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.