Faculty Profile

Matthew Fry

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Geography and the Environment
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2008. 
Major: Geography
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2003. 
Major: Latin American Studies
MA, University of Mississippi, 1999. 
Major: Curriculum and Instruction
BS, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1993. 
Major: Biology





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    GEOG 4170.001, Field Methods and Mapping, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5160.001, Foundations of Geographic Thought, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Fall 2022 
                    

                    GEOG 4875.001, Earth Science Topics, Summer 3W1 2022  SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5950.720, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W1 2022 
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    GEOG 4115.001, Our Energy Futures, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5900.717, Special Problems, Spring 2022 
                    

                    GEOG 5170.001, Field Methods, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4170.001, Field Methods and Mapping, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 3770.001, Latin America : Geography and Globalization, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Fall 2021 
                    

                    GEOG 5900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2021 
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4115.001, Our Energy Futures, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Spring 2021 
                    

                    GEOG 5900.715, Special Problems, Spring 2021 
                    

                    GEOG 3770.001, Latin America : Geography and Globalization, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 3770.100, Latin America : Geography and Globalization, Fall 2020 
                    

                    GEOG 4170.001, Mapping and Field Methods, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5170.001, Mapping and Field Methods, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 4115.001, Our Energy Futures, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Spring 2020 
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 3770.001, Latin America : Geography and Globalization, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4960.001, Geography Institute, Summer 3W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4115.001, Our Energy Futures, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 1710.004, Earth Science, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 1710.005, Earth Science, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2018 
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4885.002, Human Geography Topics, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3913.001, Topics in World Literature, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4885.001, Human Geography Topics, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 3770.001, Latin America : Geography and Globalization, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Fall 2016 
                    

                    GEOG 5900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2016 
                    

                    GEOG 4030.001, British Isles Field School, Summer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016 
                    

                    GEOG 4885.001, Regional Science Topics, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5960.002, Geography Institute, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 3780.001, Geography of Mexico, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Fall 2015 
                    

                    GEOG 4885.001, Regional Science Topics, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 3770.001, Latin America : Geography and Globalization, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Spring 2015 
                    

                    GEOG 5900.715, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    GEOG 5160.001, Foundations of Geographic Thought, Fall 2014 
                    

                    GEOG 3780.001, Geography of Mexico, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Fall 2014 
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2014 
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 4951.715, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2014 
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 5160.001, Foundations of Geographic Thought, Fall 2013 
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2013 
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 3770.001, Latin America : Geography and Globalization, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 2170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 5160.001, Foundations of Geographic Thought, Fall 2012 
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2012 
                    

                    GEOG 4980.001, Experimental Course, Summer 2012 
                    

                    GEOG 4980.001, Experimental Course, Summer 3W1 2012 
                    

                    GEOG 5960.001, Geography Institute, Summer 3W1 2012 
                    

                    GEOG 1170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 4980.002, Experimental Course, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Spring 2012 
                    

                    GEOG 5900.715, Special Problems, Spring 2012 
                    

                    GEOG 1170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 4900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    GEOG 5900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    GEOG 1170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 4980.001, Experimental Course, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOG 5960.003, Geography Institute, Spring 2011 
                    

                    GEOG 1170.001, Culture, Environment and Society, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOL 4650.001, Environmental Geology, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    GEOL 5650.001, Environmental Geology, Fall 2010 

