Jeffrey L Brewer

I am an Assistant Professor- Educator in the Department of Geography & GIS (College of A&S). My primary research interest is adopting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding human-environment relations and the evolution of urban landscapes, particularly as they relate to resource conservation and sustainability. My current fieldwork focuses on the study of household and community scale, sustainable water management activities in subtropical regions. I am also interested in the cultural geographies of food and sport, particularly the geospatial dynamics of craft breweries and urban cycling networks.

Ph.D., Geography: University of Cincinnati 2017

M.A., Anthropology: University of Cincinnati 2007

B.A., Anthropology: University of Cincinnati 2003

Urban Sustainability; Historical Geography; Archaeology; GIS

05-01-2023 -To Present Assistant Professor- Educator, University of Cincinnati,

Grant: #NSF 1519015 Investigators:Brewer, Jeffrey; Dunning, Nicholas 04-01-2015 -03-31-2017 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Ancient Maya Water Management at the Early Urban Center of Yaxnohcah, Mexico Role:Collaborator $16,827.00 Completed

-2023 University of Cincinnati College of A&S Faculty Development Fund Award Type:Grant

-2022 UC International Faculty-Led Study Abroad Mentoring Grant $4,000.00 Completed Type:Grant

Investigators:Benjamin Britton, Christopher Carr, Alec McLellan, Jeffrey Brewer 2025 -2025 University of Cincinnati AI Enablement Community of Practice (AIECOP) Grant: "Deep Learning AI for Identifying Maya Settlements in Lidar Data" Role:Collaborator Active Type:Grant

-2025 University of Cincinnati College of A&S Faculty Development Award Type:Grant

-2026 University of Cincinnati College of A&S Faculty Development Award Type:Grant

Peer Reviewed Publications

Brewer, J. L.  (2018). Householders as water managers: A comparison of domestic-scale water management practices from two central Maya lowland sites. Ancient Mesoamerica, 29 (1) , 197-217More Information

Brewer, J. L., C. Carr, N. P. Dunning, D. S. Walker, A. A. Hernández, M. Peuramaki-Brown, and K. Reese-Taylor  (2017). Employing airborne lidar and archaeological testing to determine the role of small depressions in water management at the ancient Maya site of Yaxnohcah, Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 17, 291-302More Information

Lentz, D. L., T. L. Hamilton, N. P. Dunning, J. G. Jones, K. Reese-Taylor, A. A. Hernandez, D. S. Walker, E. J. Tepe, C. Carr, J. L. Brewer, T. Ruhl, S. A. Meyers, M. Vazquez, A. Golden, and A. A. Weiss  (2022). Paleoecological studies at the ancient Maya center of Yaxnohcah using analysis of pollen, environmental DNA, and plant macroremains. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 1-20More Information

Brewer, J. L. and C. Carr  (2022). Household quarry-reservoirs at the ancient Maya site of Yaxnohcah, Mexico. Latin American Antiquity, 33 (2) , 432-440More Information

Kupprat, F., N. P. Dunning, A. A. Hernández, J. Brewer, S. Montgomery, C. Carr, and K. Reese-Taylor  (2024). A new captive panel from Aguada 2 at Calakmul. Mexicon, 46 (1) , 5-13

Britton, B. J., A. McLellan, J. Brewer, C. Carr, N. Dunning, and L. Liu  (2026). Evaluating broadscale deep learning for Maya settlement detection in G-LiHT lidar. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 33 (15) More Information

Book Chapter

Dunning, N. P., J. L. Brewer, C. Carr, A. A. Hernández, T. Beach, J. Chmilar, L. Grazioso Sierra, R. Griffin, D. Lentz, S. Luzzadder-Beach, K. Reese-Taylor, W. Saturno, V. Scarborough, M. Smyth, and F. Valdez (2022). Harvesting Ha: Ancient water collection and storage in the elevated interior region of the Maya lowlands. In Sustainability and water management in the Maya world and beyond. (pp. 13-51). Louisville, Colorado, University Press of Colorado

Brewer, J. L. and K. Raleigh (2024). Integrative geography as experiential learning: Resilient landscapes of Munster, Ireland. In Experiential learning in geography II: Experience, evaluation, and encounters. (pp. 159-172). Switzerland, Springer International (Co-Author)

