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Alfonso H. Peter Castro
Department of Anthropology
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1200
Phone: (315) 443-1971
Fax: (315) 443-4860
E-mail: [email protected]
4135 Mesa Lane
Liverpool, NY 13090-1615
(315) 652-1952
Birthplace: Fort Ord, California; U.S. citizen
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
EDUCATION
1988
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
1981
MA, Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
1977
BA, with Highest Honors, Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT AND POSITIONS
2000-05 Chair, Department of Anthropology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public
Affairs, Syracuse University (department consisting of 14 faculty, 2 staff, and
graduate and undergraduate programs)
1997-99 & Team Leader, “Maxwell 132: The Global Community,” Maxwell School of
2009-11 Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (coordinator of an
interdisciplinary, team-taught undergraduate class consisting of 8 instructors and 1
staff)
1994-
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (tenured)
1994-
Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry, State University of New York,
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse
1993-97
Undergraduate Director, Department of Anthropology, Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
1988-94
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
CONSULTING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
2011
Consultant, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Washington, D.C. (provided
training and training materials on Somali society, culture, and conflict resolution)
2011
Consultant, Camber Corporation, Monterey, California (provided training and training
materials on East African cultures, economic development, and peace-building)
2008
Consultant, United Nations Interagency Framework for Coordination on Preventative
Action (served as technical expert/facilitator for the “Peace and Development
Advisor’s Experience-Sharing and Capacity Development Workshop,” Farallon,
Panama, October; prepared paper on natural resource conflict and peacebuilding)
2004
Consultant, Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management—
Collaborative Research Support Program, University of Georgia, Athens (prepared
paper on natural resource conflict management in Africa as part of the review of the
United States Agency for International Development’s Nature, Wealth, and Power
policy framework; August-September)
2002-07
Researcher, Broadening Access and Strengthening Input Market Systems—
Collaborative Research Support Program (BASIS-CRSP), Greater Horn of Africa
Program, Project on “Building Assets for Sustainable Recovery and Food
Security,” (fieldwork on responses to drought in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, August
2002, July 2003, March 2005; January-February 2007; with colleagues from Addis
Ababa University and American institutions)
2000-07
Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (worked on
issues related to natural resource conflict management, including development of
training materials; population dynamics and community forestry planning; and
livelihood analysis for the Forestry Department; traveled to Rome, Italy in August
2000, January, March, June, and November 2001)
2000
Consultant, Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (served with the Community Forestry Unit in the Forestry Policy and
Planning Division, Rome, Italy, through the Academic Exchange Programme; worked
on natural resource conflict management and other issues; March to June)
1999-01
Researcher, Broadening Access and Strengthening Input Market Systems—
Collaborative Research Support Program (BASIS-CRSP), Horn of Africa Program,
“Factor Market Constraints to Income and Food Security in a Highly Diverse
Environment, South Wello, Ethiopia,”(co-designed/analyzed the rapid community
assessments, including travel to Ethiopia in March and May-June 1999; helped
develop/field test the household survey questionnaire, with travel to Ethiopia in
January 2000; carried out key informant interviews in Ethiopia, May-June 2001; in
collaboration with Addis Ababa University and American institutions; through the
Institute for Development Anthropology)
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CONSULTING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS (Continued)
1999
Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (reviewed and
edited conflict resolution training materials for the Community Forestry Unit,
Forestry Planning and Policy Division October-December)
1997
Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (served as a
facilitator/technical expert for the satellite meeting of the XI World Forestry Congress
on "Integrating Conflict Management into National Planning," Antalya, Turkey,
October; prepared paper on forestry and conflict management issues)
1997
Consultant, Cree Regional Authority, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (discussed research
strategies for assessing the impacts of industrial forestry on Cree communities)
1996
Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (prepared
report on indigenous conflict resolution for the electronic conference on "Addressing
Natural Resource Conflict through Community Forestry")
1995
Consultant, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and
Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse (member of training team
sponsored by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, July)
1992
Consultant/Team Leader, United Nations Development Programme, New York, New
York (led the midterm evaluation mission for the Upazila Afforestation and Nursery
Development Project, a $46 million project in Bangladesh, with fieldwork OctoberNovember)
1988
Consultant, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
(member of the evaluation team for the Kenya Agriculture Sector Loan, a $13.5
million project, fieldwork in Kenya, October-November)
1986-88
Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
(wrote report on social science research support for community forestry; co-authored
three reports on food security issues; prepared two reports for the Zambia Energy
Consumption and Forest Resource Survey project; traveled to Rome, Italy, August,
October-December 1986; March 1987)
1984
Consultant, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
(co-authored a report on agroforestry, land tenure, and resource management)
1984
Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
(served as Acting Community Forestry Officer in the Forestry Department, Policy
and Planning Service, Rome, Italy, April to July)
1983
Consultant, CARE, New York, New York (conducted social survey of three refugee
camps for the Hiran Refugee Reforestation Project, Somalia, August to December)
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CONSULTING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS (Continued)
1982
Consultant, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
(co-authored a report on deforestation and community forestry in Kenya)
1982-83
Research Associate, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi,
Nairobi, Kenya (field research, May 1982 to March 1983)
1981-82
Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
(co-edited Wood Fuel Surveys)
1979
Consultant, Devres, Inc., Washington, D.C. (co-wrote a report on wood fuel use and
related forestry projects in developing countries)
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Edited Works
In press A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha (editors), Climate Change and
Threatened Communities: Vulnerability, Capacity and Action. London: Practical
Action Publishers (forthcoming in early 2012), 215 pp.
2007
Alfonso Peter Castro and Antonia Engel (editors), Negotiation and Mediation
Techniques for Natural Resource Management: Case Studies and Lessons Learned.
Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 71 pp.
Available online from FAO: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/a1081e/a1081e01.pdf
(accessed 3/1/11).
2003
A. Peter Castro and Erik Nielsen (editors) Natural Resource Conflict Management
Case Studies: An Analysis of Power, Participation and Protected Areas. Rome, Italy:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 284 pp. (Major reviews:
American Anthropologist, Vol.106 (4), 2004: pp. 754-755; Forest Ecology and
Management Vol.193 (3), 2004: pp. 427-428; Forestry Vol. 77 (2), 2004: pp. 174175; International Forestry Review Vol. 5 (4), 2003: pp, 390-391; Natural Resource
Forum No. 27, 2003, pp. 313-314; Lisistrata [Society for International Development]
No.11, 2003, p. 23. Reissued on the CD-Rom, People and Forests: FAO
Participatory Forestry Publications. Rome, Italy: FAO, 2004. Available online from
FAO: http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y4503E/Y4503E00.HTM (accessed 3/1/11).
2000
Violet Matiru with Nancy Hart and Peter Castro (editors), Conflict and Natural
Resource Management. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), 20 pp. Available in Spanish [Conflictos y Manejo de Recursos
Naturales, 2001], in French [Conflits et Gestion des Ressources Naturelles, 2001],
Chinese and Arabic. Reissued on the CD-Rom, People and Forests: FAO
Participatory Forestry Publications. Rome, Italy: FAO, 2004. Available online from
FAO: http://www.fao.org/forestry/21572-0d9d4b43a56ac49880557f4ebaa3534e3.pdf
(accessed 3/1/11).
