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Prospective Graduate Students
If
you are interested in joining my group as a graduate student, please check the section on Current Opportunities for Graduate Study, below, so you can see when I would be able to accept new applicants.
Funding for graduate students is necessary for a successful experience,
and my policy is to only accept students that I can fund or that have
their own funding. Before starting contact, I would
ask you to carefully go over my research program webpage, and read the selected publications listed at the end of this page. This will give you a good
idea of what kind of work I do, and help you decide if I am the advisor
that best suits your needs.
Our group has a strong
interdisciplinary focus, so I will usually recruit graduate student
with an interest in integrating social and ecological science in their
research. In addition, I use a Participatory Action Research Approach (PAR) in most of my research and teaching. A strong interest in PAR is also desirable.
I
like to support my graduate students, to the best of my ability, in
fulfilling both their academic and personal goals. I believe in
providing time and guidance, but also encourage independence and
personal iniative. Please feel free to contact some of my other
graduate students (see People page) to get more feedback on my advising style and how our lab works. A
desire to work in a team is a must !
Current Opportunities for Graduate Study
I
will not be taking any new graduate students until Fall 2011. .
Selected Publications
Mendez, V. E.
(2008) Farmer livelihoods and biodiversity conservation in a coffee
landscape of El Salvador. pp. 207-236. In C. M.
Bacon, V. E. Mendez, S.R. Gliessman,
D. Goodman & J. A. Fox (eds.) Confronting the coffee crisis: Fair
Trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America.
MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. pdf Mendez, V. E., S.R.
Gliessman, and G.S. Gilbert (2007) Tree biodiversity in farmer cooperatives of a shade coffee landscape in
western El Salvador. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment 119(1-2):145-159. pdfMendez,
V.E. & S.T. Lovell (2007) Ecosystem Services Conservation and Farmer Livelihoods in a Shade Coffee
Landscape of Western El Salvador. Electronic Proceedings
of the Second International Symposium on “Multi-Strata Agroforestry Systems
with Perennial Crops: Making ecosystem services count for farmers, consumers
and the environment.” September 17 – 21, 2007. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. pdf
Bacon,
C., V. E. Mendez & M. Brown (2005) Participatory action-research
and support for community development and conservation: examples from
shade coffee landscapes of El Salvador and Nicaragua. Research Brief #
6. Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS),
University of California: Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A. Download from: http://repositories.cdlib.org/casfs/rb/brief_no6/
Mendez
V.E.,
R. Lok & E. Somarriba (2001) Interdisciplinary
analysis of homegardens in Nicaragua:
micro-zonation, plant use and socioeconomic importance. Agroforestry Systems 51(2): 85-96. pdf
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