Curriculum Vitae

Education

Pursuing Ph.D. (Geography) Expected date of completion 2009
University of Arizona, Tucson
Adviser: Paul Robbins

M.A. (Geography) June 2004
The Ohio State University, Columbus
Adviser: Paul Robbins

B.A. (International Studies) 1997
Ohio University, Athens
Cum Laude

Employment

Current: Teaching Associate, Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona
Geography and Regional Development

Taught discussion section and graded for:
World Regional Geography (Geog 251)
Individuals and Society (Indv 102)
Introduction to Physical Geography (NATS 101)

2002-2005: United States Peace Corps Recruiter, Columbus, Ohio
Duties included:
Recruited potential Peace Corps volunteers
Conducted interviews of applicants

2000-2002: Lighthouse Youth Services, Cincinnati, Ohio
Service Coordinator “Help Me Grow”
Duties included:
Coordinated services for at-risk families with children under the age of three
Conducted home visits

1998-2000: United States Peace Corps Volunteer South Africa
Duties included:
Served as a teacher trainer for seven rural primary schools
Initiated community service projects in post-apartheid South Africa

Research Interests

Political Ecology, Afforestation, Indigenous Peoples, South Africa, HIV/AIDS, Livelihoods, Power

Grants and Awards for Research

2006

$350 Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona
AAG annual meeting travel grant

2005

$350 Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
AAG annual meeting travel grant

2004

$800 Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
Master’s thesis research grant

2004

$350 Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
AAG annual meeting travel grant

Research Experience

June-September 2003

Conducted research in South Africa on the effects plantation forestry have on indigenous people and showed how plantation forestry is a literal expression of race and power on the landscape. Used interviewing techniques, archival data, and cartographic data.

Publications

Bishop, Kristina Monroe
“Hidden behind a field of trees: Social impacts of afforestation projects in South Africa'
Focus on Geography

Robbins, Paul and Bishop, Kristina Monroe
“There and back again: Epiphany, disillusionment, and rediscovery in political ecology'
GeoForum
In Progress

Bishop, Kristina Monroe
“Swaziland'
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, ed. Robbins, P. Sage Publishing
In Progress

Bishop, Kristina Monroe
“Zimbabwe'
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, ed. Robbins, P. Sage Publishing
In Progress

Bishop, Kristina Monroe
“Arbor Day"
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, ed. Robbins, P. Sage Publishing
In Progress

Bishop, Kristina Monroe
“Plantation Forest'
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, ed. Robbins, P. Sage Publishing
In Progress

Thesis

2004

“Dispossession, Isolation, and Ecological Change: Impacts of Afforestation Projects in the New Scotland Plantation, Mpumalanga, South Africa”

Presentations

March 2006
“Reframing an Old Question: HIV/AIDS in Political Ecology”
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

April 2005
“Dispossession, Afforestation, and the Gold Mine Labor Connection in South Africa”
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

October 2004
“Dispossession, Isolation, and Ecological Change: Impacts of Afforestation
Projects in the New Scotland Plantation, Mpumalanga, South Africa"
East Lakes Division Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Athens, OH

March 2004
“Dispossession, Isolation, and Ecological Change: The Story of an African Forest”
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

Other Presentation and Training Experience

2002-2005
Gave bi-weekly presentations on Peace Corps. The two-hour presentation explained the application process and answered questions about the Peace Corps experience. Columbus, OH

2000-2002
Worked for the Help Me Grow project. Instructed new mothers on ways to improve their child’s development. Attended over 50 hours a year in training seminars. Cincinnati, OH

1998-2000
Trained South African teachers in the new Curriculum 2004, established by the South African government in 1998. Helped teachers with new teaching techniques and classroom management plans. Mpumalanga, South Africa

Relevant Community Service

2006
Volunteer for Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN)
Internal Review Board Departmental Committee, Department of Geography, University of Arizona
SAGA Speakers Committee

Languages

French (fair), SiSwati (basic), Zulu (fair)

Professional Affiliation

Association of American Geographers Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group African Specialty Group

References

Available upon request