Erin Kitchell, winner of the A.C. Jordan Prize 2023, wrote her award-winning dissertation on the environment, climate change and public policy in West Africa. After attending Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, earning undergraduate degrees …
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Farmer 2 Farmer opportunities in Ethiopia
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) East Africa Farmer 2 Farmer has a number of open scopes of work (SOWs) for short-term dairy technical consultants in Ethiopia. ET23 Dairy Farm Management (.docx) Consultants in this position would …
Africa in Our Lives: Amy Stambach
Amy Stambach is a cultural anthropologist whose interests vary from China-Africa relations to environmental sustainability in Tanzania. She shares travel memories, new research and three new courses in this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES. Field of …
Africa in Our Lives: Akshay Sarathi
Akshay Sarathi is a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology and successfully organized the October Maritime Cultures on the East African Coast conference, sponsored by the African Studies Program. The African Studies Program caught …
Africa in Our Lives: Aleia McCord
Ph.D student Aleia McCord traces her steps from Ghana to Wisconsin to Uganda. From tips on making plans post-graduation to her passion for renewable energy in Uganda, McCord shares her experiences at home and abroad. …
Nixon’s “Slow Violence” Receives Award
From L&S News & Notes: This week, University of Wisconsin-Madison English professor Rob Nixon receives the 2013 biennial award for best book in environmental literary studies from the American Society for Literature and the Environment, …
Springtime deadlines for undergraduate research fellowships
HILLDALE UNDERGRADUATE/FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND HOLSTROM ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPS provide support for collaborative research between undergraduate students and faculty or research/instructional academic staff members. Each provides a grant of $3,000 to the student and $500 to …