Martha Henderson began her work at The Evergreen State College in 1995. She was hired to teach geography and environmental studies primarily in the Graduate Program on the Environment. Prior to her work at TESC, which included serving as Director of the graduate program, she was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Martha earned a Ph.D. in Geography at Louisiana State University where she studies American lands especially in the western United States, Native American-federal relationships with emphasis on Apache tribes in the southwest, and political ecology. Her research record includes 40 articles, presentations and 2 books. The opportunity to work with students as co-learners brought her to Evergreen State, as well as a love for the Pacific Northwest. She currently resides outside of Bend, Oregon where she has maintained a keen sense of place since arriving in central Oregon in 1965. In another life, she has worked for the US Forest Service as a lookout and outdoor recreation planner. In retirement, Martha still enjoys a good academic discussion about western landscapes and volunteering at the High Desert Museum in Bend. She has written two books investigating the relationship between land and people. Landscape painting has become her new passion.

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