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education
19941999 |
Yale University, New Haven, CT
PhD. In Forestry and Environmental Studies, completed May 1999, entitled “Controlling the Land: Property Rights and Power Struggles in Sabah, Malaysia, 18811996.” Research interests include the examination of historical, cultural and political-economic factors that influence how rural people use natural resources. Particular emphasis is placed on property rights and customary laws regulating resource tenure in Southeast Asia. |
19921987 |
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
Master of Environmental Sciences, in Tropical Ecology. |
19831987 |
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Bachelor of Arts in Biological Anthropology, magna cum laude.
Senior Honors Thesis: “Latah: A Culture-Bound Syndrome.” An examination of cultural and physiological origins of a behavioral trait specific to women in certain ethnic groups in Southeast Asia. |
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