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Movebank
I have started a collaboration with Gil Bohrer who is affiliated with Movebank, which is a online database that allows researchers to manage, share, analyze, and…
IPR Seed Grant
Our team received a seed grant from the Institute for Population Research (IPR) to study household water management practices in the urban setting of Maroua (Cameroon) and what their impact is on…
Earth Stewardship of Rangelands
Earth Stewardship on Rangelands: Coping with Ecological, Economic, and Political Marginality, a paper to which I contributed, has been published in Frontiers in Ecology…
Book review of Pastoralism and Development in Africa
My Book review of "Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins" has been published in the journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. The journal…
Teaching Ethnographic Research through a Collaborative Project
I have been using collaborative course projects in my course Research Design and Ethnographic Methods for a number of years. These collaborative projects are a great way for students to learn how…
The Land We Graze: A Synthesis of Case Studies About How Pastoralists’ Organizations Defend Their Land Rights
IUCN published the report The Land We Graze: A Synthesis of Case Studies About How Pastoralists’ Organizations Defend Their Land Rights, which also includes the case study of our…
CARPA mural
Our Cameroonian collaborators of CARPA have a wonderful new mural on their compound wall. The picture was taken by Song Liang who just returned from Cameroon. Here is a large version…
5650 Students' eating behavior on campus
Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in 5650 Research Design and Ethnographic Methods presented the findings from our collaborative course project on students' eating behavior on campus to…
'Cholera came here': Daoundala's Story
Former student, Jessica Healy Profitós, is returning to Cameroon to study cholera in the city of Maroua. Here is a gripping photo essay from UNICEF that describes the impact of…