Lindsey Sutton is a broadly trained human geographer with an interdisciplinary background in international affairs and Latin American studies. Her undergraduate and M.A. career combined coursework in geography, economics, history, and political science. She first became interested in Latin America as an undergraduate and quickly decided that she wanted to be part of the mix of Latin Americanist scholars. As a doctoral student, she has developed a regional research specialty focused on Mexico and its northern borderlands region with the United States. This region holds special meaning for Lindsey – her family has farmed and ranched on the U.S. side of the border since 1909. This familial link to the region drew Lindsey to its history of conflict and cooperation with a particular affinity for the rural farming and ranching communities scattered along both sides of the approximately 2,000-mile border. She remains rooted in a transdisciplinary approach in her research on livelihoods, development, social networks, and local economies. She specializes in a number of field techniques and strongly believes that fieldwork is a defining characteristic of geographical research. |