DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

Faculty

	Laura  C. Schneider Assistant Professor Department of Geography laschnei@rci.rutgers.edu phone: (732) 445-0071 fax: (732) 445-0006 Curriculum Vita
Research Interests:	My research focuses on  human-environment relations affecting patterns and processes of land-use land-cover change. My specific research interests are monitoring and modeling land transformation, biophysical remote sensing and ecological dynamics of plant invasions. I am currently involved in two ongoing research projects: 1. Environmental Disturbance in Greater Yucatan (EDGY) funded by Moore Foundation 2. Understanding landscape resilience through the relationships of fire dynamics and invasive species in Southern Yucatan, Mexico (funded by NASA LCLUC program). To learn more about my research visit the following webpage: http://landchange.rutgers.edu
Education:	2004  Ph.D., Geography, Clark University 1992  B.S., Biology, Universidad Nacional de  Colombia, Bogotá
Recent Publications:	L.C. Schneider.  2006. The effect of land management practices on bracken fern invasion in the region of Calakmul , Mexico Journal of Latin American Geography. 5(2): 91-107. L.C. Schneider and J. Geoghegan. 2006. Land Abandonment in an Agricultural Frontier after a Plant Invasion: The Case of Bracken Fern in Southern Yucatán , Mexico . Agricultural and Resource Economics Review: 35(1):167-177. L.C. Schneider. 2004. Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) Invasion in Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region: A Case for Land-Change Science. Geographical Review. 94(2):229-241. J. Geoghegan, L. C. Schneider and C. Vance. 2004. Temporal Dynamics and Spatial Scales: Modeling Deforestation in the Southern Yucatan Peninsular Region. Geojournal. 61(4):353-363. L. C. Schneider and R. G. Pontius Jr. 2001. Modeling land-use change in the Ipswich watershed, Massachusetts, USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 85(1-3) p. 83-94. L. C. Schneider, A. P. Kinzig, E. Larson and L. A. Solórzano. 2001. Method forspatially explicit calculations of potential biomass yields and assessment of land availability for biomass energy production in Northeastern Brazil. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 84: 207-226
Courses Offered	Remote Sensing: 01:450-322 Advanced Geographic Information Systems: 01:450: 421 Latin America:01:450-336 Geography Seminar: Land Change Science: 16:606:04 Biogeography: 01:450-401