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About:

• Ph.D. in Geography (University of Texas at Austin) 2003  
  
• MA in Latin American Studies (Tulane University) 1998   
  
• BA in Latin American Studies (Vassar College) 1991 
  
  

Research Interests: 

• Ethnobotany
  
• Latin America
  
• World Cultures and Environments
  
• Environmental Issues 
  
• Rain Forest Ecosystems

Teaching: 

• Rain Forest Ecosystems
  
• GEA 4410-Latin America Culture 
  
• GEO 6337- Culture, Conservation, and Land Use
  
• GEO 6317-Plants and People
  
• GEO-6938-Food: Culture and Environment

Recent Publication

• Fadiman, M.  2011 Sustainable Development in the Galápagos: The Role of Coffee Production on San Cristobal Island.Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences  34:102-111
• Cordoba, H., Ivy, R. and  Fadiman, M. 2011. Cultural and spatial perceptions of Miami’s Little Havana.  The Florida Geographer  42: 4-33. 
• Fadiman, M. 2010. Cultural Connect with Local Megafauna: Maori and the Kauri.  The Florida Geographer  41:4-21.
• Fadiman, M. 2010. How Cultural Awareness and Ingenuity Benefits Forest Stewardship Council Certification in the Developing World: Case Study in Zimbabwe, Africa.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences  33:75-84.
• Fadiman, M. 2009. Amazonian Oil Exploration: Contradictions of Culture and Environment.  FOCUS on Geography  52 (1): 1-10.
• Fadiman, M. 2009. Wild Food Plants: Balancing Conservation and Utilization.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences  32: 291-298.
• Lakhan, S., Root, T. and  Fadiman, M. 2009. Clean Water Accessibility in Northern Trinidad: Location, Collection, Storage and Socioeconomics.  The Florida Geographer  40: 48-61.
• Fadiman, M. 2008. Use of  Mocora, Astrocaryum standleyanum  (Arecaceae), by three ethnic groups ins Ecuador: differences, similarities and market potential.  Journal of Ethnobiology  Volume 28(1) 92-109.
• Fadiman, M. 2008. “Starvation Taught me Art”: Tree Poaching, Gender and Cultural Shifts in Wood Curio Carving in Zimbabwe.  Ethnobotany Research and Applications  6: 335-346.
• Fadiman, M. 2008. Resource Stewardship: Rain Forest Use among Three Ethnic Groups of Ecuador.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences  31: 310-318.
• Fadiman, M. 2008. Natural Resource Use and Cultural Change: Nipa Hut Shingle Processing with  Nypa fruticans, Arecaceae, in Palawan, Philippines.  The Florida Geographer
  39: 20-35
• Fadiman, M. 2007. Exploring Conservation:  Piguigua, Heteropsis ecuadorensis,  In Ecuador.  Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. 30: 427-436.
• Fadiman, M. 2005. Cultivated Food Plants: Culture and Gendered Spaces of Colonists and the Chachi in Ecuador.  Journal of Latin American Geography  Volume 4, No.1: 43-57.
• Fadiman, M. 2004. Management, Cultivation, and Domestication of Weaving Plants:  Heteropsis  and  Astrocaryum  in the Ecuadorian Rain Forest.  The California Geographer  44:1-19.
• Fadiman, M. 2001. Hat weaving with  Jipi, Carludovica palmata,  (Cyclanthaceae) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.  The Journal of Economic Botany  55(4):539-544.
• Kevin Cresswell, Diana Mitsova, Weibo Liu, Maria Fadiman, Tobin Hindle.  2023. Urban Heat Island Vulnerability in Southeast Florida: Integrating Physical Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity Indicators. International Journal of Geo-Information. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2023, 12(6), 242; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12060242
• Cresswell, K. Mitsova, D., Fadiman, M., Hindle, T. and Liu, W.  2023. Urban heat island vulnerability in Southeast Florida: Integrating physical exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity indicators Annals of GIS (Under Review)
• Nithula, N, L.M.Pragasan, M. Fadiman.  2022. 'Pulirasam'- a postpartum spice soup consumed by the Muthuvan indigenous community of Kerala, India Journal of Ethnic Foods (Under Review)
• Fadiman, M.  2022. What role does language play in conserving Forests and Culture? Multi-lingual Ethnobotanical booklets in the African Savanna. In G. Niedt (ed.) New Directions in Linguistic Geography: Exploring Articulations of Space. Palgrave Macmillan, Camden, England. (pp 23-37).
• Kunwar, R., M. Fadiman, S. Thapa, R. P. Acharya, M. Cameron, R. W. Bussmann.  2019. Plant Use Values and Phytosociological Indicators: Implications for Conservation in Kailash Sacred Landscape Nepal. Ecological Indicators https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105679
• Robles, D. Cevallos, O. Gaoue, M. Fadiman, T. Hindle  2019. Non-Random Medicinal Plants Selection in the Kichwa Community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Journal of Ethnopharmacology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.112220
• Kunwar, R., M. Fadiman, T. Hindle, M. Suwal, Y. Adhikari, R. Bussmann  2019. Composition of Forests and Vegetation in Kailash Sacred Landscape Nepal. Journal of Forestry Research, 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-019-00987-w
• Fadiman, M.  2019. Can the Use of a Specific Species Influence Habitat Conservation? Case Study of the Palm Iriartea Deltoidea in Northwestern Ecuador. Journal of Latin American Geography (18 (1), 115-140).
• Fadiman M.  2018. “Are you making a million dollars? Reciprocity as Cultural and Environmental Reconnection” In D. Herman (ed.) pp. 169-186.Giving Back: Research and Reciprocity in Indigenous Contexts Oregon State University Press, Corvallis.
• Fadiman, M, M.B.Thomas, O. Morei, A. Hillman-Kitalong, S. Hanser  2018. Globalization and tradition in Palau: Case study of the syncretic First Child Birth (Ngasech and Omengat) ceremonies. The Florida Geographer 50: 1-30.
• Kunwar, R. M. Fadiman, M. Cameron, R. Bussmann, K. B. Thapa-Magar, B. Rimal, P. Sapkota  2018. Cross-cultural Comparison of Plant Use Knowledge in Baitadi and Darchula Districts, Kailash Sacred Landscape, Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2018:14(40) doi: 10.1186/s13002-018-0242-7
• Fadiman, M.  2016. Environmental Justice and the Lawn: Urban Parks in Shanghai, China. Florida Geographer 47:1-21
• Fadiman, M.  2014. Ecosystem Excitement: Using Everyday Items, Projects, Field Trips and Exotic Images to Connected Students to Plants. In C. Quave (ed.) pp.261-276. Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences, Springer: New York.
• Fadiman, M.  2013. Basketry, Conservation and Marketing of Piquigua, Heteropsis ecuadorensis, (Araceae) in an Afro-Ecuadorian Community. pp 175-194 In R. Voeks and J.Rashford (eds) African Ethnobotany in the Americas, Springer: New York.