University of Colorado DenverCollege of Liberal Arts and SciencesUniversity of Colorado Denver

Peter Anthamatten

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2007

Office: NC 3522
Phone: 303.556.4277
E-mail: peter.anthamatten@ucdenver.edu

Areas of Interest:

Medical geography, spatial analysis, GIS, nutrition, education

Teaching

  • Cartography
  • Health and GIS
  • Medical Geography
  • Latin America
  • Spatial Analysis

Current Research

  • Exploring the role of the environment in childhood malnutrition.  While environmental factors are frequently alluded to in discussions of childhood malnutrition, little has been done to evaluate the impact of the environment on the nutrition status of children in poor areas.  The purpose of my research is to consider (a) what kinds of relationships exist between various components of a child’s environment and his or her nutrition status; (b) how to better evaluate whether this relationship is indicative of a causal relationship and (c) what policy implications can be drawn from this work.

  • Evaluating biases in bioconservation efforts.  While much progress has been made in protecting environmental resources, some have questioned the "representativeness" of recent bioconservation efforts across biomes and ecological realms.  The purpose of this work is to evaluate whether and to what extent such efforts favor some environments over others, and to consider the nature of observed biases using simple spatial-analytical techniques.

Select Publications

Anthamatten, Peter; Carol Gersmehl; and Phil Gersmehl. 2008. Atlas of the Erie Canal. New York: Guilford Press. (in press)

Gersmehl, Phil, and Peter Anthamatten. 2008. Teaching Geography: Interactive CD-ROM. New York: Guilford Press. (in press)

Anthamatten, Peter. 2008. Sources of geographic information for teachers. In Gersmehl, Phil. Teaching Geography, Second Edition. New York: Guildford Press. (in press)

Hazen, Helen D.; and Peter Anthamatten. 2007. Unnatural Selection: An analysis of the ecological representativeness of natural World Heritage sites. Professional Geographer 59(2): 256-268.

Anthamatten, Peter; and Susy S. Ziegler. 2006. Teaching Geography with 3-D Visualization Technology. Journal of Geography. 105: 231-237.

Hazen, Helen and Peter Anthamatten. 2004. Representation of ecoregions by protected areas at the global scale. Physical Geography 25(6): 499-512.
(Contributing author in) Association of American Geographers. 2003. ArgWorld CD. Austin, TX: Holt Reinhardt.