Brian W. Conz

Office: Morrill 260
Department of Geosciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003

phone: (413) 577-3831
fax: (413) 545-1200

bconz@geo.umass.edu

Education

Ph. D. in Geography (ABD)

• Current Research – (Re)Territorializing the Maya Commons: Mapping Conservation Complexities in Totonicapán , Guatemala , dissertation in progress with funding from a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation For Research Abroad fellowship (5/2006).
• Dissertation Committee – Stanley F. Stevens, Department of Geosciences (chair), James Hafner, Department of Geosciences, Lowell Gudmundson, Latin American Studies and History (Mount Holyoke College)
• Oral examinations passed 5/21/2005

M. S., Geography, 2004, University of Massachusetts

• Thesis title – Continuity and Contestation: Conservation Landscapes in Totonicapán , Guatemala
• Thesis Committee – Stanley F. Stevens, Department of Geosciences (chair), James Hafner, Department of Geosciences
• Certificate in Latin American studies

B. A., Bachelor’s Degree With Individual Concentration

• Senior thesis – Cultural Geography Through Literature: Studies in a Countervailing Tradition
• Faculty advisor Ekwueme Michael Thelwell, African American Studies
• Minor in African American Studies
• Certificate in Native American Studies

Courses Taught

2006 Spring – LatinAmerican Studies 394Q Globalization, Environment and Social Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean , University of Massachusetts , Amherst

2005 Fall – Geography 444 Sense of Place and Environmental Perception, University of Massachusetts , Amherst

2005 Spring – Geography 101 Introduction to Geography, Greenfield Community College , Greenfield , MA

Research Interests:

Political Ecology, Cultural Ecology, Environmental History

Regional Foci:

Guatemala , Belize , Latin America and the Carribean, Northeastern U.S. , Ireland

Languages:

Spanish (fluent, written and spoken), Portuguese (beginner), K’iché Maya (beginner)