Michael Steinberg

mksteinberg@as.ua.edu Education: B.A. - University of Missouri, 1988 M.A. - University of Missouri, 1992 Ph.D. - Louisiana State University, 1999 Curriculum Vitae Teaching Philosophy Research Statement Blog: Geographer on the Road

Research Focus:

• Threatened and endangered species
• Resource Management
• Natural history and landscape studies
• Human Dimensions of Environmental Change and Cultural Ecology
• Environmental Conservation
• Cultural Landscapes

Specialty Fields:

• Birds
• Cold Water Fisheries Conservation
• Mountain Environments
• Indigenous Cultures

Regional Interests:

• Mesoamerica
• Eastern North America
• Iceland/North Atlantic
• Pacific Islands
• Caribbean

Teaching (recent courses):

• Geography of Endangered Species
• Field Course in Iceland
• The Arts and Science of Fly Fishing
• Environmental Literature
• Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
• Geography of National Parks

Selected Publications

• Steinberg, M.K. 2009. Highland Forest Habitat Preference by Endemic Hawaiian
  Honeycreepers: A Preliminary Assessment. Yearbook of the Pacific Coast Geographers
  71: 54-66.
• Steinberg, M.K. 2008. Guatemala's Altos de Cuchumatán: Changes on the High Frontier.
  Mountain Research and Development 28(3-4): 255-262. With Matthew Taylor.
• Steinberg, M.K. and M. Taylor. 2007. Marginalizing a Vulnerable Cultural and Environmental Landscape: Opium Poppy Production in Highland Guatemala.  Mountain Research and Development 27(4): 318-321.
• Stalking the Ghost Bird: The Elusive Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in Louisiana.  Louisiana State University Press.  2008.