Emily Yeh
Professor of Geography • 2024 Guggenheim Fellow • College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Distinction • Nature/society geography; political ecology; cultural politics; development; Tibet; China • Faculty Affiliate: Center for Asian Studies, CNAIS, C3BC • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2003 • Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, 2023-24
Human Geography • Environment-Society
emily.yeh@colorado.edu
303-492-5438, GUGG 103A

Research Interests

My main research interests are on questions of power, political economy, and cultural politics in the nature-society relationship. Using primarily ethnographic methods, I have conducted research on property rights, natural resource conflicts, environmental history, development and landscape transformation, grassland management and environmental policies, and emerging environmentalisms in Tibetan areas of China. In addition, I have also worked on the politics of identity and race in the Tibetan diaspora, and on several NSF-funded interdisciplinary, collaborative projects on putative causes of rangeland degradation and vulnerability to climate change on the Tibetan Plateau. Broader research and teaching interests include transnational conservation, critical development studies, the relationship between nature, territory, and the nation, and environmental justice. My regional expertise is in China, Tibet, and the Himalayas.

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Despite living in Colorado and doing research in Tibet, I love the ocean and try to scuba dive when I get the chance. Fortunately, I also enjoy cyclingÌýand camping. I am also a "professora" ofÌýcapoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, and mom of Osel and Seldron.Ìý

Recent Courses Taught

  • Spring 2024Ìý GEOG 3022Ìý Climate Politics amd Policy
  • Spring 2024Ìý ³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý5161Ìý Research Design in Human Geography
  • Fall 2023Ìý GEOGÌý5632Ìý Development Geography
  • Spring 2023Ìý GEOG 5161Ìý Research Design in Human Geography
  • Fall 2022 GEOG 6402Ìý Political Ecology
  • Spring 2022Ìý GEOG 5161Ìý Research Design in Human Geography
  • Fall 2021Ìý³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý5652Ìý Introduction to Social Theory
  • Spring 2021Ìý GEOG 5161Ìý Research Design in Human Geography
  • Fall 2020ÌýÌý³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý5632Ìý Development Geography
  • Spring 2020ÌýÌý³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý5161Ìý Research Design in Human Geography
  • Spring 2019ÌýÌý³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý3822Ìý Geography of China
  • Fall 2019ÌýÌý³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý5632Ìý Development Geography

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Recent Publications

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET; Ranjbar AM
Publication Date: 2024-10-27
Type: Chapter

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET; Loizeaux ER
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Publication Date: 2024-05-08
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Nyima Y; Yeh ET
Published in:
Publication Date: 2023-11-17
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ETT
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Publication Date: 2023-09-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Li F; Zhao W; Yeh ET
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Publication Date: 2023-08-18
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Nyima Y; Yeh ETT
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Publication Date: 2023-03-03
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Turner MD; Davis DK; Yeh ET; Hiernaux P; Loizeaux ER; Fornof EM; Rice AM; Suiter AK
Published in:
Publication Date: 2023-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET; Li F
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Publication Date: 2022-09-02
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET
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Publication Date: 2022-04-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Rose-Redwood R; Sheppard E; Pratt G; Roberts SM; Read MR; Fuhriman C; Yeh ET
Published in:
Publication Date: 2022-02-26
Type: Journal Article

"Sky River: Promethean Dreams of Optimising the Atmosphere"

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh E
Publication Date: 2022-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET
Published in:
Publication Date: 2021-11-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Zhang R; Yeh ET; Tan S
Published in:
Publication Date: 2021-08-26
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET
Published in:
Publication Date: 2021-07-19
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET; Gaerrang
Published in:
Publication Date: 2021-07-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET
Published in:
Publication Date: 2021-05-03
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET
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Publication Date: 2021-05-03
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Fayazi M; Yeh ET; Li F
Published in:
Publication Date: 2019-12-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors:
Klein JA; Tucker CM; Nolin AW; Hopping KA; Reid RS; Steger C; Gret-Regamey A; Lavorel S; Mueller B; Yeh ET...
  • Klein JA
  • Tucker CM
  • Nolin AW
  • Hopping KA
  • Reid RS
  • Steger C
  • Gret-Regamey A
  • Lavorel S
  • Mueller B
  • Yeh ET
Published in:
Publication Date: 2019-05-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Klein JA; Tucker CM; Steger CE; Nolin A; Reid R; Hopping KA; Yeh ET; Pradhan MS; Taber A; Molden D
Published in:
Publication Date: 2019-04-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET; Makley C
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Publication Date: 2019-01-02
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Hopping KA; Yeh ET; Gaerrang; Harris RB
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Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Yeh ET
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Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Cao J; Gong Y; Yeh ET; Holden NM; Adamowski JF; Deo RC; Liu M; Zhou J; Zhang J; Zhang W
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-12-01
Type: Journal Article

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