Student Work

CarolineDoughertyPainedHuniKuinSanJose20140704liteCaroline Dougherty (Geography Major, 2015) receives a traditional face painting from a Huni Kuin in a village in the Alto Purus, Ucayali, Peru.  Caroline worked to understand their perception of the environmental and social impacts of roads.

Student research with Dr. Salisbury has resulted in articles, posters, and class-based research projects.  Sophomore George Appling even presented his work on the impact of a proposed road in Peru’s congress.

Melissa Velasco Alarcón (Exchange Student 2017), Diego Leal (Interdisciplinary Studies 2015) and Ale Antelo (International Studies 2008) are co-authors on their respective publications in the Journal of Latin American Geography.

Class based projects and posters are below.

The Spring 2012 Enviromental Studies Senior Seminar: Socio-Environmental Impacts of Road and Rail

The Fall 2011 Society, Economy and Nature class’ analysis of the Peruvian Forestry System

The Fall 2011 Mapping Sustainability class’ analysis and maps of the Gambles Mill Corridor

The Spring 2010 Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar: The Transboundary Environment

The Spring 2009 and Fall 2009 Society, Economy, and Nature class’ Species Assessment Reports for Afghanistan’s first endangered species list.

Posters presented by or with students (click on title to see):

www.absatrichmond.com has many

  • Place, M. R., Salisbury, D. S., Reygadas Langarica, Y., Spera, S.A. in collaboration with the Comisión Transfronteriza Juruá/Yurúa/Tamaya (2022). A Transboundary Indigenous Congress, Commission, and Declaration: Forests, Villages, and Climate in the Amazon Borderlands.  American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Topics in Remote Sensing Virtual Poster Session, Feb. 25 – March 1, 2022, New York, NY.  Español, English
  • Frisbie, A., Spera, S., Salisbury, D. S. (2022). The Potential Effects of Transboundary Road-Building in the Southwestern Amazon Shared by Peru and Brazil. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting; Virtual; February 25-March 1, 2022. New York, NY. Español, English
  • Demaret, D., Murtaugh, S. Zizzamia, E., Salisbury, D. S., Spera, S. (2022). Tracking and Analysis of Informal Road Expansion in the Amazon Borderlands of Peru and Brazil. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting; Virtual Poster Session: Land Use, Food Systems, and Agricultural Geography, February 25, 2022, New York, NY.
  • Collard, E., Herrenkohl, E., Salisbury, D. S., Abizaid, C., Collado-Panduro, L. A., Spera, S. (2022). COVID-19 within Indigenous Communities of the Peruvian Amazon: An Ucayali Case Study. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting: Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Session Feb 26, 2022, New York, NY.
  • Anderson, K. M., Spera, S., Salisbury, D. S. (2022).  Carbon Sink to Carbon Source: Fires, Deforestation, and Carbon Storage in the Southwestern Amazon. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting: Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Session Feb 26, 2022, New York, NY.
  • Beech-Brown, E., Spera, S., Salisbury, D. S., Reygadas Langarica, Y. (2022). Using Planet Data and Google Earth Engine to Automate Mapping of Informal Roads in the Amazon Borderlands. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting; Virtual Poster Session: Land Use, Food Systems, and Agricultural Geography, February 25, 2022. New York, NY. Español, English
  • Barnard, L., Salisbury, D. S., Hernández, H. T., Spera, S. (2022). La Geolocalización de las Publicaciones de Facebook y Twitter sobre la Carretera Propuesta entre Pucallpa, Perú y Rio Branco, Brasil.  Preparado para la Conferencia de Geografía Latinoamericana (CLAG), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Enero 3-8, 2022. Español
