Sarah E. Turner
Associate Professor,Concordia University
Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
E-mail: sarah.turner@concordia.ca
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EducationPost-doctorate, Behavioural ecology, McGill University (2012-2016) Doctorate, Anthropology, The University of Calgary (2003-2010) Master's, Interdisciplinary (Primatology), University of Victoria (2000-2003) Bachelor's, Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University (1994-1999) ResearchSarah Turner is interested in how the behavioural ecology of nonhuman primates is influenced by human-induced environmental change. She studies the behaviour of free-ranging Japanese macaques with physical disabilities to explore hypotheses related to behavioural flexibility, mother-infant interactions and social behaviour.QCBS students Stephanie EcclesPh.D.  Megan JoycePh.D.  Mikaela GerwingM.Sc. Ariana Moin KenaryM.Sc.  Ariane PeroniM.Sc. Previous students (since 2009) Brogan StewartPh.D.  Jack CreegganM.Sc. Caroline LesageM.Sc. Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedMacaca Fuscata Primates Publications35- From strict socialism to social evils: Changing childhoods over three generations in urban Vietnam Journal Article Turner S , Ngo H T , Nguyen T D , Buttery Y , 2024 Population, Space and Place (Date Added: 2024-04-12) 34- Disposable People as Infrastructure? The Livelihood Trials and Tactics of Three-Wheeler Delivery Drivers on Hanoi’s Streets, Vietnam Journal Article Turner S , 2024 Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (Date Added: 2024-03-16) 33- Forest Tales? Unravelling Divergent Land Use and Land Cover Change (LULCC) Maps and State Narratives in Vietnam’s Northern Uplands Journal Article Nguyen T A , Le H , Slack P , Kalacska M , Turner S , 2024 Land (Date Added: 2024-01-31) 32- Rooftop gardening complexities in the Global South: Motivations, practices, and politics Journal Article Turner S , Pham T , Ngô H T , Zuberec C , 2023 Geographical Research (Date Added: 2023-12-17) 31- Entangled, unraveled, and reconfigured: Human–animal relations among ethnic minority farmers and water buffalo in the northern uplands of Vietnam Journal Article Garber P , Turner S , 2023 Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (Date Added: 2023-02-15) 30- Creative counter-discourses to the “green city” narrative: practices of small-scale urban agriculture in Hanoi, Vietnam Journal Article Pham T , Lynch M , Turner S , 2023 Local Environment (Date Added: 2023-01-17) 29- The diversity of organic farmer motivations and livelihoods in the Global South – A case study in Kerala, India Journal Article Seufert V , Austin S E , Badami M G , Turner S , Ramankutty N , 2023 Geoforum (Date Added: 2023-01-05) 28- Hanoi’s street vendors on the move: Itinerant vending tactics and mobile methods in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Book Book Chapter Zuberec C , Turner S , 2022 Marketplaces: Movements, Representations and Practices (Date Added: 2023-07-08) 27- Subaltern struggles to access public spaces: Young rural migrants in Hanoi, Vietnam Journal Article Labbé D , Turner S , Pham T , 2022 Population, Space and Place (Date Added: 2022-10-15) 26- Creative hubs in Hanoi, Vietnam: Transgressive spaces in a socialist state? Journal Article Labbe D , Zuberec C , Turner S , 2022 Urban Studies (Date Added: 2022-07-10) 25- Looking beyond the digital veil: an investigation of the (de)commodification of three “Vietnamese spices” Journal Article Turner S , Zuberec C , Kee M , 2021 Food, Culture and Society (Date Added: 2022-01-08) 24- “People want good graffiti”: Tensions, contradictions, and everyday politics surrounding graffiti in Hanoi, Vietnam Journal Article Kee M , Turner S , Labbé D , 2021 Area (Date Added: 2021-11-28) 23- Rocking the boat: intersectional resistance to marine conservation policies in Wakatobi National Park, Indonesia Journal Article Lynch M , Turner S , 2021 Gender, Place and Culture (Date Added: 2021-09-14) 22- The utterly unforeseen livelihood shock: COVID-19 and street vendor coping mechanisms in Hanoi, Chiang Mai and Luang Prabang Journal Article Turner S , Langill J C , Nguyen B N , 2021 Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (Date Added: 2021-09-14) 21- Challenging slopes: ethnic minority livelihoods, state visions, and land-use land cover change in Vietnam’s northern mountainous borderlands Journal Article Nguyen A T , Turner S , Kalacska M , 2021 Environment, Development and Sustainability (Date Added: 