Working Groups
- Member
- Coastal Erosion Working Group
- Global Change Effects on the Archaeological and Paleoecological Record--Identification and Response
- Knowledge Sharing and Data Archiving Working Group
- LTVTP/NABO working group
- Resilience and Vulnerability to Climate Change
- Sustainability Education and Community Engagement
- The Human Experience, insights from the UNDP Human Securities
GHEA Member Details
Thomas McGovern
Details about Thomas McGovern and linked projects and collaborations.
Research Keywords
- Agriculture
- Anthropology
- Environmental History
- Palaeoenvironments
- Pedagogy
Research Summary
McGovern is a zooarchaeologist and director of Hunter College CUNY Zooarch Lab since 1989. A recovering processualist, he is interested in the dynamic long term interaction of place, people, politics and of course animal bones, and attempting to be more resilient while losing weight and becoming a better GHEA and NABO website user. Coordinator NABO, and at present also coordinating the archaeology program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Cooperates with Sophia Perdikaris in education and outreach efforts as part of the Islands of Change program.
Resumé/CV
Thomas McGovern's resumé/CV is available here.
Primary Affiliation
City University of New York (CUNY)
Full Professor
695 Park Ave
New York
New York
10065
United States of America
Phone: 0012152970373
nabo@voicenet.com
GHEA Projects
Thomas McGovern is currently leading 4 GHEA projects:
- Comparative Island Ecodynamics Project (CIE)
- GHEA Research Coordination Network Proposal Project
- GPS+ Camera+Empowerment
- The ash-fall from the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland: The formation of an environmental record, natural and cultural impacts
Thomas McGovern is currently collaborating on 6 GHEA projects
- Caribbean Human Ecodynamics
- Comparative Ecodynamics in the Aleutian and Kuril Islands: A GHEA synthesis workshop
- Living with the Dangers of Sudden Environmental Change: Understanding Hazards, Mitigating Impacts, Avoiding Disasters
- Rousay, Orkney: Gateway to the Atlantic
- Surviving Climate Change in the Caribbean: Using the time depth of human experience to build sustainable societies
- Under the Glacier: The fishing station at Gufuskálar
GHEA Products
Thomas McGovern is currently leading 1 GHEA product: