Robin A. Lewis
Ph.D. Student, Geography & Regional Development
M.A., 2005, Geography, Miami University (OH)
B.A., 2003, Geography, Miami University (OH)
B.S., 2003, Botany, Miami University (OH)
Phone : (520) 621-1652
FAX: (520) 621-2889
E-mail: ralewis@email.arizona.edu
438 Harvill Building, Box #2
Tucson, AZ 85721-0076
USA
Curriculum Vitae
Research
My research interests are broadly centered upon human-environment interactions and the politics of managing tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia. For my dissertation work, I consider the role of forest certification as a policy instrument in achieving sustainable forest management in Malaysia. In particular, I investigate how 'science' is invoked during the formulation and implementation of forest certification standards and the degree to which 'expertise' is called upon to legitimate these decision-making processes. Moreover, I am interested the processes of knowledge production and the degree to which local (lay) knowledges are integrated with scientific (expert) knowledges to better inform decisions regarding natural resource management in the region.
Previously, my research focused on the degree to which global discourses surrounding sustainable development and biological conservation have permeated forest policy discourses in Peninsular Malaysia. Using a combination of content analysis and critical discourse analysis, I identified particular instances of global environmental discourses within the National Forestry Policy and identified how these shifts in language may influence the organizational structure of those involved with forest management in the country.
Project Involvement
- The politics of sustainability: A case study of forestry policies in Peninsular Malaysia, with Patricia Ehrkamp1, Stanley Toops2, and Paul Kingsbury3,
1 Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, 2 Department of Geography, Miami University, and 3 Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
- The distribution of carrion-frequently arthropods across an urban-to-rural land use gradient, with Bruce Steinly and Avram Primack, Department of Zoology, Miami University
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