Human-Environmental Interaction in a Nutrient-Poor Amazonian Ecosystem." Carried out comprehensive ethnographic, theoretical and applied research to: a) understand the factors (ecological, economic, technological, cultural) structuring land-use options in nutrient-poor (oligotrophic) blackwater ecosystems, b) develop improved conceptual models of human ecosystems, and c) better understand the coupling of ecosystem properties with land-use strategies.

pedological characterizations of archaeological soils and analyzed the correlation between areas of preferred Amerindian settlement and resource distributions.

anthropogenic Black Earth sites of the Negro River and Sateré-Maué Indigenous Reserve as precursor to dissertation research.

6/95-7/95 Research in Ecuador. Researched cultural and ecological dimensions of resource management in the buffer zone of the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve.

strategies of mestizo colonists, hacienda owners and itinerant laborers, with a qualitative assessment of associated environmental impacts.

Workshop on the Environment and Productivity. Workshops generated policy recommendations for Central America. INCAE, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

6/00 to 9/00 Strategic Planning. Initiated a participatory strategic planning exercise among Law School faculty at UGA to target reforms for the international law center.

10/91-6/94 Community Development and Agricultural Extension. Worked with poor farmers to generate, validate and disseminate agricultural technologies and to modify community-based planning methodologies; catalyzed reforms in work methodologies to more participatory approaches. Departamento de Desarrollo Rural, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana (EAP), Honduras.

practitioners from around the world to document participatory planning methodologies, and to evaluate these in the field and classroom.

Present Reserva Indígena do Alto Rio Negro, Brazil. Co-developing interdisciplinary $0.5M proposal for economic and ecological research on alternative land-use scenarios for a nutrient-poor (oligotrophic) indigenous territory in the Amazon.

Strengthen U.S. –Russian Relations," a proposal for bilateral cooperation.

Present Dean Rusk Center and International Partners. Developing several faculty-initiated projects to expand faculty research into the international realm.

the Law School and international partners to expand judicial reform efforts, strengthen civil society and establish partnerships in diverse areas of law. Dean Rusk Center – International, Comparative and Graduate Legal Studies (UGA).

discussions, graded essays and taught break-out sections under UGA faculty members. Sections focused on introductory anthropology (1/96-3/96, 4/96-6/96)

and Environmental Literacy (9/96-12/96, 1/97-3/97, 4/97-6/97).

6/96-7/96 Participant in international course, Agroecology. Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), Costa Rica. Researched ecological dimensions of agricultural practices and assessed the trade-offs of diverse indicators of sustainability.

protected areas of South America, and internet research for the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) project.

Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), the Philippines. Analyzed alternative development philosophies, agricultural technologies and participatory methods.

10/91-6/94 Community Development and Agricultural Extension Practitioner. Responsible for the rural development programs of the EAP in four rural communities and a municipal center. Worked with groups of farmers to develop and evaluate alternative technologies for soil conservation, high-yield home gardens, post-harvest storage, fuel efficiency and small animal husbandry. Worked to integrate rural assistance programs at the municipal level, and designed and co-taught international course on regenerative agriculture. EAP, Honduras.

Tompkins County, NY. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

8/89-12/89 Participant in academic exchange. Took coursework and practicums in agronomy and rural development. EAP, Honduras.

5/00 Travel Grant to present at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (June 2000, Spain), Vice President for Research and Anthropology Deptartment (UGA).

11/00 U.S.A.I.D. – A.L.O. grant, "U.S.-Palestinian Linkages in Higher Education." Helped to secure $96,000 for the Dean Rusk Center.

8/00-5/01 Graduate Assistantship for Finishing Year Doctoral Students, UGA Graduate School.

5/98-4/99 Research Grant, Secretary of Culture of Amazonas State, Brazil.

6/96-7/96 Support for participation in international course Agroecology (OTS, UGA).

9/94-6/95 Research and Teaching Assistantships. UGA Department of Anthropology.

11/94, 12/94 Support for participation in two regional INCAE workshops (Nicaragua, Costa Rica), Rural Development Department and INCAE.