| Title: | Lecturer |
|---|---|
| Department: | Environmental Studies Department; Humanities and the Arts, College of |
| Office Location: | Clark Hall 414H |
| Office Hours: | Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:30pm (Spring 2007) |
| Telephone: | 530-219-2838 |
| Fax Number: | 530-364-7722 |
| Email: | jmpfeiffer@mindspring.com |
PhD in Ecology, University of California at Davis, 2004.
The application of collaborative ethnobiological research towards the conservation of indigenous biocultural diversity.
MSc in International Agricultural Development, University of California at Davis, 1993.
Exploring the interface between researchers and recipients of agricultural technology: The case of soybean in Oyo State, Nigeria.
BA in Latin American Development, Boston University, 1988.
The disaster of Armero (Colombia): An evaluative inquiry into government reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts.
International Projects:
Founder and Executive Advisor, Tado Cultural Ecology Conservation Program (Flores Island, Indonesia).
International Society for Ethnobiology - Working Group on Implementing the ISE Code of Ethics
Courses Taught:
AMS/ENVS/HUM 159: Nature and World Cultures
ENVS 10: Life on a Changing Planet
Research Fields:
Ethnoecology, biocultural diversity conservation, gender and the environment, traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous resource management, community-based & participatory action research, agrobiodiversity, agroecology, cultural ecology, historical ecology, ecotourism, biological invasions and biocultural diversity.
Selected Publications:
Pfeiffer, J.M. and R. Voeks (In Preparation) Biological invasions and biocultural diversity: linking ecological and social systems. For submission to Ecology and Society.
Z. Sudirman and J.M. Pfeiffer. (In Review) Incorporating intangible cultural uses into ethnobotanical research: a study of Tado. Submitted to Flora Malesiana VI Proceedings.
Pfeiffer, J.M., Potter, D., Jehabu, Y. and A. Ambe. (In Revision) Cultural ecology of native fruits and affiliate species: traditional plant use of the Kempo Manggarai, Flores Island (Indonesia).Economic Botany.
Pfeiffer, J.M. and E. Huerta Ortiz. (2007) Invasive plants impact California native plants used in traditional basketry. Fremontia 35(1):7-13.
Pfeiffer, J.M., Dun, S., Mulawarman, B. and K. J. Rice. (2006) Biocultural diversity in traditional rice-based agroecosystems: indigenous research and conservation of mavo (Oryza sativa L.) upland rice landraces of eastern Indonesia. Environment, Development, and Sustainability 8(4):609-625.
Pfeiffer, J.M.. and R.J. Butz. (2005) Assessing cultural and ecological variation in ethnobiological research: the importance of gender. Journal of Ethnobiology 25(2): 240-278.
Pfeiffer, J., and Y. Uril. 2003. The role of indigenous parataxonomists in botanical inventory: from Herbarium Amboinense to Herbarium Floresensis. Telopea 10(1): 61-72. [This article has been translated into Bahasa Indonesia.]
Pfeiffer, J. and E. Espeland. 2003. Book Review. Egan, D., and E. A. Howell, editors. 2001. The historical ecology handbook: a restorationists' guide to reference ecosystems. Island Press, Washington, D. C., USA. Society & Ecology 7(1):11. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol7/iss1/art11
Pfeiffer, J. 2002. Gendered interpretations of biocultural diversity in Eastern Indonesia: ethnoecology in the transition zone. Pages 43-63 in: H. Lansdowne, W. Neilson and P. Dearden eds., Communities in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Responses. Victoria (Canada): Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives.
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