Christie Hand is committed to ensuring that higher education is relevant and accessible to all. Towards this end, she is enthusiastic about trying new models and approaches which help to increase the reach of higher education and enable greater success. She worked in Cameroon, West Africa, for six years in linguistics and has 25 years of experience in higher education. Christie worked at Future Generations from 2007 to 2019 and is thrilled to be teaching in the master’s program again. Christie now lives in California and works with a pre-medical master’s program at Touro University California in the Bay Area.

• “A Case Study of Makerere University through the Lens of U.S. Land-Grant Higher Education” – Association of the Study of Higher Education – November 2022
• “Coaching/Mentoring Medical Students-The Master Adaptive learner” -Touro University California – May 2021
• “Best Practices in Prior Learning Assessment” – Higher Learning Commission – April 2019

• Hand, C., A Case Study of Makerere University in Uganda, Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, Spring 2025. In Press.
• Hand, C. and Payne, E. First-Generation College Students: A Study of Appalachian Student Success, Journal of Developmental Education, 32 (1), Fall 2008.
• Hodges, R. and Hand, C. Teaching in Postsecondary Institutions: An Interview with Dr. Wilbert McKeachie, Journal of Developmental Education, 28 (3), Spring 2005.
• Hand, C. and Payne, E. First-Generation College Students: A Study of Appalachian Student Success, Journal of Developmental Education, 32 (1), Fall 2000.

Melanie Johnson’s work centers around integrating remote sensing, GIS, and related skills with field work to examine real-world conservation issues as well as communication tools. Her current research involves using UAS for natural resource monitoring. Mel is Professor of Natural Sciences and Forestry at Paul Smith’s College as well as the Program Director of Adirondack Field Ecology.

Joey Aloi is a born-and-raised Appalachian from West Virginia with years of experience in local food. He spearheaded aggregation and distribution efforts for KISRA’s Paradise Farms in Dunbar, and in this capacity was one of the founding members of the Turnrow Appalachian Farms Collective. He has also served as the President of the Board of Directors of the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition. He came to his work in Appalachian foodways as an Appalachian Transition Fellow with the Highlander Research and Education Center. This work was not only a result of his connection to his homeplace, but a result of an education in Environmental Philosophy. In this capacity, he studied Philosophy of Food at the University of North Texas, where he wrote on hermeneutics and environmental aesthetics for his doctoral dissertation. Before that, he studied Philosophy of Technology in Montana, and wrote a Master’s Thesis on wilderness and culture. His published academic works touch on environmental ethics, economic transition, environmental justice, and the role of the forest in Appalachian foodways. He’s currently serving on the board of the Buckhannon River Watershed Association.

• [Under Review]: “We’ve Found Something Good Here: Dietic Discourse & Environmental Engagement ” (co-written with Charles Hayes). A Special Issue of Environmental Ethics entitled A Constructive Environmentalism: Around Steven Vogel’s Critical Theory of World-Making.
• 2023: “Mutual Aid in a Time of Disaster: Kropotkin and Climate Adaptation.” Kropotkin Now! Life, Freedom, Black Rose Books, Montreal, Quebec.
• 2023: “Perception and the Nature of Ethics: How to Learn About Place and Ethics from Literature,” Appalachian Ecocriticism and the Paradox of Place. University of Georgia Press.
• 2018: “Coal Feeds My Family: Subsistence, Energy, and Industry in Central Appalachia,” Relations: Beyond Anthropocentrism. Special Issue: “Energy Ethics: Emerging Perspectives in Times of Energy Transitions”

• 2023, “Eloquent Silence: Vogel and Borgmann on Speech and Practice.” Copresented (with Charles Hayes) virtually at Digital Worlds; University of Texas, Rio Grande.
• 2023, “Field Philosophy in Appalachia,” 46^th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference; Athens, OH.
• 2022, “Foresters as Key Community Players in Rural Economies: A Case Study using ‘Reading the Woods’,” 2022 Society of American Foresters Convention; Baltimore (Co-presented with Evelyn Hartman, Future Generations University).
• 2022, “Quantification and Scientific Medicine: Gadamer and the Problem of Bias in Healthcare.” Presented virtually at Digital Worlds; University of Texas, Rio Grande.
• 2022, “The Uniqueness of Local Food Dynamics in Central Appalachia,” 45^th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference; Morgantown, WV.
• 2021, “Focal Curiosity: Technology and David Wood’s ‘Cosmic Passions’,” presented virtually at the 25^th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy.
• 2021, “Nonanthropocentrism in the Anthropocene: Participation in the Epochal Play of Nature,” Presented virtually at the 14th conference of the International Institute of Applied Aesthetics
• 2021, “The Guiding Concepts of Huuumanism: The Rise and Fall of Useless, Unsuccessful, and/or Unpopular Memes.” Presented virtually at Digital Worlds; University of Texas, Rio Grande.
• 2021, “Mutual Aid in a Time of Disaster: Kropotkin and Climate Adaptation.” Presented virtually at Life, Freedom, Ethics: Kropotkin Now. Montreal, Quebec.
• 2020, “Mineral Springs and the Urbanization of Nature.” Intended for the 43^rd Annual Appalachian Studies Conference; Lexington, KY. (Conference cancelled; presentation available online)
• 2018, “Wilderness and Culture in Appalachia.” Presented at the 41^st Annual Appalachian Studies Conference; Cincinnati, OH.
• 2018, “The Culture and Nature of Springs.” Presented at 2018 ASPECT Graduate Conference; Blacksburg, VA.
• 2017, “The Place of a Story: How the Mimetic Character of Narrative Helps Create a Place.” Presented at the 40^th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference; Blacksburg, VA.

