Dr. Kevin St. Martin received his Ph.D. from Clark University (1999) and now holds a joint position with the Department of Geography and the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University. His dissertation focused on the discourse and practice of fisheries bio-economics and its implications for both resource management and community-based economic development in New England fisheries.

In 1999, Dr. St. Martin was awarded a National Research Council (NRC) Associateship to continue his research at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA. While at Woods Hole he developed GIS methods to analyze the spatial patterns of fishing communities; he researched methods relevant to local ecological knowledge and participatory GIS; and he observed fisheries science and management in action.

Dr. St. Martin (with co-principal investigators Bonnie McCay, Rutgers University, and Madeleine Hall-Arber, MIT) has recently received grant awards totaling $271,953. Two grants were awarded through the National Marine Fisheries Service’s CMER program and one by the Northeast Consortium. The latter project is titled "An Atlas-Based Audit of Fishing Territories, Local Knowledge, and the Potential for Community Participation in Fisheries Science and Management" and incorporates a participatory research design. All of the grants build upon his research in fisheries and interest.

In addition to continuing his current research, Dr. St. Martin plans to apply his interests in social theory, alternative forms of economic development, and participatory GIS to areas other than fisheries. He is hoping to research and develop other community-based projects where economic potential is obscured by dominant discourses of science and development.

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