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Books and Edited Works (Continued)
1998
Alfonso Peter Castro (editor), Special Section on "Historical Consciousness and
Development Planning," World Development, Vol. 26 (9), pp. 1695-1784.
1995
Alfonso Peter Castro, Facing Kirinyaga: A Social History of Forest Commons in
Southern Mount Kenya. London: Intermediate Technology Publications (now named
Practical Action), Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development Series, 166 pp.
Major reviews in: Commonwealth Forestry Review, Vol. 74 (4), 1995, p. 376;
Forestry Vol. 69 (1), 1996, pp. 87-88; Mountain Research and Development, Vol.16
(4), 1996, pp. 432-433.
1983
David Brokensha and Alfonso Peter Castro (editors), Wood Fuel Surveys. Rome,
Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 202 pp. (Available in
Spanish [Encuestas Sobre Combustibles Leñosos, 1984, 240 pp.] and French
[Enquêtes Sur Les Combustibles Ligneux, 1984, 249 pp.]; (Major review in
Energy Exploration and Exploitation 3 [1985]: 163-164). Available online from
FAO: http://www.fao.org/docrep/q1085e/q1085e00.htm#Contents (accessed 3/1/11).
Articles & Book Chapters
In press A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha, “Introduction” pp. 1-14 in
Climate Change and Threatened Communities: Vulnerability, Capacity and Action,
edited by A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha. London: Practical
Action Publishers (forthcoming in early 2012).
In press
A. Peter Castro, “Social Vulnerability, Climatic Variability, and Uncertainty in Rural
Ethiopia: A Study of South Wollo and Oromiya Zones of Eastern Amhara Region,”
pp. 29-40 in Climate Change and Threatened Communities: Vulnerability, Capacity
and Action, edited by A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha.
London: Practical Action Publishers (forthcoming in early 2012).
In press
Yassir Hassan Satti and A. Peter Castro, “Climate Change and the Future of Onion
and Potato Production in West Darfur, Sudan: A Case Study of Zalingei Locality,” pp.
81-92 in Climate Change and Threatened Communities: Vulnerability, Capacity and
Action, edited by A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha. London:
Practical Action Publishers (forthcoming in early 2012).
In press
Dan Taylor, A. Peter Castro, and David W. Brokensha, “Conclusion,” pp. 197-200 in
Climate Change and Threatened Communities: Vulnerability, Capacity and Action,
edited by A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha. London: Practical
Action Publishers (forthcoming in early 2012).
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Articles & Book Chapters (Continued)
In press A. Peter Castro, “Resources” pp. 201-205 in Climate Change and Threatened
Communities: Vulnerability, Capacity and Action, edited by A. Peter Castro, Dan
Taylor, and David W. Brokensha. London: Practical Action Publishers (forthcoming
in early 2012).
2011
A. Peter Castro, "Viewpoint," Natural Resource Forum 35 (4): 335.
2010
A. Peter Castro, “Collaborative Researchers or Cold Warriors? The Origins,
Activities, and Legacy of the Smithsonian’s Institute of Social Anthropology,”
Journal of International and Global Studies 2 (1): 56-82.
2010
A. Peter Castro, “Academic Freedom and Academic Responsibility: Some Personal
Reflections,” in Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial
Complex, edited by Steven Best, Peter McLaren, and Anthony J. Nocella. Boston: AK
Press, pp. 247-260.
2009
A. Peter Castro, “Communities and Natural Resource Conflicts in Africa: Reflections
on Conflict Management Options for Peace-building in Darfur,” in Environment and
Conflict in Africa: Reflections on Darfur, edited by Marcel Leroy. Addis Ababa:
United Nations University for Peace, African Programme, pp. 341-354. Available
online from the UN University for Peace at:
http://www.africa.upeace.org/documents/environment_files.pdf (accessed 3/1/11).
2008
A. Peter Castro, “Forestry: Eastern Africa,” in John Middleton (Editor in Chief), New
Encyclopedia of Africa, Volume 2. Detroit: Thomson, Gale, pp. 403-405.
2008
David W. Brokensha and A. Peter Castro, “Energy: Domestic,” in John Middleton
(Editor in Chief), New Encyclopedia of Africa, Volume 2. Detroit: Thomson, Gale,
pp. 263-266.
2007
A. Peter Castro and Antonia Engel, “Introduction: Building Local Capacity to Manage
and Resolve Natural Resource Conflicts in Africa,” in Negotiation and Mediation
Techniques for Natural Resource Management: Case Studies and Lessons Learned.
Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, pp. 1-11.
2007
A. Peter Castro and Antonia Engel, “Conclusions: Findings and Lessons Learned,” in
Negotiation and Mediation Techniques for Natural Resource Management: Case
Studies and Lessons Learned. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, pp. 53-63.
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Articles & Book Chapters (Continued)
2006
Peter D. Little, M. Priscilla Stone, Tewodaj Mogues, A. Peter Castro, and Workneh
Negatu. “Moving in Place: Drought and Poverty Dynamics in South Wello,
Ethiopia,” Journal of Development Studies 42 (2), pp. 200-225. Reprinted in:
Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter, and Peter D. Little (eds.),
Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa. New York: Routledge,
2008. pp. 34-59.
2003
A. Peter Castro and Erik Nielsen, “Overview,” in Natural Resource Conflict
Management Case Studies: An Analysis of Power, Participation and Protected Areas,
edited by A. Peter Castro and Erik Nielsen. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, pp. 1-17.
2002
A. Peter Castro. "Vulnerability, Livelihoods and Trees Outside Forests,” in
Proceedings: Expert Consultation on Enhancing the Contribution of Trees Outside
Forests to Sustainable Livelihoods, edited by Syaka Sadio, Christoph Kleinn, and
Tage Michaelsen. Rome, Italy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, pp. 29-37.
2001
A. Peter Castro and Adelle Tibbetts, "Sacred Landscapes of Kirinyaga: Indigenous
and Early Islamic and Christian Influences," in Sacred Landscapes and Cultural
Politics, edited by Philip Arnold and Ann Grodzins Gold. Burlington, VT: Ashgate,
pp. 55-81. Reprinted in Religion and the Environment: Critical Concepts in
Religious Studies, Vol. 3, edited by Roger Gottleib. London: Routledge, 2010.
2001
Alfonso Peter Castro and Erik Nielsen, “Indigenous People and Co-Management:
Implications for Conflict Management.” Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 4
(4-5), pp. 229-239.
1999
Nels Johnson with contributions from Carol Raish, William deBuys, Susan Lees,
Hanna Cortner, Bill Sexton, and Alfonso Peter Castro, “Cultural/Social Diversity and
Resource Use,” in N. C. Johnson, A. J. Malk, R. C. Szaro, and W. T. Sexton (editors),
Ecological Stewardship: A Common Reference for Ecosystem Management, Vol. 1:
Key Findings. Oxford: Elsevier Science, pp. 145-157.