Jenny Totten grew up in West Virginia and currently resides in McDowell County, WV. She’s tried to flee her Appalachian roots more than once and finally found herself back home with her passion. Professionally trained as an aerospace and robotics engineer, she discovered after a series of beautiful adventures including Haiti, the 1890 extension system, and the WV nonprofit sector, that she prefers working with communities to engineer their own futures instead. Jenny has worked with both community development and local food systems in the region for over a decade, particularly supporting local level efforts and systems approaches to community change.

Her professional interests gravitate towards building rural economic models, supporting youth-based programs, entrepreneurship, applications of technology to rural development, and agroforestry pursuits. In addition to working for the university, she owns and operates a small cut flower operation and is the proud owner of an endless fixer upper house project in McDowell County. In her spare time, Jenny enjoys hiking, flatwater kayaking, trail running, and traveling to find new culinary and music adventures with her canine, Oliver.

Jenny received both an MS in unmanned systems and BS in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech and is a member of the inaugural class of Appalachian Leadership Institute fellows, sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission. She is a past winner of the West Virginia Beacon Award, given to young people working to build leadership in their local communities.

Tom Hammett has 40 years’ experience with non-timber forest products (NTFPs), researching means to improve landowner and entrepreneur livelihoods through production, processing, and marketing of speciality agricultural products. A Research Faculty member at Future Generations University, he also serves as a Professor of Sustainability, Innovation and Design in the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment and currently focuses on the use of natural materials, such as bamboo and hemp, and nature-based enterprises.

He pairs his outreach for human and institutional capacity development in agriculture and natural resources with experiences as the director of a major global agriculture training and education project. This dual skillset will help build training opportunities in agriculture, natural resources, and forest sustainability that is appropriate for the Appalachian region.

He is active participant in regional NTFP research and outreach programs. He currently serves in leadership roles in three relevant research and outreach programs: to identify success factors in agroforestry and forest farming; to develop maple syrup products and markets; and a Virginia landowner livelihood and tree syrup development program.His work as Research Faculty member with Future Generations University focuses on developing and supporting NTFP educational and research programs throughout the Appalachian region. He has worked closely with many local partners in Central Appalachia to utilize indigenous forestry and agriculture resources to address social and economic challenges.

His international experience with NTFPs will also contribute to this project. He assessedthe potential for local market and enterprise development in Asia, developedteaching and learning capacityin several countries in Africa, Central America, and Asia, anddevelopedglobal NTFP distance learning resources. His work also linkedNTFPsand ecosystem services withusing forests to cope with infectious diseases (i.e., HIV/AIDS), and developed market protocols for specialty crops and community-basedenterprises. He has publishedone book on the region’s forest products, numerous technical reports, training manuals and extension materials, and over forty peer-reviewed articles and publications.

• Liu, L., Sun, X., and Hammett, A. L. 2023. Chinese Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Certified Wood Products. Forest Products Journal, 73(4), 320-325. doi:10.13073/FPJ-D-23-00002 Published: 2023-01-01.
• Hammett, A. L. 2023. Festival & Farmers’ Markets. A Guide to Educational Resources for Appalachian Agroforestry. Agroforestry in Appalachia (Series). Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network. Lexington, KY. 5 Pp.
• Hammett, A. L. 2023. Laurel Fork Sapsuckers: A Case Study for Appalachian Agroforestry. Agroforestry in Appalachia (Series). Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network. Lexington, KY. 3 Pp.
• Hammett, A. L. 2023. Understory Botanicals and Eatables: A Guide to Educational Resources for Appalachian Agroforestry. Agroforestry in Appalachia (Series). Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network. Lexington, KY. 5 Pp.
• Hammett, A. L. 2023. Branching Out: Alternative Tree Saps Integrated with Agroforestry. A Case Study for Appalachian Agroforestry. Agroforestry in Appalachia (Series). Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network. Lexington, KY. 5 Pp.
• Hammett, A.L., C. Herby, and W. Shepard. 2023. The Tonoloway Black Walnut Vacuum Study. For the “Tapping new forest farming opportunities in Central Appalachia through Black Walnut syrup production” project. Report for 2021 Southern SARE On-Farm Research Grant. Submitted to USDA NIFA Southern SARE, Griffin, GA. 15 pages plus Annexes.
• C. Herby, A. L. Hammett, and W. Shepard. 2023. Black Walnut Syrup Sensory Panel Report. For the “Tapping new forest farming opportunities in Central Appalachia through Black Walnut syrup production” project. Report for 2021 Southern SARE On-Farm Research Grant. Submitted to USDA NIFA Southern SARE, Griffin, GA. 10 pages plus Annexes.
• Raj K. GC, Ralph P. Hall and A. L. (Tom) Hammett (2022) Thinking beyond domestic water supply: approaches to advance multiple-use water systems (MUS) in the rural hills of Nepal, Water International, 47:1, 92-113, DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2021.1966976
• Eifert, Joell, Renee Boyer, Tom Hammett, Emily Pomfrey Wells, and Lily Yang. 2019. What do I need to know to sell maple syrup at the farmers market? Publication number FST-311 Cooperative Extension Service, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
• Boley, B. Bynum, Nancy McGehee, and A. L. Hammett. 2017. Importance-performance analysis (IPA) of sustainable tourism initiatives: The resident perspective. Journal of Tourism Management. Vol. 54. Pages 66-77.
• Khadka, C. B., A.L. Hammett, A. Singh, M. K. Balla, and Y. P. Timilsina. 2016. Ecological Status and Diversity Indices of a Himalayan Medicinal Orchid Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D.Don) Soo) and its Associates in Lete village of Mustang District. BankoJanakari Vol. 26. No. 1 p. 45-52.
• Barany, Marc E., A. L. Hammett, K. Stadler and E. Kegni. 2004. Non-timber forest products in the food security and nutrition of smallholder households afflicted by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 14: 3-18.
• Greene, Sarah M., A. L. Hammett, and Shashi Kant. 2000 Non-Timber Forest Products Marketing Systems and Market Players in Southwest Virginia: Crafts, Medicinal and Herbal, and Specialty Wood Products. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Vol. 11(3): 19-40.
• Hammett, A. L. and J. L. Chamberlain. 1998. Sustainable Use of Non-Traditional Forest Products: Alternative Forest-based Income Opportunities. In: Proceedings of Natural Resources Income Opportunities on Private Lands Conference. April 5-7, 1998. Hagerstown, Maryland. Hosted by University of Maryland. Pp 141–147.

