News
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 consider how big…
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 on…
IASC 2020 Web Conference on African Commons
My presentation Pastoralists’ Governance of Common-Pool Resources: Working toward a Synthesis for the IASC 2020 Web Conference on African Commons is available online. It is work in progress for the…
Big Game Theory 2020
Our awesome team just completed our second Big Game Theory summer camp for middle schoolers at the PAST Foundation. The goal of the Big Game Theory camp is to train campers to use a systems approach…
Paper in Human Ecology
Our paper on Contemporary pastoralism in the Dhofar Mountains of Oman is out in the journal Human Ecology. It is one of the papers coming forth out of Lawrence Ball's dissertation research. Here is…
Paper in Journal of Hydrology
Our paper on the hydraulic impact of fish canals is out in the Journal of Hydrology. The lead author is Apoorva Shastry, a former graduate student from our MORSL team. Shastry, Apoorva Michael Durand…
Chelsea Hunter awarded an NSF REG grant
Offered by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Research Experience for Graduates (REG) grant provides supplemental funding to support the cost of a “Cultural Anthropology student’s closely…