  • Hernández, H. T., Salisbury, D. S., Barnard, L., Spera, S. (2022). The Geolocation of Social Media Posts about the proposed UC-105/Interoceanica Centro Road in the Amazon borderlands of Peru. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting; Virtual; February 25-March 1, 2022. New York, NY.
  • Hernández, H. T., Salisbury, D. S., Barnard, L., Spera, S. (2022). La Geolocalización de las Publicaciones de Facebook y Twitter sobre la Carretera Propuesta Trocha UC-105.  Preparado para la Conferencia de Geografía Latinoamericana (CLAG), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Enero 3-8, 2022. Español
  • Frisbie, A., Collard, E., Zizzamia, E., Salisbury, D. S., Galati, V., Spera, S. (2021). Análisis de los Impactos Socio-Ambientales de dos Rutas de la Carretera Propuesta entre Pucallpa, Perú y Cruzeiro do Sul, Brasil. Adaptado de un Poster presentado en la Reunión Anual de la Asociación Americana de Geógrafos, Abril 7-11, 2021. Virtual, Seattle, WA, EEUU. Español; Português
  • Place, M. R., Zizzamia, E., Salisbury, D. S., Galati, V., Spera, S. (2021). Análisis de los Impactos Socio-Ambientales de las Carretera Propuesta Trocha UC-105 entre Nuevo Italia y Puerto Breu, Ucayali, Perú. Adaptado de un Poster presentado en la Reunión Anual de la Asociación Americana de Geógrafos, Abril 7-11, 2021. Virtual, Seattle, WA, EEUU. Español; Português
  • Frisbie, A., Collard, E., Zizzamia, E., Salisbury, D. S., Galati, V., Spera, S. (2021). Analysis of the socio-environmental impacts of the proposed transboundary highway between Pucallpa, Peru and Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, April 7-11, 2021.  Virtual, Seattle, WA. This poster won the First Place at the University of Richmond, A&S Student Symposium on April 16, 2021. https://scholarship.richmond.edu/as-student-symposium/2021/Program/6/
  • Place, M. R., Zizzamia, E., Salisbury, D. S., Galati, V., Spera, S. (2021). Analysis of the socio-environmental impacts of a proposed highway in the Amazon borderlands of Peru. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, April 7-11, 2021. Virtual, Seattle, WA. https://scholarship.richmond.edu/as-student-symposium/2021/Program/22/
  • Walsh, Griffin & D. S. Salisbury. 2020. Using Cloud Based Geospatial Technology to Facilitate Analysis and Sharing of Transboundary Amazonian Conservation and Development Data. 36th Conference of Latin American Geography January 3, 2020. Antigua, Guatemala. Walsh2020GTASOdatabasePosterCLAG
  • Claire Powell, D. S. Salisbury, and el Grupo Geográfico Transfronterizo del Sud-Occidental de la Amazonía. 2020. Taller del Grupo Geográfico Transfronterizo de la Amazonía Sud-Occidental (GTASO) para Mitigar Desafíos en la Amazonía Peruana y Brasileña. 36th Conference of Latin American Geography January 3, 2020. Antigua, Guatemala.
  • Peter Braun and David S. Salisbury. 2020. Transboundary Analysis of Indigenous Territories and Protected Natural Areas as Barriers to Deforestation in the Southwestern Amazon. 36th Conference of Latin American Geography January 3, 2020. Antigua, Guatemala.
  • Cambridge, N. and D. Salisbury. 2019. Building a Transboundary Multi-Criteria Threat Assessment for the Southwestern Amazon (Peru-Brazil). American Geographic Society, Geography 2050: Borders and a Borderless World. November 22, 2019. Columbia University, NYC.
  • Williams, G. M., Powell, C. V., Salisbury, D.S., Balbín Ordaya, B., Tipula Tipula, P., y el Grupo Geográfico Transfronterizo de la Amazonía Sud-Occidental (GTASO). 2019. Taller del Grupo Geográfico Transfronterizo de la Amazonía Sud-Occidental (GTASO) para Mitigar los Desafíos Ambientales en la Amazonía Peruana y Brasileña.” 7/10/2019.  Poster presentation for the Technical Meetings of the Commissions of the PanAmerican Institute of Geography and History, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
  • Bao, Rong, David S. Salisbury, Timothy Barney, and Justin Madron. 2019. “Mapping Green Philanthropy and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of the Ford Foundation, 1960-2004.” 4/6/2019. Poster presentation for the American Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting, Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group Poster Session. Washington, DC.
