Dr. Emilio Moran

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E105 - Fall 2008

• Distinguished Professor
• James H. Rudy Professor of Anthropology
• Director, ACT
• Co-Director, CIPEC
• Professor of Environmental Sciences
• Adjunct Professor of Geography
• Ph.D., Social Anthropology, University of Florida, 1975
• M.A., Latin American History, University of Florida, 1969
• B.A., Spanish American Literature, Spring Hill College, 1968
• Research Interests: Ecological anthropology; research methods; tropical ecology and resource management; remote sensing and GIS; global environmental change, climate change. Geographical expertise: Latin America, Brazil, Amazon

Dr. Eduardo Brondizio

• Associate Professor of Anthropology
• Chairman, Department of Anthropology, 2005- 2008
• ACT's Assistant Director for Research
• Ph.D., Environmental Science/Human Ecology, Indiana University, 1996
• Certificate, Remote Sensing Specialization, São Paulo, Brazil, 1988
• B.S., Agronomic Engineering, Universidade de Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil, 1987
• Research Interests: Land use, human ecology, agricultural and agroforestry intensification, Amazon Caboclo colonists, remote sensing applications in anthropology and ecology, enthobotany, secondary succession, landscape ecology and global environmental change.

Dr. Dengsheng Lu

• ACT Associate Research Scientist
• Ph.D., 2001, Physical Geography, Indiana State University
• M.A., 1989, Forestry, Beijing Forestry University
• B.A., 1986, Forestry, Zhejiang Forestry University
• Research Interests: Remote sensing, GIS, and spatial modeling, biomass/carbon estimation, land use/cover change, forest inventory and monitoring, Human-environment interactions, urban heat island and urban impervious surface extraction.

Vonnie Peischl

• ACT's Assistant Director for Administration
• M.P.A., Public Administration, Sangamon State University, 1994
• Performs administrative tasks related to: staffing; laboratory management; supervision of grants and financial affairs; program planning; research and publications support; contacts with agencies and collaborators; and arrangements for visitors and training.

Scott Hetrick

• ACT's GIS and Remote Sensing Specialist
• Specialization in Spatial Information Processing - GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics, Digital Image Processing and Analysis, from Michigan State University, 2001
• B.S. in Environmental Science, 1992
• Research interests: Globalization, human-environment interactions, land use/land cover change, sustainable development.

Giancarlo Bradaschia

• ACT's Information Systems Manager
• B.S. Business Management, The Ohio State University, 2001
• M.I.S. Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, 2008
• Responsible for operations and maintenance of writing lab, research lab, and administrative computer systems
• Maintains and updates ACT's website
• Administers ACT's data server

Paula S. Dias

• Undergraduate Research Assistant
• Major: Sociocultural Anthropology
• Minor: French and Latin American Studies
• Research Interests: Gender issues, household demography, contraceptive and reproductive issues, public policy and public health in the rural Amazon of Brazil.

Kelsey Scroggins

• Undergraduate Research Assistant
• Major: Sociocultural Anthropology, Political Science
• Minor: African Languages, African Studies, and Central Eurasian Studies
• Research Interests: Environmental perceptions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Maasai, politics of poaching

Dr. James Biles

• Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Economic Geography, Michigan State University, 2001
• M.A., Economic Geography, Michigan State University, 1998
• B.S.S., Urban and Environmental Studies, Ohio University, 1995
• Research Interests: Economic geography, development, Latin America.

Dr. Tom P. Evans

• Associate Professor, Department of Geography
• Co-Director, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC)
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
• B.A., Geography, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1989
• Research Interests: Human-environment interactions, GIS, land cover change analysis and modeling.

Dr. L. Shane Greene

• Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2004
• B.A., Anthropology, University of North Carolina, 1993
• Research Interests: Political ecology, sustainable development policy, traditional knowledge, indigenous and afro-descendant rights; Latin America (Peru).

Dr. Michael Muehlenbein

• Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Biological Anthropology, Yale University, 2004
• M.Phil., Biological Anthropology, Yale University, 2002
• Ms.P.H., Tropical Medicine and Biostatistics, Tulane University, 2000
• B.A., Biological Anthropology and Environmental Science, Northwestern University, 1998
• Research Interests: Emerging infectious diseases; evolutionary endocrinology and immunology; Borneo

Dr. Faiz Rahman

• Associate Professor, Department of Geography
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, 1996
• M.S., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, 1993
• B.Sc. Agricultural Sciences, Bangladesh Agricultural University, 1989
• Research Interests:Global change, carbon balance, ecosystem science, remote sensing and GIS for spatial and temporal scaling issues in ecosystem studies.

