Areas of Expertise

Political Economy of Development
Environmental and Agrarian Change
Social Theory

Education

Ph.D., 2003 Geography (minor in sustainable agriculture), University of Minnesota
M.A., 1998 Geography, University of Minnesota
B. A., (Honors), 1995 Environmental Studies, Bucknell University,

Current CV:

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Interests: Political Economy of Development, Environmental and Agrarian Change, Social Theory

Current Research: I study political economy, development, social theory, and environmental change.

Courses Taught:
International Studies 5597.01- Introduction to Development Studies
Geography 3701-The Making of the Modern World
Geography 5801- Environmental Conservation
Geography 5700-Geography of Development
Geography Graduate Seminars in human geography and social theory

Select Publications:

O. Nir and J. Wainwright. Eds. 2019. Rethinking Palestine and Israel: Marxist Perspectives. London: Routledge.

J. Wainwright and G. Mann. 2018. Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future. New York: Verso

J. Wainwright. 2012. Geopiracy: Oaxaca, militant empiricism, and geographical thought. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

J. Wainwright. 2008. Decolonizing development: colonial power and the Maya. Oxford: Blackwell Press.