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Darkness in El Dorado Controversy - Introduction

This portion of my website is dedicated to providing a place to find information about Patrick Tierney’s Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon...

Research - Belize

I have been conducting applied ethnographic research northern Belize since 2012 and plan to return every summer with the Ethnographic Field School in Belize...

Research - Kentucky

I have been conducting ethnographic research regionally in Kentucky with my undergraduate students as part of the Center for Applied Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University...

Research - Madagascar

My research in Madagascar was a collaborative effort (partnered with the Malagasy government and both national and international NGOs) to evaluate agricultural change...

Research - Other

In addition to applied ethnographic research in Belize, Kentucky, and Madagascar, I am involved in other projects with colleagues, students, and individually–including...

Courses

The following courses are in my regular teaching rotation at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). For courses I have previously taught at NKU and other institutions...

Teaching Philosophy

In all of my courses, I weave active-experiential learning with traditional forms of teaching (discussions, films, lectures, readings, tests, and writing)....

Recommendations

My students often ask me to write letters of recommendation for their applications for financial aid, scholarships, study abroad programs, and graduate school...

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