Jose Nicolas Cabrera-Schneider
Masters Student in Anthropology
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Licenciado in Biology, 2002
University of Michigan, M. S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2007
Email: nicocabsch@hotmail.com
Teaching experience
Graduate Student Instructor at the University of Michigan.
Spring and Fall 2006, Winter and Fall 2005 and Fall 2004. Introductory Biology.
Teaching Assistant at the University del Valle of Guatemala.
1st semester 1999 and 1998. General Ecology.
2nd semester 1998. Functional Zoology of the Vertebrates 1.
Fieldwork experience
Summer 2008. Field Assistant to Deborah Goldberg Ph. D. At the University of Michigan Biological Station.
Summer 2007. Field Assistant to Deborah Goldberg Ph.D. At the University of Michigan Biological Station.
Feb 10 - Mar 4, 2005. Attended the field course "Biodiversity Study of the Ecosystems of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua." University of Michigan and the University URACAN, Bluefield, Nicaragua.
Jan 15 - Feb 15 2003. Consulted in solid waste management and environmental education. University Rafael Landivar - Community clean up project in Concepcion Las Lomas, City of Guatemala.
Jun and Sep 2002. Field interviewer for Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands). Investigation on the Social and Cultural Aspects of the Malaria in Livigston, Guatemala.
2000-2001 University of Michigan Doctoral Candidates Ecological Field Study field assistant. Sponsored by a grant from the U. S. National Science Fund. Assisted Bruce Ferguson and Daniel Griffith in their field investigation in patters of succession post agriculture in El Peten Guatemala.
Feb 11 - Mar 4. 2001. Attended the field course "Biodiversity of the Forest in RAAS," University of Michigan and the University URACAN. Bluefield, Nicaragua.
1998-1999. Assistant of collections, Herpetology collection. University del Valle of Guatemala, Biology Department.
Professional presentations
Poster, 93rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "Comparing the conservation discourses of indigenous peoples throughout America." August 3 - 8 2008. Abstract can be viewed at: http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/P14661.HTM
Presentation, Global Studies Conference. Chicago, Illinois. Presenter of the paper: "Economic Openness, Corn Prices, and Rural Communities in Guatemala." May 16 - 18 2008. Abstract can be viewed at: http://e08.cgpublisher.com/proposals/42/index_html
Paper, Fifth Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation. San Salvador, El Salvador. Presenter of the paper: "Comparison of the Vegetation of the Forest vs. Plots of Succession in El Peten, Guatemala." October 15 - 19 2001. (Abstract published in the proceedings of the 5th Congress).
Publications
Paper, (in press). Economic Openness, Corn Prices, and Rural Communities in Guatemala. In: Journal of Enterprising Communities. Volume 3, Issue 1, 2009.
Professional memberships
Department of Anthropology - Student Association Anthrogroup 2007
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate Student Association 2007. - Graduate student representative.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate Student Association 2008. Diversity committee member.
Research interests
I am interested in studying the social impact of the economic bilateral agreements (CA4,CAFTA, and talks with europe) that the Central American countries have recently signed, specifically looking at the land production and conservation issues.
