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Betancourt teaches Intro to Environmental Studies, Environmental Sociology, and the Commodification of Nature. His research has focused on agroecology, nature-society interactions, imperialism, and unequal ecological exchange.

Professor Betancourt is an environmental sociologist whose research focuses on studying the nature-society relationship, global environmental change, and unequal exchange and development. He has published in Global Environmental Change, The Journal of Peasant Studies, and Environmental Research: Climate. He is currently working on a book project about the guano trade in 19th-century Peru.

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