Understanding World Regional Geography, 2nd Edition

Erin H. Fouberg is professor of geography and director of the Honors Program at Northern State University where she teaches courses in world regional geography, human geography, physical geography, geographic information systems (GIS), and political geography. She graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and then earned her master’s and Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1997). Her research interests include the political geography of American Indian sovereignty, geography education, and sacred sites. She served as Vice President of Publications and Products for the National Council for Geography Education. She has co-authored four editions of Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture (with Alexander B. Murphy and H.J. de Blij, Wiley, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015). She served as an editor on The Atlas of the 2012 Elections (with J. Clark Archer, Robert H. Watrel, Fiona Davidson, Kenneth C. Martis, Richard L. Morrill, Fred M. Shelley, and Gerald R. Webster, Roman and Littlefield, 2014) and co-edited The Tribes and the States (with Brad A. Bays, Rowman and Littlefield, 2002). Dr. Fouberg excels in teaching and advising undergraduate students, earning teaching awards from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a graduate student, from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia as an assistant professor, and from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota as an associate professor. She is active in her community, serving leadership roles on the soccer board, PTA, and fundraising campaigns for children’s charities. She enjoys traveling, reading, golfing, and watching athletic and theater events at Northern State.

William G. Moseley is a professor and chair of geography, and director of African studies, at Macalester College where he teaches courses on human geography, environment, development and Africa. His research interests include political ecology, tropical agriculture, environment and development policy, and livelihood security. His research and work experiences have led to extended stays in Mali, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Niger and Lesotho. He is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed articles and books’ chapters. His books include: An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography: Local Dynamics and Global Processes (with Eric Perramond, Holly Hapke and Paul Laris) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013); four editions of Taking Sides: Clashing Views on African Issues (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011); Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization and Poverty in Africa (with Leslie Gray) (Ohio University Press, 2008); The Introductory Reader in Human Geography: Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings (with David Lanegran and Kavita Pandit) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007); and African Environment and Development: Rhetoric, Programs, Realities (with B. Ikubolajeh Logan) (Ashgate, 2004). His fieldwork has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Fulbright-Hays program. He has served as editor of the African Geographical Review, as a national councilor to the Association of American Geographers, and as chair of the cultural and political ecology specialty group. In 2011, he won the Educator of the Year award from students at Macalester College, and in 2013, he won the Media award from the Association of American Geographers for his work communicating geography to the general public via essays that have appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post and Al jazeera English. Bill lives with his wife and two children in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he enjoys running, cross-country skiing and camping in his spare time.