• Oct. 1, 2020 – Sept. 30, 2023 – Co-PI for “Accessing South Atlantic Markets for US Maple Syrup”: educating consumers and enhancing distribution networks. In collaboration with Future Generation University; funded by USDA through an ACER Access Grant.
• May 1, 2020 – Oct. 1, 2921 – Co-PI for“Sharing Successes in Forest Farming across Central Appalachia; in collaboration with Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network; funded by USDA National Agroforestry Center
• Oct. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2021 – PI for “Expanding Livelihood Options for Virginia Land Owners Through Tree Syrup Production”; Specialty Crop Block Grant, funded by USDA, through the VA Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Visiting Professor, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Nepal – March 2017 –present; develop AFU extension and outreach capacity as full land grant university
• Member, Appalachian Caucus at Virginia Tech – Jan. 2016 to present

Dr. Ericka Harney, CAE, CFRE, GPC, CVA joined Future Generations to teach Nonprofit Management as part of her extensive career in the nonprofit sector. She earned her Ph.D. in Nonprofit Organizational Leadership for Eastern University while serving as a consultant and an Executive Director. Ericka has been faculty for several graduate and undergraduate programs in fundraising and communications and has been responsible for successful fundraising and grant awards of over $35 million. She has served as an international representative for Girl Scouts of the USA, co-founded a social enterprise, and has volunteered as a board member for more than 12 organizations. At Harney & Associates, Ericka serves a variety of clients around the country, primarily in post-secondary education, mental health, substance use disorder, suicide prevention, transportation, and labor.

• March 2024 You Can Advocate!: Turning your Case for Support into an Advocacy Plan, Grant Professionals Association Central Ohio, Columbus, OH
• November 2023 The Insider Perspective: Become a Grant reviewer, Grant Summit by the Grant Professionals Association, Kansas City, KS
• November 2023 Outcomes Come First: Change-Driven Logic Models and Evaluation, Grant Summit by the Grant Professionals Association, Kansas City, KS
• October 2023 Your Grandmother would be Ashamed: Ethics in fundraising, AFP Greater Springfield (OH)
• June 2023 Learning from the ‘No’: 10 ways to improve your applications, Grant Professionals Association Webinar
• November 2022 A MUST do: Be a Grant Reviewer!, Grant Professionals Association Conference
• November 2022 You Walk Away Without a Rose: Why you get turned down for a grant, Grant Professionals Association Conference
• Monthly 2022-2024 HR and Fiscal Management Workshops, OCAM Network (certified Ohio prevention professionals),
• April 2022 Do better next time: 10 reasons why your grant application gets turned down and what to do about them, Southern Regional Grant Conference, Greenville, SC
• March 2022 Do better next time: 10 reasons why your grant application gets turned down and what to do about them, AFP Greater Springfield, Springfield, OH
• November 2021 You Can Advocate!: Turning your Case for Support into an Advocacy Plan, Grant Professionals Association Conference, Seattle, WA
• October 2021 Diversity the Cash Stash: How Earned income Supports your Mission and Understanding Financial Statements without Going Bald, Keystone Nonprofit Conference, Erie, PA
• October 2021 Difficult Conversations, 2021 Virtual Ohio Conference on Service & Volunteerism
• March 2021 Transferring Success of Sales Funnels to Fundraising, National School Foundations Association Conference
• November 2020 A MUST do: Be a Grant Reviewer!, Grant Professionals Association Conference
• October 2020 Your Grandmother would be Ashamed: Ethics in fundraising, AFP Greater Springfield (OH)
• November 2019 A MUST do: Be a Grant Reviewer!; This is what Mentoring Looks Like; IGNITE the GPC Competencies, Grant Professionals Association Conference, Washington, DC
• May & Nov 2019 Federal & State Grants: Navigating the Process, Dayton Metro Public Library, Dayton, OH
• March 2019 Succession Planning for Chapter Leadership, International Coach Federation Global Leaders Forum, Dublin, Ireland
• November 2018 Keynote Speaker, National Philanthropy Day, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Springfield, OH
• September 2018 The Other Side of the Application: Become a Peer Reviewer. Grant Professionals Association Ohio Regional Conference, Columbus, OH
• September 2018 Diversify the Cash Stash: Earned Income for Nonprofits, Grant Professionals Association Ohio Regional Conference, Columbus, OH
• April 2018 Embrace Savviness! Soft Skills Are Out, Being Savvy Is In! Southern Regional Grant Conference, Atlanta, GA

