News
Podcast Art of Range
I joined Tip Hudson for another episode of Art of Range to talk about the February theme of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). Here is the description of the episode: …
Routledge Handbook of Pastoralism
The Routledge Handbook of Pastoralism that I co-edited with Igshaan Samuels, Nikolaus Schareika, and Eva Schlecht is scheduled to be published in June 2026. This handbook provides a comprehensive…
Securing Land Rights for Pastoralists
Together with other members of the Working Group on Pastoralism and Land Rights of the Global Alliance for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP), including Flora Vern and…
In the OSU News
Franny Lazarus from OSU News wrote a really nice piece about my involvement in the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). It is accompanied by two great pictures: one from Zoé L…
Ten minute dialogues
I was interviewed about our agent-based model of the emergence of an ideal free distribution for the Ten Minute Dialogs, a series of interviews with social and ecological model authors that focus…
Beyond ranching and pastoralism
Our new article is out in the journal of Agricultural and Human Values. Here is the abstract:
Livestock systems across the world are transformed by capitalist forces. Understanding these…
Video on agent-based modeling for CAMP international
I contributed a 10-minute video on agent-based modeling to the NSF Cultural Anthropology Methods Program (CAMP) International Curriculum. Here is a description of the curriculum. Spanning 15…
Launching to success
Chelsea Hunter, one of Ohio Sea Grant’s six Knauss Fellows, didn’t originally picture herself working in the legislative branch. The Ohio State PhD student from the Department of…
New paper in Frontiers in Conservation Science
We published a new paper for a special issue on rewilding for the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science. In the paper, we review three decades of studies of the Logone Floodplain to examine…