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Data Science for Women Summer Camp
On Thursday 15 July, Daniel Peart, Chelsea Hunter, Ian Hamilton, and Mark Moritz led a workshop on agent-based modeling using NetLogo for the 2021 Data Science for Women Summer Camp …
GRO Academy
Twenty-one researchers have been named to the first cohort for the Growing Research Opportunities (GRO) Academy (and I am part of that cohort!). The cohort will engage in educational sessions…
SESYNC workshop report
We have published the report of our first virtual SESYNC workshop on Synthesizing Research on Pastoral Governance of Common-Pool Resources. The report summarizes the discussions of the four-…
Synthesizing Pastoral Tenure Systems
Together with Lance Robinson, Ryan Unks, Chelsea Hunter, Gunnar Dressler, and Jürgen Groeneveld, we organized a four-day virtual workshop on Synthesizing Research on Pastoral Governance of Common-…
Critical transitions from Pastoralism to Ranching
Together with Nikolaus Schareika and Chris Brown, I published a paper in Current Anthropology on Critical Transitions from Pastoralism to Ranching in Central Africa. It is the result of a slow…
1st Place in Photography Competition
My picture Striking a Pose won 1st place in the People Category of the International Photography Exhibition of the Office of International Affairs. Here is link to the announcement of the winners…
Social, Political and Ethical Dimensions of Data Science
A team led by Inés Valdez (Political Science) and Mark Moritz (Anthropology) is creating curriculum and tools for training data science students, researchers and professionals that…
ALX Racial Justice Grant
The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) is expanding their scope this autumn by piloting a racial justice grant. This new opportunity will support instructors who are incorporating assignments,…
Dr. Elizabeth Gardiner
Dr. Elizabeth Gardiner successfully defended her dissertation Land Privatization, Tenure Security, and Food Security in Rural Burkina Faso on Monday 17 August. The dissertation is based…