knapp, G. (PI, with Brook, M.). “Re-scaling the Commons: Miskitu Indians, Forest Commodities, and Transnational Development Networks.” National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. 2002-2003.
Knapp, G. (Supervisor, with Salisbury, D.S.) “Overcoming Marginality On The Margins: Mapping, Logging, And Coca In The Amazon Borderlands.” Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. 2004.
Knapp, G. (PI). Ecuador research on role of water in mountain agriculture. Funded by Dean’s Liberal Arts Proposal Award. February 22 – March 8, 2005.
Knapp, G. (PI). Ecuador research on political ecology of water management, funded by U. of Texas LLILAS Trade Center Award, and Dean’s Liberal Arts Proposal Award. June 7 – July 12, 2005.
Knapp, G. (PI) “Water Management, Livelihoods, and Landscapes in the Andes: The Case of the Quito Hinterland.” Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship, Ecuador. December 1-August 31, 2005-2006. Total funding awarded $71,121.
Knapp, G. (PI). Ecuador research early ethnic mapping, agricultural modernization, and smallholders, funded by U. of Texas Mellon grant. May 27-July 6, 2007.
Knapp, G. (Supervisor, with Avilés-Vázquez, K.R.) “Farming and Resistance: Survival Strategies of Smallholder Farmers in Puerto Rico.” Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Graduate Student Grant. 2008.
Knapp, G. (PI). Argentina, Paraguay, and Ecuador, to work with graduate student research projects and study Agriculture and Irrigation, funded by University of Texas Signature Course Grant, July 18 – August 8, 2009.
Knapp, G, (PI). Puerto Rico research on smallholder agriculture with Ph.D. student Katia Aviles- Vasquez, funded by U. of Texas Signature Course grant, March 15-20, 2010.
Knapp, G. (PI) Ecuador to research sustainability discourses and international education, funded by U. of Texas Sustainability and Ethics Course Conversion Award from the Office of Sustainability. June 11-July 9, 2013.
Knapp, G. (PI) Ecuador research on agricultural change funded by University of Texas Mellon Grant. July 10 – August 19, 2014.
Knapp, G. (PI) Ecuador research on agricultural and ethnic change Funding: University of Texas Signature Course grant. July 3- August 15, 2015.
Knapp, G. (PI) Ecuador research on agriculture and linguistic geography. Funding: University of Texas Signature Course grant. July 1-17, 2016.
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Knapp, G. (PI) Research on agricultural change. Funding: University of Texas Signature Course grant and Sustainability Program funds. July 1-29, 2017.
Knapp, G. (PI). Ecuador research. Funding: University of Texas Sustainability Program funds. July 4 – August 17, 2019.
Knapp, G. (Supervisor and co PI, with Einkauf, G.). “Examining the Physical Growth Process of Semi-Rural, Low Technology Communities.” Rapoport-King Thesis Scholarship, 2019-2020.
AWARDS AND HONORS 1991-present
1994-1995. Elected President, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Texas chapter.
2004. Recipient, Outstanding Service Award, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. See profile: Maria Elisa Christie, CLAG Outstanding Service Award for 2004: Gregory W. Knapp, Journal of Latin American Geography, Volume 3, Number 1, 2004, pp. 132-133.
2005-2006. Recipient, Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship, Ecuador, South America.
2013. Recipient, Grand Prize, Sustainability and Ethics Course Development Award competition, University of Texas at Austin.
2019-2020. Recipient, Rapoport-King Thesis Scholarship Supervisor Award. College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas.
2019-2020. Recipient, President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas at Austin. Includes a cash award of $5000.
2020. Recipient, Preston E. James Eminent Latin Americanist Career Award. Conference of Latin American Geography (CLAG). “Given in recognition of a lifetime achievement towards the understanding of the geography of Latin America. Recipients will have strong career-long research contributions that build on the solid foundations of academic Latin American geography.”
2020-2021. Recipient, Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin. Includes a cash award of $3000.
PRESENTATIONS 1991-present
Invited Talks (Selected)
“Preserving Highland Ecuador,” Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, November 20, 1992.
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“Introductory Remarks,” Symposium: At the Pass: Cultural Adaptation and Ecological Change in Northern Mexico and the American Southwest, University of Texas at El Paso, March 16-19, 1993.