Dunning, N. P., A. Anaya Hernández, J. Brewer, C. Carr, J. G. Jones, K. Reese-Taylor, and D. Walker Transformaciones tempranas del paisaje y su manejo en Yaxnohcah, México. In Las sociedades mayas tempranas en el period Preclásico (1000 a. C.-200 d.C.). Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Technical Reports

Carr, Christopher and Jeffrey L Brewer (Armando Anaya-Hernandez and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) Lidar-based Spatial Analysis of Closed Depressions: Potential Household-level Water Storage Reservoirs .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de la 2017 Temporada de Investigaciones,

Carr, Christopher, Jeffrey L Brewer, and Thomas Ruhl (Armando Anaya Hernandez and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) Reconnaissance Survey 2017: Closed Depressions, Chultuns, Looters Trenches, and a Sinkhole .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de la 2017 Temporada de Investigaciones,

Brewer, Jeffrey L and Christopher Carr (Armando Anaya Hernandez and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) (2019) Operation 26: Household Water Management at Yaxnohcah: Evaluating Small Depressions as Quarry-Reservoirs .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de las Temporadas de Investigacion 2017-2018, 125-148

Brewer, Jeffrey L and Christopher Carr (Armando Anaya Hernandez, Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) (2017) Continuing Household Water Management Investigations at Yaxnohcah .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de la 2016 Temporada de Investigaciones,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (Armando Anaya Hernandez, Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, and Kathryn Reese-Taylor, eds.) (2016) Investigaciones en Aguadas de Escala Residenciales .Proyecto Arqueologico Yaxnohcah, Informe de las Temporadas de Investigacion 2014 y 2015, 95-109

Brewer, Jeff, David M. Hyde, and Michael Stowe (Rissa M. Trachman and Fred Valdez, Jr., eds.) (2013) Mapping Medicinal Trail: A Summary from 2004 to 2012 .Programme for Belize Archaeological Project: Report of Activities from the 2012 Field Season, 91-111

Brewer, Jeffrey L (Fred Valdez, Jr., ed.) (2007) Excavations of a Depression at the Medicinal Trail Site, Operation 10: Report of the 2006 Season .Programme for Belize Archaeological Project: Report of Activities from the 2006 Field Season, 71-81

Dunning, Nicholas P. and Jeffrey L Brewer (2016) Annual Report (2015) on Award 1519015: Doctoral Dissertation Research: Ancient Maya Water Management at the Early Urban Center of Yaxnohcah, Campeche, Mexico. Report submitted to the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2008) Fort Campbell Phase II: 2007 Archaeological Survey Project Report. Project Number 1367.058 .Report on file at BHE Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2008) Fort Campbell Phase I: 2007 Archaeological Suvey Project Report. Project Number 1367.049 .Report on file at BHE Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH,

Leary, Christopher G. and Jeffrey L Brewer (2007) Horizon Church Project Report. Project Number 1813.001 .Report on file at BHE Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2017) A Landscape Archaeology Approach to Understanding the Household Water Management Practices of the Ancient Maya .PhD dissertation, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH,

Brewer, Jeffrey L (2007) Understanding the Role of a Small Depression in Ancient Maya Water Management at the Medicinal Trail Site, Northwest Belize .MA thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH,

Invited Presentations

(09-2023. ) "GIS in Academia" panel .Ohio GIS Conference, Columbus, OH. Conference. . Level:State

(03-2025. ) "Experiential Learning in Geography: The World as Our Classroom (BOOK) Meet the Authors" panel .Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Detroit, MI. Conference. . Level:National

Paper Presentations

Brewer, J. L., K. Raleigh, J. Humason, and J. Berghaus (03-2025. ) "Prost! An Interurban Geography of Craft Breweries in Cincinnati, Ohio" .Detroit, MI. Conference. Level:National

Event Organized

Session Chair, Maya Archaeology, Part 1, 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Conference 04-2022 Chicago, IL Level:National

Session Co-Organizer (with Samantha Krause and Nick Dunning) and Chair, LiDAR Studies of Tropical Forest Physical Geography and Cultural Ecology, 2018 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Conference 04-2018 New Orleans, LA Level:National

