James Keese

Asssistant Professor of Geography
Office: 47-13G
Phone: (805) 756-1170
E-Mail: jkeese@calpoly.edu

B.S., California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (1987)
M.A., American Graduate School of International Management (1989)
Ph.D., University of Arizona (1996)
Research Interests:

Dr. Keese's research interests include small-holder agriculture, non-governmental organizations, and sustainable development in Latin America. He has spent three years in Latin America and has traveled to thirteen countries in the region (including, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba). He is especially interested in the economic and cultural issues that link California with Latin America.

Courses:
GEOG 150 - Cultural Geography
GEOG 301 - Geography of Resource Utilization
GEOG 308 - Global Geography
GEOG 328 - Geographic Applications in Remote Sensing
GEOG 340 - Geography of California
GEOG 370 - Geography of Latin America
Recent Publications:

Keese, James 2003 "Smallholder Agriculture and Poverty Alleviation in Indigenous Communities." Chapter 1 in Here to Help: NGOs Combating Poverty in Latin America. R. Eversole ed. New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.

Keese, James R. 2001. International NGOs and Sustainable Agricultural Development: A Methodological Analysis with Examples from Highland Ecuador. Ecuadorian Studies/Estudios Ecuatorianos. Vol. 1 (http://yachana.org/ecuatorianistas/journal/journal.html).

Keese, James R. 2001. Watershed Management and Enhancement for the Morro Bay National Estuary: A Geographic Appraisal. The California Geographer. Vol. 41:33-48.

Keese, James R. 2001. South America as a Geographical Region. Essay in World Geography. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

Keese, James R. 1998. International NGOs and Land Use Change in a Southern Highland Region of Ecuador. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal 26(3):451-468.