1998
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Integrating Conflict Management into Forestry Policy: An
Applied Anthropologist's Perspective," in Integrating Conflict Management
Considerations into National Policy Frameworks. Rome: Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Community Forestry Unit, Forests, Trees
and People Programme, pp. 195-208; reissued on the CD-Rom, People and Forests:
FAO Participatory Forestry Publications. Rome, Italy: FAO, 2004. Available online
from FAO: http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/X9610E/X9610E00.HTM (accessed
3/1/11).
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Articles & Book Chapters (Continued)
1998
Alfonso Peter Castro "Editor's Introduction," World Development, Vol. 26, No. 9, pp.
1695-1696.
1998
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Sustainable Agriculture or Sustained Error? The Case of
Cotton in Kirinyaga, Kenya," World Development, Vol. 26 (9), pp. 1719-1731.
1997
Alfonso Peter Castro and Kreg Ettenger, "Indigenous Knowledge and Conflict
Management: Exploring Local Perspectives and Mechanisms for Dealing with
Community Forestry Disputes," in Volume 1: Compilation of Discussion Papers
Made to the Electronic Conference on “Addressing Natural Resource Conflicts
through Community Forestry.” Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO), pp. 141-164; reissued on the CD-Rom, People and Forests:
FAO Participatory Forestry Publications. Rome, Italy: FAO, 2004; and online at:
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/AC696E/AC696E00.HTM (accessed 3/1/11)
1997
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Social and Anti-Social Forestry: Lessons from Bangladesh,"
Development Anthropologist, Vol. 15 (1-2), pp.1, 3-12.
1996
Alfonso Peter Castro, “Contracts, Cooperatives, and Coercion: The Kerugoya and
Karatina Dried Vegetable Project, 1940-1947” African Rural and Urban Studies,
Vol. 3 (3), pp. 101-136 (issued in 1999).
1996
Alfonso Peter Castro, "The Political Economy of Farm Forestry in Colonial Kenya:
The View from Kirinyaga," in Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimension, edited
by Leslie Sponsel, Thomas Headland, and Robert Bailey. New York: Columbia
University Press, pp. 122-143.
1995
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Coffee, Tea, or Bureaucracy? Two Commodity Case Studies
from Kirinyaga, Kenya, 1951 to 1983," in Research in Economic Anthropology,
Vol. 16, edited by Barry Isaac. Greenwich: JAI Press, pp. 349-395.
1994
Alfonso Peter Castro and Kreg Ettenger, "Counterinsurgency and Socioeconomic
Change: The Mau Mau War in Kirinyaga, Kenya,” Research in Economic
Anthropology, Vol. 15, edited by Barry Isaac. Greenwich: JAI Press, pp. 63-101.
1994
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Commentary: Eliminating Hunger in Africa," in Eliminating
Hunger in Africa: Technical and Human Perspectives, edited by Daniel A. Griffith
and James L. Newman. Syracuse: Syracuse University, Maxwell School, Africa
Series, pp. 81-87.
1994
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Cousins and Gunmen: Crisis and Resilience in Somalia," The
World and I, Vol. 9 (3), pp. 268-279.
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Articles & Book Chapters (Continued)
1994
Alfonso Peter Castro, "East Africa's Perilous Journey." The World and I, Vol. 9 (1),
pp. 68-75.
1993
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Kikuyu Agroforestry: A Historical Analysis," Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment, Vol. 46 (1), pp. 45-54.
1992
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Social Forestry: A Cross-Cultural Analysis," in Environmental
Rehabilitation, Volume 1: Policy Issues, edited by Mohan K. Wali. The Hague, The
Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing, pp. 63-78.
1991
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Indigenous Kikuyu Agroforestry: A Case Study of Kirinyaga,
Kenya," Human Ecology, Vol. 19 (1), pp. 1-18.
1991
Alfonso Peter Castro, "The Southern Mount Kenya Forest since Independence: A
Social Analysis of Resource Competition," World Development, Vol. 19 (12),
pp. 1695-1704.
1991
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Njukiine Forest: Transformation of a Common Property
Resource," Forest and Conservation History, Vol. 35 (4), pp. 160-168.
1990
Peter Castro, "Sacred Groves and Social Change in Kirinyaga, Kenya," in Social
Change and Applied Anthropology, edited by Miriam S. Chaiken and Anne K.
Fleuret. Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 277-290.
1988
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Southern Mount Kenya and Colonial Forest Conflicts," in
World Deforestation in the Twentieth Century, edited by John F. Richards and
Richard P. Tucker. Durham: Duke University Press, pp. 33-55, 266-271.
1983
David Brokensha and Alfonso Peter Castro, "Methods of Fact Finding" and "What
Sort of Information," in Wood Fuel Surveys, edited by David Brokensha and Alfonso
Peter Castro. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
pp. 75-114.
1981
Alfonso Peter Castro, N. Thomas Hakansson and David Brokensha, "Indicators of
Rural Inequality," World Development, Vol. 9 (5), pp. 401-427.
Reviews
2011
A. Peter Castro, Review of Introduction to International Development: Approaches,
Actors, and Issues, edited by Paul A. Haslam, Jessica Schafer, and Pierre Beaudet.
Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2009. Journal of International and Global Studies
Vol. 2 (2), pp. 102-104.
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Reviews (Continued)
2008
A. Peter Castro, Review of Nuer-American Passages: Globalizing Sudanese
Migration by Dianna J. Shandy. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2007.
American Anthropologist, 110 (1), pp. 141-142.
2005
A. Peter Castro, Review of Somalia: Economy without State, by Peter D. Little.
Oxford: James Currey, Indiana University Press, Hargeisa: Btec Books, 2003.
American Ethnologist, Vol. 32 (1), February, pp. 1015-1016.
2003
A. Peter Castro, Review of Indians, Markets and Rainforests, by Ricardo A. Godoy,
American Anthropologist, Vol.105 (1), pp. 187-189.
2003
A. Peter Castro, Reviews of Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems, edited by
Malcolm L. Hunter, and The Social Life of Trees, edited by Laura Rival, Human
Ecology, Vol. 31, (1), pp. 167-173.
1994
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Some Perspectives on
Food Strategies and Rural Development," Reviews in Anthropology, Vol. 23 (1),
pp. 1-9.
Applied/ Research Reports and Monographs
2009
A. Peter Castro, “Appendix II: Natural Resources, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: A
Summary.” in Final Report: Experience-Sharing and Capacity Development
Workshop on Conflict Prevention: Summary of Key Findings. New York: United
Nations Interagency Framework for Coordination on Preventative Action (10 pp.)
2007
A. Peter Castro, “What Can Be Done About Food Insecurity and Poverty in South
Wollo and Oromiya Zones of Amhara Region?” In Poverty and Food Insecurity in
Eastern Amhara Region: Research and Policy Implications: Proceedings of a
BASIS/IDR Workshop, January 16-17, 2007, Dessie, Ethiopia, edited by Peter D.
Little and Workneh Negatu. Lexington, Kentucky and Addis Ababa: University of
Kentucky, Department of Anthropology & Addis Ababa University, Institute for
Development Research, pp. 29-32.
2005
A. Peter Castro, “Developing Local Capacity for Management of Natural Resource
Conflicts in Africa: A Review of Key Issues, Approaches, and Outcomes.” Report
prepared for the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management—
Collaborative Research Support Program, University of Georgia, 47 pp.
