ROBIN A. LEWIS
Curriculum Vitae
School of Geography and Development
University of Arizona
Harvill Building, 1103 E. 2nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 256-4402 / Fax: (520) 621-2889
Email: ralewis@email.arizona.edu
EDUCATION
2011
Ph.D. Geography (August 2011), University of Arizona, “Networked
knowledge(s): Forest certification and the politics of expertise in Malaysia”
(Supervisor: Dr. Paul Robbins); Minor in Global Change
2008
Graduate Certificate in College Teaching, University of Arizona
2006
M.A. Geography, Miami University, “The politics of sustainability: A case study
of forestry policies in Peninsular Malaysia”
2003
B.A. Geography (with Honors) | B.S. Botany – Environmental Science
Emphasis (Cum Laude), Miami University
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2011-
Graduate Research Associate, Udall Center for Public Policy, University of
Arizona
2008-2010
Graduate Teaching Associate / Instructor, School of Geography and
Development, University of Arizona
2005-2008
Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Geography and Development, University
of Arizona
2003-2005
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Zoology, Miami University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Environmental policy and sustainability
Human dimensions of global change
Environmental politics in Southeast Asia
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SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
A. Published Works
2007
Lewis, R.A. Nature and Nation: Forests and Development in Peninsular
Malaysia (by J. Kathirithamby-Wells), book review, Journal of Southeast Asian
Studies, 38(2), 398-400.
2005
Lewis, R.A. Thesis Proposal I: Understanding forest policies in Malaysia. In
J.D. Gatrell, G.D. Bierly, and R.R. Jensen (eds.), Research Design and Proposal
Writing in Spatial Science. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
B. Publications in Press
2010
Duy, T.X., Lewis R.A., Lu, J. and Mills, J.E. Population & Natural Resources
case study: Is population growth responsible for the loss of rainforests? In Solem,
M., Klein, P., Muñiz-Solari, O. and Ray, W., eds., AAG Center for Global
Geography Education (CGGE). Available from http://globalgeography.aag.org/.
C. Publications in Review
2010
Lewis, R.A. Impacts of forest certification on biodiversity: A fact sheet for
producers, companies, and consumers, Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN),
World Wildlife Fund.
2010
Whalley, W.B., Lewis, R.A., Saunders, A., Buenamann, M., and Sutton, P.C.
Curriculum development: Producing geographers for the 21st century, invited coauthored paper, Journal of Geography in Higher Education.
D. Works in Progress
2011
Lewis, R.A. Institutional resilience and timber certification: Global
environmental governance in a national context?, Global Environmental Change
(in preparation).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses designed and taught as full instructor:
INDV103 – Environment and Society (six semesters)
GEOG330 – Introduction to Remote Sensing (two semesters)
NATS101 – Introduction to Physical Geography (one semester)
Courses taught as teaching assistant:
INDV103 – Environment and Society (three semesters)
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
A. Graduate Studies
2011
Research Associate, Strengthening Resilience of Arid Region Riparian Corridors:
Ecohydrology and Decision-Making in the Sonora and San Pedro Watersheds
(funded by the Dynamic Coupled Natural-Human Systems program of the
National Science Foundation), Udall Center for Public Policy, University of
Arizona
2009-2010
Dissertation field research (Malaysia), U.S. Student Fulbright Program /
Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange
2006
Pre-dissertation field research (Malaysia & Singapore)
2004
Master’s thesis field research (Malaysia & Singapore)
2003-2005
Research Assistant – National Science Foundation Undergraduates (REU) –
Ecology of Human-Dominated Landscapes Program / Department of Zoology,
Miami University
B. Undergraduate Studies
2002
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Internship, National Science
Foundation – Ecology of Human-Dominated Landscapes Program / Department
of Zoology, Miami University
2001
Howard Hughes Summer Internship, Department of Botany, Miami University
GRANTS AND AWARDS
A. Research Grants
2010
Dissertation Improvement Grant, Global Change Graduate Interdisciplinary
Program / Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona
2009
Fulbright Fellowship to Malaysia, U.S. Student Fulbright Program (co-sponsored
by the U.S. Department of State and the Malaysian-American Commission on
Educational Exchange)
2007
Graduate Summer Research Development Award, College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona
2006
Pre-Doc Graduate Research Grant, Social and Behavioral Sciences Research
Institute, University of Arizona
2004
M.A. Research Award, Department of Botany, Miami University
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2004
M.A. Research Award, Department of Geography, Miami University
2004
Graduate Research Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Miami University
2004
Graduate Research Award, Graduate School, Miami University
B. Professional Development Awards
2010
Conservation Impacts of Forest Certification Internship, Conservation Science
Program, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Washington, DC
2010
Graduate Student Selectee, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Center
for Global Geography Education (CGGE) Workshop: Expanding U.S.-Asia
Collaborations in Geography Education, Singapore
2008
Fulbright-Hays Language Training Fellowship, Program in Advanced Indonesian
(sponsored by Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay), FulbrightHays Group Projects Abroad – Advanced Overseas Intensive Language Program,
Salatiga (Central Java), Indonesia
2008
Fellowship Nominee, Wakonse-Arizona Conference for College Teachers,
Payson, Arizona
C. Travel Grants
2010
Women’s Network Travel Grant, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
2010
Student Travel Grant, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
2010
Travel Grant for Women Graduate Students and Postdocs, Association of Women
Faculty, University of Arizona
2010
Graduate Student Travel Award, Institute of the Environment, University of
Arizona
2010
Travel Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Council, University of Arizona
2010
Travel Grant, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona
2007
Travel Grant, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona
2006
Graduate Student Travel Award, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth,
University of Arizona
2006
Travel Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Council, University of Arizona
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2006
Student Travel Grant, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
2005
Travel Grant, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona
2005
Undergraduate Travel Grant, 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of
America (sponsored by the National Science Foundation)
D. Other Scholastic Honors
2006
Graduate Student Poster Competition – Third Place (Social Sciences), Institute for
the Study of Planet Earth Fourth Annual ISPE Fest, University of Arizona
2003
Richard G. Lieberman Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate in Geography,
Department of Geography, Miami University
2003
Marcia E. Buck Roll Memorial Scholarship, Department of Botany, Miami
University
1997-2000
Florida Academic Scholar, State of Florida
PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
2011
Towards a theory of institutional resilience: Insights and lessons from the
Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme. Paper presented at the 2011 Graduate
Student Environmental Research Blitz, Institute of the Environment, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
2010
Evolution of a place-based timber certification scheme in Malaysia. Paper
presented at the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Annual Meeting, Coeur
d’Alene, ID.
