C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
William M. Loker
Education
Research Interests
Educational policy and
administration; assessment methods and processes; inter-disciplinary teaching
and research methods; human ecology; applied anthropology; environment and
development; natural resource management; globalization;
Professional Experience
July 2005-present
Office of the Provost sight of General Education,
Honors Program, First-Year
Dr. Scott McNall, Provost and other duties as assigned.
August 2004-July 2005
International and Inter- studies programs, coordinating study abroad
programs, program
disciplinary Studies assessment
university-wide, including general education, special
August 1996-August 2004
Department of Anthropology anthropology,
coordinator, Cultural Certificate Program; director,
anthropology,
development,
research methods and related courses.
August 1993 - 1996
Department of Sociology, general and cultural
anthropology, indigenous people of
Anthropology & Social Work
Dr. Martin Levin, Head
Professional Experience (cont'd)
January 1990 ‑ June 1993
University and ecological anthropology, Latin American
society and
Department of Social
Sciences culture, research
methods and the social and environmental
Dr. Harold Kerbo, Chair agriculture.
January 1989‑January 1990
International Food Policy Joint IFPRI‑CIAT project to
study the ecological impacts
Research Institute (IFPRI) of
agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon and technologies
Dr. Per Pinstrup-Anderson,
Director
January 1987‑January 1989
Centro Internacional de Rockefeller
Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to study
Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) agricultural
adaptations of small farmers in the Amazon
Tropical Pastures
Program Basin, particularly the role of cattle in farming
systems
A.A. 6713 in the region and constraints to increased
productivity and
Cali, Colombia sustainability.
Dr. Raúl Vera, Leader
November 1984‑December 1986 Director
February‑November 1984 Director
of Research
May 1982‑January 1983 Coordinator
Commission on
Central American Relations organization
focused on
Center for Development
Policy including
program development, research, writing and
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Amb. Robert White, Chairman
January 1983‑July 1984
Principal Investigator dissertation
completed in May 1986.
January‑April 1982
El Miradór Archeological Helped
to design and execute a settlement pattern
Project
survey of the hinterland
of a major center of Classic
Dr. Bruce Dahlin, maps
and report write-up.
Principal Investigator
July‑December 1981
Council on Hemispheric
Affairs Responsible for researching and
writing articles
Dr. Lawrence Birns,
Director
Additional fieldwork in
Other Skills
Good reading, writing and
speaking ability in Spanish. Limited reading ability in Portuguese. Strong
quantitative analysis skills including the use of SPSS computer statistical
package, use of ARCView Geographic Information Systems.
Grants and Other Awards
Office of Sponsored
Programs,
continued research in
National Geographic Society,
Committee for Research and Exploration for study of contemporary
natural resource use and environmental change in the Copan
Valley, Honduras, May 2000.
Fieldwork carried out June-December, 2001.
Office of International
Programs,
and
Office of Sponsored
Programs,
analysis and other data analysis and write-up of Honduran
research materials.
Fulbright Award, for land
use research and strengthening national programs in applied sociocultural anthropology in
National Geographic Society,
Committee on Research and Exploration, award for field research on human-induced environmental change in
Grants and Other Awards (cont'd)
Named a "Teacher of the
Year" by the
Rockefeller Foundation,
Agricultural Sciences Division (with additional financial support from CIAT and
IFPRI), grant for the study of constraints to sustainable agriculture in the
Peruvian Amazon, January-December 1989.
Rockefeller Foundation,
Social Science Research in Agriculture Postdoctoral Fellowship for study of
Amazonian farming systems, January 1987‑January 1989.
National Science Foundation,
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant to carry out land use research in
Publications (* = refereed journal)
2006 Loker, W.
Comments on Cernea: Keeping
Agriculture in Anthropology. Culture and Agriculture 28
(1):17-19.
2005 Loker, W.
The rise and
fall of flue-cured tobacco in the Copán Valley, Honduras and its social and
environmental consequences. Human Ecology* 33 (3):299-327.
