Eugene P. (Sandy) Parker Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1981 Associate Professor & Chairman
Office:	211-A Sondheim Hall
Phone:	410-455-3153
Email Address:	eparker@umbc.edu
Research Interests:	Environmental Conservation, Public Lands (State and Federal Parks and Forests), Amazonia
Recent Research Activities:	Current research has focused on the evolution of public lands (state parks and forests) in Maryland. One research project has focused on the reasons why forests were promoted and protected in Maryland at the expense of parks between 1900 and 1950. A second research interest examines the parallels between federal forest-park conflicts and state level tensions between forest and park advocates. Currently I am working on public perceptions of forest conditions in the United States at the turn of the 19th century. Previous research focused on cultural ecology and ethnoecology of peasant and indigenous populations in the Brazilian Amazon.
Recent Publications:	Parker, E. (2006) When Forests Trumped Parks: The Maryland Experience 1906-1950. Maryland Historical Magazine. Vol 101 (2): 203-224. pdf Parker, E. (In preparation) The Evolution of a Public Landscape: State Parks in the United States. Parker, E. (In preparation) When is a Park a Park? The Politics of Park-Forest Dichotomy.
Selected Publications from Amazon Research:	Fact and Fiction in Amazonia: The Case of the Apêtê (American Anthropologist) pdf Forest Islands and Kayapó: Resource Management in Amazonia (American Anthropologist) pdf A Neglected Human Resource in Amazonia (Advances in Economic Botany) pdf Resource Exploitation in Amazonia: Ethnoecological Examples from Four Populations (Annals of the Carnegie Museum) pdf The Amazon Caboclo (Studies in Third World Societies) pdf Caboclization: The Transformation of the Amerindian in Amazonia 1615-1800 (Studies in Third World Societies) pdf Ecologia Politica: Para Onde Ir Agora? (Teoria, Debate, Informação) pdf
Courses Taught:	Environmental Science and Conservation, Natural Resources: Problems and Policies, Cultural Ecology, Conservation Thought, Seminar in Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Wildlife Law and the Endangered Species Act.