Mark A. Boyer

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies

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Education

Ph.D., University of Maryland (1988)

Areas of Specialty

Human-Environment Dynamics

Current Research Interests

• Global Politics
• Climate Change
• Global-Local Linkages
• Political Ecology

Selected Publications

Mark A. Boyer, Natalie F. Hudson, and Michael J. Butler. (2024) Global Politics, 2nd ed.  New York:  Oxford University Press.

Smith, Heather, Mark A. Boyer, and David Hornsby, eds. (2024) Handbook of International Studies Teaching and Learning.  New York:  Oxford University Press.

Brigid Starkey, Mark A. Boyer, and Jonathan Wilkenfeld. (2015, 4^th ed.) International Negotiation in a Complex World.  Boulder, CO:  Rowman and Littlefield.

Mark A. Boyer, Melanie Meinzer, and Andy Bilich. (2016) “The Climate Adaptation Imperative:  Local Choices Targeting Global Problems?,” Local Environment, DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2016.1160372.

Mark A. Boyer. (2013) “Global Climate Change and Local Action: Understanding the Connecticut Policy Trajectory,” International Studies Perspectives, 14, 79-107

Tsitsi MacPherson and Mark A. Boyer. (2016) “Transboundary Conservation Collaboration:  Navigating the Political-Economy of Biodiversity in the Guiana Shield,” International Studies Perspectives, 17(1), 17-33.

Mark Boyer is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor.

Former Director, Environmental Studies Major

Former Executive Director, International Studies Association