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I was recently interviewed by writer Kathleen Shannon about the similarities between ranchers and pastoralists as part of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. You can read the…

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: …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…