2004
Peter Little, Priscilla Stone, Tewodaj. Mogues, A. Peter Castro, and Workneh Negatu,
“Churning” on the Margins: How the Poor Respond to Drought in South Wollo,
Ethiopia. BASIS Brief, Number 21. Madison: BASIS-Collaborative Research
Support Program, University of Wisconsin, 4 pp. Available from BASIS online at:
http://www.basis.wisc.edu/basis_crsp/live/basbrief21.pdf (accessed 3/1/11)
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Applied/ Research Reports and Monographs (Continued)
2003
A. Peter Castro and Kassahun Kebede, “Interviews in Oromiya and South Wello
Zones, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, July 17-23, 2003.” Report prepared for the BASIS
Greater Horn of Africa Program and the Institute for Development Research, Addis
Ababa University, 104 pp.
2003
Priscilla Stone and A. Peter Castro, “Gender Dynamics and Household Drought
Coping and Recovery Strategies in South Wollo and Oromiya Zones, Ethiopia,” in
Summary Proceedings of the Workshop on the BASIS/IDR Research Programme in
Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia, edited by P. D. Little and Workneh Negatu.
Madison: BASIS-Collaborative Research Support Program, University of Wisconsin,
pp. 22-25. Available online from BASIS at:
http://www.basis.wisc.edu/basis_crsp/live/assets/Ethiopia%20Proceedings.pdf
(accessed 3/1/11).
2002
Editor of “Case Studies” in Community-Based Forest Resource Conflict
Management, Volume 1, by Katherine Means, Cynthia Josayma, Erik Nielsen and
Vitoon Viriyasakultorn. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, pp. 277-321 (also supplied editorial support for all of Volume 1 and
for Volume 2; reissued on the CD-Rom, People and Forests: FAO Participatory
Forestry Publications. Rome, Italy: FAO, 2004. Available online from FAO at:
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/005/y4300e/y4300e11.pdf (accessed 3/1/11).
2002
Alfonso Peter Castro, “Social Capital, Assets and Responses to Drought: Preliminary
Observations from Interviews in Oromiya and South Wello Zones, Amhara Region,
Ethiopia” Madison and Addis Ababa: BASIS Greater Horn of Africa Program and the
Institute for Development Research, Addis Ababa University, 29 pp. Available online
from BASIS at: http://www.basis.wisc.edu/basis_crsp/live/assets/assets0209a.pdf
(accessed 3/1/11).
2002
Alfonso Peter Castro and Mengistu Dessalegn Debela, “Social Capital, Assets and
Responses to Drought: Interviews in Oromiya and South Wello Zones, Amhara
Region, Ethiopia, August 2002,” Report prepared for the BASIS Greater Horn of
Africa Program and the Institute for Development Research, Addis Ababa University,
85 pp.
2002
Alfonso Peter Castro, “People, Forest Resources and Trees: Incorporating Population
Dynamics into Community Forestry.” Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations, Forestry Department, Forest Policy and Planning Division, 14 pp.
2001
Alfonso Peter Castro (Editor), “Incorporating Population Dynamics into Community
Forestry: Results and Lessons from Five Case Studies.” Rome: Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, Forestry Department, Forest Policy and Planning
Division, 101 pp.
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Applied/ Research Reports and Monographs (Continued)
2001
Alfonso Peter Castro, “Report on a Research Trip: South Wello and Oromiya Zones
of Amhara Region, Ethiopia.” Madison: BASIS Greater Horn of Africa Program and
the Institute for Development Research, Addis Ababa University, 41 pp.
2000
Alfonso Peter Castro, “Trip Report: Ethiopia: January 10-30, 2000.” Madison: BASIS
Greater Horn of Africa Program and the Institute for Development Research, Addis
Ababa University, 50 pp.
2000
Yared Amare, Yigremew Adal, Degafa Tolossa, Alfonso Peter Castro, and Peter
Little “Food Security and Resource Access: A Final Report on the Community
Assessments in South Wello and Oromiya Zones of Amhara Region, Ethiopia.”
Madison: BASIS Greater Horn of Africa Program and the Institute for Development
Research, Addis Ababa University, 59 pp.
1999
Alfonso Peter Castro, Yared Amare, Yigremew Adal, and Degafa Tolossa,
“Community Assessments: Kebele Profiles, Parts I, II, III and IV,” Madison: BASIS
Greater Horn of Africa Program and the Institute for Development Research, Addis
Ababa University, 175 pp.
1999
Alfonso Peter Castro, “Rapid Community Assessment Field Test, South Wello,
Ethiopia.” Madison: BASIS Greater Horn of Africa Program and the Institute for
Development Research, Addis Ababa University, 72 pp.
1992
Alfonso Peter Castro, Karar Mahmudul Hassan, Ken MacDicken, and Robin
Levingston "Final Report of the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Upazila Afforestation
and Nursery Development Project," Report for the United Nations Development
Programme, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 70 pp.
1989
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Social Science Support for Community Forestry: An
Introductory Guide," Report prepared for the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 87 pp.
1989
Jean-Jacques Deschamps, Peg Clement, Dick Howes, Peter Castro, and Michael
Caughlin "Impact Evaluation: Kenya Agricultural Sector Loan Project," Washington,
D. C.: Development Alternatives, Inc. and the Institute for Development
Anthropology, for the United States Agency for International Development, 91 pp.
1988
A. H. P. Castro and D. Brokensha, "Institutions and Food Security: Implications for
Forestry Development," Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, 39 pp.
1988
A. H. P. Castro and D. Brokensha, "Landholding Systems and Agrarian Change,"
Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 35 pp.
12
Applied/ Research Reports and Monographs (Continued)
1988
D. Brokensha and A. H. P. Castro, "Common Property Resources," Rome: Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 pp.
1987
Editor of Wood Energy Consumption and Forest Resource Survey, Zambia: Project
Terminal Report. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations
Development Programme, 23 pp.
1986
Editor of Wood Energy Consumption and Resource Survey, Zambia: Technical
Findings and Conclusions. Ndola (Zambia): Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations, 53 pp. (Based on the work of M. de Backer, P. Castro, M.
Chaganka, E.H. El Mazzoudi, M. Gane, D. Rodriguez-Bejarano).
1985
A. Peter Castro, "Trees in the Rural Context" in Tree Growing by Rural People,
edited by Peter Dewees. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, pp. 9-37 (reissued on the CD-Rom, People and Forests: FAO Participatory
Forestry Publications. Rome, Italy: FAO, 2004)
.
1984
David Brokensha and A. H. Peter Castro, "Fuelwood, Agro-Forestry, and Natural
Resource Management." Binghamton: Institute for Development Anthropology, for
the United States Agency for International Development, 64 pp.
1984
Editor of Tanzania: Fuelwood Consumption and Supply in Semi-Arid Areas. Rome:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 44 pp.
1983
David Brokensha, Bernard Riley, and Alfonso Peter Castro, "Fuelwood Use in Rural
Kenya," Binghamton: Institute for Development Anthropology, for the United States
Agency for International Development, 54 pp.
