Dr. Matthew Lauer

Associate Professor
Graduate Advisor
Co-director, Sustainability Major

Office: AL-417
Phone: (619) 594-0978
Email: mlauer@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://lauer.sdsu.edu/

Education

PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara 2005

Research Interests

Environmental anthropology, sustainability, human ecology of coastal and marine resource use, social dimensions of marine protected areas, community-based resource management and development, resilience and vulnerability of coastal communities to climate change and natural disasters, political ecology. Amazonia, Latin America, and the Pacific.

Courses Taught

• Anth 102--Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• Anth/Sustn 353--Sustainability and Culture
• Anth 442--Cultures of South America
• Anth 510--Environmental and Ecological Anthropology
• Anth 532--Anthropology of Development and Environmental Conservation