Joel E. Correia

Associate Professor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University. The full CV is below as a download; what follows on this page is the short version.

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Academic positions

2026– Associate Professor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
2023–2026 Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
2018–2022 Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
2017–2018 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona

Education

2017 Ph.D. Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
2012 M.A. Latin American Studies, University of Arizona
2004 B.A. Geography, Humboldt State University
2000 A.A. College of the Redwoods

Current affiliations

2024– Leadership Team, Climate Adaptation Partnership, Colorado State University
2023– Co-Director, Just Social-Ecological Transformations in Latin America Program, Colorado State University
2023– Faculty Associate, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University
2020– Faculty Affiliate, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida
2018– Faculty Affiliate, Department of Geography, University of Florida

Recognition

2026 Dean’s Award for Excellence to an Early Career Faculty Member, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
2024 Ascendente Award for early faculty excellence, Conference of Latin American Geography
2024 Outstanding Publication Award for Disrupting the Patrón, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
2024 Team Award for the Just Social Ecological Transitions in Latin America Program, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
2021 Eric Wolf Prize for best political ecology paper, Political Ecology Society
2021 Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
2020 International Educator of the Year, International Center, University of Florida
2017 Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado Boulder

Funding

$2,032,761 in external grants and fellowships awarded to date, including support from the National Science Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, Fulbright, and the Tinker Foundation. Internal awards from Colorado State University and the University of Florida are listed in the full CV.

Contact

joel.correia@colostate.edu
Dept. of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO