 Curtis D. Holder
Associate Professor
Columbine 2022
719.255.4097
cholder@uccs.edu
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curriculum vitae
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Education:
- PhD, Geography, Clark University, 2000
- MA, Geography, University of Georgia, 1992
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BA, Geography, Clark University, 1988
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Research Interests:
- Forest Hydrology
- Climate
- Human-Environment Interactions
- Biogeography
- Latin America
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Research Projects:
- Significance of leaf water repellency in forest hydrology models
- Influence of land use changes on rainfall partitioning and fog interception in a tropical montane cloud forest in Guatemala
- Transnational migration, remittances, and decentralization of forest management in municipal-communal forests in Guatemala
- Leaf traits and leaf optical properties of common species in Colorado and Guatemala
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Courses Taught:
- Environmental Systems: Climate and Vegetation
- Applied Hydrology
- Water Resources and Water Problems
- Topics in Water Resource Management
- Development of Geographic Thought
- History and Nature of Geography
- Synoptic Climatology
- Field Studies in Geography - Guatemala
- Geography of Climate Change
- Cultural and Political Ecology
- Nature and Society
- Practical Meteorology
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Awards and Honors:
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (1992) awarded by the University of Georgia
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Citizen Activist Award (1988) awarded by the Citizen Action Network, Worcester, MA
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Selected Publications:
- Holder, C.D. 2007. Leaf water repellency as an adaptation to tropical montane cloud forest environments. Biotropica 39(6): 767-770.
- Holder, C.D. 2007. Leaf water repellency of species in Guatemala and Colorado (USA) and its significance to forest hydrology studies. Journal of Hydrology 336(1/2): 147-154.
- Holder, C.D. 2006. Contested visions: technology transfer, water resources, and social capital in Chilascó, Guatemala. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 4(3): 269-283.
- Holder, C.D. 2006. The hydrological significance of cloud forests in the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala. Geoforum 37(1): 82-93.
- Holder, C.D. 2004. Changes in structure and cover of a common property pine forest in Guatemala, 1954-1996. Environmental Conservation 31(1): 22-29.
- Holder, C.D. 2004. Rainfall interception and fog precipitation in a tropical montane cloud forest of Guatemala. Forest Ecology and Management 190(2/3): 373-384.
- Holder, C.D. 2003. Fog precipitation in a cloud forest of the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala. Hydrological Processes 17(10): 2001-2010.
- Holder, C.D. 2000. Geography of Pinus elliottii and Pinus palustris leaf life spans in the southeastern USA. Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 311-318.
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