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Puyang Li is a Ph.D. student in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at the Arizona State University. Trained as an interdisciplinary researcher, he is interested in China’s approaches and practices in African agricultural development and the sustainability implications for land changes and local impacts. Exploring the socioecological matrix – the links between environmental conservation and community development in particular – constitute the core essences of his research. He applies experimental, observational, participatory, and modeling approaches to test theories on coupled human-natural systems and sustainability. He has conducted empirical research on subsistence and biophysical systems in East Africa (Tanzania in particular). His most recent research project focuses on the impacts of China’s large-scale land transactions on food security, smallholder wellbeing, and ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa as well as their outreaching connections with broader systems that transcend spatiotemporal and institutional scales.
2010-2012 - Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Michigan State University
2010 - M.S. in Human Geography, Department of Urban/Reigonal Planning, Sun Yat-sen University
2006 - B.S. in Economic Geography, Department of Urban/Reigonal Planning, Sun Yat-sen University
Land system science, land acquisition, human-environmental sciences, Africa
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 102 | Introduction Human Geography |
GCU 121 | World Geography |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 350 | The Geography of World Crises |
GCU 351 | Population Geography |
Guest Lecture
GCU 432_Geography of China: Economic Geography of China Feb 2014
GCU 102_Geography of Food and Agriculture Oct 2015
GCU 102_Urbanization and Global Urban System Nov 2015
China Agricultural University May 2016
GCU 121_Physical Geography of China Oct 2017
ASU China Students & Scholars Union: Fieldwork in Africa Nov 2017
Conference presentation
2012 African Enclaves in a Globalizing City: the Case of Guangzhou, China - Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York City
2013 The Global South Relations and Power Balance: Chinese Farmers in Africa - Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
2003 The Second-class SYSU Scholarship for Excellent Student
2004 The Third-class SYSU Scholarship for Excellent Student
2005 The First-class SYSU Scholarship for Excellent Student
2005 Scholarship Sponsored by Sumitomo Shoji Company LTD.
2006 1987 Economic Geography Scholarship for Excellent Student
2008 Graduate Scholarship of Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
2012 Travel Award of Graduate Office Fellowship for Pre-dissertation Research Graduate School, Michigan State University
2015 M.G. Bailey Scholarship Award, Arizona State University (ASU)
2015 Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) Travel Grant, ASU
2015 GPSA Fall 2015 JumpStart Grant
2016 GPSA Research Grant
2016 Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) Travel Grant, ASU
Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2011 - present
Geographical Society of China 2008 - present
American Geographical Society (AGS) 2015 - present
2006 - 2008 undergraduate advisor/consultant, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University