• Certified Association Executive (CAE), Conferred January 2016, Expires 2024 ASAE – www.asaecenter.org, ID#8805
• Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Conferred July 2009, Expires 2024, CFRE International – www.cfre.org, ID# 45306
• Grant Professional Certified (GPC), Conferred August 2008, Expires 2023, Grant Professionals Certification Institute – www.grantcredential.org, ID# AT080004
• Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA), Conferred April 2007, Expires 2027, Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration – www.cvacert.org, ID# 6147

• Harney, E. (2016). Grant E-News – Issues: March. Grant Professionals Association.
• Harney, E., & Paree, S. (2015). The grant divide: Bridging the gap between the grant and accounting worlds. Journal of the Grant Professionals Association, 13.
• Various authors. (2012). The Book of the States 2012. The Council of State Governments.
• Various authors. (2011). The Book of the States 2011. The Council of State Governments.
• Harney, E. (2011). States Creating Their Own Agricultural Brands. Capitol Research Brief.
• Harney, E. (2011). A different kind of welcome center. Capitol Ideas, March/April, 20.
• Harney, E. (2011). Capitol Facts & Figures: State Contracting and Financing for Human Services.
• Harney, E. (2009). Creating impact with policymakers: Cases of building cross sector partnerships to build stronger programs and grant applications. Journal of the American Association of Grant Professionals, 7, 16-24.
• Hottinger, J., Gillettet, C., Pennings, L., Reitman, T., Shurford, E., Keating, M., Gumpert, R., Boyce, K., Harney, E., Miller, D., Cotkin, A., Fischer, K., Shiffman, J., Shook, S., & Crosby, N. (2009). Citizens Jury on Election Recounts Draft Report. Retrieved from
• Harney, E. (2009). State of Volunteers: Rising Interest in Volunteerism Benefits States.
• State News, 52.
• Harney, E. (2009), From the Expert: Grant Expectations for Competitive Stimulus Funds. State e-News, Issue #17, April 2, 2009.
• Harney, E. (2008). State Programs Find a Firmer Foundation. State News, 51(10), 34-37.
• Harney, E. (2008). What’s on Your Profile? A potential danger no longer reserved for young professionals alone. Business Lexington, April 4.
• Harney, E. (2007). Predatory lending and subprime loans”, young professionals as a target group for predatory lending. Business Lexington, September 21.
• Harney, E. (2004). Gaining volunteers: Comparing statistical versus narrative messages when recruiting new volunteers. Master’s Research Project, University of Kentucky.
• Harney, E. (2003). Finding Your Promotional Creativity: Kick the “Box” to the Curb!, Programming 101 Feature Article. Programming (National Association of Campus Activities), Fall.
• Harney, E. (2018). Grant E-News – Issues: March, June, September. Grant Professionals Association.

