Publications

Strong, M. and Silva, J. 2021. ‘We would like this place to be a town’: The benefits and challenges of rural development near protected areas. World Development Perspectives, 24: 100371. DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2021.100371

Strong, M. and Silva, J. 2020. Impacts of hunting prohibitions on multidimensional well-being. Biological Conservation, 243: 108451. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108451

Strong, M. 2019. People, place, and animals: Using disemplacement to identify invisible losses of conservation near Limpopo National Park. African Geographical Review, 38: 95-108. DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2017.1303618

Strong, M. 2018. Influence of memory on post-resettlement place attachment (pp. 19-32), in J. Smith (Ed.), Explorations in PLACE attachment. London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-72974-2

Silva, J., Loboda, T. and Strong, M. 2018. Examining aspiration’s imprint on the landscape: Lessons from Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park. Global Environmental Change, 51: 43-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.04.013

Strong, M. 2017. Review of Rebuilding shattered worlds: Creating community by voicing the past, A. Smith and A. Eisenstein, Journal of Cultural Geography, 34: 268-269. DOI: 10.1080/08873631.2017.1297060

Strong, M. 2016. Review of A new scramble for Africa? The rush for energy resources in Sub-Saharan Africa, S. Scholvin (Ed.), African Geographical Review, 37: 283-284. DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2016.1253488

Presentations, Workshops, Invited Lectures

2019 Feeling out-of-place: Human-wildlife conflict and multidimensional well-being in conservation spaces
Annual meeting, American Association of Geographers (Washington, DC) - with Julie Silva

2019 Teaching the world through travel
Annual meeting, American Association of Geographers (Washington, DC)

2019 Using story maps to embed students in landscapes near and far
Maricopa County Community College District, Global Engagement Conference (Scottsdale, AZ)

2019 Getting past the bridge trolls: Open pedagogy assignments in the broader world
Arizona Regional Open Educational Resources Conference (Phoenix, AZ)

2018 Internationalizing the curriculum: Lessons from Mexico
Center for Teaching and Learning Engagement, Glendale Community College (Glendale, AZ) - with Larissa Hill and Jenna Duncan

2018 Using Google’s MyMaps to encourage student interaction with and understanding of urban landscapes
Annual meeting, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (Reno, NV)

2017 Graduate student health and wellbeing - A frank discussion
Annual meeting, American Association of Geographers (Boston, MA)

2016 Resettlement, memory, and the power of place
Annual meeting, American Association of Geographers (San Francisco, CA)

2015 Effects of place attachment and aspirations on being willing to resettle
Annual meeting, Mid-Atlantic Division, American Association of Geographers (Towson, MD)

2015 Changing geography of place attachment in Limpopo National Park
Annual meeting, American Association of Geographers (Chicago, IL)

2015 Understanding PLACE: An introduction for geography students
Marion Center Area High School, 9th Grade Geography Class (Marion Center, PA)

2015 The role of place attachment and aspirations on decisions to support resettlement
Universidade Pedagógica, Delegação de Tete (Tete, Mozambique)

2014 (Re-)Considering place attachment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A study of Mozambican park villages
Annual meeting, American Association of Geographers (Tampa, FL)

2013 The relationship between telecommunications infrastructure and human development in Africa
College of Behavioral and Social Science Research Interaction Day (College Park, MD)

2010 Understanding the millennial student: Information for faculty
Provost’s Faculty Development Series, Widener University (Chester, PA)

2007 Incorporating leadership into campus co-curricula
Division of Student Affairs, Widener University (Chester, PA)

2005 Developmental education at the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Graduate Student Research Poster Symposium (Pittsburgh, PA)

Media Outreach

2020 The value of community college education. ASU Blaze Radio, Evan Desai (Tempe, AZ)

2018 Maricopa educators ‘hunt’ for knowledge in Mexico. KJZZ 91.5 FM, Rodrigo Cervantes (Mexico City, Mexico)