Dr. Zoe Pearson

Academic Areas of Expertise:

human-environment geography, political geography, feminist geography, drug studies, Latin American Studies in hemispheric context, qualitative methodology and research design

Curriculum Vitae

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.