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Kent Mathewson
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.
INTERESTS
Cultural/Historical Geography (Landscape Change; Colonialism)
History of Geography (Anthrogeography)
Latin America, American South, Atlantic World
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Mathewson, Kent. 2006. “Humboldt Alexander von Humboldt’s Image and Influence in North American Geography, 1804-2004.” Geographical Review, 96 (3): 416-438.
Mathewson, Kent. 2005. “James M. Blaut: Radical Cultural Geographer.” Antipode 37 (5): 911-926.
Michael Steinberg, Joseph Hobbs, and Kent Mathewson, Editors. 2004. Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kent Mathewson and Martin S. Kenzer, Editors. 2003. Culture, Land, and Legacy: Perspectives on Carl Sauer and Berkeley School Geography. Baton Rouge: Geoscience Publications. Geoscience and Man, 37.
Kent Mathewson. 2000 "Cultural Landscapes and Ecology III: Foraging/Farming, Food, Festivities," Progress in Human Geography 24 (3): 457-474.
RESEARCH
American Geographical Society, Bowman Expedition, Leeward Islands, Caribbean.
LSU Office of Research & Development, “Environments, Histories, Cultures: The South, Caribbean, and Atlantic Worlds” Cluster research initiative
Invasive Species American South; Travel Accounts Ecuador; History of Berkeley School
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
2007- Book Review Editor, Geographical Review
2006- Chair, History of Geography Specialty Group, AAG
2003 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2001-04 National Councilor, Association of American Geographers (AAG)
1997- AAG Representative to AAAS Section H (Anthropology)
COURSES TAUGHT
Human Geography: Europe and the Americas
History of Geography
Cultural Geography
Latin America
Seminar in Culture History (various topics – e.g. invasive species, environmental history)
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