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Empowerment

Term: 
III
Credits: 
2
Date: 
January, 2011

This course takes key issues related to empowerment and community development, and explores them in depth through related case studies and readings. Thematic areas of emphasis include gender, ethnicity, wealth, equity and literacy. Students also learn how to design and use EPI-INFO evaluation techniques. They then adapt EPI-INFO to their particular research needs and community context.

Instructor(s): 

Mike Rechlin

Dean of Future Generations Graduate School

Dr. Mike Rechlin has practiced sustainable forestry and protected areas management in the United States, Nepal, India, and Tibet for thirty years. He has extensive teaching experience and has designed educational programs for many international groups visiting the Adirondack Park of New York State. He has served as an adjunct faculty member of the Graduate School since 2003, and he led the Graduate School’s first self-study as part of the accreditation process in 2007.

Ph.D.
Resource Management and Policy
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1986
M.S.
University of Michigan
1973
B.S.
University of Michigan
1968
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