Rhiney, Kevon Dr

Visiting Research Fellow

Focus:

Nexus of critical development

Email:

kr558@geography.rutgers.edu

Tel:

(876) 927-1020

Fax:

(876) 927-2409

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Bio

is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University, USA. Prior to joining Rutgers, he taught for several years at the Mona Campus, University of the West Indies and pursued a British Commonwealth postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford, UK. His research is situated at the nexus of critical development studies, human-environment geography and political ecology, with a focus on the Caribbean. Current research centers on the human dimensions of global environmental change, and its attendant socioeconomic, environmental, and justice implications for small and developing states and territories in the Caribbean. He has recently co-edited two books: Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean: Climate Change, Gender and Geography (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2016) and Global Change and the Caribbean: Adaptation and Resilience (UWI Press, 2016), and has published extensively on a range of topics related to rural agrarian change and environmental sustainability challenges in the Caribbean. Dr. Rhiney currently serves as the Development Section Editor for Geography Compass and sits on the editorial boards for the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Wiley Book Series and the Caribbean Geography Journal. He is also a contributing author for the recently published IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C.

Education

2010 Ph.D. in Geography, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Dissertation: “Tourism-agriculture linkages in Jamaica: Prospects and challenges” Committee: David Barker (Chair), David Dodman, Susan Mains and Janet Momsen (External)

