Maria Fadiman
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Maria Grace Fadiman (born July 4, 1969) is an ethnobotanist and professor of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University.
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[edit] Biography
Dr Fadiman was raised in Palo Alto by documentary filmmaker, Dorothy Fadiman and psychologist and published author, James Fadiman. She received her BA from Vassar College, her MA from Tulane University and her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. She was the recipient of an NSF Grant in 2000-2001 which she used for her dissertation research in Ecuador.
Dr Fadiman joined the faculty at Florida Atlantic University in 2004. Prior to her appointment at FAU, she served as part time faculty at Sonoma State University.
In 2006, she was recognized as an Emerging Explorer by National Geographic. According to the National Geographic website (linked below), Dr Fadiman was one of only eight Explorers honored by National Geographic in 2006.
Dr Fadiman's research specializes in Latin American and African ethnobotany, with a focus on rainforest cultures. Dr. Fadiman's research and publications examine the various ways that indigenous peoples interact with plants in their daily lives, with particular emphasis on the economy and on gender roles. (See recent publications linked below)
[edit] Recent publications
- 2005, Cultivated Food Plants: Culture and Gendered Spaces of Colonists and the Chachi in Ecuador. Journal of Latin American Geography 4(1): 43-57.
- 2004, Management, Cultivation and Domestication of Weaving Plants: Heteropsis and Astrocaryum in the Ecuadorian Rain Forest. The California Geographer 44:1-19.
- 2001, Hat weaving with Jipi, Carludovica palmate, (Cyclanthaceae)in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The Journal of Economic Botany 55(4):539-544.
[edit] Trivia
- As part of Starbuck's "The Way I See It" program, Dr Fadiman was quoted (Quote #233) on the Venti cups in April 2007.
- Dr Fadiman is a life-long vegetarian.
