David J. Campbell

Professor
Geography and the African Studies Center

Associate Dean
for Research and Graduate Studies
College of Social Science

Address
203 Berkey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Telephone:	(517) 432-3436 (office)
FAX:	(517) 355-1912
EMAIL:	djc@pilot.msu.edu

 

Education:

• Ph.D. in Geography - Clark University, l977.
• M.A. in Geography - Clark University, August l975.
• Certificate of Education - University of Bristol, July l97l.
• B.A. in Geography with subsidiary French - University of Bristol, July l969.

Research Interests:

• Environment and Development: people-environment interaction - relationship between land use, environment and socio-economic systems in rural areas, with particular reference to arid and semi-arid lands.
• Conflict over resources in semi-arid areas of Africa.
• Information Systems for Decision Support in Africa.
• Food security in rural Africa.
• Social and economic aspects of drought and desertification.

Recent funded projects:

• NSF, Biocomplexity Program, Planning Grant, "Climate and Land Use Changes in East Africa.". MSU PI's David J. Campbell, Jeff Andresen, Bryan Pijanowski, Jennifer M. Olson, and Julie Winkler. 2001-2002.
• United Nations Environment Programme Global Environment Facility (GEF) "Land Use Change Analysis as an Approach for Investigating Biodiversity Loss and Land Degradation." Joint Project with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, The African Conservation Centre, Nairobi, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Makerere University, Uganda, University of Bordeaux III, France, and Michigan State University. MSU PI's David J. Campbell and Jennifer M. Olson. 1/1/2001- 12/31/2003.
• IDRC, Nairobi. for study of Land Use Change in Kajiado District, Kenya, 1996.
• National Geographic Society, for the study: "Driving forces of land use change along Kilimanjaro's ecological gradient, Kenya." 1996-1997
• Ford Foundation, grant with the African Conservation Centre, Nairobi "Ecology And Poverty: An Integrated Socio-Economic And Ecological Approach To Land Use Change In S.E. Kajiado District, Kenya.", 1996.
• CIESIN, "Rwanda Society-Environment Project.", Research Grant, 1993-94.

Current research partnerships with other institutions:

• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi
• United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
• Florida Center for Environmental Studies

Honors & Awards:

• Ralph Smuckler Award, 1991, Michigan State University, International Studies and Programs, for Outreach Activities in Support of International Programs.
• Teaching Excellence Award, 1990, State of Michigan.
• Rockefeller Foundation, Post Doctoral Research Fellowship, l976 - l978.

International Experience

Scientific Advisor to the Scientific Technical and Advisory Panel, Global Environment Facility, African Integrated Land and Water Initiative, Bologna, 2001.

Scientific Advisor (Social Science) to the Scientific Technical and Advisory Panel, Global Environment Facility, Workshop on Land Degradation, Bologna, 1999.

Kenya, Study of Land Use Change in Kajiado District - 1976-79, 1986, 1995-96.

Kenya, Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme 1995-96.

Kenya, Visiting Research Scientist, International Centre for Agroforestry (ICRAF), 1995-96.

Rwanda, Society-Environment Project, 1992 to 1994. Assessment of data needs for integrating human and environmental processes for Natural Resources Management, USA/Rwanda.

Thailand, Consultant, revising Thailand's K-12 Environmental Education Curriculum, 1992 to 1994.

Kenya, Panelist, SSRC/African Academy of Sciences-sponsored workshop on Biodiversity in Africa's Human Landscapes, Nairobi, July 1994.

Kenya, Panelist, NSF-sponsored ADRAW Conference, Nairobi, June 1993.

Zimbabwe, Visiting Researcher, Geography Department, University of Zimbabwe, August 1987 - June 1988. Study of strategies for coping with severe food shortage and of community based famine early warning systems, Zimbabwe.

Cameroon, Field Team Leader, Mandara Area Development Project, Mokolo, North Cameroon, March - August l980. Study of Land Use and Farming Systems, Mandara Mountains, North Cameroon, March - August l980; July 1986.

Selected Recent Publications:

"The dry regions of Kenya." in M.H. Glantz, ed., Drought Follows the Plow. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994. pp. 77-89.

"A hierarchical approach to the Integration of social and physical data sets." Human Dimensions Quarterly, 1, 4:14-17, 1996. with Dan Brown, Jennifer Olson, and Len Berry.

"Implications Of Scale For The Design And Application Of Environmental Information Systems." United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Consultant Report, 1996

"Capacity Building For Strengthened Application Of Environmental Information Systems: Creating 'Friendly Users'." United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Consultant Report, 1996

"Towards An Analytical Framework For Land Use Change." in Bergstrom and Kirschmann (eds.), 1998. Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Tropical Agro-Ecosystems. Wallingford, UK: CAB International, pp. 281-301.

"Development and change in the Mt. Kilimanjaro area of Kajiado District, Kenya." Les Cahiers de l'IFRA, 16, March-April 1999: 59-68.

"Response to Drought among Farmers and Herders in Southern Kajiado District, Kenya: A Comparison of 1972-1976 and 1994-1996." Human Ecology, 27,3, September 1999: 377-416.

"Land Use Conflict in S.E. Kajiado District, Kenya." David J. Campbell, Helen Gichohi, Albert Mwangi, and Lucy Chege, Land Use Policy, 17, 4: 337-348, 2000.

"Assessing human processes in society-environment interactions" in Jensen, M. E. and Bourgeron, P. S., (eds.), 2001. A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments. New York: Springer Verlag.pp. 416-435.