• May 2019: Federal & State Grants: Navigating the Process, Dayton Metro Public Library, Dayton, OH
• March 2019: Pro Panel Participant, ReWrite: Bringing Creativity to Your Fundraising and Grant Writing Regional Conference, Lexington, KY
• March 2019: Succession Planning for Chapter Leadership, International Coach Federation Global Leaders Forum, Dublin, Ireland
• November 2018: Keynote Speaker, National Philanthropy Day, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Springfield, OH
• November 2018: Vision Boards – A Creative Inspiration for Your Future, Grant Professionals Association Conference, Chicago, IL
• September 2018: The Other Side of the Application: Become a Peer Reviewer. Grant Professionals Association Ohio Regional Conference, Columbus, OH
• September 2018: Diversify the Cash Stash: Earned Income for Nonprofits, Grant Professionals Association Ohio Regional Conference, Columbus, OH
• August 2018: The Other Side of the Application: Become a Peer Reviewer. Grant Professionals Association-Greater Miami Valley Chapter Meeting
• April 2018 : Embrace Savviness! Soft Skills Are Out, Being Savvy Is In! Southern Regional Grant Conference, Atlanta, GA
• April 2018: Vision Boards – A Creative Inspiration for Your Future, Southern Regional Grant Conference, Atlanta, GA
• 2014 – 2017: Savvy Series Webinars, AFWA, Lexington, KY; Topics have included: Emotional Intelligence, Staying Relevant, Nonverbal Communications and others
• November 2017: Understanding Financial Statements without Going Bald, Grant Professionals Association Conference, San Diego, CA
• October 2017:Brand You: Personal Branding, Association of Professional Dog Trainers Annual Conference, Richmond, VA
• October 2017:Furry Funding: Fundraising and Grant Basics for Shelters and Rescues, Association of Professional Dog Trainers Annual Conference, Richmond, VA
• October 2017:Reward for Caring-Social Responsibility, Association of Professional Dog Trainers Annual Conference, Richmond, VA
• October 2017 : Grant Basics: Applying & Being Successful, VISTA training at The Plantory, Lexington, KY
• June 2017 : Board Members and Grants, Southern Regional Grant Conference, Atlanta, GA
• June 2017 :Understanding Financial Statements, Southern Regional Grant Conference, Atlanta, GA
• April 2017 : Being Savvy: Moving Past People Skills to be a Better Leader, Tobias Leadership Conference, Indianapolis, IN
• April 2017 : Presidential Leadership in the Movies, Tobias Leadership Conference, Indianapolis, IN
• November 2016 : Everyday Leadership, Grant Professionals Association Conference, Atlanta, GA
• November 2016: Vision Boards, Grant Professionals Association Conference, Atlanta, GA
• November 2016 : Volunteers Aren’t Free, Ignite Session, Grant Professionals Association Conference, Atlanta, GA
• October 2016 : Fundraising and Grant Basics, Association of Professional Dog Trainers Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV
• May 2016 :Communicating with Your Peers, AFWA Spring Conference, Billings, MT
• April 2016 :Succession Planning as Planned Behavior: Sustaining Volunteer Leadership, Tobias Leadership Conference, Indianapolis, IN

Julie is Director of Research for the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN), a link- tank for policy-relevant research toward post-carbon livelihoods and communities. She is a lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, works with the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals to support tribes in climate change adaptation planning, and co-facilitates Rising Voices: Climate Resilience through Indigenous and Earth Sciences. As a public anthropologist, Julie has consulted for the UN Development Programme and World Bank on displacement and resettlement, post-disaster needs assessments, and climate change. She previously worked for the US Global Change Research Program and was a fellow with the UN University academies on social vulnerability and climate change. She was an author on the 3 rd US National Climate Assessment and is an author on the current 4 th US National Climate Assessment. She has served as an expert presenter to Congressional committees and staff on climate change, indigenous peoples, displacement, and relocation.

Books:

• Maldonado, J.K. (2019). Seeking Justice in an Energy Sacrifice Zone: Standing on Vanishing Land in Coastal Louisiana. London/New York: Routledge.
• Cernea, M and JK Maldonado, eds. (2019). Challenging the Prevailing Displacement and Resettlement Paradigm: Risks, Impoverishment, Legacies, and Solutions. London/New York Routledge.
• Maldonado, JK. 2018. Seeking Justice in an Energy Sacrifice Zone: Standing on Vanishing
  Land in Coastal Louisiana. London/New York Routledge Press.
• Cernea, M and JK Maldonado. 2018. Challenging the Prevailing Displacement and Resettlement Paradigm: Risks, Impoverishment, Legacies, and Solutions. London/New York Routledge Press.
• Maldonado, JK, R Pandya, and B Colombi, eds. 2014. Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Impacts, Experiences and Actions. Cham, Switzerland, Springer Publishing International. Reprinting of Maldonado, JK, R Pandya, and B Colombi, eds. 2013. Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Impacts, Experiences and Actions. Climatic Change 120(3).