  • McGee, Rylin A., David S. Salisbury. 2019. “The State of Fossil Fuel Extraction and Transport in the Russian Arctic.” 4/4/2019. Poster presentation for the American Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting, Climate Change Poster Session. Washington, DC.
  • Cambridge, Nia S., David S. Salisbury. 2019. “Mapping Vulnerability of Island Communities to Climate Change and Globalization: A Case Study of Ragged Island, Bahamas.” 4/4/2019. Poster presentation for the American Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting, Climate Change Poster Session. Washington, DC.
  • Hubert, M. O., Maldonado Benites, L., Jeong, E., Neuenfeldt, H., Shebell, M., and David S. Salisbury. 2019. “Climate Change Impacts in the Americas: A Student Led Approach to Raise Awareness.” 4/4/2019. Poster presentation for the American Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting, Climate Change Poster Session. Washington, DC.
  • Szepesy, Alexis, Olivia Folger, Ethan Boroughs, and David S. Salisbury. 2018. “Riverfront UR: Environmental Stewardship on the James River Floodplain.” 4/13/2018. Poster presentation for the American Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting, Human Geography: Economic and Education Section. New Orleans, LA
  • Han, Stella, Salisbury, David S. 2015. “Regional Universities Seek to Reconcile Conservation and Development in a Changing Amazonia: A Case Study from the Peruvian Amazon. 4/24/2015. Poster presentation for the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  •  López Silvano, Cristhian, McCarthy, Evan, and David Salisbury. 2015. “Sustainable Communities on the Move: A Case Study of a Relocated Asháninka Community in the Amazon Borderlands.” 4/22/2015. Presentation for the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Chávez, Andrea B., Han, Stella, Díaz Zuñiga, Edgar, Salisbury, David S., and Roly Baldoceda Astete. 2015. “Crossing Boundaries for Environmental Capacity Training and International Cooperation in Peru.” Poster presented at the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies’ 64th Annual Conference “Envisioning a Sustainable Tropics”, March 25-27, 2015, Gainesville, FL.
  • Chávez, Andrea B., Han, Stella, Salisbury, David S., Díaz Zuñiga, Edgar, and Roly Baldoceda Astete. 2014. “Conservation Capacity Building Efforts through Amazonian Higher Education in Peru.” Poster presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, April 8-12, 2014, Tampa, FL.
  • Appling, George, and D.S. Salisbury. 2013. “Información sobre los Proyectos de la Carretera y Ferrocarril Propuestas desde Pucallpa (Perú) a Cruzeiro do Sul (Brasil).”  Banner presented to communities on the Rio Abujao for the Grupo de Monitoreo de MegaProyectos Ucayali.
  • Appling, George, and D. S. Salisbury. 2013. Las Carreteras y Ferrovias Propuestas desde Pucallpa (Perú) a Cruzeiro do Sul (Brasil).  Poster created for dissemination to Peru community of concerned environmentalists.
  • Appling, George, and D. S. Salisbury. 2013. “Analysis of the Socio-Environmental Impacts of Amazonian Transportation Infrastructure: the Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul Road/Rail in Peru and Brazil.” Poster presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, April 9-13, 2013, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Appling, George, and D. S. Salisbury. 2012. “Analysis of the Socio-Environmental Impacts of Amazonian Roads: the Puerto Esperanza to Iñapari Road in Peru.” Poster presented at Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, November 18-20, 2012, Asheville, NC.  Available for download: http://blog.richmond.edu/dsalisbury/maps/ . Also presented at the Congress of the Republic of Peru, September 14, 2012, Lima, Peru.  Richmond The Alumni Magazine article describes: Road to Ruin