Dr. Scott Robeson

• Professor, Department of Geography
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Climatology, University of Delaware, 1992
• M.Sc., Geography from the University of British Columbia, 1987
• B.A., Geography from the University of Delaware, 1984
• Research Interests: Climate change, statistical climatology, applied climatology.

Dr. Rinku Roy Chowdhury

• Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Geography, Clark University, 2003
• M.Sc., Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development, University of Georgia, 1996
• B.A., Computer Science, Environmental Science, Wellesley College, 1994
• Research Interests: Human dimensions of global environmental change, cultural and political ecology, remote sensing, GIS; Southern Yucatan peninsular region ( Mexico) and Latin America, land cover/land use change, social and ecological system vulnerability, modeling.

Dr. Andrea Siqueira

• Associate Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) (on sabbatical 2008-09)
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D., Anthropology, Indiana University, 1997
• M.A., Anthropology, Indiana University, 1994
• B.A., Social Sciences, Catholic University, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1984
• Research Interests: Household economy, nutrition and health, gender environmental anthropology, community management and conservation of natural resources, people and parks, Latin America, Amazonia.

Dr. Catherine Tucker

• Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
• Affiliated Faculty, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
• Adjunct Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1996
• M.A., Anthropology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987
• B.A., Interdisciplinary Major (Anthropology, Biology & Philosophy), Gustavus Adolphus College, 1983
• Research Interests: Ecological anthropology, political ecology, community forestry, collective action, common property, economic development, human dimensions of global environmental change; Latin America.

Dr. Rick Wilk

• Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1981
• M.A. Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1976
• B.A. in Anthropology, New York University, 1974
• Research Interests: Consumption, sustainability, development, energy, food and culture, economic anthropology, globalization, Latin America

Dr. Diogenes Alves

• Senior Researcher, Earth Observations Branch, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
• ACT Research Associate
• Dr. Eng., Digital Systems, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, 1989
• Dr. 3ème cycle, Mathematiques/mention informatique (reconnaissance des formes) Université Paris 6, 1983
• D.E.A. Université Paris 6, 1981
• Research Interests: Land use dynamics; environmental change; human dimensions of environmental change; science and technology studies in connection to environment and development; geomatics; image processing.

Dr. Mateus Batistella

• Senior Researcher, EMBRAPA Satellite Monitoring, Campinas, SP, Brazil
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2001
• M.A., Ecology from University of São Paulo, 1993
• B.S., Biological Sciences from the Bioscience Institute of the University of São Paulo, 1987
• B.A., Philosophy from the São Paulo Catholic University, 1987.
• Research Interests: Landscape ecology, remote sensing, GIS, land-use planning and monitoring.

Dr. Sandra Costa

• Assistant Professor, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba(UNIVAP) in São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D., Spatial Information, School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, 1996.
• M.A., Remote Sensing, National Institute on Space Research, Brazil, 1989.
• B.S., Geography, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1985.
• Research Interests: urban growth and environmental degradation, urban land-use analysis, intra-urban modifications, Government urban policies, Social changes of cities.

Dr. Alvaro D'Antona

• Researcher, University of Campinas, Brazil
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D., Social Sciences (Population Studies), University of Campinas, Brazil, 2003
• M.A., Anthropology, Unicamp, Brazil, 1997
• B.S., Economics, Unicamp, Brazil, 1989
• Research Interests: Development, population and environment; people and parks; land use; common-pool resources; Amazonia.

Dr. Fabio de Castro

• Professor, University of Amsterdam and Editor, Environmental Science, Springer Publishing, The Netherlands
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 1999
• M.A., Ecology, University of Campinas, Brazil, 1992
• B.S., Biology, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil,1987
• Research Interests: Theory of common-pool resources, human ecology, political ecology, community-based management, conservation of natural resources, Amazonian studies, fisheries, and forestry.

Dr. Stefano Fiorini

• Post-doctoral Researcher, the Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D. in Anthropology, Indiana University, 2006
• Laurea in Natural Sciences at Universita. degli Studi di Bologna, Italy 1997
• Research Interests: Collaborative management of natural resources and rural communities' participation in projects for local sustainable development.

