William Moseley is a human-environment and development geographer with research interests in political ecology, tropicial agriculture, livelihood security, environment and development policy, land reform, fair trade, and famine early warning and hunger. He teaches Introductory Human Geography, People and the Environment, Regional Geography of Africa, and a senior seminar in Comparative Environment and Development Studies. He is based in the geography department, teaching cross-listed courses in environmental studies, international studies and African studies. Moseley is widely published in such journals as the Geographical Journal, the Geographical Review, Ecological Economics, Globalizations, Geoforum and Applied Geography. He has received external funding from the National Science Foundation and the Fulbright-Hays program of the US Dept of Education. He is editor of the African Geographical Review, a national councillor of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), chair of the AAG's cultural and political ecology specialty group, and a member of a National Academy of Science commission examining strategic directions for geography in the coming decade. EDUCATION: B.A., Carleton College, 1987; M.S., University of Michigan, 1993; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2001 William Moseley has been teaching at Macalester College since 2002.
1. Books
The Introductory Reader in Human Geography: Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings (with David Lanegran and Kavita Pandit) (2007)
2. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Making Study Abroad a Winning Proposition for Pre-Tenure Faculty, Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad (2009)
Internationally focused faculty at the nation’s top liberal arts colleges face an increasingly challenging mix...
Beyond Knee-Jerk Environmental Thinking: Teaching Geographic Perspectives on Conservation, Preservation and the Hetch Hetchy Valley Controversy, Journal of Geography in Higher Education (2009)
Attention to scale, use of space and connections between places and regions are general, yet...
The State of African Geography in the North American Academy (with Kefa Otiso), African Geographical Review (2008)
The objective of this article is to examine trends in the production of Africa-related geography...
Fair Trade Wine: South Africa’s Post Apartheid Vineyards and the Global Economy, Globalizations (2008)
Fighting Fire with a Broken Tea Cup: A Comparative Analysis of South Africa’s Land Redistribution Program (with Brent McCusker), Geographical Review (2008)
3. Book Chapters
Response to Michael Watts. Whither Development?: The Struggle for Livelihood in the Time of Globalization., Macalester International (2009)
Cotton, Globalization and Poverty in Africa, Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization and Poverty in Africa (2008)
4. Book Reviews
Review of C.M. Good, Jr. The Steamer Parish: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Professional Geographer (2008)
Review of J. Fairhead and M. Leach. Science, Society and Power: Environmental Knowledge and Policy in West Africa and the Caribbean. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (with Erika Jerme), African Studies Review (2005)
Review of J. Keeley and I. Scoones. Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa. London: Earthscan Publications., The Geographical Journal (2005)
Review of W. Beinart and J. McGregor. Social History & African Environments. Oxford: James Currey., Professional Geographer (2005)
Review of R. Tripp. Seed Provision & Agricultural Development. London: Overseas Development Institute/Oxford: James Curry/Portsmouth(N.H.): Heinemann, African Studies Review (2003)
5. Op-eds and Non-Refereed Articles
Stop the Blanket Militarization of Humanitarian Aid, Foreign Policy (2009)
Op-ed problematizing the involvement of the US military in foreign assistance programs in West Africa.