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Book Chapters

• Maldonado, J, Peterson, K., Laska, S., Domingue, S., HK Friedrich, A Lesen, S Parfait-Dardar, C Robertson. (2024). Converging Together to Confront Multiple Intersecting and Cascading Disasters: A Network of Mutual Aid Approach, Disaster Prevention and Management, Special Issue: Using Critical Perspectives to Explore Disasters through Shifting Climates. (In review)
• Méndez, M, S Shah, C Golembeski, L Bedsworth, JM Cha, L Goldsmith, TJ Holmes, J Maldonado, BR Middleton Manning, L Estelí Méndez-Barrientos, M Mills-Novoa. (2024). Centering Environmental Justice in United States (U.S.) Climate Assessments, Climatic Change. (In review)
• Jennings, L, K Jones, R Taitingfong, A Martinez, D David-Chavez, R ʻAnolani Alegado, A Tofighi-Niaki, J Maldonado, B Thomas, D Dye, J Weber, KV Spellman, S Ketchum, R Duerr, N Johnson, J Balch, S Russo Carroll. (2024). Earth Data Relations: Indigenous Data Governance across the Data Lifecycle for Open Earth Systems Science, Nature Communications. (forthcoming)
• DJ Martinez, AM Meadow, BR Middleton Manning, J Maldonado. (2024). Climate Justice and Climate Adaptation in California: Indigenous Community Climate Adaptation Leadership and Opportunities for Scientific Collaboration. Weather, Climate and Society 16(3): 399-409.
• Maldonado, J, K Peterson, RE Turner, T Dardar, S Parfait-Dardar, R Philippe, D Dardar, A Jerolleman, J Torres, R Lovingood, M Olson. (2023). Climate actions with a lagniappe: Coastal restoration, flood risk reduction, sacred site protection, and tribal communities’ resilience. Anthropology and Climate Change, 3rd Edition, S Crate and M Nuttall, eds.
• Redsteer, M, I Krupnik, and J Maldonado. (2022). Native American Communities and Climate Change. In Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 1 – Introduction. Igor Krupnik, ed. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
• Thomas, B, D Wildcat, P Blanchard, H Lazrus, J Maldonado. (2022). Justice-Centered and Emergent Knowledge Through Indigenous And Earth Science Collaborations: A New Special Collection For Community Science. Community Science Exchange, American Geophysical Union. Read More
• Lazrus, H, J Maldonado, P Blanchard, MK Souza, B Thomas, D Wildcat. (2022). Culture change to address climate change: Collaborations with Indigenous and Earth sciences for more just, equitable, and sustainable responses to our climate crisis. PLOS Climate, 1 February, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000005
• Krajeski, R, L Jarrett Blanchard, M Ben-Joseph, M Nguyễn, Tu Nguyễn, B Parras, D Rico, MK Souza, D Synan, K Peterson, J Maldonado, A Jerolleman, and N Jessee. (2022). The Underside of Epiphany: Wandering Wonderings. In Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management. A Jerolleman, ed. Emerald Publishing.
• Maldonado, J and BR Middleton. (2022). Climate Resilience Through Equity and Justice: Holistic Leadership by Tribal Nations and Indigenous Communities in the Southwest United States. In Cooling Down: Local Responses to Global Climate Change. T Eriksen, P Mendes, and S Hoffman, eds. Berghahn: New York.
• Maldonado, J, IFC Wang, F Eningowuk, L Iaukea, A Lascurain, H Lazrus, A Naquin, JR Naquin, KM Nogueras-Vidal, K Peterson, I Rivera-Collazo, MK Souza, M Stege, B Thomas. (2021). Addressing the challenges of climate-driven community-led resettlement and site expansion: Knowledge sharing, storytelling, healing, and collaborative coalition building. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Special Issue. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13412-021-00695-0
• Iaukea, L, H Lazrus, J Maldonado, P Blanchard, T Dardar, J Doyle, F Eningowuk, D Longknife, M Montano, M Montgomery, J Neosh, KM Nogueras-Vidal, J Rattlingleaf Sr., MK Souza. (2020). Bringing Indigenous and Earth Sciences, Knowledges, and Practices Together to Understand and Respond to COVID-19. Journal of Indigenous Social Development 9(3): 214-223.
• Maldonado, J and M Schuller. (2020). “Imagining a More Just World”: Interview with Julie Maldonado. Annals of Anthropological Practice 44(1): 6-13.
• Faas, AJ, R Barrios, E Marino, and J Maldonado .(2019). Disaster and Climate Change-related Displacements and Resettlements: Cultural and Political Ecologies of Space, Power, and Practice. In The Angry Earth, 2nd edition. A Oliver-Smith and S Hoffman, eds. Routledge Press.
• Maldonado, JK and H Lazrus. (2019). A Story of ‘Rising Voices’ and Intercultural Collaboration. Practicing Anthropology, Special Issue, Storying Climate Change.
• Maldonado, JK and K Peterson. (2018). A Community-based Model for Resettlement: Lessons from Coastal Louisiana. In The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration. R McLeman and F Gemenne, eds. Routledge Press.
• Bronen, R, JK Maldonado, E Marino, and P Hardison. (2018). Climate Change and Displacement: Challenges and Needs to Address an Imminent Reality. In Challenging the Prevailing Displacement and Resettlement Paradigm: Risks, Impoverishment, Legacies, and Solutions. M Cernea and JK Maldonado, eds. London/New York Routledge Press.
• Cernea, M and JK Maldonado. (2018). Social Science Knowledge and Normative Systems in Involuntary Population Resettlement. In Challenging the Prevailing Displacement and Resettlement Paradigm: Risks, Impoverishment, Legacies, and Solutions. M Cernea and JK Maldonado, eds. London/New York Routledge Press.
• Maldonado, JK. (2017). Corexit to Forget It: The Transformation of Coastal Louisiana into an Energy Sacrifice Zone. In ExtrACTION: Impacts, Engagements and Alternative Futures. K Jalbert, A Willow, S Paladino, and D Casagrande, eds. London/New York: Routledge Press.

Invited Talks

• 2024 Keynote address, U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Annual Meeting, May 30.
• 2023 Keynote speaker, Inclusive & Creative Climate Education (ICCE) Workshop, Wilmington, Delaware, Oct. 13.

Organized Conference Panels

• 2024 Coming Together to Honor Heather Lazrus’ Work and Legacy, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, March 28.
• 2024 Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities Symposium. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
• 2023 Shared Lessons of Intercultural Collaboration and Doing Convergence Science—Rising Voices, Changing Coasts (RVCC): The National Indigenous and Earth Sciences Convergence Hub. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.

