John Magistro, Research Associate
(Ph.D. Binghamton University 1994)

jvm@email.arizona.edu, 520-626-8891
Geronimo Bldg. Rm. 119
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030

Dr. Magistro received his PhD in sociocultural anthropology with a concentration in development studies from Binghamton University in 1994. He was a AAAS Diplomacy & Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow in the Africa Bureau at USAID from 1994-1996, and an Advanced Studies Program Fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado from 1997-1999. He is a Research Associate Social Scientist in BARA since the spring of 2006.

Research Interests
Dr. Magistro’s area of primary research investigation involves the political ecology and economy of river basin development in West Africa, and human adaptation to global climate change. Other areas of interest and expertise include: food security and livelihoods studies; smallholder agriculture; water resources management; microenterprise and smallholder market development; biodiversity conservation; environment and natural resources management; conflict analysis and mitigation; gender analysis; and human dimensions of global climate change.

Selected Publications
Forthcoming (with André Bassolé, Elizabeth Weight)
The Application of GIS as a Planning and Assessment Tool for Smallholder
Irrigation Market Development: A Case Study from the West African Sahel. In
Information Technology.

2007 (with Michael Roberts, Steve Haagblade et al.)
A Model for Pro-Poor Wealth Creation through Small-Plot Irrigation
and Integrated Service Provision. In Irrigation and Drainage, Issue no.
54.5.

2001 (with Medou Lo) “Historical and Human Dimensions of Climate Variability and Water Resource Constraint in the Senegal River Valley.” In Climate Research, 19:133-147.

2001 (with Carla Roncoli) “Anthropological Perspectives and Policy Implications of Climate Change Research.” In Climate Research, 19:91-96.

1999 "The Politics of Ethnic Conflict in a Transboundary Context, the Senegal River Valley." In Deadly Developments: Capitalism, States and War. Stephen P. Reyna and R. E. Downs, eds. The Netherlands: Gordon and Breach, pp. 177-211.

1997 " The Ecology of Food Security in the Northern Senegal Wetlands." In The Ecology of Practice: Studies of Food Crop Production in Sub-Saharan West Africa. A. Endre Nyerges, ed. The Netherlands: Gordon and Breach, pp. 97-133.

1995 (with Muneera Salem-Murdock, Madiodio Niasse, et al.)
Les Barrages de la Controverse: Aménagement de la Vallée du Fleuve
Sénégal. Paris: Harmattan.

1993 "Crossing Over: Ethnicity and Transboundary Conflict in the
Senegal River Valley." Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, 130, XXXIII-2: 201-232.