I am a geographer and historian with a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2003). My research and teaching explore the historical and cultural geography of North America, with a particular emphasis on New England, rural landscapes, tourism, amenity spaces, and the social contours of environmental debate. I've written articles on historical and contemporary land
use in New England for journals such as The Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Cultural
Geographies, Journal of Historical
Geography, and Vermont History,
among others. My first book, The View
from Vermont: Tourism and the Making of an American Rural Landscape
(University Press of New England, 2006), examines
tourism's role in the production of rural landscapes and rural identity.
My current research continues that thread by examining the ways in which labor mobility and migrant farm work shaped the use and meaning of rural New England.
I've taught at Montana State
University-Bozeman, Yale University, and Quinnipiac University. I am currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Geography at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, where I live with my wife and two daughters.