1983
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Household Energy Use and Tree Planting in Kirinyaga,"
Nairobi: University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies, Working Paper
No. 397, 40 pp.
1983
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Luuq Jelow Social Survey," Report prepared for CARESomalia, Hiran Refugee-Reforestation Project, 60 pp.
1983
Alfonso Peter Castro, "Crash-Qoqane Social Survey," Report prepared for CARESomalia, Hiran Refugee-Reforestation Project, 39 pp.
1980
Dennis Wood, David Brokensha, Matthew Gamser, Beth Jackson, Bernard Riley,
Alfonso Peter Castro, and Doris Schraft, The Socio-Economic Context of Fuel Use in
Small Rural Communities. Washington, D.C.: United States Agency for International
Development, Evaluation Special Study No. 1, 293 pp.
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CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES
2011
"Ungoverned Spaces: The Struggle for Somalia," Invited presentation for the
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Washington, D.C., December.
2011
"Socio-Cultural Dynamics and Religion in East Africa and the Democratic Republic
of the Congo," Invited presentation for the Center for Civil-Military Relations, Naval
Postgraduate School, Leadership Development and Education for Sustained Peace
Seminar, to the United States Army Command for Africa, Vicenza, Italy, October.
2011
“Developmental Priorities in Northeast and East Africa,” Invited presentation for
the Center for Civil - Military Relations, Naval Postgraduate School, Leadership
Development and Education for Sustained Peace Seminar on East Africa, Dallas,
Texas, June.
2011
“Land & Natural Resource Conflicts in Africa: Exploring Options for PeaceBuilding,” Invited paper for the Institute for African Development at Cornell
University, Symposium on “Natural Resources and Development in Africa,” Session
on Natural Resources and Conflict; Ithaca, April.
2010
“An Appreciation of an Anthropologist at Work: Hans C. Buechler at Syracuse,”
Invited paper for the Society for the Anthropology of Work’s Invited Panel,
“Connections, Movements and Passages: The Contributions of Hans and Judith Maria
Buechler to the Anthropology of Work,” Annual Meeting of the American
Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November.
2010
“An Antibureaucratic, Libertarian Anthropology: The Career of Charles J. Erasmus as
a Practicing Anthropologist.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society
for Applied Anthropology, Session on “Critiques and Competing Conceptions of
Development,” Mérida, Mexico, March.
2009
“Communities and Natural Resource Conflicts in Africa: Conflict Management
Options for Peacebuilding.” Invited paper by the African Programme of the
United Nations University for Peace’s Conference on Environmental and Resource
Issues as Factors in African Conflicts, with special attention to the case of Darfur;
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July.
2008
“Natural Resources, Conflicts, and Peacebuilding,” Invited lecture and paper for the
United Nations Interagency Framework for Coordination on Preventative Action’s
“Peace and Development Advisor’s Experience-Sharing and Capacity Development
Workshop,” Farallon, Panama, October.
2008
“Land Dispute Management Strategies: An Overview,” Invited lecture by the Conflict
Prevention and Peace Forum for its Learning Series on “Land Disputes” organized for
the United Nations Interagency Framework for Coordination on Preventative Action,
New York City, New York, June.
14
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES (Continued)
2007
“What Can Be Done About Food Insecurity and Poverty in South Wollo and Oromiya
Zones of Amhara Region?” Invited paper for the BASIS-IDR Workshop on “Poverty
and Food Insecurity in South Wollo and Oromia Zones, Amhara Region: Policy
Implications,” Dessie, Ethiopia, January.
2006
“Local Narratives of Food Insecurity and Poverty in Northeastern Ethiopia:
Implications for Policy.” Paper prepared for the Inter-Congress of the International
Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences and the Annual Conferences of
Anthropology Southern Africa and the Pan African Anthropological Association,
Cape Town, South Africa, December.
2006
“Evaluating Development Policies, Program, and Projects,” and “Culture, Conflict,
and Conflict Management,” Invited lectures to the Department of Anthropology,
North Texas University, Denton, Texas, April.
2005
“What Can Be Done About Food Insecurity and Poverty? Some Views From South
Wello and Oromiya Zones.” Invited paper presented to the BASIS—Collaborative
Research Support Program/Institute for Development Research Workshop on
Learning about Poverty and Food Insecurity in Eastern Amhara Region. Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, March.
2004
“Churning on the Margins: How the Poor Respond to Drought in South Wello,
Ethiopia,” Invited paper presented to the BASIS Conference on Combating Persistent
Poverty in Africa. Washington, DC, November (with Peter Little, Priscilla
Stone, Tewodaj Mogues, and Workneh Negatu)
2003
“Vulnerability, Shocks, and Memory: Food Shortages and Conflict in South Wello
and Oromiya, Ethiopia.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the African
Studies Association, Boston, Massachusetts, October.
2003
“Gender Dynamics and Household Drought Coping and Recovery Strategies in South
Wollo and Oromiya Zones, Ethiopia,” Paper presented at the Workshop on the
BASIS/IDR Research Programme in Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Bahirdar,
Ethiopia, July (with Priscilla Stone).
2002
“Vulnerability, Shocks and Memory: Food Shortages and Conflict in South Wello,
Ethiopia.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November.
2002
“Resource Conflicts and Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis: Pathways for Conflict
Analysis and Interventions.” Presentation for the Conference on Environment,
Resources, and Sustainability, Athens, Georgia, September.
15
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES (Continued)
2002
“Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis: An Introduction,” Workshop on Public Goods and
Public Bads in Nature: From Landscapes to Genomes in South Asia.” Invited paper
for South Asia Consortium, Syracuse University and Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York, February.
2001
“Vulnerability, Livelihoods and Trees Outside Forests.” Invited paper for the Expert
Consultation on Enhancing the Contribution of Trees Outside Forests to Sustainable
Livelihoods,” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Forest
Resources Division, Rome, Italy, November.
2001
"Livelihoods and Vulnerability in South Wello, Ethiopia." Invited lecture, State
University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse,
NY, October.
2001
"Conflict and Conservation in South Wello, Ethiopia: Implications for
Sustainability." Invited lecture, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies,
Yale University, New Haven, CT, October.
2001
“Seeing the People and the Forest through the Trees: The Community Forestry Unit.”
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology,
Merida, Mexico, March (with Katherine Warner).
2000
“Indigenous Peoples and Co-Management: Implications for Conflict Resolution,
Peace Building, and Sustainable Development.” Invited paper for the Tebtebba
Foundation, International Conference on Conflict Resolution, Peace-Building,
Sustainable Development and Indigenous People, Manila, The Philippines, December
(with Erik Nielsen).
1999
“Food Security and Resource Access: Preliminary Findings from the Community
Assessments in South Wello and Oromiya Zones of Amhara Region, Ethiopia.” Paper
presented at the Conference on Agricultural Policy, Resource Access, and Nutrition,
Sponsored by BASIS and the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern
and Southern Africa, Addis Ababa, November (with Yared Amare, Yigremew Adal,
Degafa Tolossa, and Peter Little).
1999
“Counterinsurgency and Community Resource Management: Lessons from the Mau
Mau War.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology, Tucson, Arizona, April.
1997
"Conflict, Co-Management, and Community Forestry." Invited lecture, Yale School
of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, May.