In Loker, W.
Press La Tabacalera y sus
efectos sociales y económicos en el Valle de Copán, 1950-2000. (In Spanish.) Proceedings of the X International
Seminar in Anthropology and History,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 2004. Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia.
2004 Loker, W.
Changing Places: environment, development and
social change in rural
In Loker, W.
Press Sembrando desacuerdos:
estrategias estatales de reforestación en la zona del embalse El
Cajón. (In Spanish) Proceedings of the IX International
Seminar in Anthropology and
History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
July 1999. Instituto Hondureño de
Antropología e
Historia.
Publications (cont'd)
2003 Loker, W.
Dam Impacts in a Time of Globalization: Using
Multiple Methods to Document Social and Environmental Change in Rural
2000 Loker, W.
Sowing Discord, Planting
Doubts: rhetoric and reality in an environment and development project in
2000 Loker, W.
Review of: Power in the Southern Cone
Borderlands: an anthropology of development practice.
American Ethnologist* 27(4):993-994.
1999 Loker, W. (editor)
Globalization and the rural poor in
Finan, Series editor.
1999 Loker, W.
Grit in the prosperity machine: globalization and
the rural poor in
Globalization and the Rural Poor in
Lynne Reinner Publishers.
1999 Loker, W.
Review of Political
Ecology, Mountain Agriculture and Knowledge in
1998 Loker, W.
Review of Risky Rivers: the economics and
politics of floodplain farming in
1997 Loker, W.
Water, “Rights” and the
Barbara
R. Johnston, eds. Pp. 95-119.
1997 Loker, W, R. Vera and K. Reátegui
Pasture performance and sustainability in the
Peruvian Amazon: results of long-term
on-farm research. Agricultural Systems*
55(3):385-408.
1997 Vera, R, K. Reátegui and W. Loker
Milk and pastures at the frontier: the case of
the Peruvian forest margins. Experimental
Agriculture* 33:265-273
1996 Loker, W.
Campesino
communities and the crisis of modernization in
Publications (cont'd)
1996 Loker, W.
Development of the El Cajón Dam: its social and
ecological effects in
1996 Loker, W.
Land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon: applying
GIS in human ecology research. In
Anthropology, Space and Geographic Information
Systems. Mark Aldenderfer and H.
D.G. Maschner, eds. Pp. 19-43.
1996 Loker, W.
Cowboys, Indians and deforestation: some ethical
and environmental issues of pastures research
in
1995 Loker, W.
Review of, "Cultivating
Crisis: the human costs of pesticide use in
1995 Loker, W.
Surviving on chaos: land use
change in the Peruvian Amazon, 1987-92. Culture and Agriculture Bulletin (Spring/Summer 1995)No.
51-52:7-12.
1995 Loker, W.
Review of “Who Pays the
Price: the sociocultural context of environmental crisis.” Culture and
Agriculture (Winter 1995/1996) No.53:26-27.
1995 Loker, W.
Review of “Breakfast of Biodiversity: the truth
about rainforest destruction.” Otherwise November-December1995)(4): 21-22.
1995 Reátegui, K., R. Vera, W. Loker and M. Vásquez
On-farm grass-legume
performance in the Peruvian rainforest. Experimental Agriculture *
31:227-239.
1994 Loker, W. and Stephen Vosti (eds.)
Rural Development in the
Peruvian Amazon. Proceedings of an
International Conference,
1994 Loker, W. and Stephen Vosti
Introduction. In Rural Development in the Peruvian
Amazon.
Publications (cont'd)
1994 Loker, W.
Pastures research in the
Peruvian Amazon. Practicing Anthropology 16(2):3-6.
1994 Loker, W.
Agriculture and environment
in the Peruvian Amazon: a methodological experiment. In Rural
Development in the Peruvian Amazon.
1994 Loker, W.
Where's
the Beef?: incorporating cattle into sustainable agroforestry systems in the
1993 Loker,
W.