2010
The impact of forest certification on biodiversity in the tropics. Paper presented at
the World Wildlife Fund (US Headquarters), Washington, DC.
2010
Strategic certification: The evolution of the Malaysian Timber Certification
Scheme in the evolution of global environmental governance. Paper presented at
the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2009
El Niño, upwelling and the productivity of marine fisheries along the South
American coast. Invited guest lecturer in social sciences, Taylor’s University
College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2009
Preparing for studying abroad: University culture in the U.S. Guest speaker at the
Pre-Departure Orientation for Malaysian Students Studying in the U.S.,
Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
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2007
Interdiscursivity and the politics of expertise: Certifying sustainable forest
management in Malaysia. Paper presented at the Association of American
Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2006
When sustainable is not sustainable: The discursive struggle between Greenpeace
International and the Malaysian Timber Certification Council. Paper presented at
the National Institute of Education-Southeast Asian Geography Association
Conference on Sustainability and Southeast Asia, Singapore, Singapore.
2006
Can sustainable forest management be achieved through forest certification? The
Case of Malaysia. Poster presented at the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
Fourth Annual ISPE Fest, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
2006
When sustainable is not sustainable: The discursive struggle between Greenpeace
International and the Malaysian Timber Certification Council. Paper presented at
the 2006 Conference of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Eugene,
OR.
2005
Distribution of Formicidae across an urban-to-rural gradient in Oxford, Ohio.
Poster presented (with B.A. Steinly) at Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society
of the America, Montreal, Canada.
2005
The politics of sustainability: A case study of forestry discourses in Peninsular
Malaysia. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2004
Understanding Forestry Policies in Malaysia: The State, the Public and the
Forests. Paper presented at the 1st Annual Critical Geography Mini-Conference,
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.
2003
Carrion-frequenting arthropod communities across an urban-to-rural gradient in
Oxford, Ohio. Poster presented (with B.A. Steinly) at the Annual Meeting of the
Ecological Society of America, Savannah, GA.
2003
Human disease and geographic information systems: Examining the distribution
of Coccidioidomycosis in Arizona. Poster presented (with J.E. Green) at the Joint
Meeting of the East and West Lake Divisions of the Association of American
Geographers, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
2003
Carrion-frequenting arthropod communities across an urban gradient in Oxford,
Ohio. Poster presented (with B.A. Steinly) at the 112th Annual Meeting of Ohio
Academy of Science, University of Findlay, Findlay, OH.
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2003
Carrion-frequenting arthropod diversity across an urban-to-rural gradient.
Poster presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, LA.
2002
Tissue culture studies of cold-hardy palms. Co-authored poster presented (with
K.E. Kettler, A.L. Boutin, M. Lokuge, L. Lu, K. Wilson, and D.A. Francko) at the
Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Appalachian State
University, Boone, NC.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2010-
Graduate Student Representative, Planning Committee for the 2011 Graduate
Student Environmental Research Blitz, Institute of the Environment, University of
Arizona
2010-
Invited Contributor & Reviewer, Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Center for Global Geography Education (CGGE) Workshop: Expanding U.S.Asia Collaborations in Geography Education, Singapore
2010
Panelist, Graduate Student Orientation, School of Geography and Development,
University of Arizona
2010
Graduate Student Participant, International Network for Learning & Teaching
Geography Workshop: Changing Geography in Higher Education: Towards a
Scholarship of Academic Practice, Washington, DC
2008
Faculty Development Intern, University Teaching Center / Office of Instructional
Assessment, University of Arizona
2007-2008
Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty, School of Geography and
Development, University of Arizona
2006
Referee/Reviewer, Geoforum
2006
Speaker Selection Committee, Southern Arizona Geography Association
(SAGA), Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of
Arizona
2003-2005
Departmental Representative, Graduate Student Association, Department of
Geography, Miami University
2003-2004
Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty, Department of Geography,
Miami University
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2002
Vice President, Geography, Urban, and Regional Planning Society, Miami
University
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
20082006200620032002-2006
Society of Women Geographers
Southeast Asian Geography Association
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
Association of American Geographers
Ecological Society of America
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Malay/Indonesian (intermediate)
Spanish (beginning)
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