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Um, Khatharya
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:31am.Name of Person:
Khatharya Um
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Ethnic Studies, Associate Professor
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Khatharya Um's current research interests focus on transnational and on cultural transmission in the context of population dislocation.
Hass, Robert
Submitted by cmjones on March 2, 2007 - 3:04pm.Name of Person:
Robert Hass
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English, Professor
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20th-Century American Literature. Creative Writing. Poetry. Professor Hass works on contemporary American poetry and translation; he has also been interested recently in environmental history and literature.
Watts, Michael
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:37am.Name of Person:
Michael Watts
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Geography, Professor
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Political economy, political ecology, Africa, South Asia, development, peasant societies, social and cultural theory, U.S. agriculture, Islam and social movements
Romm, Jeffrey
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:03am.Name of Person:
Jeffrey Romm
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ESPM, Professor
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Relations between social distributions of power and wealth, economic growth, and natural resource qualities, and impacts of policy and organization on these relations, exploring how scientific and cultural concepts, the organization of knowledge, and scientific research, affect public discourse about and actions toward environmental problems, the impacts of institutional relations on the management of watersheds and river basins and the interplay between policies toward race and toward natural resources in the United States.
Rochlin, Gene
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 10:58am.Name of Person:
Gene Rochlin
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Energy and Resources Group, Professor
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Science, technology and society, cultural and cognitive studies of technical operations, the politics and policy of energy and environmental matters, and the broader cultural, organizational and social implications and consequences of technology – including large technical systems.
Peluso, Nancy
Submitted by cmjones on March 5, 2007 - 3:35pm.Name of Person:
Nancy Peluso
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ESPM, Professor
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Nancy Peluso and her students conduct research on the social processes that affect the management of land-based and coastal resources. Her work explores various dimensions of resource access, use, and control, while contrasting local, national, and international influences on management structures and processes.
Huntsinger, Lynn
Submitted by cmjones on March 2, 2007 - 3:11pm.Name of Person:
Lynn Huntsinger
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ESPM, Professor
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Lynn Huntsinger's research addresses resource management as a shaper of landscapes, with consequences for ecosystems and people. A second major area of her research is rooted in the idea that ecological change brought about by resource management can influence social relationships and cultural practice.
Fortmann, Louise
Submitted by cmjones on March 2, 2007 - 2:42pm.Name of Person:
Louise Fortmann
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ESPM, Professor
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Louise Fortmann studies the outcomes of natural resource use and management for individuals and for communities. Her research focuses on addressing questions of gender, property, poverty, community control of natural resources, and knowledge production.
Carr, Claudia
Submitted by cmjones on March 2, 2007 - 1:56pm.Name of Person:
Claudia Carr
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ESPM, Associate Professor
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Claudia Carr is primarily involved in research concerning alternative types of rural development policies in terrestrial (especially drylands and river basin environments) and coastal and offshore resources in the ‘Third World.’
O'Rourke, Dara
Submitted by cmjones on February 28, 2007 - 2:39pm.Name of Person:
Dara O'Rourke
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ESPM, Professor
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Dara O'Rourke's current research analyzes systems for regulating the environmental and social impacts of industrial activities. Through a range of projects, he has been examining trends in industrial development, and state, firm, and community responses to adverse impacts of industrialization.
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Dara O’Rourke interests are in governmental and non-governmental strategies for monitoring and accountability over global production systems, and new models of public participation in environmental and labor policy regulation. In particular, he works on on several projects that analyze participatory strategies for environmental planning and regulation. He has on-going research in Vietnam on processes of "Community-Driven Regulation". He is also interested in new community initiatives around environmental justice concerns in the US. He is author of Community-Driven Regulation: Balancing Development and the Environment in Vietnam (MIT Press, 2004)