Martin J. "Mike" Pasqualetti is a professor of geography in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. He is also a member of the graduate faculty on Global Technology and Development at ASU Polytechnic, and a Senior Sustainability Scholar the Global Institute of Sustainability. He pioneered the study of "Energy Landscapes," which interprets the role of human energy demand in reshaping natural landscapes. Arizona State University – School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning: Pasqualetti (Accessed Dec 2011)Arizona State University – Global Institute of Sustainability: Pasqualetti (Accessed Dec 2011)
Education
B.A. in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley 1967
M.A. in Geography and Anthropology from the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 1969. Thesis: "The Fishing Economy of Lake Chapala, Mexico"
Ph.D. in Geography and Energy from the University of California, Riverside 1977. Dissertation: "Energy in An Oasis: Geothermal Energy in the Imperial Valley of California"
Public service He was appointed twice by two different Arizona governors as chair of the Arizona Solar Energy Advisory Council."Solar subdivision is a 1st", Arizona Business Gazette, August 28, 2003ASU biographical page He is regarded as an expert on renewable energy"Firms rush to stake claims in Mexico's isthmus", Arizona Republic, June 24, 2009 and energy ties between the United States and Mexico."As Host of Climate Talks, Mexico Faces Domestic Energy Paradox", Reuters, November 4, 2010 He was an appointed member of the Arizona Board of Geographic and Historic Names, leading the successful effort to change the name of a Phoenix landmark from Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Piestewa, the first Native American women to be killed in action.Wendy C. Kelleher, 2004, A Contemporary Public Naming Controversy in Phoenix, Arizona: The Changing Social Perspectives on Landmark Nomenclature. Names 52:2 (June 2004): 21–47
Publications Dr. Pasqualetti has published books on wind power, nuclear power plant decommissioning, nuclear energy hazards, landscape development, and 75 articles on energy and other topics, including solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, nuclear energy, oil sands, energy security, and energy landscapes. The following is a selection of his published work:
Books The Thread of Energy. Oxford University Press Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures, Elsevier The Renewable Energy Landscape. Routledge Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions, Routledge Nuclear Power: Assessing and Managing Hazardous Technology, editor and contributor (with K. David Pijawka) and contributor. Westview Press. 1984 Nuclear Decommissioning and Society, editor and contributor. Routledge Press. 1990. The Evolving Landscape: Homer Aschmann's Geography, editor and contributor. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1997Sluyter, A. (1998). The Evolving Landscape: Homer Aschmann's Geography, edited by Martin J. Pasqualetti. Hispanic American Historical Review, 78, 3, 49Starrs, P. F. (1996). The Evolving Landscape: Homer Aschmann's Geography. Edited by Martin J. Pasqualetti. Geographical Review New York, 86, 3, 482–485.Mikeseli, M. W. (1998). Pasqualetti, Martin J., ed., The Evolving Landscape: Homer Aschmann's Geography. Annals – Association of American Geographers, 88, 1, 167–168. Wind Power in View: Landscapes of Power in a Crowded World, editor and contributor (with Paul Gipe and Robert Righter). Academic Press. 2002Weeks, J. (2003). Reviews – Wind Power in View. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 59, 1, 67.Peace Research Abstracts (2004). a review of Wind power in view: energy landscapes in a crowded world, 41, 3.)Nielsen, K. H.,(2002). Review of Wind Power in View: Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World. Technology and Culture, 43, 4, 825–826.`Wind Power in View – energy landscapes in a crowded world' by Martin J. Pasqualetti, Paul Gipe and Robert W. Richter (Eds), Academic Press. (2002). Wind Engineering, 26, 425–426.Okey, B. (2005). Wind Power in View: Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World Martin J. Pasqualetti, Paul Gipe and Robert W. Righter. Pennsylvania Geographer, 43, 2, 124–126.Solomon, B. D. (2003). Martin J. Pasqualetti, Paul Gipe, and Robert W. Righter, eds. Wind Power in View: Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World. Professional Geographer, 55, 111.
References
External links Pasqualetti's website at ASU