 Gary Paul Nabhan, PhD., is an Arab-American writer, lecturer, food and farming
advocate, rural lifeways folklorist, and conservationist whose work has long
been rooted in the U.S./Mexico borderlands region he affectionately calls "the
stinkin' hot desert." He has recently accepted a tenured professorship as a
Research Social Scientist based at the Southwest Center of the University of
Arizona--- his alma mater.
There, he will teach in Geography, as well as
interact with faculty and graduate students engaged in creative writing and
reconcilation ecology research. He continues advising or consulting with many
non-profits--including the Renewing America's Food Traditions collaborative - although he will no longer serve as administrator or principal
investigator on any grant-funded research or community development projects in
order to devote more time to creative writing and field work.
For his literary non-fiction, grassroots conservation and community-based
ethnobiology projects, Nabhan has been honored with the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, a MacArthur "genius" award, a Lannan Literary Award, a Pew Fellowship in Conservation and Environment, a Lifetime Acheivement Award from the Society for Conservation Biology, and a Quivira Coalition award for excellence in science that contributes to "the radical center."
Nabhan's books have been translated in five languages, and he has lectured at
universities in Mexico, Lebanon, Peru, Oman, Guatemala, and Italy, including
Slow Food's University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo.
When not
gardening, caring for heitage breeds of sheep and turkeys, or hiking with his
digs, he is active in the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans, the Orion Society
and the local foods movement.
 To learn more about Gary Paul Nabhan, look at his recent copy of his achievments, and/or resume.
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