“ Global Environmental Issues,” Conference on Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The United States in a Changing World, League of Women Voters and the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, March 27, 1993.
“Introductory Remarks,” Symposium on Life on the Corridor: Cultural Adaptation and Ecological Impacts in Texas and Mexico, Institute of Latin American Studies, Austin, Texas, May 7-8, 1993.
“Insights Regarding Geography,” Department of Geology, Baylor University, October 24, 1997
“Prehistoric Agriculture and Environmental Change in the Andes: Implications for Andean Sustainability Today,” Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, October 31, 1997.
“Ancient Cultures of Our World,” Ancient Cultures of Our World Conference, co-sponsored by Texas Council for the Humanities, UT Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and post-Soviet studies, University of Texas at Austin, June 1999.
“Management of Water Resources, a Current Problem in the Andes,” U.S. Student Regional Enrichment Seminar for the Andean Region, sponsored by the Fulbright Commission of Ecuador, Baños, Ecuador, April 27, 2006.
“Manejo de Agua en la sierra norte del Ecuador,” invited plenary paper (ponencia magistral) presented at ¿Ciencias Sociales, Para Que?, first University Encounter, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Central University of Ecuador, & Salesian Polytechnic University, Quito, Ecuador, May 31, 2006
“ ¿Una revolución agrícola en los Andes de altura?” Fulbright Foundation, Quito, Ecuador, August 22, 2006.
“ Under the Plastic: Agricultural Revolutions in the Equatorial Andes,” Colloquium, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, September 8, 2006.
“Una Revolucion Agricola en Los Andes de Altura?,” Department of Geography, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, March 2010.
“Geographies of and In the Americas: Utopias, Dystopias, Models, and Adaptive Dynamics,” Colloquium, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, April 23, 2010.
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“New Rules of Chaos,” for WISDOM; A Series of Self-Inspired Talks from the Faculty of UT Austin, sponsored by AISEC Austin (International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences), October, 2013.
“Roses of the Andes: History and Future of an Improbable Export,” Invited Plenary speaker, Pan American Round Table of Austin, March 3, 2014.
“Education for Sustainability,” Invited Lecture, including Honorarium and reimbursement of travel expenses, Korea National University of Education, declined due to schedule conflicts, January 2017.
“Ecuador’s History, Biodiversity, and Cultural Diversity,” Two invited Lectures, including Honorarium, for Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program Pre-Departure Orientation, LLILAS, Austin, Texas, July 16-17, 2018.
Conference Presentations 1991-present
“Nature and People in Highland Ecuador,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Diego, CA. April 1992.
“Endangered Cultural Landscapes of the Equatorial Andes Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA. March 1994.
“Ethnoterritoriality in Highland Ecuador,” Meeting of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. January 1996.
“Identity, Ethnoterritorialism, and Lifeways in Highland Ecuador,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Charlotte, NC. April 1996.
“The State is the Great Forgetter: Rexroth and Goodman as Antecedents of Cultural Ecology, Political Ecology, and the New Cultural Geography,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Fort Worth, TX. April 1997.
“Caidas de Ceniza y Asentamientos Humanos en los Andes Ecuatorianos: El Caso del Quilotoa,” (with P. Mothes), International Congress of Americanists, Quito, Ecuador. July 1997.
“Camellones, Volcanes, y Cambios Agrícolas en la Sierra Ecuatoriana, 1100-1600 AD,” International Congress of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Lima, Peru. July 1997.
“Raised Field Abandonment in the High Andes,” Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA. March 1998
“Using the Web in Teaching the Geography of Latin America: an Example from the University of Texas at Austin,” Annual Meeting, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Santa Fe, New Mexico. September 1998.
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“Geography at the University of Texas at Austin,” Annual Meeting of the Southwest Association of American Geographers, Baton Rouge, LA. October 1998.
“Discontinuities and Disorder in the Andes,” Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, Hawaii. March 1999.
“New Strategically Relevant Environments in Latin America,” 22d International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, FL. March 2000.
“Adapting Geography to Evolving Cultures in the Mountain West of the Americas,” 29th International Geographical Congress, Seoul, Korea. August 2000.
“Benchmarks and Discourses,” Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Benicassim, Spain. June 2001.
“New Religious Communities and Spaces in Ecuador: The Latter-Day Saints,” Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia PA. March 2004.
