简介

My research centers on the environmental dimensions of rural livelihoods and community development. I strive to integrate macro, world-systemic analyses with empathetic, locally-embedded fieldwork to explain outcomes around rural underdevelopment. Most of my research is multi-method, combining interviewing with survey research. I am a Latin Americanist, although I also conduct research in the United States. My previous research projects have examined, protected area management in Guatemala, the social organization of local food systems in the United States, and rural tourism and community development. My current project looks at local responses to the introduction of industrial scale gold mines in Central America.