Troy Knight

Ph.D. Student, Geography & Regional Development

M.A., 2003, Geography, Georgia State University
B.A., 1995, History and Anthropology, University of Georgia

FAX: (520) 621-2889
E-mail: tak@email.arizona.edu

422 Harvill Building, Box #2
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA

Research

Though my research interests are varied, as my past work has ranged from documenting urban land cover change to environmental reconstructions using dendrochronology, they are linked together by a concern for providing an historical perspective for contemporary issues. My present efforts are focused on the study of the role of climate in past (late Holocene) vegetation change and the effects of such change on human populations. Specifically, my dissertation will investigate the role of climatic variation in shaping the population dynamics of pinion/juniper woodlands in eastern Utah using dendrochronological methods.

Project Involvement

• Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
• University of Arizona IGERT Program in Archaeological Science