POSITIONS

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario (2010–)

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario (2004–10)

Senior Researcher, Institute of Development Studies, University of Guyana (2003–4)

RESEARCH

My research is broadly located in the fields of agrarian political economy and political ecology. Entwined with this is an abiding interest in land reform, farmer co-operatives, and various movements to build alternatives. Much of my empirical research has been grounded in the Caribbean, especially Jamaica. Attention to the broader context of small farmer’s struggles led me on a path towards my first book, The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming (Zed Books, 2007).

Recently I have been mainly focused on worsening food crises and problems associated with the industrial grain-oilseed-livestock complex. I’m currently at work on a book entitled The Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2003. Queen’s University (Geography)

M.E.S. 1998. Wilfrid Laurier University (Environmental Studies)

B.A. 1996. Wilfrid Laurier University (History and Geography)