Dr. Kevon Rhiney

Kevon Rhiney is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. Prior to joining Rutgers, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford and taught for several years at the University of the West Indies, based in Kingston, Jamaica. His primary research examines the complex conditions under which rural agrarian landscapes change, and the socio-material implications these changes pose for smallholder livelihoods. More recent research has started to explore the biopolitical dimensions of post-hurricane reconstruction efforts across the Caribbean. He is a British Commonwealth Fellow, section editor for Geography Compass and recently served as an expert reviewer and contributing author for the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C.