David J. Campbell
Professor of Geography
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Department of Geography Center for Global Change and Earth Observations African Studies Center Biography: David Campbell grew up in Wales. He obtained his B.A. in Geography from the University of Bristol U.K., and his A.M and Ph.D. from Clark University, Worcester, MA. He held a Post-Doctoral position funded by the Rockefeller Foundation at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya from 1976-1979. He has been at MSU since 1979. From 2000 to 2007 he was Associate Dean for Research in the College of Social Science, MSU. He has conducted research and lived in a number of African countries including Kenya, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. Research Interests: Dr. Campbell has extensive research experience in semi-arid areas of Africa on the interaction between socio-economic and biophysical processes, including work on land use change, climate change, social and economic aspects of drought and desertification, and conflict over resources in semi-arid areas of Africa in Kenya, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. His current research is an ongoing long-term study of climate change and land use change in semi-arid areas in East Africa, with particular reference to southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. This research has been funded through two awards under the NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Program, “An Integrated Analysis of Regional Land-Climate Interactions” and "Dynamic Interactions among People, Livestock, and Savanna Ecosystems under Climate Change." that examine the interactions between climate change and land use change in East Africa. He has served as a consultant to the Government of Kenya and to UNEP, and as a Scientific Advisor to the Scientific Technical and Advisory Panel of The Global Environment Facility.
E-mail: djc@msu.edu Office:
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