SARAH HAIDÉE FERNÁNDEZ
E-mail: sarhafe[at]yahoo[dot]com
Office: Bunche A158

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Geography, UCLA, 2013; M.A., Geography, UCLA, 2007; B.A. (with honors), Latin American Studies [concentration in Ecology and the Environment], UCLA, 2002

SUBFIELDS

Political Ecology, Cultural Geography, Environmental History, Development, Latin America

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Faucett Field Research Grant, 2011

Society of Woman Geographers Fellowship, 2010

Graduate Division Fellowship, 2010

Quality of Graduate Education SRM Grant, Summer 2009

Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, 2004-2008

Rosalind W. Alcott Scholarship, 2001-2002

Jean C. Cook Scholarship, 2001-2002

William Ortega Scholarship, 2001-2002

Campus Merit Scholarship (UCSC), 1997-1998

ADVISORS

Stephen Bell
Judith Carney

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Fernandez, S.H. Looking at the Small Picture: Local Conservation Projects in the Ecuadorian Choco. Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. New York, February, 2012.

Fernandez, S.H. Losing the Indigenous Links: An Historical Geography of Coca in Ecuador. Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. San Francisco, April, 2007.

Fernandez, S.H. Coca Cultivation and Eradication: Effects on Culture and Environment in Ecuador. Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. Chicago, March, 2006.