  • Sager-Gellerman, G., Strickler, E., Boettner, J., Courtenay, C., Gilb, R., Gordon, W., Leonard, G., Marconi, J., McGovern, M., Nagle, M., Paiz Tejada, C., Pericak, A., Price, M., Vassallo, D., Yowell, R., and Salisbury, D. S. 2012.  “A Multi-Scalar Analysis of the Peruvian Forestry System.” Poster presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, February 23-28, 2012, New York City, New York.
  • Boettner, J., Sager-Gellerman, G., Strickler, E., Courtenay, C., Gilb, R., Gordon, W., Leonard, G., Marconi, J., McGovern, M., Nagle, M., Paiz Tejada, C., Pericak, A., Price, M., Vassallo, D., Yowell, R., y  Salisbury, D. S. 2012.  “Un Análisis Multi-escalar del Sistema Forestal Peruano.”   Poster presented at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, January 10-13, 2012, Mérida, México
  • Price, R. M., Billups, K., Bodner, S., Burbank, M., Cohan. E., Elliott, S., Landesberg, C., Leonard, G., Marconi, J., McGovern, M., Petrosino, J., Phadke, A., Phelan, C., Purdy, A., and Salisbury, D. S. 2011. “The Temporal and Spatial Connectivity of the Gambles Mill Corridor, Richmond, VA.” Poster presented at the South Eastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, November 20-22, 2011, Savannah, GA.
  • Goldin, A., Nuñez, Y., Salisbury, D. S., Águila Soria, J., Espinosa Linares, R., Pinedo Ramírez, E., Rosero Flores, L., Nuñez Sánchez, M., Cavero Oroche, G., Vela Alvarado, J. W.,  Barreto Vásquez, O., Almeida Villanueva, G., Pérez Alván, C. 2011. “Gestión Invisible: Manejo de Recursos Naturales en dos Comunidades Indígenas Peruanas.” Translated poster presented to the Universidad Nacional de Ucayali and participating communities, Pucallpa, Perú
  • Goldin, A., Nuñez, Y., Salisbury, D. S., Águila Soria, J., Espinosa Linares, R., Pinedo Ramírez, E., Rosero Flores, L., Nuñez Sánchez, M., Cavero Oroche, G., Vela Alvarado, J. W.,  Barreto Vásquez, O., Almeida Villanueva, G., Pérez Alván, C. 2011. “Invisible Occupation: Indigenous Natural Resource Management in the Peruvian Amazon.” Poster presented at the University of Richmond Research Symposium, April 2010, Richmond, VA.
  • Weinstein, B., D. S. Salisbury, K. Klinker, and University of Richmond Spatial Analysis Lab. 2010. An analysis of the conservation importance of Amazon borderlands using Geographic Information Systems. Poster presented at: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 14-19 April, 2010, Washington, DC.
  • Salisbury, D. S., J. W. Vela Alvarado, and C. R. Franko. 2010. The changing contexts and transboundary dynamics of reconciling conservation and development in the Amazon borderlands. Poster presented at: Bridging conservation and development in Latin America and Africa: changing contexts, changing strategies, 59th Annual Center for Latin American Studies Conference, University of Florida, 28-30 January, 2010, Gainesville, FL.
  • West, L. A., D. S. Salisbury, A. I. Rios-Sanchez, and J. W. Vela Alvarado. 2010. Gender and species use in Amazonian home gardens: the social and economic context of biodiversity conservation. Poster presented at: Bridging conservation and development in Latin America and Africa:  changing contexts, changing strategies, 59th Annual Center for Latin  American Studies Conference, University of Florida, 28-30 January, 2010, Gainesville, FL.
  • Foss, L. 2009. Cartography and power in new Spain. Poster presented at: 24th Annual Student Research Symposium, University of Richmond, 17 April, 2009, Richmond, VA.
  • Hazera, F. M., and D. S. Salisbury. 2008. A qualitative analysis of unofficial road expansion in the Peruvian Amazon. Poster presented at: Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 15-19 April, 2008, Boston, MA.

At left, Laura Major (IS 2010) with a Shipibo Conibo family in the Peruvian Amazon.  Laura, Fritz  Hoogakker (Geography 2010), and Leigh Ann West (Geography/IS) conducted research in a Shipibo Conibo community in the Peruvian Amazon.  Their research foci were Palm, Fisheries, and Homegarden Management.