“Geography and Religion in Ecuador,” Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Antigua, Guatemala. May 2004.
“Cultural Ecology in the 21st Century,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado. April 2005.
“Significance of Quilotoa Ash Fall (800 yBP) at Archaeological Sites in North-Central Ecuador,” (with P. Mothes and M. Hall), Fourth Conference Cities on Volcanoes, Quito, Ecuador, 174-175. January 2006.
“Greenhouse Floriculture: Aspects of an Agricultural Revolution in the Equatorial Andes,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco CA. April 2007.
“Strange Partners: Irrigation Political Landscapes, Smallholders, and Modernization in the Equatorial Andes,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA. April 2008.
“Mapa de Grupos Indigenas (Ecuador, 1961),” Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Grenada, Nicaragua, January 2009.
“Ecuador and the Andes: Three Decades,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C. April 2010.
“Recent Climate Regimes in the Equatorial Andes,” Annual Meeting of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers Bogotá, Colombia. May 2010.
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“Mapping Flowers in the Equatorial Andes,” Annual Meeting, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Panama City, Panama. January 2014.
“Incorporating Historical Political Ecology in Broader Contexts of Nature, Society and Adaptation,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL. April 2014.
“Elisabeth Butzer's Contributions to Geography: A Digital Archival Journey,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL. April 2015.
“From Acequias to Inca Bath to Grist Mill to Landscapes of Sustainability: 600 years in Guachalá,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco CA. March 2016.
“Ecuador’s Changing Quichua Geography,” Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, New Orleans, LA. January 2017.
“Persisting Ethnolinguistic Identities: An Ecuadorian Case Study in Homage to Karl and Elisabeth Butzer,” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA. April 2017.
“Modernizing Mountains: Continued Adaptive Change in Flowerscapes in the Andes,” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. New Orleans, LA. April 2018.
“Grounding Sustainability Studies: Integrating Students, Agents, and Research in Ecuador,” Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, San José, Costa Rica. May 2018.
“Sustainable Geographies: Multiple Actors and Change in the Rural Equatorial Andes,” Sustainability and Development Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. November 2018.
“Trajectories of Personal Archiving: Discovering, Preserving, and Making Available Diverse Data Resources in Faculty Research,” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Washington, DC. April 2019.
“CLAG’s Role in Evaluating Research Agendas in Latin Americanist Geography, 1970-2000,” Conference of Latin American Geographers, Antigua, Guatemala, January 2020.
ADVISING AND STUDENT-RELATED SERVICE 1991-present
Dissertation Committees
Pratt, William, 2020-present (Co-Chair) Murphy, Blaise, Geography, 2018-present (Member) Matamoros, Ruth, Latin American Studies, 2017-present. (Co-Chair).
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Duchicela, Sisimac, Geography, 2017-present.(Member) Groth, Aaron, Geography, 2017-present. (Member) Noroña Salcedo, Maria Belén, PhD in Geography, 2019 (Member, University of Oregon). Lowell, Jonathan, PhD in Geography, 2018. (Member). Doubleday, Kalli, PhD in Geography, 2018. (Member). Jones, Natalie Lafaye, PhD in Geography, 2016. (Chair). Holland, Timothy George, PhD in Geography, 2016 (External Examiner, McGill University). Polk, Mary, PhD in Geography, 2016. (Member). Rudow, Joshua, PhD in Geography, 2016. (Member). Schwartz, Gregory, PhD in Geography, 2015. (Chair). LaFevor, Matthew, PhD in Geography, 2014. (Member). Munoz, Isabel Solange, PhD