Reade Davis

Reade Davis is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Nipissing University's Faculty of Arts and Science, specializing in environmental anthropology and political economy.

Research examines:

• Fisheries management and aquaculture conflicts
• Neoliberal impacts on small-scale fisheries
• Protected area conservation politics
• Risk construction and commodity chains
• Historical memory in Eastern North America

Publications critically analyze marine conservation in Newfoundland, industrial aquaculture resistance, and the socioeconomic effects of gambling in rural communities. His work employs ethnographic methods to document how coastal communities navigate environmental policy changes and economic restructuring.

Regional expertise covers Newfoundland and Labrador and Eastern Ontario. Education includes:

• PhD and MA, Memorial University
• BA(Hons) and BA, Queen's University