V. Ernesto Mendez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Environmental Program and the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Focus Areas: Agroecology, Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihoods in Tropical and Temperate Agricultural Landscapes; Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Click here to link to Ernesto's personal web site.

Office:
Environmental Program
University of Vermont
153 S. Prospect St.
Burlington, VT 05401
Tel: (802) 656-2539
Fax: (802) 656-8015

also
College of Agriculture and Life Science
Department of Plant and Soil Science
12 Hills Agricultural Building
105 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405-0082
Phone: (802) 656-6924
Fax: (802) 656-4656
E-mail: emendez@uvm.edu

For an appointment with Ernesto, please call Sue Bean at our front desk, 802-656-4055.
She keeps the schedule book for all advisors at Bittersweet.

Education:
Ph.D.,  2004, Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz (Environmental Studies - Agroecology)
M.S.,  1996,  Tropical Agricultural Research and Education Station (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica
B. SC., 1994,  California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo (Crop Science)

Courses:
ENVS 002
ENVS 156 / PSS 152 Agroecology
ENVS 295 / PSS 296 Environmental Conservation in Agricultural Rural Landscapes
ENVS 295 / PSS 296 Agroecology, Conservation and Development in Rural Landscapes of Central America
ENVS 295 / PSS 296 Café (en) Tacuba: Ecologies and Livelihoods in a Shade Coffee Landscape of El Salvador

Affiliations:
Core Instructor, Annual International Agroecology Courses, CAN-UCSC
Fellow, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont
Research Associate, Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Antioch University, NE
Adjunct Professor, International University of Andalucía, Spain
President of the Board and Researcher, ASINDEC, El Salvador
Co-Director, Community Agroecology Network (CAN), Santa Cruz, California

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