in Geography, 2014. (Member). Avilés-Vázquez, Katia Raquel, PhD in Geography, 2014. (Chair). Oswald, John, PhD in Geography, 2013. (Member). Lipton, Jennifer, PhD in Geography, 2013. (Member). Postigo Mac Dowall, Julio, PhD in Geography, 2012. (Member). Jones, Kimberley, PhD in Art History, 2010. (Member). Fry, Matthew, PhD in Geography, 2008. (Member). Lopez, Carlos Santiago, PhD in Geography, 2008. (Member). Reed, Cyrus B.H., PhD in Geography, 2007. (Chair). Salisbury, David S., PhD in Geography, 2007. (Chair). Harris, Sarah, PhD in Geography, 2007. (Member). Brook, Mary, PhD in Geography, 2005. (Chair). Kirkham, Stu, PhD in Geography, 2005. (Co-Chair). Burtner, Jennifer, PhD in Anthropology, 2004. (Member). Kaluzny, Margaret, PhD in Geography, 2004. (Member). Hoover, Catherine, PhD in Geography, 2004. (Member). Bass, Jerry, PhD in Geography, 2004. (Member). Dykes-Hoffman, Judith, PhD in Geography, 2003. (Member). Christie, Maria Elisa, PhD in Geography, 2003. (Chair). Fadiman, Maria, PhD in Geography, 2003. (Member). Stangl, Paul, PhD in Geography, 2001. (Member). Crum, Shannon, PhD in Geography, 2000. (Member). Perreault, Thomas A, PhD in Geography, 2000. (Member, University of Colorado). Crossley, Phil, PhD in Geography, 2000. (Member). Herrera, Rodrigo, PhD in Music, 2000. (Member). Offen, Karl, PhD in Geography, 1999. (Co-Chair). Sundberg, Juanita, PhD in Geography, 1999. (Chair). Aguilar-Robledo, Miguel, PhD in Geography, 1999. (Member). Helzer, Jennifer, PhD in Geography, 1998. (Member).
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Myers, Michael, PhD in Geography, 1998. (Member). Drennon, Christine, PhD in Geography, 1998. (Member). Lyons, Jane, PhD in Latin American Studies, 1996. (Member). Johns, Norman, PhD in Geography, 1996. (Member). Salazar, Deborah Anne, PhD in Geography, 1995. (Chair). Swanland, Brian, PhD in Geography, 1995. (Member). Sluyter, Andrew, PhD in Geography, 1995. (Member). Tomka, Steve, PhD in Anthropology, 1994. (Member). Brown, David, PhD in Anthropology, 1992. (Member). Lambert, Dean, PhD in Geography, 1992. (Member).
Master’s Thesis Committees
Guzman Narvaez, Nohely, 2020-present (Chair) Nazario, Jesús, Latin American Studies, 2018-present (Co-Chair) Fuchs, Sophie, M.A. in Geography, 2018. (Chair). Peng, Ruijie, M.A. in Sociology, 2015 (Member). Leid, Leon Hoover, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2014. (Chair). Friday, Shayna, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2014. (Chair). Lowell, Jonathan, M.A. in Geography, 2013 (Member). Schwan, Gavin, M.A. in Geography, 2013 (Member). Hershaw, Eva, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2012. (Chair). Kelter Gehrig, Jonathan A., M.A. in Geography, 2012. (Chair). Rizzo-Lara, Rosario de la Luz, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2012. (Member). Victoria Stein, Nashielly, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2011. (Chair). Vazquez-Dominguez, Othoniel, M.A. in Geography, 2011 (Member). Shannon, Steven, M.A. in Geography, 2011 (Member). Rudow, Joshua, M.A. in Geography, 2011 (Member). McCown, Andrew, M.A. in Geography, 2010. (Chair). Riely, Andrew, M.A. in Geography, 2009. (Chair). De La Rosa Tinco, Carolina, M.A. in Geography, 2009 (Member). Haeckel, Ingrid, M.A. in Geography, 2009 (Member). Barnett, Thomas, M.A. in Geography, 2009 (Member). Jones, Natalie, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2008. (Member). Noroña Salcedo, Maria Belén, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2007. (Chair). Floyd, Simeon, M.A. in Anthropology, 2004 (Member). Weesner, Amy Noelle, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2004. (Chair). Maldonado, Oscar I. M.A. in Geography, 2003. (Chair). Fry, Matthew Joseph, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2003. (Chair). Pierce, Laura Nicole, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 2002. (Chair). Slinger, Gina, M.A. in Geography, 2001 (Member).
