Dr. Zoe Pearson
Associate Professor
Academic Areas of Expertise:
human-environment geography, political geography, feminist geography, drug studies, Latin American Studies in hemispheric context, qualitative methodology and research design
Biography:
Zoe Pearson is a human geographer with a background in geography and feminist studies. Her research examines the politics of illegal drug control and their impacts on people and the environment in Bolivia and Central America; and resource extraction and conflicts in Ecuador surrounding oil, bamboo, and conservation. More broadly, Dr. Pearson's research and teaching interests include nature-society relations & theory/political ecology, the geopolitics of illegal drug control, feminist studies, social & environmental justice, conservation & environmental change, and resource politics in the Americas.
Current Research Projects:
Dr. Pearson is interested in advising graduate students who want to study critical approaches to human-environment relations, human geography, illicit drug studies, and social and political themes in the Western Hemisphere.