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Chapter
Fry, M. J., Brannstrom, C.  (2018). Experimental regulatory approaches for unconventional oil and gas: the case of urban drilling and local government authority in Texas. Governing Shale Gas: Development, Citizen Participation and Decision Making in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe.. Routledge. 
Wolverton, S. J., Nolan, J. M., Fry, M. J. (2016). Political Ecology and Ethnobiology. Introduction to Ethnobiology. 75-82. Springer Nature. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28155-1_12
Fry, M. J. (2009). Tepetzil y la Producción de Block en la Región Montañosa del Centro de Veracruz. In K.F. Clark, G.A. Salas Piza, and R. Cubillas Estrada (eds.), Geología Económica de México, 2ª Edición. 
Book Review
Fry, M. J. (2013). Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability by David Owen. Southeastern Geographer, 53(1): 126-128.. 
Fry, M. J. (2009). An Everyday Geography of the Global South by J. Rigg. Professional Geographer 61(3).. 
Journal Article
Fry, M., Murphy, T.  (2021). The Geo-imaginaries of Potential in Mexico’s Burgos Basin. Political Geography. 90, 102462. 
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., Pitre, C., Lee, A., Rindy, J. E., Doherty, D., Fry, M., Johnson, J. A. (2021). Bird feathers are potential biomonitors for airborne elemental carbon. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 
Fry, M., Hilburn, A.  (2020). The Distributional Justice of Oil Industry Social Development Projects and Upstream Production Activities. The Extractive Industries and Society. 
Hilburn, A., Fry, M.  (2019). Empirical environmental justice research in hydrocarbon extraction areas: examining applicability outside the U.S. using a Mexican case study. Applied Geography. 107, 63-71. 
Fry, M. J. (2018). Shifting Volumetric Imaginaries of Oil Potential in Mexico’s Chicontepec Basin: Investible Asset, Reserve Replacement, and Oilfield Services Zone. Journal of Latin American Geographers. 17(3), 70-98. 
Murphy, T., Brannstrom, C., Fry, M. J. (2017). Ownership and Spatial Distribution of Eagle Ford Mineral Wealth in Live Oak County, Texas. Professional Geographer. 69(4), 616-628. 
Ponette, A. G., Ewing, H. A., Fry, M. J., Young, K. R. (2016). Soil and fine root chemistry at a tropical Andean timberline. Catena. 137, 350-359. 
Otaola, C., Giardina, M., Fry, M. J., Neme, G., Wolverton, S.  (2016). Zooarqueología y Tafonomía en Pastores actuales del Sur de Mendoza. 17, 121-127. 
Murphy, T., Brannstrom, C., Fry, M. J., Ewers, M.  (2016). Economic-Development Stakeholder Perspectives on Boomtown Dynamics in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas. Geographical Review. Wiley-Blackwell. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gere.12226
Fry, M. J., Brannstrom, C., Murphy, T.  (2015). How Dallas became frack free: hydrocarbon governance under neoliberalism. Environment and Planning A. 47(12), 2591-2608. SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308518x15616633
Fry, M. J., Ponette, A. G., Young, K. R. (2015). A Low-Cost GPS-Based Protocol to Create High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Remote Mountain Areas. Mountain Research and Development. 35(1), 39-48. 
Fry, M. J., Briggle, A. R., Kincaid, J.  (2015). Fracking and environmental (in)justice in a Texas city. Ecological Economics. 117, 97-107. 
Fry, M. J., Brannstrom, C.  Op-Ed: Preemption and Scalar Politics, from Living Wages to Hydraulic Fracturing. Other. Association of American Geographers. http://dx.doi.org/10.14433/2015.0008
Ponette, A. G., Fry, M. J. (2014). Enduring footprint of historical land tenure on modern land cover in eastern Mexico: implications for environmental services programmes. Area. 46(4), 398-409. 
Fry, M. J. (2013). Cement, carbon dioxide, and the 'necessity' narrative: A case study of Mexico. 
 Fry, M. Geoforum 49: 127-138.. 
Fry, M. J. (2013). Urban gas drilling and distance ordinances in the Texas Barnett Shale. 
 Fry, M. Energy Policy 62: 79-89.. 
Fry, M. J. (2012). Fracking vs Faucets: Balancing Energy Needs and Water Sustainability at Urban Frontiers. 
Fry, M. J., Hoeinghaus, D. J., Ponette, A. G., Thompson, R., La Point, T. W. (2012). Fracking vs. faucets: balancing energy needs and water sustainability at urban frontiers. Environmental Science & Technology. 46, 7444-7445. 
Fry, M. J. (2011). From Crops to Concrete: Deagriculturalization, Urbanization, and Construction Material Mining in Central Mexico.. 
Fry, M. J. (2011). Manufacturing a City in the Tropics: The Building Material Industry in Xalapa, Mexico.. 
Fry, M. J. (2010). Pig pandemic: Industrial hog farming in eastern Mexico. 
Fry, M. J. (2008). Mexico 's Concrete Block Landscape: A Modern Legacy in the Vernacular. 
Newsletter
Aucoin, M., Fry, M. J. Growing local food movements: Farmer’s markets as nodes for products and community. 56(2), . Geographical Bulletin. 
Research Report
Fry, M., Murphy, T., Hilburn, A., Garcia Chiang, A.  (2020). What Happened to Mexico’s Burgos Shale? Developments, Strategies, and Policy Options. 
Special Issue Introduction by Guest Editor
Fry, M. J., Delgado, E.  (2018). Petro-Geographies and Hydrocarbon Realities in Latin America: Introduction to Special Issue. Journal of Latin American Geographers. 17(3), 7-11. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Fry, M., Fischer, L. A., "Typologies of Integration: An Analysis of Municipal Land Use and Water Management Practices in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex," Sponsored by BABBITT CENTER FOR LAND AND WATER POLICY, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, National, $9025 Funded. (June 2021 – May 2022).
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (Principal), Fry, M. (Co-Principal), Ferring, D. (Co-Principal), Doherty, D. (Co-Principal), "Hazy views over U.S. public lands," Sponsored by University of North Texas, Local, $4340 Funded. (2020 – 2021).
Fry, M., Fischer, L., "Exploring Environmental Governance in Urban Ecosystems: Municipal Landscaping Regulations in DFW," Sponsored by ADVANCED eNVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (AERI) summer seed funding, University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $7500 Funded. (January 2021 – August 2020).
Fry, M. (Principal), Murphy, T. (Co-Principal), Armando, G. (Co-Principal), Andrew, H., "Policy Implications of Trans-National Shale Development in Texas and Mexico," Sponsored by Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center, Southern Methodist University, Other, $19997 Funded. (January 2019 – December 31, 2019).
Fry, M. J., "Global Engagement Grant," University of North Texas, $882 Funded. (August 2017 – June 2018).
Fry, M. J. (Principal), Ponette, A. G. (Principal), Johnson, J., Doherty, D., "MENTORING TEAM GRANT, Air Space, Rights, and Materiality Working Group," Sponsored by University of North Texas Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $3400 Funded. (October 2017 – April 2018).
Fry, M. J. (Principal), Cervantes, G. (Principal), "MENTORING TEAM GRANT, Property Working Group," Sponsored by University of North Texas Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $3500 Funded. (August 2015 – April 2016).
Fry, M. J. (Principal), "Mapping Energy Communities," Sponsored by University of North Texas Office of Research and Development and Department of Geography, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (June 2015 – August 2015).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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