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Canright, David Michael. M.A. in Geography, 2000. (Co-Chair). Hanley, Lisa Marie, M.A. in Geography, 2000. (Chair). Owen, Julie M., M.A. in Geography, 2000. (Chair). Lipton, Jennifer K., M.A. in Geography, 1999. (Chair). Erdos, Jordan, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 1999. (Member). Korczynski, Michelle E., M.A. in Latin American Studies, 1999. (Chair). Beyers, Matthew, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 1997. (Member). Bonta, Mark, M.A. in Geography, 1997 (Member). Goett, Jennifer Allan, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 1997. (Chair). Barsotti, Natasha Therese, M.A. in Geography, 1996. (Chair). Voelkening, Karen, M.A. in Geography, 1995 (Member). Everett, Michael, M.A. in Geography, 1995 (Member). Goldberg, Allison Jane, M.A. in Geography, 1995. (Chair). Hammond, Edward Hopkins, III, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 1995. (Chair). Sheedy, Brien Richard, M.A. in Geography, 1994. (Co- Chair). Anderson, Amy, M.A. in Geography, 1994 (Member). Sundberg, Juanita, M.A. in Latin American Studies, 1994. (Chair). Perreault, Thomas Albert, M.A. in Geography, 1994. (Chair). Roche, Rich, M.A. in Community and Regional Planning, 1993. (Member). Vender, JoAnn Christine, M.A. in Geography, 1993. (Chair). Crownover Joseph A. M.A. in Latin American Studies, 1991. (Chair). An additional three M.A. theses/reports were chaired prior to 1991.
Undergraduate Honors Theses (Supervisor)
Einkauf, Grace, Urban Studies, 2020. (Supervisor) Shekarchi, Mina, Plan II, 2019. (Supervisor) Warner, Elizabeth, Plan II / History, 2018. Winner, Model Thesis Award. (Supervisor) McClure, Charlotte, Plan II, 2016 (Supervisor) Howard Jr., Thomas W., Department of Geography and the Environment, 2016 (Supervisor) De Souza, Tania Maria Lucas, Plan II, 2015 (Supervisor)
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 1991-present
Departmental Service (Dept of Geography and the Envt)
Member, Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee, 2018-present. Assistant Graduate Advisor, 2014-present. Member, Undergraduate Committee, 2013-present. Advisor, Sustainability Track (previously, Env. Resource Mgmt.), 2003-present.
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Sponsor and Faculty Advisor, Gamma Theta Upsilon honors society, 1988-present. Chair, Undergraduate Committee, 2013-2014. Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, 2007-2012. Organizer, Fall Graduate Orientation Sessions, 1997-2003 & 2007-2012 Graduate Advisor, 2007-2012. Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, 2007-2012. Chair, Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee, 2007-2012. Member, Faculty Merit Committee, 2008-2010. Departmental Representative, Institutional Review Board, 2007-2009 Chair, Faculty Merit Committee, 2003-2005. Department Webmaster, managing and editing web site, 1997-2004. Department Chair. Managed 11 departmental hires and 7 promotion cases, increasing size of full-time faculty from 13 to 17 lines, 1996-2004.
Organizer, Celebration of Memorandum of Understanding with Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 2004.
Manager, internal and external reviews for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 2003-2004.
Managed transfer of Urban Studies program and creation of new Urban Studies Major, 2003. Organizer, Departmental Colloquium Series (103 Colloquia), 1997-2003. Organizer of Department’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, 1999. Honors Advisor, 1988-1994. Undergraduate Advisor, 1988-1992.
University and Local Service (Selected)
Invitee, Professor Dinner, Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, February 24, 2020. International Relations and Global Studies Faculty Curriculum Committee, 2019-present. Director, B.A. in Sustainability Studies, and Chair, Sustainability Studies Faculty Advisory Committee, 2016-present.
Affiliated Faculty, Graduate Portfolio Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies, 2016-present.
Affiliated faculty, Sustainability Graduate Certificate, School of Architecture, 2015-present.
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Affiliated faculty, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2013-present. Member, Food and Society Certificate Committee, College of Natural Sciences, 2013-present. Affiliated faculty, Undergraduate Certificate Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies, 2008-present.
Affiliated Faculty Member, Population Research Center, 2004-present. Affiliated Faculty Member, Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), 1984- present.
Invited Discussant, New Research Directions for Latin America: Responding to the Adams Challenge, LLILAS, 2019.
Guest Lecturer, Liberal Arts: Creating Academic Pathways (LA 101), 2019. Guest Lecturer, Ecuadorian Water management, (ARC 696 / LAR 696), Advanced Architectural Design / Advanced Design Studio, 2019.
