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Biography and education
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.
Research Interests
Featured grants
- 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, 2025). 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.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105474
- Miles, C., Price, M., Chacko, E., Blue, S. A., & Devine, J. A. (n.d.). Performing Security: A Confrontation between National Narrative and Migrant Bodies at the US-Mexico Border.
- Magliocca, N., Carter, N., Devine, J. A., Nielsen, E., & Sesnie, S. (2024). Jaguar conservation is caught in the crossfire of America’s war on drugs. Biological Conservation.
Featured awards
- 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
Featured service activities
- Chair
Promotion Committee
- Member
Evaluation Committee
- Other
Youthmappers
- Board Member
Rotary Club of San Marcos Foundation
- Undergraduate Advisor
Rotaract
- Member
Rotary Club of Greater San Marcos