Practicum: Proposal Design

In this second Practicum course, learning objectives are for students to develop competencies in an applied or professional setting, to explore the universal within the context of the particular through a case study analysis of specific community-based change processes, and to share and critique these efforts with other students. Each student is to:

1. analyze his or her personal and community history of community-based action,
2. identify a pertinent research question for change and conservation in his or her community, and
3. complete a prospectus for applied research in the community.

Instructor(s): 

Daniel Robison

Professor, Agriculture, Food Security, and Population Studies

Since 1991, Daniel Robison has held numerous international contracts for strategic planning in and around protected areas in Latin America. Dr. Robison presently lives, researches, and consults in Bolivia with regard to tropical soil science, protected areas, and the environmental impact of cattle and horse productivity. The author of more than thirty articles, he combines theoretical knowledge with first-hand farming knowledge of farming in rainforest ecosystems. With his wife, Dr. Sheila McKean, Daniel farms 25 ha near Rurrenabaque, Bolivia.

Ph.D.

Soil Science

University of Reading

United Kingdom

1987

B.S. and B.A.

Kansas State University

1984

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Sheila McKean

Professor, Agriculture, Food Security, and Population Studies

Sheila McKean spent five years at the Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia. These past twelve years, she has worked as a protected area consultant in Bolivia. Dr. McKean is the author of nearly twenty articles, specializing in tropic soil science.

Ph.D.

Agronomy

University of Reading

United Kingdom

1989

M.Sc.

Soil Chemistry

University of Reading

United Kingdom

1985

B.Sc.

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom

1983

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