About Me

My name is Kyle Evered, I’m a historical geographer at Michigan State University, & my research & instructional interests concern matters in cultural & political geography, geographies of health & well being, & cultural/political ecology & environmental histories. Most of my writing & teaching deals with issues that involve these topical interests as found in Turkey &, more generally, the northern Middle East & the post-socialist states of Eurasia. In the past, I also studied (& continue to do a little work involving) Latin America & the Caribbean.

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Research

I have a number of research interests & related projects, & I explain how these fit together in greater detail on my research page. Briefly, these interests include historical & contemporary geographies of:

• identity-place inter-relationships (e.g., nationalism & territoriality, cultural dimensions of regionalization, & the varied uses of built &/or natural landscapes in identity construction & in ideological programs)
• public health, disease, & demographic geopolitics
  
• cultural/political ecologies of agro-food systems in rural Turkey (with emphasis on crops like poppies, roses, & anise, home gardens, & dairy production)
• development, modernity, & environment
• opium poppies (their geopolitics & political ecologies)
  
• the US’ presence in the Middle East & North Africa
  
• imperialism & empire

Training

• PhD (2002) in Geography, University of Oregon
  
• Graduate Certificate (2002) in Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies, University of Oregon
  
• MS (1994) in Geography, University of Wisconsin—Madison
  
• MA (1991) in Latin American, Caribbean, & Iberian Studies, University of Wisconsin—Madison
  
• BA (1990) in Anthropology, History, & Latin American, Caribbean, & Iberian Studies, University of Wisconsin—Madison