Dr. Mary Finley-Brook

Assistant Professor of Geography
Geography Advisor
International Studies Concentration Advisor, Latin America

108 Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 287-6307
Fax: (804) 287-6833

http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~mbrook

Teaching:
Political geography
Economic geography
Environmental studies
Ecotourism
Campus sustainability

Research:
Natural resource management
Latin America and the Caribbean
Indigenous peoples
Land tenure
Regional integration
Climate change mitigation and carbon markets

Education:
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
M.A., Tulane University
B.A., University of Vermont

Selected Publications:
Finley-Brook, M. and K. Offen. 2009. “Bounding the Commons: Land Demarcation in Northeastern  Nicaragua” Bulletin of Latin American Research 28(3): 1-21.

Finley-Brook, M. 2008. “The Tenuous Indigenous-Sandinista Alliance” North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). Available: http://nacla.org/node/4856.  

Finley-Brook, M. 2008. “Resources for the Future” in S. George Philander (Ed.).  Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Volume 3, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. pp. 380-381.

Finley-Brook, M. 2007. “Indigenous land tenure insecurity fosters illegal logging in Nicaragua” International Forestry Review 9(4): 850-864.

Finley-Brook, M. 2007. “World Wildlife Fund” in Paul Robbins (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Volume 5, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. pp. 1993-1994.

Finley-Brook, M. 2007. "Green Neoliberal Space: The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor." Journal of Latin American Geography 6(1): 101-124.

Finley-Brook, M. 2005. "Big-Leaf Mahogany Challenges CITES." Endangered Species Update 22(3): 11-13.

Finley-Brook, M. 2004. "Esqueman Institucionales para el Manejo del Bosque en el Municipio de Prinzapolka, relaciones entre Actores Ubicados en Distintos Niveles." Wani 37: 6-26