16
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES (Continued)
1997
"Who is the Encroacher? Land Conflicts and Social Forestry in Bangladesh." Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Seattle,
Washington, March.
1996
"Community Forestry and Conflict Resolution." Invited lecture for Cornell
University, Program on Environment Conflict Management, Spring Seminar Series,
Ithaca, New York, April.
1996
"The Sacred Landscape of Kirinyaga, Kenya." Invited lecture for Syracuse
University, Department of Religion, Centennial Celebration, panel on
"Environmental Visions: Cross-Cultural Reflections on Myths, Practices, Politics,"
April.
1996
"Indigenous Knowledge and Conflict Management: Exploring Local Perspectives and
Mechanisms for Dealing with Community Forestry Disputes." Invited plenary paper
for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Electronic
Conference on "Addressing Natural Resource Conflicts Through Community
Forestry," March.
1995
"Cotton in Kirinyaga: Does Having a Historical Consciousness in Development
Planning Always Make a Difference?" Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Society for Applied Anthropology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March.
1994
"Forests in Developing Countries: Implications for Education." Invited lecture,
Conference on Education for Forest Resources. State University of New York,
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, March.
1993
"Social and Anti-Social Forestry in Bangladesh," Invited lecture, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, May.
1992
"Landlessness and the Transformation of Common Property Resources in Kirinyaga,
Kenya." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Association for
the Study of Common Property, Washington, D. C., September.
1992
"Social Dimensions of Tropical Forestry." Invited lecture for the New York Chapter
of the Society of American Foresters, Saratoga Springs, February.
1991
"Kikuyu Agroforestry: A Historical Perspective." Invited paper for the "Plenary
Session" of the International Conference on Agriculture and the Environment, Ohio
State University, Columbus, November.
1991
"Facing Kirinyaga: State-Local Conflicts about the Southern Mount Kenya Forest,"
Invited lecture, McGill University, Anthropology Department, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, September.
17
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES (Continued)
1991
"James Bay and Anthropology: A Call for Action," Paper presented to the Annual
Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Charleston, South Carolina,
March.
1990
“Local Inequality and the World Economy in East Africa,” Paper presented to the
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November.
1989
“Anthropology Research Support for Community Forestry,” Paper presented to the
Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM, April.
HONORS, AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2011
Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award, Graduate
School, Syracuse University
2007
Included in the 2007 edition of Who’s Who in America (New Providence: Marquis)
1998
Whole Earth (“Special Issue on Globalocal Commons,” Fall, 94: 46) includes Facing
Kirinyaga in “Best Academic Books” on “Tales from Wildlands and the Commons”
1996
Forest History Society, Forest History Today (2: 41) includes Facing Kirinyaga in its
“FHS Recommended Reading”
1992
Certificate of Appreciation, Society of American Foresters, New York State Chapter.
1991
Included in Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans (Detroit, Gale Research, Inc.)
1982
Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1979
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1977
Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1977
"Outstanding Graduating Senior," Anthropology, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
FUNDED PROPOSALS
2006
National Science Foundation, Anthropology Program, Co-PI with Hong Anh Vu for
her dissertation research on, Moral Economy Meets Global Economy: Shrimp
Aquaculture and Social Transformation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam,” $7,125.
2001
Appleby-Mosher Fund, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, proposal on “Colonial
Kenya and the Kikuyu,” $680
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FUNDED PROPOSALS (Continued)
1999
Appleby-Mosher Fund, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, proposal on “Colonial
Policy and Rural Social Change,” $1,000.
1997
1995
Appleby-Mosher Fund, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, proposal "Archival
Research on Colonial Agrarian Change in Kenya," $800.
University Coordinating Committee on Assessment, Syracuse University, proposal on
"Assessing Anthropology: Curriculum, Tracks, and Professionalism," $3,000.
1995
Appleby-Mosher Fund, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, proposal "On the
Slopes of the Sacred Mountain: Archival Research on Colonial Agrarian Change in
Kirinyaga, Kenya," $400.
1994
National Science Foundation, Arctic Social Science Program, Co-PI with Kreg
Ettenger for his dissertation research on "Cree Hunters' Responses to Resource
Development in James Bay," $7,829.
1992
National Endowment for the Humanities, Travel to Collections Program, proposal on
"International Relief and Refugees in Somalia," $750.
1990
Appleby-Mosher Fund, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, proposal on "Common
Property Resources and Social Change in Colonial Kenya," $500.
1982
The Institute for Intercultural Studies, proposal on "Socio-Economic Context and
Consequences of Fuelwood Shortages in Rural Kenya," $2,000.
1982
Humanities Graduate Research Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara,
proposal on "Cultural Perceptions of Nature and Environmental Stress," $1,000.
1982
University of California, Patent Funds Grant, proposal on "Inter-Regional Linkages
and the Fuelwood Crises in Kenya," $500.
1981
National Science Foundation, Anthropology Program, proposal on "Rural Responses
to Fuelwood Shortages in Kenya," $3,850.
EDITORIAL AND REVIEWER POSITIONS
2002-05 American Anthropologist, Member of the Editorial Board
1998-03
Intermediate Technology Publications, Indigenous Knowledge and Development
Series, Member of the Editorial Board
1997-03
Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Associate Editor
1997
Reviewer and Panelist for the United States Forest Service and World Resources
Institute’s Ecological Stewardship Project, Portland, Oregon.
19
EDITORIAL AND REVIEWER POSITIONS (Continued)
I have served as a reviewer for the following journals, presses, and institutions:
Addis Wesley Longman Publishers, Africa, American Anthropologist, Culture and Agriculture
Environmental Research Letters, Environmental Management, Environmental Practice,
Environmental Science & Policy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Food, Culture and Society, Forest and Conservation History (now known as Environmental
History), The Free Press, Government of Canada, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples,
Human Ecology, Human Organization, Intermediate Technology Publications, International
Forestry Review, Journal of Anthropological Research, Journal of Development Studies,
Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Religion, Nature and Culture, Land Use
Policy, Landscape and Urban Planning, Leiden University—School of Asian, African and
AmerIndian Studies, National Science Foundation—Arctic Social Science Program,
National Science Foundation—Anthropology Program, Oxford University Press, Practical Action
(Intermediate Technology Development Group Publications), Prentice-Hall Publisher, Rowman
& Littlefield Publishers, Smithsonian Institution Press, Sustainability: Science, Practice &
Policy, Texas A&M Press, World Development, and Yale University Press.
TEACHING AND ADVISING
Courses Taught at Syracuse University
African Cultures (ANT 318, formerly ANT 226)
Africa in the 21st Century (ISX 348/1)
Agricultural Anthropology (ANT 421/621)
Anthropological Theory (ANT 311)
Applied Anthropology (ANT 356, formerly ANT 104 & ANT 523)
Culture and Conflict (ANT 477/677)
Culture and Disputing (ANT 475/675)
Culture in World Affairs (ANT/IRP 707)
Development Anthropology (ANT 756)
Experience Credit (ANT/IRP 470/670)
Field Methods (ANT 790)
First Year Forum (CAS 101)
The Global Community (MAX 132)
Independent Studies (ANT/PPA 490/690)
International Relations Capstone Seminar (IRP 706)
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANT 111)
Natural Resource Anthropology (ANT 400/600)
Peoples and Cultures of the World (ANT 121)
Professionalism in Anthropology (ANT 400)
Social Aspects of Forestry Development (ANT 552)
Technology and Cultural Change (ANT 353)
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Primary Advisor for Completed Doctoral Dissertations at Syracuse University
2011
Hong Anh Vu, ''Moral Economy Meets Global Economy: Risk, Vulnerability, and
Sustainable Livelihoods Among Shrimp Farming Households in Vietnam's Mekong
Delta,'' Anthropology (successful defense, November).
