Lecturer, Cultural Geographer and Ethnobotanist,
specializing in nature-society relationships
Office:
Environmental Program
University of Vermont
153 S. Prospect St.
Burlington, VT 05401
Tel: (802) 656-3111
Fax: (802) 656-8015
E-mail: kitanderson@verizon.net
Education:
Ph.D., 1997, Louisiana State University, Department of Geography and Anthropology (Geography)
University Fellowship, 1990-1994 Finalist,
Best Dissertation of the Year Award, 1997
M.A., 1979, University of Vermont (Geography)
B.A., 1976, University of Vermont (Botany)
Courses taught at University of Vermont, Environmental Program and Anthropology
Undergraduate Courses:
Ethnobotany
Ethnobotany of New England
Field
Ethnobotany (2-4 week intensive summer sessions)
Landscapes and Peoples of Central America
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Trees and Human Cultures
Upper level and Graduate Courses:
Environmental Education
Plants and the Sacred
Research Methods (for students writing senior thesis proposal)
Recent Publications:
Nature, Culture, and Big Old Trees: Live Oaks and Ceibas in the Landscapes of Louisiana and Guatemala. Austin: University of Texas Press, January 2004.
Ira’s Acres: Clearing in the wilderness to park in the city, 210 years in the life of the UVM Green. Vermont Quarterly: The Magazine of the University of Vermont, Summer 2002.
Wildlife Gardens, North American Outdoor Group, Minnetonka, Minnesota, 1998.
Bob West, Geographer, Latin American Geography: Historical-Geographical Essays, 1941-1998, Geoscience and Man, Vol. 35. Geoscience Publications, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1998.
Research Presentations and Invited Lectures:
"Tales Trees Tell,” Promise of Place Conference, New Hampshire, Shelburne Farms, 2003.
“Recovering Native Wisdom: Contemporary Ethnobotany of Vermont Abenaki,” with Judy Dow, International Society for Ethnobiology Annual Meeting in Athens, Georgia, 2000.
“Landscapes of Learning: Campus Trees and the Pursuit of Knowledge,” Association of American Geographers Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2000.
“Fall Foliage Season in Vermont as a Geographical Phenomenon” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, 1998.
Last Update: January 2007