Marissa Smith

Latin America, urbanization, urban political ecology, gender, uneven development, political economy of Mexico

Oaxaca, Mexico - 2007-2008
A year of field research focused on urban expansion and those living on the social and physical margins of the city funded by the Inter-American Foundation Fellowship for Grassroots Development.

Oaxaca, Mexico - 2006
Two months of field research and development studies with the Universidad de la Tierra funded by Matthew G. Bailey Scholarship for field research and the Earl A. and Lenore H. Tripke Professional Travel Award.

Research Assistant Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico - 2005
Two weeks as a paid research assistant investigating the promises and pitfalls of ecotourism as a sustainable income alternative for small-holder farmers.

Guanajuato, Mexico - 2004
One month of field research investigating conflict and conservation in the town of La Concepcíon and the neighboring nature reserve, Cuenca de la Esperanza.

Cascabel, Arizona - 2003-2004
Repeated field visits to this southern Arizona community investigating rancher reaction to conservation efforts by the Nature Conservancy.

Smith, M. (under review). Gender Gentrification and the Neoliberal City in the United States Sunbelt. Under review with the journal City and Society.

Smith, M. and José Luis Balderas Gil (in preparation). The Effects of Neoliberalism and Democratization on the Urban Form of Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Latin American Geography Fall 2008.

Judkins G., Smith M. and E. Keys. 2008. Determinism within Human-Environment Research and the Rediscovery of Environmental Causation. The Geographical Journal 174(1): 17-29.

Smith, M. 2007. Urban Expansion in Oaxaca: Research on the Fringe. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Yearbook 69: 88-92.

Binkley, R. and M. Smith. 2006. Re-Composing Space: Composition's Rhetorical Geography, in a special issue of the online journal Composition Forum entitled Space, Place, and Composition. Volume 15, lead article.

Instructor/Faculty Associate - Full Course Responsibility
GPH 314 - Global Change, Arizona State University
GCU 102 - Human Geography, Arizona State University.
GCU 121 - World Geography, Scottsdale Community College.
GPH 111 - Physical Geography (lab), Arizona State University.

Graduate Teaching Associate
GCU 344 - Geography of Hispanic Americans
GCU 323 - Latin American Geography
GCU 361 - Urban Geography
GCU 350 - World Crises
GCU 121 - World Geography
GCU 102 - Human Geography

2007 - 2008

2005-2006

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Invited Presentations:

Diversity, Complexity and Community in Oaxaca. (2008) Presentation to Portland State University Campus Community Partnership Organization at the Welte Institute of Oaxacan Studies. July 18.

Métodos. (2008) Presentation to Social Anthropology Masters students at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS). Pacifico Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico. May 30.

Urbanization and Poverty in Oaxaca. (2008) ProMexico division of ProWorld. Oaxaca, Mexico. May 23.

Photos of Oaxaca