Session Organizer and Chair, Archaeology and Water Management in Mesoamerica, 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Conference 04-2014 Austin, TX Level:National

Colleen O'Brien (Master ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2020

Hannah Dahlke (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2026

Jacob Berghaus (Master ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2023

Jack Humason (Master ) Chair Status:Completed 2026

Sarah Goodrich (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2025

Hannah Dahlke (Master ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2024

Zihan Su (Master ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2023

Benjamin Britton (Doctoral ) Chair Status:In Progress

Jake Lee (Master ) Supervisor Status:Completed 2026

Raise Majolie Tsamo Noutsa (Master ) Supervisor Status:Completed 2026

Eric Goins (Master ) Supervisor Status:Completed 2026

Gage Roberts (Master ) Supervisor Status:Completed 2025

Geography Graduate Student Association (Faculty ) Representative 08-2014 -04-2015

Graduate Student Governance Association (Research Fellowship Grant Review Board ) Review Board/Panel 08-2014 -04-2015

(UC College of A&S Undergraduate Council ) Vice President 2024 -To Present

(Online M.S. in GIS Program ) Director 2024 -To Present

(UC College of A&S Scholarship & Awards Committee ) Committee Member 2023 -To Present

(UC Department of Geography & GIS Undergraduate Scholarships Committee ) Committee Chair 2023 -To Present

(UC Department of Geography & GIS study abroad program: Landscapes of Ireland ) Co-Director 2023 -To Present

(UC Department of Geography & GIS Undergraduate Studies ) Director 2022 -To Present

American Association of Geographers (Arrangements Committee, 2025 Annual Meeting ) Committee Member 2024 -2025

State of Ohio Articulation and Transfer Network (TAG Faculty Review Panel ) Member 2024 -To Present

(UC College of Arts & Sciences Grievance Committee ) Committee Chair 2025

(UC General Education Subcommittee (Natural Sciences) ) Committee Member 2025

(UC College of Arts & Sciences Scholarships & Awards Committee ) Committee Member

American Association of Geographers (Arrangements Committee ) Committee Member 2024 -2025

Urban Sustainability; Historical Geography; Archaeology; GIS

2007 -To Present: Society for American Archaeology

2010 -To Present: Association of American Geographers

2011 -To Present: Sigma Xi

2010 -To Present: Quaternary and Anthropocene Research Group University of Cincinnati,

2017 -To Present: Register of Professional Archaeologists

-GEOG-1004 HUMAN GEOG

-GEOG-1021 WORLD GEOGRAPHY

-GEOG-2003 CINCINNATI GEOG

-GEOG-2004 GEOG OHIO

-GEOG-1001 INTRO PHYS GEOG

-GEOG-1040 EARTH FROM SPACE

-GEOG-5174/6074 COMPUTER ANALYTICAL CARTOGRAPHY Level:Both

-ANTH-4028/6028 SPATIAL ARCHAEOLOGY Level:Both

-ANTH-3024/EVST-3124 ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE

-ANTH-7024 AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS Level:Graduate

-GEOG-6071C INTRO GIS Level:Both

-GEOG/EVST-3030 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Level:Undergraduate

-GEOG-2062 PEOPLE & ENVIR 2 Level:Undergraduate

-EVST-2020C HUMAN IMPAC NAT ENV Level:Undergraduate

-GEOG-5176/6076 ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING Level:Both

INTERMEDIATE GIS Level:Both

REMOTE SENSING AND GLOBAL NAVIGATION Level:Both

-2021 Inclusive Teaching in Higher Education Endorsement Ohio Professional Development Consortium

-2015 Independent Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) for Online Course Development, Instruction, and Review

-2022 Designing Engaging Courses Institute UC CET&L

-2021 Mental Health Champions training University of Cincinnati

-2021 Communiversity course: "Geography and the Human Landscape" University of Cincinnati

-2021 UC Online Adult Learning Institute (ALI) University of Cincinnati

-2022 Certification: Designing Engaging Courses Institute UC CET&L

-2025 Course Accessibility Fundamentals workshop University of Cincinnati

Academic - Department of Geography & GIS
400A Braunstein Hall
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45221-0131
Phone: 513-556-3926
brewerjy@ucmail.uc.edu