Human ecology of cattle
raising in the Peruvian Amazon: the view from the farm. Human Organization* 52(1):14-24.
1993 Loker, W., Simon Carter, Peter Jones and Dan Robison
Identification of areas of
degradation in the Peruvian Amazon using a Geographic Information System. Interciencia*
18(3):33-37.
1993 Loker, W. and Hendrik Knipscheer
Problems
and potential contributions of on-farm research with livestock. In Investigación con Pasturas en Fincas. Documento
de Trabajo No. 124. CIAT,
1993 Reátegui, Keneth, W. Gutiérrez and W. Loker
Improved pastures on farms in the Peruvian
Amazon. In Investigación con Pasturas en
Fincas.
Documento de Trabajo No. 124. CIAT, Cali, Colombia. pp. 231-251. (In Spanish).
1993 Loker, W.
Forage resources and land
use on farms in the
1993 Loker, W.
Review of "Moundbuilders of the Amazon"
by Anna Curtenius Roosevelt. International Journal of Geoarchaeology.
1991 Loker, W., E. Hernandez and J. Rosales
Establishment of pastures in
the Humid Tropics: experiences in the Peruvian Amazon. In Establishment
and Renovation of Pastures. Carlos Lascano and Jim Spain, eds. Pp. 321-346.
CIAT,
Publications (cont'd)
1990 Loker,
W. and Steve Vosti
Some health and
environmental aspects of agricultural settlement in the Western Amazon. IFPRI
Policy Briefs No 6.
1989
Pasture-crop technologies
for acid soil savannas and rain forests of Tropical America. In Innovations in Resource
Management: Proceedings of the Ninth Agriculture Sector Symposium. L. Richard Meyers, ed. Pp. 247-274.
1989 Loker, W.
Contemporary land use and
prehistoric settlement: an ethnoarchaeological approach. In Archaeological Research in the
1989 Loker, W.
Climate and agriculture in
the
1989 Loker, W.
Potential social and
economic impact of improved pastures in the Peruvian Amazon. In Pastures Research in the Peruvian
Amazon. Proceedings of a national conference held in
1988 Loker, W.
"Weights and
Measures" revisited: methodological issues in the estimation of agricultural
productivity. Culture and Agriculture
Bulletin, Summer 1988.
1987 Loker, W.
Review of "Geophysics
in Archeology" International Journal of Geoarchaeology 2:166-167.
1985 Loker, W.
Ethnoarcheology: theory and
practice in the El Cajón Archeological Project. Yaxkin 8: 83‑88,
1985 Robinson, Kenneth, Scott O'Mack and W. Loker
Excavations in the principal
plaza of the western residential group at Salitron Viejo (PC 1). Yaxkin
8:47-57. (In Spanish)
1985 Loker, W. and Cynthia Buhl, eds.
Publications (cont'd)
1985 Loker, W.
1985 Buchanan, Lt. Col. John and W. Loker
1985 Sheets, P. D., Hartmut Spetzler and W. Loker
Geophysical exploration for
ancient Maya housing at
1983 Loker, W.
Recent geophysical exploration at Cerén. In Archeology
and Volcanism in Central
1981 Zier, C. J., W. Loker, and D. Fallon
Prehistoric settlement
factors in the Medicine Bow area of
Technical Reports
2002 Loker, W. and Colleen
Donovan
Resumen de Resultados “Encuesta de Miembros de la Cooperativa <<COAPROCL>> y
otros
Caficultores en Sesesmil 1 & 2” realizado 10-12/2001. Final report submitted to
cooperative members and development organizations
in Copán. 19 pages. 8/2002
2001 Loker, W.
Informe final: Proyecto Pro-futuro Copán, sub-proyecto, Herencia
pre-hispánica, “Cambio ambiental y uso actual de la tiera en el Valle de Copán.
