Manuela Ruiz Reyes
Mruizrey@syr.edu
Degrees
Ph.D. Geography, Syracuse University (In progress, expected completion 2018)
2016: Certificate in Advanced Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Syracuse University
2015: M.A. Geography, Syracuse University
Advisor: Tom Perreault
2007: B.A. Ecology. Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá-Colombia.
Research interests
Political ecology, agrarian studies, feminist theory.
Awards and fellowships
2013-2016: Watson Fellowship.
2014: Fundación Alejandro Ángel Escobar. Beca Colombia Biodiversa.
2013: Roscoe-Martin Fund, Syracuse University.
Current Research
Campo para los jóvenes. Territory, Identity and Livelihood: the Challenges of Young Campesina/o in Contemporary Colombia.
Presentations
Ordenamiento Ambiental Territorial en las Zonas de Reserva Campesina de Colombia. Paper presentation. Panel: Causas, medios y discursos de la resistencia en Colombia. Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 50th Conference, New York City, May 2016.
The State as Medusa. Environmental Land Uses Planning in the Colombian Amazon. Paper presentation. Panel: Environmental Statecraft. Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference. Lexington, KY, February 2016.
Environmental Governance and Development Planning: The case of the Peasant Reserve Zones of Colombia. Paper presentation. Micropolitics of environmental governance, institutional arrangements and grassroots development panel. AAG Annual Meeting 2015 Chicago.
Languages
Spanish: native language.
English: advanced
TOEFL score (Nov.2012): 115/120.
French: advanced
French Alliance in Bogotá, Intermediate Level, July 1999.
Centre d’études Linguistiques d’Avignon- CEILA. Advanced Level (Nov.1999).
Portuguese: intermediate
Brazil-Colombia Cultural Institute – IBRACO, Levels 1-6 (2008- 2011).
Publications
Ruiz Reyes, M. 2015. Territorio y ambiente en las Zonas de Reserva Campesina de Colombia. Eutopía. 8, 45-56
Stocks, A., Ruiz Reyes, M., and C. Rios Franco. 2016. GIS and the A´i of Colombia: Reserves, Resguardos and the Future. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research. Forthcoming.
Ruiz, M.; Buttkus, E., Enríquez, A.C., Hernández, M., Muñoz, L. López, J.H.; Erazo, C.E. & Arango, J. 2010. Guía para la elaboración de planes de manejo de Reservas Naturales de la Sociedad Civil. Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, RESNATUR, CVC, Serankwa. Bogotá.
Memberships
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Asociación Red Colombiana de Reservas Naturales de la Sociedad Civil (RESNATUR)