Felipe Montoya-Greenheck
Professor of Global Issues
LIU Global Costa Rica Center
B.S., University of New MexicoM.Sc., Universidad de Costa RicaPh.D., University of New Mexico
Felipe.Montoya@liu.edu
Description
Born in Costa Rica, Felipe Montoya-Greenheck has lived in Colombia, Honduras, Ecuador, Italy, Spain, Kenya and the United States. He has a B.S. and M.Sc. in biology and a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and is a full professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Costa Rica. His academic interests include environmental anthropology, community development and human well being, as well as ethnographic documentary production. He plays flamenco guitar and is married with two children.
Specialties
Tropical Plant Ecology, Cultural Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology
Publications
Author, "Tradiciones Alimentarias: Bienestar de las Personas y del Ambiente," published in Cuadernos de Antropología(2010)
Author, "El Futuro de Junquillal" (2010)
Author, "Marine Turtle Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods. An Anthropological View on Progress Toward Community-Based Custody and Valuation of Coastal and Marine Resources in Costa Rica" (2009)
Author, "Introducción: Relatos de Vida en un Pueblo Glocal," published in Historias de Junquillal: A la Memoria de Don Anacleto Rodríguez 1911-2009" (2009)
Author, "Sociedad y Cultura" chapter in "Certificación de Sostenibilidad Turística: Manual Técnico" (2008)
Author, "Tercer Informe Nacional para el Cumplimiento de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas de Lucha Contra la Desertificación en Costa Rica" (2007)
Co-author, "Livelihoods, Community Well-Being, and Species Conservation: A Guide for Understanding, Evaluating and Improving the Links in the Context of Marine Turtle Programs" (2006)
Editor and co-author of article in "Investigación para la Recuperación de Áreas Degradadas en la Cuenca del Río Picagres, Puriscal (1992-2004)" (2005)
Author, "Degradación y Rehabilitación de Ecosistemas Terrestres: Estado de la Cuestión," published in Biocenosis(2005)
Author, "El Ambientalismo Tico," published in Ambientico (2005)
Author, "Rehabilitación de Agroecosistemas: Proyecto SIRECO en Puriscal, Costa Rica," published in Ambientico (2004)
Author, "Nature, People and Wellbeing: Mesoamerica Fact Book" (2002)
Author, "Segundo Informe Nacional para el Cumplimiento de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas de Lucha Contra la Desertificación en Costa Rica" (2002)
Author, review of "Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes," published in Environment (1997)
Author, "Antropología Ambiental: una Rama Verde," published in Revista de Ciencias Sociales (1993)
Honors/Awards
Recipient, Institute of International Education-ALCOA Foundation Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program-Practitioner Fellowship
Recipient, National Science Foundation Grant
Recipient, Fulbright U.S. Student Grant
Recipient, Ford Foundation Third World Scholar Grant
Recipient, Inter-American Foundation Master's Fellowship
Films
Director, “The Future of Junquillal” (2010)