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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6073 ~ Fax: 225-578-4420
E-mail: kentm@lsu.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cultural Geography (landscape change; ideological
landscapes)
Historical Geography (tropical travel and exploration)
History of Geography (anthropogeography; colonialism)
Cultural and Political Ecology (traditional & ancient agriculture)
Latin America (Central America, Andean Regions); American South; Oceania (Fiji)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books:
M. Steinberg, Hobbs, J. and K. Mathewson, eds., 2004. Dangerous
Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation
of Indigenous Landscapes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mathewson, K. and M.S. Kenzer, eds., 2003. Culture, Land, and Legacy: Perspectives on
Carl O. Sauer and Berkeley School Geography. Baton Rouge: Geoscience Publications, Geoscience and Man, 37.
Earle, C., Mathewson, K. and M.S. Kenzer, eds., 1996. Concepts
in Human Geography. Savage, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Foote, K., Hugill, P., Mathewson, K. and J. Smith, eds. 1994.
ReReading Cultural Geography. Austin:
University of Texas Press.
Mathewson, K., ed. 1993. Culture, Form, and Place: Essays in Cultural &
Historical Geography. Baton Rouge: Geoscience Publications,
Geoscience and Man, 32.
Denevan, W.M., Mathewson, K. and G.W. Knapp, eds. 1987. Prehispanic Agricultural Fields in the Andean Region.
Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, International Series, 359.
Mathewson, K. 1984. Irrigation Horticulture
in Highland Guatemala: The Tablón System of Panajachel. Boulder,
CO: Westview.
Articles & Book Chapters:
Mathewson, K. 1987. "Sauer South by Southwest: Antimodernism and the Austral
Impulse," in M.S. Kenzer (ed.) Carl O. Sauer:
A Tribute (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press), pp. 90-111.
Mathewson, K. 2000. "Cultural Landscapes and Ecology III: Foraging/Farming,
Food, Festivities," Progress in Human Geography
24 (3): 457-74.
Mathewson, K. 2001. "Between ‘In Camp’ and ‘Out-of-Bounds’:
Notes on the History of Fieldwork in American Geography," Geographical
Review 91(4): 215-24.
Mathewson, K. and M.K. Steinberg, 2003. "Drug Production, Commerce and Terrorism",
in
Cutter, S., Richardson, D., and T. Wilbanks (eds.), The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism,
ppg. 59-66. New York: Routledge.
SUPPORTED RESEARCH
1996. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
[PI for Steven Rainey - Guatemala]
1995. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Program (UC-Berkeley)
1994. Manship Award for Summer Research in Guatemala, LSU College
of Arts & Sciences
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
2003. Elected Fellow, American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
2000. Elected National Councilor, Association of American Geographers (2001-2004)
Elected & Appointed
Offices:
2002-05. Member, Membership Committee (AAG)
2000-02. Member, Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Committee (AAG)
1999-03. Member, History and Archives Committee (AAG)
1999-01. Director, History of Geography Specialty Group (AAG)
1997-05. AAG Representative to AAAS Section H (Anthropology)
1994-96. Chair, Cultural Ecology Specialty Group (AAG)
1990-92. Board of Directors, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG)
1990-92. Chair, Latin American Specialty Group (AAG)
1988-92. Secretary-Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, Cultural Ecology
Specialty Group (AAG)
1988-90. Director, Latin American Specialty Group (AAG)
1987-93. Honors Committee, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
1984-86. Director, Cultural Ecology Specialty Group (AAG).
Editorships & Editorial
Boards:
2001-present. Consulting Editor, General Geography Section, Handbook of Latin American Studies
1999-present. Book Review Editor, Historical
Geography
1997-present. Board, The Southwestern Geographer
1996-present. Board, Journal of Cultural Geography
1994-1999. International Advisory Board, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
1994-1996. Book Review Editor, Annals of the
Association of American Geographers
1993-1996. Co-Editor, Geoscience and Man Series
COURSES TAUGHT
Human Geography: The Americas & Europe (introductory
level)
History of Geography (intermediate level)
Elements of Cultural Geography (intermediate level)
Environment & Development (intermediate level)
Latin America (intermediate level)
Introduction to Graduate Study (graduate level course)
Culture History (graduate seminar with variable topics)
Problems in Latin American Geography (graduate seminar
LANGUAGES
Spanish - Read and speak well
Portuguese - Read well, speak some
French - Some reading knowledge
German - Some reading knowledge
Department of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University
227 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4105
Phone: (225) 578-5942
Fax: (225) 578-4420
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