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Dr. Jennifer Ann Devine

  • Associate Professor - Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies
  • Associate Professor - College of Liberal Arts
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Biography and expertise

I am a critical human geographer and political ecologist who studies human-environmental relations, US - Central American politics, community resource management, grassroots social movements, global drug policy, and tourism and heritage management.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Geography

Univ of California, Berkeley, 2013

Master's Degree

MSC in Human Geography (Research)

London School of Eco and Poli Sci, 2006

Master's Degree

MSC in Gender, Development and Globalisation

London School of Eco and Poli Sci, 2005

Bachelor's Degree

BA in Geography and International Studies

University of Washington, 2004

Research Interests

  • Blue, Sarah A (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Devine, Jennifer A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %40. Build and Broaden: Geographies of Migration and (In)Security, National Science Foundation, Federal, $500155. (Submitted: March 1, 2022, Funded: September 1, 2022 - August 30, 2026). Grant.
  • Jennifer Ann, Colleen Crystal. Research Enhancement Program (REP), Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Texas State University, $12000. (Submitted: October 2023, Funded: 2024). Grant.
  • Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Principal), Goldstone, Dwonna Naomi (Supporting), Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Supporting), Eger, Elizabeth Kamman (Supporting), Blue, Sarah A (Supporting), Devine, Jennifer Ann (Supporting), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Supporting), Martinez, Gloria P (Supporting), Mckiernan, John Raymond (Supporting). Engaged Humanities Research Accelerator, ACLS, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $157000. (Funded: June 2022 - June 2023). Grant.
  • Devine, Jennifer A (Co-Principal). Drug Trafficking and Central American Protected Areas: Focusing no Participatory Governance to Conserve Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity, Future Earth, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $149280. (Funded: October 1, 2017 - March 30, 2018). Grant.
  • Devine, Jennifer A (Principal). Smart Wood in the Narco-forest, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8000. (Submitted: December 1, 2015, Funded: January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016). Grant.
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  • Magliocca, N., Sink, C., Devine, J. A., Fagan, M., Aguilar-González, B., McSweeney, K., … Arellano-Thompson, E. (2025). Data pedigree for causal attribution of land-use change in data-poor contexts. International Journal of Geographic Information Sciences, 39(6), 1223–1246. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2024.2441415
  • Devine, J. A., Magliocca, N., McSweeney, K., Nielsen, E., & Tellman, B. (2025). A Convergence Research Approach to resolving ‘Wicked Problems’ in Land Change Science. Applied Geography, 177(103538). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103538
  • McSweeney, K., Murillo Sandoval, P., Sesnie, S., Magliocca, N., Tellman, B., Devine, J. A., & Ordoñez, M. (2024). Central America’s Agro-ecological Suitability for Cultivation of Coca, Erythroxylum spp. Environmental Research Letters.
  • Magliocca, N., Sink, C., Devine, J. A., Fagen, M., Aguilar- González, B., McSweeney, K., … Arellano-Thompson, undefined E. (2024). Data pedigree support for causal attribution of land-use change in data-poor contexts. International Journal of Geographic Information Sciences. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2024.2441415
  • Devine, J. A., Wrathall, D., Aguilar, B., Benessaiah, K., Tellman, E., … Ponstingel, D. (2021). Narco-Degradation: Drug Trafficking and Environmental Degradation in Central America’s Protected Areas. World Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105474
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Richard Wayne Simmons Geography Advocate Award, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Professor Award, Texas State Geography Graduate Forum. 2023 - 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Supplemental Faculty Developmental Leave Award, Texas State University. 2022 - 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi National College Honor Society Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. 2021 - 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Research/Creative Activities, Texas State University. 2020 - 2021
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  1. Other

    College of Liberal Arts

  2. Chair

    Promotion Committee

  3. Member

    Evaluation Committee

  4. Board Member

    Rotary Club of San Marcos Foundation

  5. Undergraduate Advisor

    Rotaract

  6. Member

    Rotary Club of Greater San Marcos

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