Nicholas L. Padilla
Western ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ University
1903 W ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5424 USA
- Ph.D. Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2017
- M.S. Geography, Texas State University-San Marcos, 2009
- B.A. Political Science and Spanish, St. Norbert College, 2006
- Latin America
- Human Geography
- Political Ecology
- Political Ecology
- Indigenous Peoples
- Political Economy
Dr. Padilla is a broadly-trained critical human geographer who researches at the intersections of political ecology, political economy, and indigenous peoples in Latin America. In Colombia, his research explores the politics and spatialities of indigenous and peasant social movements, education, and economic activism through ethnographic fieldwork. His previous research examined the spaces of decolonial thinking and praxis among indigenous and rural actors in Cauca, Colombia, who have coalesced in order to further their ‘own’ educational model, re-introduce social relations in rural economies, and account for and incorporate nature in economic practices.