2003 B.A. in Geography (Hons.), University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

Publications

Books 2016. Barker, D., McGregor, D., Rhiney , K. & T. Edwards. Global Change and the Caribbean: Adaptation and Resilience . Kingston: The University of the West Indies Press. 2016. Beckford, C. & Rhiney , K. Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean: Climate Change, Gender and Geography . London: Palgrave-Macmillan. Journal Articles 2019 Rhiney, K. & Baptiste, A. Adapting to Climate Change in the Caribbean: A Developmental Crossroads or Existential Threat? Caribbean Studies 47(2), pp. 1-14. • Rhiney, K. Re-thinking resilience and its ethico-political possibilities, Dialogues in Human Geography 9(2), pp. 197-200. doi: 10.1177/2043820619827742 2018. Rhiney , K. Recipe for resilience? Tracing the biopolitics of Sint Maarten's recovery efforts after Maria”, Journal of Extreme Events . doi: 10. 1142/S234573761840002X 2018. Rhiney , K. Global change, vulnerability and the co-production of resilience among Caribbean farmers, Small Axe 22 (2 ( 57)), pp. 68-80. doi: 10.1215/07990537-7249150 2018. Rhiney , K., Eitzinger, A., Farrell, A. & Praeger, S. Assessing the biophysical and socio-economic consequences of a 1.5C world on Jamaica's agriculture sector, Regional Environmental Change 18(8), pp. 2313-2327 . doi:10.1007/s10113-018-1409-4 2018. Farrell, A., Rhiney , K., Eitzinger, A. & Pathmanathan, A. Climate adaptation in minor crop species: Is the cocoa breeding network prepared for climate change? Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 42(7), pp. 812-833. doi: 10.1080/21683565.2018.1448924. 2018. Lester, S. & Rhiney , K. Going beyond basic access to improved water sources: Towards deriving a water accessibility index, Habitat International 73 , pp.129–140. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2018.02.001 2018. Tomlinson, J. & Rhiney , K. Experiential learning as a tool for farmer engagement and empowerment in a changing regional climate, Caribbean Quarterly, 64(1), pp. 114-135. doi : 10.1080/00086495.2018.1435342 2018. Tomlinson, J. & Rhiney , K. Assessing the Role of Farmer Field Schools in Promoting Pro-Adaptive Behavior and Attitude Toward Climate Change in Jamaica, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 8(1), pp. 86-98. doi: 10.1007/s13412-017-0461-6 2018. Guido, Z., Finan, T., Rhiney , K., Roundtree, V., Johnson, E. & McCook, G. The stresses and dynamics of smallholder coffee systems in Jamaica's Blue Mountains: A case for the potential role of climate services, Climatic Change 147(1), pp. 253-266. doi: 10.1007/s10584-017-2125-7 2016. Baptiste, A.K. & Rhiney , K. Climate justice and the Caribbean: An introduction, Geoforum 73 (1), pp. 17-21. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.04.008 2015. Smith, R. & Rhiney , K. Climate Change, Vulnerability, Land and Livelihoods: The case of the Black Caribs in Northeastern St. Vincent, Geoforum 73 (1), pp. 22-31 . doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.11.008 2015. Rhiney , K. Geographies of Caribbean Vulnerability in a Changing Climate: Issues and Trends, Geography Compass , 9(3), pp. 97-114. doi:10.1111/gec3.12199 2013. Abdulkadri, A., Rhiney , K. & Waller, L.G. A Comparative Economic Analysis of National Economies Under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy: Towards a New Economic Geography (NEG) Model, Global Development Studies , Vol. 7, Nos 1-2, Winter-Spring 2013-2014. Book Chapters 2018. Rhiney , K. Climate Change and the Future of Agriculture in the Caribbean: Prospects for South-South Cooperation. In E. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and P. Daley (Eds.), Handbook on South-South Relations . London: Routledge. Chapter 16. 2017. Rhiney , K., Eitzinger, A., Farrell, A.D. & Taylor, M.A. Assessing the vulnerability of Caribbean farmers to climate change impacts: a comparative study of cocoa farmers in Jamaica and Trinidad. In E. Thomas-Hope (Ed.) Climate Change and Food Security: Africa and the Caribbean . London and New York: Routledge, pp. 59-69. 2016. Rhiney , K., Campbell, D. & Barker, D. Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Change in Jamaica: Directions for Community-Based Research in the Caribbean. In D. Barker, D. McGregor, K. Rhiney & T. Edwards (Eds.), Global Change and the Caribbean: Adaptation and Resilience . Kingston: The University of the West Indies Press, pp. 89-114. 2016. Rhiney , K. From Plantations to Services: A Historical and Theoretical Assessment of the Transition from Agrarian to Service-based Industries in the Caribbean. In C. Beckford and K. Rhiney (Eds.) Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean: Climate Change, Gender and Geography . London: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 23-50 (Chapter 2). doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-53837-6_2 2016. McGregor, D., Barker, D., Rhiney, K. & T. Edwards. (2016) “Adaptation and Resilience: Changing Caribbean Perspectives”, in D. Barker, D. McGregor, K. Rhiney & T. Edwards (Eds.), Global Change and the Caribbean: Adaptation and Resilience . Kingston: The University of the West Indies Press, pp. 3-19. 2016. Beckford, C & Rhiney , K. Geographies of Globalization, Climate Change, Food and Agriculture in the Caribbean. In C. Beckford and K. Rhiney (Eds.) Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean: Climate Change, Gender and Geography . London: Palgrave-Macmillan (Chapter 1), pp. 3-22. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-53837-6_1 2016. Beckford, C & Rhiney , K. Future of Food and Agriculture in the Caribbean in the Context of Climate Change and Globalization: Where Do We Go from Here? In C. Beckford and K. Rhiney (Eds.) Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean: Climate Change, Gender and Geography . London: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 267-295 (Chapter 11). doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-53837-6_11

Courses Taught

Rutgers University (2016 – present)

Caribbean Borderlands (Geog405:335)
Introduction to Environmental Studies (Geog381:101)
Natural Hazards (Geog450:335)
Research Design (Geog450:602), Graduate seminar

University of the West Indies (2007 – 2016)

Population, Migration & Human Settlement (Geog1131)
Introduction to Economic Geography (Geog1101)
Introduction to Agro-environmental Management (Agbu1002), Graduate seminar
Research Methods in Geography (Geog2331)
Urban Geographies (Geog2131)
Urban and Regional Planning (Geog3333)
Geographies of Tourism (Geog3106)

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