Susan C. Stonich
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Office: |
Bren Hall 4013 and
HSSB 2084 |
Phone: |
(805)
893-8627 |
Fax: |
(805) 893-8686 |
E-mail: |
stonich@anth.ucsb.edu |
Website: |
www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stonich |
Mailing Address: |
Environmental Studies Program
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4160 |
Courses: |
ES/ANTH
104, People, Poverty, and the Environment in Central America
ES/ANTH 130A Third World Environments: Problems and Prospects
ES/ANTH 130B Third World Environments: Conservation and Sustainable Development
ES/ANTH 130C Third World Environments: Response and Resistance
ES/ANTH 185. Environmental Justice |
The interests of Dr. Stonich lie in her longtime studies of the effects of economic
development on human societies and the natural environment in Central America.
Her projects there have concentrated on the consequences of nontraditional export
growth along the Pacific Coast and also the effects on human health and nutrition
associated with intensified tourism development. Her studies focus on the radialization
of local groups around environmental issues and the emergence of grass-roots environmental
movements of the poor. She has also begun research and implemented new classes
on environmental health and social justice issues related to agriculture in Santa
Barbara County. In this regard, she is involved in developing a bilingual environmental
education project with the Santa Barbara schools.
Education:
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Selected Publications:
Stonich, S. The Other Side of Paradise: Tourism, Conservation, and Development
in the Bay Islands. Cognizant Communications, 2000.
Stonich, S., Conner Bailey. "Resisting the Blue Revolution: Contending Coalitions
Surrounding Shrimp Farming." Human Organization, volume 59, number
1, pp. 23-36, 2000.
Stonich, S., Gus Salbador, Jerrel Sorensen. "Water, Power, and Environmental Health
in Tourism Development: The Bay Islands, Honduras;" In, Water, Culture, and
Power: Local Struggles in a Global Context, edited by John M. Donahue and
Barbara Rose Johnston, pp.263-284. Island Press, 1998.
Stonich, S. "The Political Ecology of Tourism," Annals of Tourism Research,
volume 25, number 1, pp. 25-54, 1998.
Stonich, S. "Information Technologies, Advocacy, and Development: Resistance and
Backlash to Industrial Shrimp Farming," Cartography and Geographic Information
Systems, (Special Issue on Public Participation GIS), volume 25, number 2,
pp. 113-122, 1998.
