Bio
Dr. Fry is a human-environment geographer with a focus on Latin America. His research examines rural-urban relationships, cultural and political ecology, livelihoods, human-modified landscapes, land-use change, and everyday geographies.
Education
Courses
GEOG 1170: Culture, Environment and Society
GEOG 4980: Latin America-Geography and Globalization
GEOG 5960: Geography Institute
GEOL 4650/5650: Environmental Geology
Articles
Fry, M. J., Hoeinghaus, D. H., Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., Thompson, R., & La Point, T. W. (2012). Fracking vs. faucets: Balancing energy needs and water sustainability at urban frontiers. Environmental Science & Technology.
Fry, M. (2011). From crops to concrete: Deagriculturalization, urbanization, and construction material mining in Central Mexico. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 101(6), 1285-1306.
Fry, M. (2011). Manufacturing a city in the tropics: The building material industry in Xalapa, Mexico. Industrial Geographer, 8(2), 45-62.
More Articles
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., & Fry, M. (2010). Pig pandemic: Industrial hog farming in Eastern Mexico. Land Use Policy, 27(4), 1107-1110.
Fry, M. (2008). Mexico’s concrete block landscape: A modern legacy in the vernacular.Journal of Latin American Geographers, 72(2), 35-38.
Fry, M. (2008). Concrete-block farmers in Mexico. Geographical Review, 98(1), 123-132.
Books
Fry, M. (2009). Tepetzil y la producción de block en la región montañosa del Centro de Veracruz. In K. Clark, G. Salas Piza & R. Cubillas Estrada (Eds.), Geología Económica de México, 2ª Edición. Hermosillo, Sonora, México: Servicio Geológico Mexicano.
Posters/Presentations
Fry, M. (2012, January). Field mapping tropical treelines in Peru. Presented at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Fry, M. (2012, January). Perspectivas de los paisajes en América Latina. Presented at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Mérida, Yucatán, México, January.
Fry, M. (2011, April). Diffusion of modernization and globalization. Presented at the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA.
More Presentations
Fry, M. (2011, April). Modernized and globalized: Portland cement in Mexico’s landscape. Presented at the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA.
Fry, M. (2011, November). Undergraduate choice of majors: Why not geography? Presented at the Southwestern Association of American Geographers, Austin, TX.
Fry, M. (2011, November). Drilling and drought anxieties. Presented at the Southwestern Association of American Geographers, Austin, TX.
Fry, M. (2011, November). Special session: Southwestern resources. Presented at the Southwestern Association of American Geographers, Austin, TX.
Fry, M. (2010, March). From crops to concrete: Deagriculturalization and urban construction material mining in Central Mexico. Presented at the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C.
Fry, M. (2009, March). Converting crops to concrete: Construction materials and land-use change in Central Mexico. Presented at the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV.
Fry, M. (2009, January). The geography of rural mining: Aggregates in Mexico. Presented at the Conference of Latin American Geographers, Granada, Nicaragua.
