Dr. David Salisbury’s Web Page

Published by dsalisbu on May 15, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
anacondadavidcrop9_12_18_07.jpg Dr. David S. Salisbury
Assistant Professor of Geography
109 Weinstein Hall
28 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8661
Fax: (804) 287-6833
E-mail
Dr. Salisbury and anaconda (Eunectes sp.)

Research Interests

I am a human-environment geographer interested in the reconciliation of conservation and development in the humid tropics of Latin America. More specifically, my research focuses on the Amazon borderlands shared by the nine nation states straddling or adjoining the Amazon basin. These poorly understood borderlands stretch across the international boundary from one advancing settlement frontiers to another and are a culturally, ecologically, and natural resource rich battleground contested between indigenous peoples, conservationists, drug runners, illegal resource extractors, colonists, and development oriented policy makers. I use a transboundary political ecology-geography framework, an applied and collaborative approach, and a combination of geospatial techniques and ethnographic, ecological, and participatory methods to understand the complexities of this rapidly changing and threatened transboundary region. Currently, I am collaborating with the Amazon Frontiers Research Center (CIFA- Centro de Investigación de Fronteras Amazónicas) of Peru’s Universidad Nacional de Ucayali to study the borderlands shared by Peru and Brazil. For more about my research click on the research tab at the top of the page.

Teaching

I primarily teach courses in geography, environmental studies, and international studies. Below are a few courses I’ve taught or will be teaching at the University of Richmond. For more detail click on the the teaching tab at the top of the page.

  • GEOG 210/IS 210 Geographic Dimensions of Human Development
  • ENVR 301 Environmental Research Methods
  • ENVR 391 Environmental Senior Seminar: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
  • GEOG 380/IS 350/QUST Amazonia in the Age of Globalization
  • LAC 250 Communication and Culture in the Amazon (Spanish)
  • GEOG 380/IS 290 The Power of Maps: International Perspectives
  • GEOG 345/ENVR 345 Society, Economy, and Nature: Global Perspectives on Sustainable Development

Other

For interesting links, blogs and news items about Amazonia and other interests see the sidebar to the right. For more information about my background click on the background tab at the top of the page.