2011
Anthony Nocella, ''A Dis-Ability Perspective on the Stigmatization of Dissent:
Critical Pedagogy, Critical Criminology, and Critical Animal Studies'' Social Science
Program.
2009
Mengistu Dessalegn Debela, “Institutional Practices, Natural Resource Management
and Livelihood Strategies in Muhur, Southwest Ethiopia.” Anthropology.
2007
Vikas Choudhary, "Crafts Producers and Intermediation by Government, NGOs and
Private Businesses in Rural Rajasthan, India.” Anthropology.
2006
David Sorbello, "A Case Study of Academics and Athletics: Players on a Two-Year
College Ice Hockey Team.” Social Science Program.
2004
Lee Cerveny, “Tourism and Transformations in the Alaska Frontier: A Study of
Tourism Growth and its Effects on Three Southeast Alaska Communities.”
Anthropology.
2004
Kreg Ettenger, “Siipii, Uuchii, Minishtikw, Istchii [River, Mountain, Island, Land]:
Development, Conflict and Local Knowledge in Eeyou Istchee, Northern Quebec.”
Anthropology.
2001
Barbara Franz, " Refugees in Flux: Bosnian Refugees in Austria and the United
States, 1992—2000.” International Relations.
1990
William Thomas Waters, “Haitian Cultivators in Flux: Traditional and Modern
Farming Practices in Pasbwadom, Haiti.” Anthropology.
Membership on Other Completed Doctoral Dissertation Committees
2011
Haroun Al-Rashid I. Jaji, "Managing Natural Resources and Conflict-Affected
Watersheds in the Philippines: The Case of Agusan River Bain," State University of
New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Environmental Science.
2011
Fred Owusu-Ansah, “Surface Mining, Land Transactions and Risk Perception among
Small-Scale Farmers in Ghana.” State University of New York, College of
Environmental Science and Forestry. Environmental Science.
2009
Stephan Lenik, “Frontier Landscapes, Missions, and Power: A French Jesuit
Plantation and Church at Grand Bay, Dominica (1747-1763).” Anthropology.
21
Membership on Other Completed Doctoral Dissertation Committees (Continued)
2009
Thanh Vo Dinh, “Local Knowledge, Institutions, Livelihoods and Coastal Resources
in Tam Giang Cau Hai, Vietnam.” State University of New York College of
Environmental Science and Forestry. Environmental Studies & Forest and Natural
Resource Management.
2009
Gerard Chouin, “Forests of Power and Memory: An Archaeology of Sacred Groves
in the Eguafo Polity, Southern Ghana (c. 500-1900 A.D).” Anthropology.
2009
Sarah Darkwa, “Risk Perception, Knowledge and Behavior: Case Studies of
Fishermen from Lake Ontario, USA and Fosu Lagoon, Ghana.” State University of
New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Environmental Science.
2008
Ana Maria Menezes, “The Governance of Natural Resources in Mozambique:
Artisanal Fishery.” State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Environmental Science.
2008
April Karen Baptiste, “Evaluating Environmental Awareness: A Case Study of the
Nariva Swamp, Trinidad.” State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry. Environmental Science.
2007
Tilla Anthony, “Public Sector Management Reforms in Kenya: A Review of
Anticorruption Strategies, 1994-2002.” Syracuse University. Social Science Program.
2007
Jill Stackhouse, “The State of Housing, the Business of the State: The Spatial
Consequences of Housing and Urban Development Policies Developed by the
Entrepreneurial State in Chile (1973--1989).” Syracuse University. Geography.
2007
Toby Ewing, “Community Development and Capacity Building: A Case Study of
Monte Verde, Costa Rica.” Syracuse University. Sociology.
2006
Angela Herrald, “Spiritual Itineraries: Journeying to Self via ‘Sacred India.’”
Syracuse University. Anthropology.
2006
Robert Cromwell, “’Where Ornament and Function Are So Agreeably Combined’":
Consumer Choice Studies of English Ceramic Wares at Hudson's Bay Company, Fort
Vancouver.” Syracuse University. Anthropology.
2006
Frederick P Lampe, “Right Rites, Faith and the Corporate Good: Anglican
Christianity and Social Change in Western Kenya.” Syracuse University.
Anthropology.
22
Membership on Other Completed Doctoral Dissertation Committees (Continued)
2004
Francisco Escobedo Montoya, “A Cost-Effective Analysis of Urban Forest
Management's Role in Improving Air Quality in Santiago, Chile.” State
University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Forest
and Natural Resource Management.
2004
Paul Edleman, “Grain Contract Farming in the United States: Two Case Studies.”
Syracuse University. Political Science.
2003
Kathryn I. Dziekan, “Postsecondary Inclusion through Academic Accommodations:
Attitudes, Experiences, and Perceptions of College Students with Learning
Disabilities and Faculty,” Syracuse University. Education.
2003
Jack Manno, “Water over the Dam: A Qualitative Social Scientist Looks at How
Biologists, Ecologists and Engineers Negotiate the Past, Present and Future of the St.
Lawrence River.” Syracuse University. Social Science Program.
2003
Jeannette Graulau, “Development, Gold and Mining in the Brazilian Amazon:
Women's Labor in Garimpagem.” Syracuse University. Political Science.
2002
Lauren Elaine Eastwood, “The Social Organization of Policy: An Institutional
Ethnography of the United Nations Intergovernmental Forum on Forests.”
Syracuse University. Sociology.
2001
Edward Carr, “’They Were Looking for White Jobs’: The Archaeology of
Postcolonial Capitalist Expansion in Coastal Ghana.” Syracuse University.
Anthropology.
2000
Berangere Ruchat, “United Nations Partnerships with Business: A Quest for a
Renewed Legitimacy in the Age of Global Governance. The Case of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development.” Syracuse University. International
Relations.
2000
Yamuna Sangarasivam, “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Cultural
Production of Nationalism and Violence: Representing the Integrity of Nation and the
Choice for Armed Struggle.” Syracuse University. Anthropology.
1999
Nathaniel Sebeh Appleton, “Smallholder Resource Management Strategies: A
Framework for Building Sustainability in the Cameroon Rainforest.” State University
of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Forest and Natural
Resource Management.
1999
Marta C. Herrera Angel, “Spatial Ordering and Political Control in the Caribbean
Lowlands and Central Andes of Eighteenth-Century New Granada.” Syracuse
University. Geography.
