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Affiliate Faculty


Affiliate Department

Name

Specialization(s)

Geographic Expertise

Tropical Conservation and Development, Director

Bette Loiselle

Tropical ecology and conservation, seed dispersal mutualisms, ecological niche modeling and applications of Geographic Information Systems technology for biodiversity research and conservation  

Ecuador, Costa Rica, Brazil

Center for African Studies, Director

Geography

Abraham Goldman

Food and agriculture in Africa, resources and conservation, geography of world agriculture, human geography, environmental impact of pesticides, and foreign policy issues linking developed and developing countries

Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania & Uganda

Sociology

Christine Overdevest

Environmental and natural resource, and economic sociology

Latin America, US

 

Stephen Perz

Demography, Environmental Sociology, Sociology of development

Brazil

Anthropology

Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo

Historical ecology, Archaeology

Colombia, Peru and Brazil

 

Alyson Young

Cultural/Medical Anthropology

Tanzania, Kenya

 

Sharon Abramowitz

Humanitarian Assistance, Medical Anthropology, Health, Violence and Conflict, Gender-based violence

Guinea, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone

Geography

Eric Keys

Ecology, cultural and political

Mexico, Central America, Southern Africa-Botswana, Namibia

Political Science

Katrina Schwartz

Environmental Politics

Latvia, US

 

Kate Baldwin

Impact of non-governmental organizations on democratization, political accountability

Sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia

 

Leonardo A. Villalón

African politics, Islam and politics, democratization

Senegal, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso & Chad

UF/IFAS International Programs, Director

Walter Bowen

Soil science

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam

Agronomy

Rosalie Koenig

Agriculture, Farming and cropping system

US

Food and Resource Economics

Pilar Useche

Development Economics; Innovation & Technology Adoption

Colombia, Central America

Agriculture Education and Communication

Marta Hartmann

Director, Gender, Environment, Agriculture and Participation (GEAP)

Latin America

 

Sebastian Galindo

Collaborative project evaluation

Latin America, US

 

Paul Monaghan

Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Natural resource protection and landscape management

Latin America, Haiti, US

Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Muthusami Kumaran

Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations, Risk Management in NPOs, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Community Development and Program Planning and Evaluation

India, Hawaii-Manoa, US

 

Elizabeth Bolton

Community development and Nonprofit leadership

US

School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Robert Buschbacher

Tropical Forestry; Amazon Conservation Leadership Initiative, Coordinator

Amazon-Andes region

 

Martha C. Monroe

Environmental Education and Extension

US

 

Taylor Stein

Ecotourism

Costa Rica, Central America

Tourism, Recreation & Sport Management

Brijesh Thapa

Director, Friedheim Tourism Institute, park management, heritage tourism, ecotourism

Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa

Design, Construction and Planning

Christopher Silver

Dean; International Planning

Indonesia

 

William Tilson

Assistant Dean for International Studies & Service Learning

Latin America, US

Urban and Regional Planning

Joseli Macedo

Director, Center for International Design & Planning

Brazil

Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), Director

Jamie Kraft

Entrepreneurship, experiential learning

US

CEI/Sociology

Kristin E. Joos

Social Entrepreneurship, Youth leadership

US

University of Florida International Center (UFIC), Dean

David Sammons

Agronomy, small grain breeding

Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, Tunisia

 

Sandra Russo

Director of Program Development, UFIC; Animal science, agronomy, development, gender, environment, tropical research, small ruminants, women’s studies, ecofeminism, agroforestry

MENA regions, and multiple other regions of Africa

Law

Thomas T. Ankersen

Director, Conservation Clinic, Center for Governmental Responsibility

Costa Rica, Central America

Public Health

Mary Peoples-Sheps

Senior Associate Dean; Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health

Africa

 

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