Nabhan, Gary Paul

Gary Paul Nabhan was born in Gary, Indiana on March 17, 1952. His formal education includes a B.A. from Prescott College in Arizona (1974) and a M.S. from the University of Arizona (1978). In 1982, he received a Ph.D. in Arid Land Resources from the University of Arizona. Nabhan founded Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT). He directs the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona and is involved with Sabores Sin Fronteras. An ethnobotanist, he is works to encourage local food production and maintaining diverse cultural food traditions, as well as championing the flora and fauna of the American Southwest. He has been involved with research that seeks to counteract the prevalence of diabetes in native peoples. Nabhan has received numerous awards for his writing and research, including a Pew Fellowship in Conservation and the Environment (1991), A MacArthur Fellowships (1990-1995), the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing (1986, for The Desert Smells Like Rain ), and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Conservation Biology (2001).

A list of his publications includes:

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