Report submitted to the Centro de Estudios de México y Centroamérica (CEMCA,
France). 31 pages. 10/2001
2001 Loker, W. and Rebecca
Thistlethwaite
No tenemos maiz, pero tenemos esperanzas: informe final para las
comunidades Chortí del Valle de Copán. Report submitted to the Consejo Nacional
Maya Chortí de Honduras (CONIMCHH). 12 pages. 11/2001.
1998 Loker, W.
Informe Técnico:
Reforestación en la aldea de San José de Montañuelas, Comayagua, Honduras. (In Spanish) Report
submitted to the Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica,
Other Professional Activities
2006 Chaired a session and presented a paper at
the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology,
“Reflections on
Major Breakthrough: Chortí Maya Political
Activism In
2004 Presented a paper, “The resurrection of ejidos in
tenure in the age of market
triumphalism,” at the XXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, Las Vegas, NV, October 8,
2004.
2004 Presented a paper, “El “tabaco global”: La
compañía British-American Tobacco en el Valle de
Copán,” at the VIII Seminar
on Anthropological Research in Honduras, sponsored by the Honduran Institute of
Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 25, 2004.
2003 Presented a paper at the Annual Meeting of
the Association of American Geographers, New
2002 Chaired a session and presented a paper at
the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology,
Change in Agriculture.” Paper entitled, “Caffeine, Nicotine and
Access to Natural
Resources in the Copán
2001 Presented a paper and poster
(poster jointly with graduate student Matthew Brickley) at the
Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology,
2001. Paper entitled,
“Social and environmental change in a post-global world: a case study from
2000 Chaired a session and
presented a paper at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology,
anthropology.”
1999
Presented a paper, “Sembrando
desacuerdos: estratégias estatales de manejo de recursos
naturales en la Zona del
Embalse El Cajón,” at the VII Seminar on Anthropological Research in Honduras,
sponsored by the Honduran
Institute of Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 15, 1999.
1999 Presented a paper, “Common
Ground or Sowing Discord?: environment and development in the
El Cajón region of Honduras”
at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tucson, AZ,
April 25, 1999.
1998 National Geographic Magazine, consultant on their article analyzing
the effects of Hurricane
Mitch in
Other Professional Activities (cont'd)
1998 Supervised Society for Applied Anthropology-Environmental
Protection Agency internship in
Environmental Anthropology awarded to graduate
student Frank Lucido, Department of
Anthropology,
1998 Presented a public lecture,
“Efectos ecológicos y sociales de la construcción de la represa El
Cajón,” at the Presidential
House,
1998 Consulted with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
and staff of the Honduran Environmental Protection Agency,
December 4 and 9, 1998 on results of research in the
1998 Elected as representative of the
Senate,
1998 Chaired a session and presented a paper at the Southwestern
Anthropological Association Annual Meeting,
1997- Carried out fieldwork in the
1999 effects of a major hydroelectric dam and changing social
and economic patterns in the surrounding
area, support provided by
1996- President, Culture and Agriculture Section, American Anthropological
Association.
1998 Member, Section Assembly, American Anthropological
Association
Member, Committee on External Relations, American
Anthropological Association
1996 Served as reviewer, National Science Foundation, Division of
Social, Behavioral and
1997,1999, Economic Research.
2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
1990- Served as a reviewer of manuscripts for American Anthropologist,
Human Organization,
2005 American Ethnologist, Journal of
Political Ecology, Interciencia, Agriculture and
Human Values, Human Ecology,
Journal of Environmental Management.
1996- Served as a reviewer
for Allyn Bacon, Prentice-Hall, Pine Forge Press, West Publishing
1998, 2000, of new books in anthropology, Latin American
studies.
2002
1996 Appointed a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology, in
recognition of contributions to the
field of applied anthropology.
Other Professional Activities (cont'd)
1996 Organized and chaired a session and presented a paper at the Annual
Meeting of the American
Anthropological Association,
1996 Organized and chaired a session and presented a paper at the
Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting,
1995 Nominations Committee and Executive Board Member of the
newly-formed Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association.