Session Moderator, Plan II Thesis Symposium, 2018. Member, Faculty-Led Study Abroad Proposal Review Committee, Texas Global, 2018. Invited Speaker, Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program Pre Departure Orientation, LLILAS, 2018.
Member, College of Liberal Arts Student Affairs Committee, 2016-2018. Guest Lecturer on Mentoring, Colloquium on Planning Issues (CRP 391D), 2014-2017. Invited Presenter, Taco’bout Research Event, Liberal Arts Council, 2016. Invited panel moderator, ILASSA student conferences, 1997-2016 (multiple years). Guest Lecturer, Polymathic Scholars Freshman Interest Group Seminar, 2016. Judge, Roden Scholars Case Study Competitions, 2013 and 2015. Invited Speaker for Food Studies Project (undergraduate organization), 2015. Co-Chair, Sustainability Studies Steering Committee (campuswide), 2013-2014. Member, Faculty Panel, Texas Interdisciplinary Plan (Colleges of Natural Sciences and Liberal Arts), 2010-2014.
Keynote speaker, Women Vote, Austin, 2013. Member, Graduate Fellowship Committee, LLILAS, 2012-2013. Member, Continuing Fellowship Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 2009-2012 Member, Mellon Grant review committee, LLILAS, 1996-1997 and 2007-2008. Member, Faculty Panel for Bridging Disciplines Program in Environment, 2000-2005.
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Lead Negotiator, partnership with Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 2004. Fellow, LLILAS, 1996-2004. Workshop Participant, Population and Cities in Latin America: The Research Frontier, Population Research Center, 2001.
Member, Advisory Council, and co-author of original proposal, Environmental Science Institute, 1999-2003.
Member, IIE Fulbright Campus Screening Committee, 1990-1998. President, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Texas, 1994-1995. Member, Executive Council, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Texas, 1989-1993. Chair, Culture and Environment Working Group, organizing a series of symposia on Texas and Mexico, LLILAS, 1987-1993.
Faculty Advisor, undergraduate Society for Conservation Biology, 1991-1992.
Professional Service
Organizer of Conferences and Conference Sessions
Organizer, Conference of Latin American Geographers International Meeting in Ecuador (2022, proposal in preparation).
Co-organizer (with William Doolittle) and Chair, The Legacy of Karl Butzer Beyond Physical Geography, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, 2017.
Co-organizer (with Kent Mathewson), three paper and panel sessions, People, Biota and the Environment in Cultural History: Honoring Daniel Gade, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, 2016.
Organizer of session on The Strategically Relevant Environment, International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, FL, 2000.
Organizer, International Meeting of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Austin, TX, 2000.
Co-organizer, “Ancient Cultures of Our World,” teacher conference, co-sponsored by Texas Council for the Humanities, UT Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and post-Soviet studies, Austin, TX, 1999, Flawn Academic Center.
Organized and Chaired Latin American Specialty Group / Conference of Latin American Geographers Specialty Group meetings, Association of American Geographers Annual Meetings at Atlanta, San Francisco, Chicago, Charlotte, and Fort Worth, 1993-1997.
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Organizer of symposium, “The Environment and the New Global Economic Order,” co- sponsored by CIBER, UT Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and post-Soviet studies, Austin, TX, 1995.
Organizer of symposium, “Life on the Corridor: Cultural Adaptation and Ecological Impacts in Texas and Mexico,” Austin, TX, 1993.
Co-Organizer of symposium (with Municipal Archive of Saltillo, Mexico), “Encuentro Internacional sobre Adaptaciones Culturales y Cambios Ecologicos en el Norte de Mexico y Texas, Pasado y Presente,” Saltillo, Mexico, 1992.
Organizer of symposium, “Cultural Adaptation at the Edge of the Spanish Empire”, February. (Austin). Supported by grants from Texas Endowment for the Humanities, Duffy Fund, and ILAS HEA funds. 1991.
Service for International Professional Organizations
Member, Directorate of External Evaluators, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, 2017- present.
Member, Board of Directors, History of Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers, 2013-2021.
Contributing Editor for Western South America (Geography), Handbook of Latin American Studies, Library of Congress, 2010-present.
Expert Reviewer for the First Order Draft (FOD) of the Working Group II (WGII) Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. Ten suggested revisions provided for Chapter 12 (Central and South America) and Cross-Chapter 5 (Mountains). 2019.
