Associate Professor of
Geography
Division of Social Sciences
PO Box 3264, Kethley Hall 226
Delta State University
Cleveland, Mississippi 38733
Tel 662.846.4096[w] 662.843.6205[h]
Fax 846.4099
Current research
- Geophilosophy
and Continental thought
- Ornithogeography
(ethno-ornithology)
- Ethnobotany
(cultural geography of cycads)
- Historical
geography of Honduras, Contact-era
- Political
geography of Neotropical protected areas conservation
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Yazoo-MS
Delta (historical geography; current status)
Classes
taught
- Lecture/Lab:
Introduction to Human Geography; World Regional Geography; Physical
Geography
- Upper
level undergrad/grad seminars: Cultural Geography; Economic Geography;
Political Geography; Geography of Terrorism; Geography, Mysticism, and the
Occult; Natural Hazards; Ornithogeography
- Field
courses in the US South (Environmental History of the Delta), Guatemala,
and Honduras
- Regional
geography courses: Latin America; Africa; Vietnam: Politics and Policy
- Graduate
Seminars: History of Geographic Thought; Professional Geography;
Advanced Research Methods in Geography
Selected
publications
·
Bonta, M.
2003. Seven Names for the Bellbird:
Conservation Geography in Honduras. Texas A&M Press, College Station. Seven Names for the Bellbird @ Amazon.com
·
Bonta, M. and
J. Protevi. 2004. Deleuze and Geophilosophy: A
Guide and Glossary. Edinburgh University Press & Columbia University Press, 2004. Extract
from 'Deleuze and Geophilosophy' (page 3); Deleuze and Geophilosophy @ Amazon.com
·
Bonta, M. 2008. Valorizing the relationships between people and birds:
Experiences and lessons from Honduras. Ornitologia Neotropical
19(Suppl.), The Neotropical Ornithological Society
·
Bonta,
M. 2007. Ethnobotany of Honduran cycads. In
A.P. Vovides, D.W. Stevenson & R. Osborne (eds), Proceedings of the Seventh
International Conference on Cycad Biology (Xalapa, Mexico,
2005). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 97: 120–142
·
Bonta, M.
& R. Osborne. 2007. Cycads
in the vernacular—a compendium of local names. In A.P. Vovides, D.W.
Stevenson & R. Osborne (eds), Proceedings of the Seventh International
Conference on Cycad Biology (Xalapa, Mexico,
2005). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 97: 143–175
·
Haynes, J.L.
& M. Bonta. 2007. An
emended description of Dioon mejiae Standl. In A.P. Vovides, D.W.
Stevenson & R. Osborne (eds), Proceedings of the Seventh International
Conference on Cycad Biology (Xalapa, Mexico,
2005). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 97: 418–443
·
Bonta, M.
2007.
Deleuze and Space, invited review. (Eds. I. Buchanan & G. Lambert, U
Toronto Press, 2005), Annals of the Association of American Geographers
97(4): 811-813
·
Bonta, M., O.
Flores Pinot, D. Graham, J. Haynes, & G. Sandoval. 2006. Ethnobotany
and conservation of Tiusinte (Dioon mejiae Standl. & L. O. Williams,
Zamiaceae) in Northeastern Honduras. Journal of Ethnobiology 26(2):
Fall/Winter.
·
Bonta, M.
2005. ‘Geography’ (pp. 243-246) &
‘Lefebvre, Henri’ (pp. 356-357). Entries in the Edinburgh Dictionary of
Continental Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press (J. Protevi, ed.).
Published by Yale University Press as A Dictionary of Continental Philosophy, 2006
·
Bonta, M. 2005. Becoming-forest,
becoming-local: Transformations of a protected area in Honduras. Geoforum
36(1):95-112. In special themed issue, ‘Critical Geographies of the Caribbean
and Latin America’ (Eds. P. Kingsbury & B. Sletto)
·
Bonta, M.
2004. Death
toll one: An ethnography of hydropower and human rights violations in Honduras.
GeoJournal 60(1):19-30. In special themed issue, ‘Interrogating the
Globalization Project’ (Ed. R. Honey)
·
Bonta, M.
2002. Jealous conservationists:
Terratenientes and wildlife protection in Olancho, Honduras. In ‘Cultural and
Physical Expositions: Geographic Studies in the Southern United States and
Latin America’ (Eds. M. Steinberg & P. Hudson), Geoscience and Man
36:87-95. LSU: Geoscience and Man Publications
copyright 2008