23
Membership on Other Completed Doctoral Dissertation Committees (Continued)
1999
Vinay Kumar Sinha, “Current Practices of Joint Forest Management in Western
India: A Case Study from Rajpipla Forests.” State University of New York College
of Environmental Science and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management.
1999
Kathryn Stam, “Like Dogs in December: Women's Perspectives on HIV/AIDS
Prevention Programs and Married Life in Rural Northeast Thailand.” Syracuse
University. Social Science Program.
1998
Aarti Saihjee, “Structures of Constraint: Engendering the Household, State, and
Economy in Jharkand, India.” Syracuse University. Anthropology.
1998
Walter Aikman, “To Us It's Home: Confrontation and Community Change in the
Adirondack Property Rights Movement.” State University of New York College of
Environmental Science and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management.
1997
Peter D. Ndemere, “Multiple-Use Forest Values, Silvicultural Impacts of Timber
Management, and Sustainability of Forest Management in Uganda's Budongo and
Mabira Forest Reserves.” State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management.
1996
Michael Bowler, “Participation and Dynamics in the Programs of a Nongovernmental
Organization in a Bangladesh Village.” Syracuse University. Social Science Program.
1996
Shubhra Gururani, “Fuel, Fodder, and Forests: Politics of Forest Use and Abuse in
Uttarakhand Himalaya, India.” Syracuse University. Anthropology.
1996
Jennifer Astone, “Negotiating Work Burdens: Women's Home Gardens in Fuuta
Jalon, Guinea, 1930-1995.” State University of New York at Binghamton.
Anthropology.
1995
Bhuvana Rao, "’Is She Ill or Is She Not’: Female Sexuality, Gender Ideologies, and
Women's Health in Tehri Garhwal, North India.” Syracuse University. Anthropology.
1995
Priti Ramamurthy, “The Political Economy of Canal Irrigation in South India.”
Syracuse University. Social Science Program.
1995
Kathleen Skoczen, “Processing Change in Almost Paradise: The Political Economy
and Discourse of Healing in Samana, Dominican Republic.” Syracuse University.
Anthropology.
1994
Njoroge Marrie Muigwa. “Toward Sustainable Management of Natural Resources:
Effectiveness of Range Management Program in Lesotho.” State University of New
York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Environmental Science.
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Membership on Other Completed Doctoral Dissertation Committees (Continued)
1994
Ye Qi, “Human-Induced Biospheric Change and the Global Carbon Cycle: A Spatial
Modeling Approach and Its Application to Tropical Asia.” State University of New
York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Environmental Science.
1994
Gloria Magotsha Somolekae, “The Environment of Small Scale Business and the
Informal Sector in Botswana: Constraints, Problems and Prospects.” Syracuse
University. Public Administration.
1994
Teresa Ann Hubley. “Bridges and Barriers: The World of Indigenous
Paraprofessionals in a Public Health Program. Syracuse University. Anthropology.
1991
Raymundo Cota. “The Political Economy of Timber Resources in the State of Para,
Amazonia, Brazil.” Syracuse University. Social Science Program.
1990
Brian Jerome, “Ducks Unlimited Mexico: A Case Study of Education in an
International Environmental Organization.” Syracuse University. Education.
Membership in Current Doctoral and Masters Student Committees
Bhandari, Medani, Syracuse University, Sociology
Klivak, Lori, Syracuse University, Anthropology
Moghariya, Dineshkumar, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and
Forestry, Environmental Science
Montefrio, Marvin, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and
Forestry, Environmental Science
Completed Masters Degrees through Theses, Projects and Papers
2011
Hidayati, Eni, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and
Forestry, Forest and Natural Resources Management
2010
Nayoung Jo, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. Environmental Science, M.S.
2007
Macarena Calleja, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Environmental Science, M.S.
2007
Amy Koler, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2006
Amos Kojo Quaye, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Environmental Science, M.S.
2006
Irena Vorotnikova, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2005
Mamadou Chetima, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Environmental Studies, M.S.
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Completed Masters Degrees through Theses, Projects and Papers (Continued)
2005
Flavien Owolabi, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Environmental Science, M.S.
2005
Derek Simmonds, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
2004
Jason Bowman, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2004
Hiroaki Kuramitsu, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Environmental Studies, M.S.
2004
Stephanie Wilcox Maye, Syracuse University. Anthropology Department, M.A.
2004
Makiko Yane, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2003
Scott Kim, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2003
Brad Parrish, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
2003
Ram Pandit, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
2003
Katy Rudder, Syracuse University. Anthropology Department, M.A.
2003
Steve Viscelli, Syracuse University. Anthropology Department, M.A.
2002
Sharif Nankoe, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2002
Kelley Scarmeas, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2002
Bounthavong Sourisak, Syracuse University. Public Administration, Executive
Education Program, M.A.
2001
Filipa Marques, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2000
Chandraa Bhattacharya, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
2000
David Frommer, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1999
Cindi Szymanski State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
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Completed Masters Degrees through Theses, Projects and Papers (Continued)
1998
Laksmi Banowati, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science
and Forestry, M.S.
1998
Julie Blackburn Klocker, State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1997
Susan Awour Odaga, State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry. Environmental Science, M.S.
1997
Mario Mendez, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1997
Scott Stewart, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1996
Andrea Marsh, Syracuse University. Geography, M.A.
1996
Chieko Masuda, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1996
Luciana Porter, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1996
Maricarmen Raudales, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1996
Nadine Toppozada, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1996
Catherine Stiff, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1995
Felicia Canfield, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1995
Sophia Desillas, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1995
A. Sinclair Dunlop, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1995
Shawn Miller, Syracuse University. International Relations, M.A.
1994
Anne Draddy, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1994
Landis Hudson, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1994
Elizabeth Kilmarx, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
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Completed Masters Degrees through Theses, Projects and Papers (Continued)
1994
Edith Laurencin, Syracuse University. Anthropology Department, M.A.
1994
Elena Quintana, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1994
Mariel Radlewammer, Syracuse University. Anthropology Department, M.A. (Chair)
1994
Beth Wolgemuth, Syracuse University. Anthropology Department, M.A.
1993
Laurie Magnicaro, Syracuse University. Social Science Program, M.A.
1993
Phillip Eskali, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1993
Andrea Finger-Stich, State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1993
Greg MacKenzie, Syracuse University. Anthropology Department, M.A. (Chair)
1993
Wahyu Purwinto, Syracuse University. Education, M.A.
1992
Seth Poltenson, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1991
Anne Marie McShea, State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry, Environmental Science, M.S.
1990
Sharad Karmacharya, State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1990
Mark Protti, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1990
Elliot Senekane, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1990
James Uhlig, State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. Forest and Natural Resource Management, M.S.
1989
Alex de Sherbinin, Syracuse University, Geography, M.A.
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Undergraduate Honors Theses Supervised
2011
John Giammatteo (Orlin Prize for the Best Capstone from the Honors Program)
1999
Chloe Frommer
1996
Nozomi Fujii
1995
Regina Smardon
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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Anthropological Association (Fellow)
Anthropology and Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association
Association for Africanist Anthropology
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology
Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists
Culture and Agriculture;
National Association of Practicing Anthropologists
Society for Applied Anthropology (Fellow)
Society for Visual Anthropology
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