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Made Adityanandana

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • ma734 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Agrarian change
  • Tourism development
  • Social/environmental impact
Marvi Ahmed

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • ma2285 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Construction & function of the development discourse
  • Political economy of transnational development, aid agencies & networks
  • Agrarian land rights
Emily Baker

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • eab365 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Agricultural ecology
  • Natural resource management and "wilderness" conservation
  • Rural livelihoods and the dynamics of conflict, climate change, and socioeconomic inequality
David Balgley

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • dcb294 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Issues related to collective land in Morocco
  • Nature-Society relations, water governance, rural livelihoods, and land privatization
Aman Banerji

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • ab2734 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • 'Global' cities & land markets
Mike Bishop

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • bishop [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Power, race and social movements and institutions in rural USA
Maria Boa Alvarado

Ph.D. Student, Development Studies

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • mdb339 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Sustainability of food systems
  • Climate-resilience
  • Rural development and dynamics of social change
Michael Cary

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • mmc343 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Agrarian Political Economy
  • Frontiers
  • Resource Governance
Natalia Correa Sánchez

Ph.D. Student, Development Studies

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • nc462 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Critical agrarian studies
  • Land tenure
  • Conservation governance
Yomna ElSharony

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • yae7 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Human-Nature Relations
  • Critical Infrastructure Studies
  • The Nile Basin
Stephanie Enloe

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • ske28 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Participatory methodologies
  • Environmental sociology
  • Agrarian communities & climate change
Jarvis Fisher

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • jtf95 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Agroecology
  • Food sovereignty movement
  • Political economy of rice and groundnut production in Senegal
Matias Flores

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • mf785 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Higher education community engagement
  • History of university extension and community engagement in Latin America
  • Decolonizing higher education
Kathryn Foster

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • kef72 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • The intersectionality of temporalities in climate migration
  • Environmental injustice
  • Population changes and rural migration
Delilah Griswold

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Department of Global Development

Contact

  • djg327 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Climate change adaptation throughout Oceana
  • Ecosystem-based adaptation projects in Fiji