2021-06-21) 20- Visualizing frictional encounters: Analyzing and representing street vendor strategies in Vietnam through narrative mapping Journal Article Turner S , Zuberec C , Pham T , 2021 Applied Geography (Date Added: 2021-05-28) 19- Distilling Culture into Commodity? The Emergent Homemade Alcohol Trade and Gendered Livelihoods in Upland Northern Vietnam Journal Article Po J Y , Langill J C , Turner S , Michaud J , 2020 Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (Date Added: 2020-12-25) 18- Small city politics in the Global South: state imaginaries and everyday realities of a frontier city in northern Vietnam Journal Article Adenwala A , Turner S , 2020 Urban Geography (Date Added: 2020-12-08) 17- Growing pains: Small-scale farmer responses to an urban rooftop farming and online marketplace enterprise in Montréal, Canada Journal Article Allaby M , MacDonald G K , Turner S , 2020 Agriculture and Human Values (Date Added: 2020-11-04) 16- Climate change impacts on potential future ranges of non-human primate species Journal Article Stewart B M , Turner S E , Matthews H D , 2020 Climatic Change (Date Added: 2020-07-20) 15- Bastard Spice or Champagne of Cinnamon? Conflicting Value Creations along Cinnamon Commodity Chains in Northern Vietnam Journal Article Derks A , Turner S , Thúy Hạnh N , 2020 Development and Change (Date Added: 2020-03-30) 14- Social grooming efficiency and techniques are influenced by manual impairment in free-ranging Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) Journal Article Espitia-Contreras J P , Fedigan L M , Turner S E , 2020 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2020-03-07) 13- A small upland city gets a big make-over: Local responses to state ‘modernity’ plans for Lào Cai, Vietnam Journal Article Henein Y , Pham T , Turner S , 2019 Urban Studies (Date Added: 2020-01-22) 12- Cardamom casualties: Extreme weather events and ethnic minority livelihood vulnerability in the Sino-Vietnamese borderlands Journal Article Rousseau J , Turner S , Xu Y , 2019 Climate (Date Added: 2020-01-22) 11- Flex crops or flex livelihoods? The story of a volatile commodity chain in upland northern Vietnam Journal Article Turner S , Derks A , Thúy Hạnh N , 2019 Journal of Peasant Studies (Date Added: 2020-01-22) 10- A Global-Scale Evaluation of Primate Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate Change Journal Article Graham, TL, Matthews, HD, Turner, SE 2016 International Journal of Primatology (Date Added: 2018-02-22) 9-Birth (Primates) Book Chapter Turner, SEaF 2015 Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality ( Date Added: 2018-02-22) 8- Social consequences of disability in a nonhuman primate Journal Article Turner, SE, Fedigan, LM, Matthews, HD, Nakamichi, M 2014 Journal of Human Evolution (Date Added: 2018-02-22) 7- Disability, Compensatory Behavior, and Innovation in Free-Ranging Adult Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca Fuscata) Journal Article Turner, SE, Fedigan, LM, Matthews, HD, Nakamichi, M 2012 American Journal of Primatology (Date Added: 2018-02-22) 5- Birth in free-ranging Macaca fuscata Journal Article Turner, SE, Fedigan, LM, Nakamichi, M, Matthews, HD, McKenna, K, Nobuhara, H, Nobuhara, T, Shimizu, K 2010 International Journal of Primatology (Date Added: 2018-02-22) 3- Of mongooses and mitigation: Ecological analogues to geoengineering Journal Article Matthews, HD, Turner, SE 2009 Environmental Research Letters (Date Added: 2018-02-22) 2- Monkeys with disabilities: Prevalence and severity of congenital limb malformations in Macaca fuscata on Awaji Island Journal Article Turner, SE, Fedigan, LM, Nobuhara, H, Nobuhara, T, Matthews, HD, Nakamichi, M 2008 Primates (Date Added: 2018-02-22) 1- Maternal behavior and infant congenital limb malformation in a free-ranging group of Macaca fuscata on Awaji Island, Japan Journal Article Turner, SE, Gould, L, Duffus, DA 2005 International Journal of Primatology (Date Added: 2018-02-22) In the mediaConcordians hope to see real progress at the 15th UN biodiversity conference (Maya Lach-Aidelbaum) 2023-04-06 Concordians hope to see real progress at the 15th UN biodiversity conference (Maya Lach-Aidelbaum) 2022-12-06 Concordians hope to see real progress at the 15th UN biodiversity conference (Maya Lach-Aidelbaum) 2022-12-06 L’épouillage par les macaques manchots (Mathieu Perreault) 2020-03-18 Concordia researchers find remarkable adaptability in a monkey population with a high number of disabilities (Patrick Leitenyi) 2020-03-10 |