1995 Chaired a session and presented a paper at the American
Anthropological Association Annual Meeting,
1995 Chaired a session and presented a paper at the Society for Applied
Anthropology Annual Meeting,
1994 Organized and chaired a session and presented a paper at the Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropological Association,
1994 Carried out field research in the
1993 Presented a lecture, "Art in the
1993 Presented a paper, "Where's the Beef: Incorporating cattle
into sustainable agroforestry systems for
the
1992 Presented a paper, "Land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon:
applying GIS in human ecology research," at the conference, "The
Anthropology of Human Behavior through Geographic Information and
Analysis," sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and
Analysis and the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa
Barbara, January 31-February 2, 1992.
Other Professional Activities (cont'd)
1992 Field research in the
Peruvian Amazon to evaluate on-farm research with pastures and the
potential social and ecological impacts of
improved pastures in consultation with CIAT,
March 1992.
1992- Served as editor of the Culture and Agriculture Group column in the Anthropology
Newsletter. 1994 Member
of the Executive Board, Culture and Agriculture Group, 1992-1998.
1991 Presented a paper, "Transferring Maya Resource Management Techniques:
the Amazonian case," at the conference on "Ancient Maya Agriculture
and Biological Resource Management,"
1991 Participated in the Second International Teleconference on Natural
Resource Management in the Americas on the topic, "The Role of Indigenous
Peoples in the Future of Sustainable Development" sponsored by the
California Polytechnic State University which included live satellite hook-ups
with commentators including Brent Berlin, Darrell Posey and representatives of
indigenous groups.
1991 Presented a paper, "Population, agriculture and land
degradation in the Peruvian Amazon," at the International Congress of the Latin
American Studies Association in
1991 Consultancy with IFPRI for internal review of their efforts to
incorporate ecological concerns in international agricultural policy research,
April 1991.
1991 Presented a paper, "Agricultural ecology and land degradation
in
1990 Consultancy with CIAT and
IFPRI to prepare a document outlining
research priorities and
strategies for
agroecological research in the Latin American humid tropics.
1990 Participated in the First International Teleconference on Natural Resource Management in the Americas
on the topic "Tropical Rain Forest
Management in the Americas: sharing the responsibility," sponsored by the
California Polytechnic State University and several national donors and which
included live satellite hook-ups with commentators in California, Washington, DC and San José,
Costa Rica.
1990 Participated in a workshop, "Environment and Development in
Latin America," sponsored by the School of International Studies,
University of California, Berkeley organized under the supervision of Dr. Miguel Altieri,
October 16, 1990. I made a presentation
on "The Applications of Geographic
Information Systems in Natural Resource Conservation."
1990 Participated in the External Program Review of IFPRI's research on
ecological concerns and agricultural policy research. Led discussion with a team of prominent
international agricultural researchers at CIAT headquarters in
Other Professional Activities (cont'd)
1989 Organized and led an international conference, "Rural
Development in the Peruvian Amazon: Ecology, Economics and Technological
Issues" co-sponsored by CIAT and IFPRI and held in
1989 Presented a paper, "Why the cattle are eating the forest:
farmer adaptive strategies and resource degradation in the Peruvian
Amazon," at the American Anthropological Association Annual meetings.
1988 Presented a paper, "'Sustainability' and tropical pastures
research: a case study of the impact of public policy debates on international
agricultural research," at the international conference on "Farmers
and Food Systems" sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Centro
Internacional de la Papa, Lima, Peru, September 1988.
1986 Presented a paper, "Agricultural resources and prehistoric
settlement pattern in the
1981 Presented a paper, "Underground site-seeing: geophysical techniques for the detection of buried
sites," American Anthropological Association Meetings,
Membership in Professional Organizations
American Anthropological
Association:
Culture and Agriculture Section, National Association of
Practicing Anthropologists,
Council for General Anthropology, Anthropology and the
Environment
Society for Applied
Anthropology (Fellow)
Latin American Studies
Association