Dr. Daniel Kpienbaareh
Assistant Professor of Geography
Geography-Geology-Environment
Office
FHS Felmley Hall Of Science 104
Office Hours
Mondays 3 - 4 PM or by appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Research
Biography
I am broadly trained in human-environment interactions and their impacts on socio-ecological systems, which can be understood through geospatial technologies. I employ social science theories to identify policy alternatives to environmental challenges.
Current Courses
211.001Earth's Dynamic Weather
211.002Earth's Dynamic Weather
287.012Independent Study - Geography
100.001Introduction to Environmental Systems
Teaching Interests & Areas
Geographic Information Systems
Weather and Climate
Environmental Systems
Sustainable Agriculture
Research Interests & Areas
Agroecology
GIS/Remote sensing applications
Natural resource management
Participatory GIS
Smallholder farming
Sustainable agriculture
Sub-Saharan Africa
PhD Geography and Environment
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Book, Chapter
Kansanga, M., Kpienbaareh, D., Amoak, D., Kerr, R. B., Shumba, L., Lupafya, E., ... & Luginaah, I. (2023). Agroecology for Health: Examining the Impact of Participatory Agroecology on Health in Smallholder Farming Communities. In Health Geography in Sub-Saharan Africa: Development-Health Nexus (pp. 127-142). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Kansanga, M., Kpienbaareh, D., & DeMotts, R. Are parks the best way to protect African wildlife?. Debating African Issues. Routledge (2022): 123-136.
Kpienbaareh, D., Bezner Kerr, R., Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H., Amoak, D., Poveda, K., Nagothu, U., Vogel, C., Iverson, A., Mehreteab, T., Luginaah, I., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Wang, J., Küstner, G., Enloe, S., Mayer, V., Dakishoni, L., Lupafya, E., Shumba, L., Chunga, T., Kanyimbo, P., Munthali, P., Gondwe, T., Mhoni, I., Mkandawire, M., Mkandawire, T., Moyo, P., & Tembo, Y. Transdisciplinary agroecological research on biodiversity and ecosystem services for sustainable and climate resilient farming systems in Malawi. Advances in Ecological Research. Elsevier (2022): 3-35.
Conference Proceeding
Akrofi, B., Peterson, E., Peterson, E., Perry, W., Perry, W., Kpienbaareh, D., Kpienbaareh, D., Seyoum, W., & Seyoum, W. THE INFLUENCE OF TILE FLOW ON THE TRANSPORT - FATE OF NITRATE IN THE VADOSE ZONE OF A SATURATED RIPARIAN BUFFER: A CASE STUDY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America (2023)
Journal Article
Kansanga, M., Banda, D., Mkandawire, P., Kpienbaareh, D., Bezner Kerr, R., & Luginaah, I. TACIT EVASION OR A MISPLACED POLICY GAZE: A POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF THE DEFORESTATION AND CHARCOAL CONUNDRUM IN MALAWI. Geographical Review (2024): 1-26.
Kansanga, M. M., Banda, D., Mkandawire, P., Kpienbaareh, D., Bezner Kerr, R., & Luginaah, I. (2024). TACIT EVASION OR A MISPLACED POLICY GAZE: A POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF THE DEFORESTATION AND CHARCOAL CONUNDRUM IN MALAWI. Geographical Review, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2024.2405213
Kpienbaareh, D., Luginaah, I., & Bezner Kerr, R. Considerations for enhancing participation and data accuracy in geospatial research in rural areas: experiences with PGIS in northern Malawi. African Geographical Review (2024): 1-14.
Kpienbaareh, D., Bezner Kerr, R., Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H., Iverson, A., Luginaah, I., Lupafya, E., Dakishoni, L., & Shumba, L. Ecosystem service demand and supply dynamics under different farming systems: A participatory GIS assessment in Malawi. Applied Geography 171 (2024): 103372.
Kpienbaareh, D., Mohammed, K., Luginaah, I., Wang, J., Bezner Kerr, R., Lupafya, E., & Dakishoni, L. Local actors, farmer decisions and landscape crop diversity in smallholder farming systems: A systems perspective. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 374 (2024): 109138.
Presentations
An Event History Analysis of Provisioning Ecosystem Services and Timing to Food Insecurity in Forest-dependent Communities. Annual Meeting of the Illinois Geographical Society. (2024)
Collaborative Design of Ecosystem Service Assessment Indicators: A Pathway to Community-based Resource Management. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. (2024)
Participatory Forest Regeneration and Agroecology for Biodiversity, Food Security and Climate Mitigation. The Annual CRFS ESAf Community of Practice Meeting. McKnight Foundation. (2023)
The influence of tile flow on the transport-fate of nitrate in the vadose zone of a saturated riparian buffer zone: A case study in central Illinois. The Geological Society of America Connects 2023. Geological Society of America. (2023)
Use of Satellite Remote Sensor Data to Evaluate Residential. Americas Conference on Information Systems. (2023)
Presentation of Research Findings to Multi-Actor Platform. FARMS4Biodiversity Annual Meeting. Soils, Food and Healthy Communities. (2022)
Grants & Contracts
2024 Faculty Success Program (FSP). Illinois State University Provost scholarship. Illinois State University. (2024)
CAS Travel Fund. College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Geography, Geology and the Environment. Illinois State University. (2024)
Agroecological and gender-transformative approaches to climate change adaptation in smallholder farmers in Rwanda, Africa. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. Other. (2023)
IGS Research Grant. Illinois Geographical Society. Local. (2023)
Use of Satellite Remote Sensor Data to Evaluate Residential Inequality. Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS). Illinois State University. (2023)