Dr. Celia Futemma

• Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos (UFSCar) in Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2000
• M.A., Anthropology, Tulane University, 1995
• B.S., Biological Sciences, State University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1989
• Research Interests: Human ecology, political ecology, forest ecology and management, common-pool resources, land-use analysis, household analysis, and ethnobiology.

Dr. Angelica Toniolo

• Project manager, The Nature Conservancy Amazon Program, Belem, PA, Brazil
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D. in Joint Ph.D. Program in Public Policy , School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
• M.A., International Development Policy, Duke University, 1998
• B.S., Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, 1989
• Research Interests: Institutional analysis, land use/land cover changes, household economy, community-based management of natural resources, tropical agriculture, and global environmental changes.

Dr. Leah VanWey

• Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University
• ACT Faculty Associate
• Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2001
• M.A., Sociology, University of North Caronlina, 1999
• Research Interests: Migration and remittances, household demography, household survival strategies and land use, and comparative research design.

Dr. Nathan Vogt

• Associate Researcher, NAEA and IPAM, Belem, PA, Brazil
• ACT Research Associate
• Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2005
• M.Sc., Environmental Science, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2003
• B.A., Chemistry, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 1991
• Research Interests: Land-use/cover change, human ecology, forest ecology and management, collective action, governance of common-pool resources, exploring ways to better integrate social and ecological methodologies

Ryan Adams

• Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, Indiana University
• M.A. Anthropology, Indiana University, 2005
• B.S. Public Affairs and Environmental Science, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1995
• Research Interests: Social impact of land use change, expansion of mechanized soybean farming in Santarem, Brazil, ethnography, development, GIS in social science research.

Bryn Bakoyéma

• Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, Indiana University
• M.A. Anthropology, Indiana University, 2005
• B.S. Agronomy/ Soil Science and B.A. Multidisciplinary Studies (concentration in Anthropology and Development), North Carolina State University, 2000
• Research Interests: Land use /land cover change, human-environment relationships, forest management, decision making, environmentally induced migration, East Africa.

Anthony Cak

• Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Sciences, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
• M.S., Ecology, University of Notre Dame, 2005
• B.S., Environmental Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2002
• Research Interests: Stream and river ecology, biogeochemistry, land use/land cover change, human-environment interactions, social dynamics of land use change and nutrient cycling in Amazonia.

Kara Cebulko

• Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, Indiana University
• M.A., Sociology, Indiana University, 2004
• B.A., Psychology, DePauw University, 2001
• Research Interests: Gender and development, education and development, household survival strategies, migration .

Jessica Chelekis

• Doctoral student in Anthropology, Indiana University
• B.S. Anthropology, Middle Tennessee State University, 2001
• Research Interests: Gender roles and women's work, household economies, markets and development, economic anthropology, ecological anthropology, Brazilian Amazon estuary.

Angela Martin Beck

• Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, Indiana University
• B.A. Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 2000
• Research Interests: Long-term collaborative work with Gwembe Tonga Research Project, Southern Province, Zambia; migration, land tenure and gender; resettlement and agricultural development.

Doris Navarro

• Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Sciences, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.
• MSc., Biological Oceanography, Institute of Oceanography, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2002.
• B.S., Biological Sciences, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil, 1997.
• Research Interests: Human ecology, household economy, social networks and community organization, socio-ecological aspects of land use/land cover change, natural resource management, remote sensing and GIS applied to social and environmental sciences, Amazon Region, Brazil.

Rodrigo Penna-Firme Pedrosa

• Doctoral student in Anthropology, Indiana University
• M..S. Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003.
• B.S., Biological Sciences, Santa Ursula University, Brazil, 1998.
• Research Interests: People and parks, impact of global capitalism on small communities, poverty-environment relations, grassroots movements, ethnicity and environmental discourse, remote sensing/GIS applied to land use/cover change, forest ecology, human ecology, ecological anthropology, political ecology.

Angela Dalledone Siqueira

• Doctoral student in Environmental Sciences, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
• M.S., Remote Sensing, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil, 1999
• B.S., Biology, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1994
• Research Interests: land use/land cover change, human ecology, decision-making dynamics that lead to reforestation in São Paulo.

Francisco Kennedy de Souza

• Fulbright doctoral student in Environmental Sciences, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.
• M.A., Latin American and Certificate in Tropical Conservation and Development, 2005
• B.A. in Economics, Federal University of Acre, Brazil, 1997
• Research Interests: Amazonian community land-tenures, forestry policies, natural resources management, ecological economics analysis of forest uses, socioeconomic aspects of land use-land cover change, and Amazonia.