Conference Papers / Presentations

• 2024 Panelist, 5th US National Climate Assessment, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, March 29.
• 2024 Moderator, How Understanding Influences on FEMA Decisions (and the survivor trajectories they produce) Can Help Us Change Them, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, March 27.

Invited Webinar Presentations

2024 Presenter, US 5th National Climate Assessment, Human Health Chapter, Feb 14.

• Professional service activities in timeframe of 2023-2024 academic year:
  • Professional Journal Peer Reviews
  • University of Washington’s IDEAAL Disaster Research Training Course Advisory Committee Member
  • Co-founder, Disaster Justice Network
  • Founding member, Culture and Disaster Action Network
  • Academic Council Member, American Indian & Indigenous Collective, UC-Santa Barbara
  • Author, 5th U.S. National Climate Assessment

Journal Articles:

• Maldonado, JK. 2016. Considering Culture in Disaster Practice. Annals of Anthropological Practice. AJ Faas, editor, Special Issue.
• Maldonado, JK, B Taylor, and M Hufford. 2016. The Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network: Grow Where You Are. Practicing Anthropology, Special Issue: Activism, Agency and Engagement with Extraction, J Simonelli and S Fiske, co-editors. 38(3).
• Maldonado, JK, TMB Bennett, K Chief, P Cochran, K Cozzetto, B Gough, MH Redsteer, K Lynn, N Maynard, G Voggesser. 2016. Engagement With Indigenous Peoples and Honoring Traditional Knowledge Systems. Climatic Change 135: 111-126.
• Maldonado, JK. 2014. A Multiple Knowledge Approach for Adaptation to Environmental Change: Lessons Learned from Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities. Journal of Political Ecology 21: 61-82.
• Maldonado, JK, C Shearer, R Bronen, K Peterson and H Lazrus. 2013. The Impact of Climate Change on Tribal Communities in the US: Displacement, Relocation, and Human Rights. Climatic Change 120(3): 601-614.
• Maldonado, JK. 2012. A New Path Forward: Researching and Reflecting on Forced Displacement and Resettlement. Report on the International Resettlement Conference: Economics, Social Justice, and Ethics in Development-Caused Involuntary Migration, The Hague, 4-8 October 2010. Journal of Refugee Studies 25(2): 193-220.

Book Chapters:

• Maldonado, JK and K Peterson. 2018. A Community-based Model for Resettlement: Lessons from Coastal Louisiana. In The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration. R McLeman and F Gemenne, eds. Routledge Press.
• Hiza Redsteer, M, I Krupnik, and JK Maldonado. Forthcoming. Native American Communities and Climate Change. In Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 1 – Introduction. Igor Krupnik, ed. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
• Maldonado, JK. 2017. Corexit to Forget It: The Transformation of Coastal Louisiana into an Energy Sacrifice Zone. In ExtrACTION: Impacts, Engagements and Alternative Futures. K Jalbert, A Willow, S Paladino, and D Casagrande, eds. London/New York: Routledge Press.
• Maldonado, JK. 2016. The Practical and Policy Relevance of Social Network Analysis for Disaster Response, Recovery and Adaptation. In Social Network Analysis in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Adaptation. E Jones and AJ Faas, eds. Pp. 255-268. Elsevier.
• Maldonado, JK, H Lazrus, B Gough, SK Bennett, K Chief, C Dhillon, L Kruger, J Morisette, S Petrovic, K Whyte. 2016. The Story of Rising Voices: Facilitating Collaboration between Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing. In Responses to Disasters and Climate Change: Understanding Vulnerability and Fostering Resilience. MCompanion and M Chaiken, eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
• Peterson, KJ and JK Maldonado. 2016. When Adaptation is Not Enough: Between Now and Then of Community-led Resettlement. In Anthropology and Climate Change, 2nd edition. S Crate and M Nuttall, eds. London/New York: Routledge Press.
• Maldonado, JK, AP Naquin, T Dardar, S Parfait-Dardar and B Bagwell. 2015. Above the Rising Tide: Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities Apply Local Strategies and Knowledge to Adapt to Rapid Environmental Change. In Disasters’ Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival: Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation. M Companion, ed. Pp. 239-253. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Reports:

• Gonzalez, P, G Garfin, D Breshears, K Brooks, H Brown, E Elias, A Gunasekara, N Huntly, J Maldonado, N Mantua, H Margolis, S McAfee, and BR Middleton (forthcoming, 2018) Chapter 25 “Southwest.” In Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States. US Global Change Research
  Program.
• Maldonado, J and K Cozzetto. 2018. Gila River Indian Community Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Project: Workshop Series Summary Report.
• Maldonado, J, N Cooley, and K Cozzetto. 2018. Navajo Nation Climate Change Adaptation Planning Workshop: Establishing Natural Resource Priorities. Summary
  Report.
• Cozzetto K, J Maldonado, S Fluharty, J Hostler, C Cosby. 2018. Yurok Tribe Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Water and Aquatic Resources. 1 Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. 2 Yurok Tribe Department of Environmental Quality (YTEP), Klamath, CA.
• Powell, D and J Maldonado, eds. 2017. Just Environmental and Climate Pathways: Knowledge Exchange Among Community Organizers, Scholar-Activists, Citizen- Scientists and Artists. Workshop report. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 28 March 2017. Santa Fe, New Mexico.  http://likenknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Climate-Pathways-Workshop-Report_Santa-Fe_March-2017.pdf
• Bennett, TM B, NG Maynard, P Cochran, R Gough, K Lynn, J Maldonado, G Voggesser, S Wotkyns, and K Cozzetto. 2014. Ch. 12: Indigenous Peoples, Lands, and Resources. In Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. JM Melillo, TC Richmond, and GW Yohe, eds. Pp. 297-317. U.S. Global Change Research Program. http://nca2014.globalchange.gov

