Assistant Professor, Geography
dohrenas@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://www.dohrenwend.net/
Education
- Ph.D. Geography - Louisiana State University (Dec 2024)
- M.A. Geography - University of Kansas (2019)
- B.A. Geography - SUNY Geneseo (2017)
Courses Taught
- GEOG 200: The Global Dimension
- GEOG 210: Physical Geography
Scholarly Interests/Research Topics
- Political ecology
- Electoral politics
- Industry
- Environmental justice
- Agriculture
- Labor
- Wide-ranging regional interests, particularly (post-)industrial and/or rural areas of the United States (like Appalachia), southern South America, & Europe
Experience
Adam's experience in the front of the classroom and passion for education started as an undergraduate—as a lab instructor and teaching assistant at SUNY Geneseo and a substitute teacher in the rural Catskills school district he grew up in. Prior to his arrival at JMU, Adam taught for fourteen semesters as instructor of record while completing his graduate studies at KU and LSU.
Enthusiastic about public-facing scholarship, Adam integrates local communities into the core of his research. Outside of the classroom, he is an active member of Rise St. James (a grassroots environmental justice organization in the heart of Louisiana's Cancer Alley). Cognizant of his working-class roots, he seeks to bridge the divide between organized labor and fenceline communities towards a populist environmentalism of "the people" rather than the elite.