Discussant, Changing Landscapes and Livelihoods in Mountain Regions, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, 2018.
Discussant, LiDAR Studies of Tropical Forest Physical Geography and Cultural Ecology, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, 2018.
Session Chair, Major Themes in the History of Geography, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, 2018.
Panelist, Panel to Remember Those We Have Lost, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 2017.
Invited Reviewer, Memorias del III Taller de Geoarqueología Latinoamericana, Quito, Ecuador. 2016.
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Panelist, Geography, Sustainability and the Green Campus, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2015.
Invited expert contributor for Ecuador, “Regimes of Ethnicity: A Global Database of Ethnic Demography and Survey of State Policies on Ethnicity,” European Commission, 2014.
Panelist, Geography in the Americas: Making the Most of Student Exchanges for Research and Study Abroad, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 2013.
Member, Editorial Committee, Breves Contribuciones del Instituto de Estudios Geográficos, Tucuman, Argentina, 1989-2011.
Panelist, Mapping Latin America, Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 2010.
Panelist, Human-Dimensions / Nature-Society Curricula, Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 2007.
Chair and Panelist, Indigenous Identity Politics and Technoscience, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2004.
Elected Member, National Nominating Committee, Association of American Geographers, 2003- 2004.
Webmaster, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers and AAG Latin American Specialty Group website; was at http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/clag/, 2002-2004.
Invited Workshop Participant, Synthesis of Land Change Processes in Latin America, Arizona State University (supported by National Science Foundation, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change), 2002.
Panelist, Geographies of Latin America: Problems, Progress, and Prospects, Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 2001.
Member, Advisory Panel for Geography and Regional Science Dissertations, National Science Foundation, Washington D.C., 1999-2001.
Panelist, Maps, Mapping, and Indigenous Peoples, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 2000.
Member, Program Committee, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 1996-1997.
Executive Director, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 1992-1997. Invited Field Workshop Participant, Olaf Holm Colloquium on research possibilities on the Ecuadorian coast, 1997.
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Editor, CLAG Communication (Newsletter), Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 1992-1994 (7 issues).
Member, Board of Directors, Latin American Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, 1991-1993.
Member, Board of Directors, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 1990-1993.
Reviews for Promotion and Tenure
Boston University, Michigan State University, Mississippi State University, Ohio University, Oklahoma State University, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of Denver, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Kansas, University of New Mexico, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Toronto, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Yale University.
Reviews of University Programs
Co-Evaluator (with Prof. Lawrence A. Brown) of proposal for new Ph.D. program in Geography at Oklahoma State University, for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. 2002.
Reviews of Grant Applications
National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Peer-Reviewer (ad hoc since 1991)
Annals of the AAG, Area, Blackwell Press, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Cartographica, Cogent Arts and Humanities, Current Anthropology, Environmental History, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Environment and History, Geoforum, Geographical Review, Guilford Press, Human Ecology, International Third World Studies and Review, Intersecciones en Antropología, (U. Nacional del Centro de la Prov. de Buenos Aires), Journal of Cultural Geography, Journal of Historical Geography, Journal of Historical Sociology, Journal of Latin American Geography, Journal of Latin American Studies, Land Degradation and Development, Latin American Research Review, Landscape and Urban Planning, Mountain Research and Development, Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, PLOS One, Revista de Estudios Sociales (Bogotá), Revista del Instituto de Estudios Geográficos (Tucuman, Argentina), Rowman and Littlefield, University of Texas Press, University of Wisconsin Press, Yearbook of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
Other Professional Service
1995. Co-Founder and Co-Editor, EarthWorks, the first hypermedia geographical journal (with K. Foote and W. Doolittle). Currently offline, was at http://www.utexas.edu:80/depts/grg/eworks/eworks.html.
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Professional Memberships American Association for the Advancement of Science. American Association of Geographers (AAG) 1977-Present. Specialty Groups: Latin America, Cultural and Political Ecology, History of Geography. Elected to national positions in both the AAG and each of the three specialty groups. American Geographical Society. Conference of Latin American Geography (CLAG) 1978-present. Served in national leadership position. Latin American Studies Association. Languages English (native), Spanish (fluent), French (reading, basic conversation), German (reading)
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