Michael R. Dove
Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social Ecology; Professor of Anthropology, Curator of Anthropology Peabody Museum
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Articles and Book Chapters
In review Perception of Volcanic Eruption as Agent of Change on Merapi Volcano, Central Java. For special issue on ‘volcanic risk perception’ of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. In press Nature, Society, and Science in Southeast Asia's Grasslands. In: Southeast Asian...Alumni - Where Are They Now?
(Note: graduates who have additions or changes to their listings here should send them to Yuliya Shmidt at yuliya.shmidt@yale.edu) Dr. Dove's Former Advisees: Master's Graduates 2000 Djalins, Upikwira: Cornell U., Doctoral program in Development Sociology Kostishack, Peter: Amazon...Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries
Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries Anthropology: Dictionary Entries Dove, Michael R., Tammy Castleforte, and Marilyn Li. 1997. Augury (p.32), Chayanov Slope (pp.54-55), Gardens or Homegardens (p.216), Longhouses (pp.295-96), Natural Disasters (p.340), Swidden (pp.458-59). In: The...Teaching Statement
General A distinguishing characteristic of my teaching is a focus on the environmental relations of local communities, while recognizing that it is equally important to understand the ways that such local systems are entwined with extra-local, national, and global markets, politics, and...Recent Student Awards
John Tuxill, who received a Ph.D. from F&ES last December, has been awarded Yale’s prestigious John Addison Porter Prize for his dissertation, “Agrarian Change and Crop Diversity in Mayan Milpas of Yucatan, Mexico: Implications for In Situ Conservation.” Tuxill’s dissertation is an...Masters Student Supervision
Recent Students: Lisa Bassani, 2006: “Negotiating State Boundaries and the State ‘Domain’: A Case Study in Conservation and Development in Panama” Emily Hicks, 2006: “The Indian Ocean Tsunami: Exploring its Impact Beyond the Waves” Alder Keleman, 2006: "Crop Diversity in a...Doctoral Student Supervision
Yale University: chairing or co-chairing a cumulative total of twenty-one doctoral student committees (thirteen to completion, eight underway), coordinating program of joint degrees between F&ES and Anthropology, supervising three post-doctoral appointments. University of Hawaii/East-West Center:...Current Research
Title: Social and Community Forestry of Pakistan Countries / Regions: Pakistan/South Asia Summary Description: Study of social and community forestry in Pakistan. Detailed Description: Professor Dove is analyzing and publishing on the interface between farmer land management, state policy,...Courses
FES 747a/ANTHRO 581a Society and Environment: Introduction to Theory and Method COURSE DESCRIPTION This is an introductory course on the scope of social scientific contributions to environmental and natural resource issues. It is designed to be the first course for students who will be...
Books
In Progress In Progress Complicating Conservation: Beyond the Sacred Forest. Co-editor with P.E. Sajise & A.A. Doolittle. Durham (NC): Duke U. Press. The Banana Tree at the Gate: The History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo. New Haven: Yale University Press. In...Reviews/Comments
2007 Foreword to: Land and Longhouse: Agrarian Transformation in the Uplands of Sarawak, by R. A. Cramb. Leiden: NIAS Press. ------Comment on: "Agricultural Deskilling and the Spread of Genetically Modified Cotton in Warangal" by Glenn Davis Stone. Current Anthropology48(1):89-90 2005...
