Dr. Mary Finley-Brook

Assistant Professor of Geography
International Studies Concentration Advisor, Latin America
108 Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 287-6307
Fax: (804) 287-6833

http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~mbrook

Teaching:
Political geography
Economic geography
International development
Globalization
Ecotourism
Environmental studies

Research:
Forest management
Transnational environmental planning
Sustainable development
Foreign aid
Latin America and the Caribbean
Indigenous peoples
Self-determination
Land tenure
Social movements
Free trade agreements
Regional integration
Climate change policy

Education:
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
M.A., Tulane University
B.A., University of Vermont

Selected Publications:

Finley-Brook, Mary. July 23, 2008 “The Tenuous Indigenous-Sandinista Alliance” North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA).  Available: http://nacla.org/node/4856.  

Finley-Brook, Mary. 2008 “Resources for the Future” in Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Volume 3, S. George Philander, (Ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. pp. 380-381.

Finley-Brook, Mary. 2007 “Indigenous land tenure insecurity fosters illegal logging in Nicaragua” International Forestry Review 9(4): 850-864.

Finley-Brook, Mary. 2007 “World Wildlife Fund” in Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Volume 5, Paul Robbins (Ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. pp. 1993-1994.

Finley-Brook, M. (2007) Green Neoliberal Space: The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. Journal of Latin American Geography, 6.1, 101-124.

Finley-Brook, M. (2005) Big-Leaf Mahogany Challenges CITES. Endangered Species Update, v.22.

Finley-Brook, M. (2004) Esqueman Institucionales para el Manejo del Bosque en el Municipio de Prinzapolka, relaciones entre Actores Ubicados en Distintos Niveles. Wani, v.37.

Finley-Brook, M. (2003) Nicaragua: The Rescaling of Indigenous Forestry. European Tropical Forest Research Network News, v.39-40.