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Kendra McSweeney

Environmental Science · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1977
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesWildlife Ecology and Conservation

Publications

86

Citations

3,510

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1977

Research summary
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Kendra McSweeney studies how illegal drug trafficking, especially cocaine trade routes through Central America, reshapes land use, forests, and rural livelihoods, and how counterdrug enforcement policies affect these landscapes in turn. Her work combines geography, spatial modeling, and interdisciplinary collaboration to understand the environmental and development consequences of illicit economies. Prospective students would engage with topics spanning human-environment interactions, drug policy, conservation, and quantitative spatial analysis.

Narcotrafficking and land use changeIllicit economies and rural developmentSpatial and computational modeling of trafficking networksConservation and biodiversity impacts of traffickingPolitical geography of drug policy and enforcement

Publication output peaked around 2019-2022 and has since slowed to a lower but steady rate in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 6 publications192020: 10 publications10202021: 6 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Illicit Economies and Development×4
  • Journal of Latin American geography×3
  • Environmental Research Letters×2
  • Global Environmental Change×2
  • Political Geography×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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