Daniel Taylor has been engaged in social change and conservation for four decades with a focus on building international cooperation to achieve ambitious projects. He founded the nine Future Generations organizations worldwide (including the accredited Future Generations University). He also founded and led The Mountain Institute. In 1985, after providing the scientific explanation for the yeti, he led creating Nepals Makalu-Barun National Park, then, in close partnership with the Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinas Qomolangma (Everest) National Nature Preserve and Four Great Rivers Nature Preserve protecting one-seventh of Chinas forest reserves.

He is one of the synthesizers of the SEED-SCALE method, an understanding of social change initiated by a UNICEF task force he co-chaired from 1992-95. Since 1995 he continued to lead global field trials of SEED-SCALE and is senior author of Just and Lasting Change: How Communities Can Own Their Futures and Empowerment: From Seeds of Human Energy to a Scale of Global Change. Among his honors, Taylor was knighted by the King of Nepal Gorkha Dakshin Bau III; was made the first Honorary Professor of Quantitative Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and was decorated with the Order of the Golden Ark by HRH Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands.Website: www.danielctaylor.org

• “Gandhi’s Method to Raise the Quality of Our Lives” in Gandhi at 150, editor Rajan Welukar (Mumbai: JAICO Publishing, 2019)
• YETI: The Ecology of a Mystery (Oxford University Press, 2017)
• Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures, 2nd Edition (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)
• Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures 2nd Edition co-author Carl E. Taylor (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Currently at press for publication 2015.
• The Mount Everest Guide to Off-road Driving (Franklin WV: For Words Press, 2014)
• Empowerment on an Unstable Planet: From Seeds of Human Energy to a Scale of Global Change, co-authored with Carl E. Taylor and Jesse O. Taylor (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2012).
• CAIRNS-A Novel of Tibet (Franklin WV: For Words Press, 2011).
• Community-based Conservation: Is it More Effective, Efficient, and Sustainable? Michael Rechlin and Daniel Taylor (Franklin, WV: Future Generations Graduate School Occasional Paper #27, March 2008).
• Primary photographer in illustrated volume: Robert L. Fleming, Liu Wulin, Dorje Tsering, Across the Tibetan Plateau, (New York: WW Norton, 2007).
• Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures, co-author Carl E. Taylor, (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002).
• Photographs in Search for the Clouded Leopard, National Geographic Magazine,September 2000.
• International Perspectives in Environment, Development, & Health: Toward a Sustainable World, ed. Shahi, Levy, Binger, Kjellstrom & Lawrence, (New York: Springer Publishing & Rockefeller Foundation, 1996).
• International Perspectives in Environment, Development, & Health: Toward a Sustainable World, ed. Shahi, Levy, Binger Kjellstrom & Lawrence, (New York: Springer Publishing & Rockefeller Foundation, 1996).
• Something Hidden Behind the Ranges-An Himalayan Quest, (San Francisco: Mercury House, 1995)
• Partnership for Social Development-A Casebook, (co-authors Carl E. Taylor, & Aditi Desai, Independent Task Force on Community Action for Social Development, (Franklin, WV: Future Generations & Johns Hopkins University, Dept of International Health, February 1995).
• Community Based Sustainable Human Development-Going to Scale with Self-reliant Social Development, co-author Carl E. Taylor, (New York: UNICEF, February 1995).
• Mountains, Nations, Parks, and Conservation: A Case Study of the Mt. Everest Area, in Mountains at Risk, Current Issues in Environmental Studies, (New Delhi: Manohar, 1995).
• The Rare Mountain Dog of Tibet, in Dog World; Maclean Hunter; Nov 1993.
• Health Survey of Tibetan Villages North of Mount Everest, co-authors Carl E. Taylor, Nancy Chin, Alex. Leaf; Gladys. McGarey, Anne Garrett, in Research & Exploration; (Washington DC: National Geographic Society, Vol. VIII, No 3, Summer 1992.)
• AGENDA 21, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Mountain Issues project drafting committee, A/CONF/.151/PC/100/Add.18 Rio de Janeiro, June 1992.
• The State of the Worlds Mountains, (London: Zed Books & Mountain Agenda, 1992).
• Mountains, Nations, Parks, and Conservation, co-authors Alton C. Byers, J. Gabriel Campbell, in (Dordrecht, Germany: GeoJournal, Vol 27, No 1, May 1992.
• KyiApso News, Editor, Tibetan KyiApso Club newsletter, Franklin, WV, 1991-97.
• Your Choice: Paths to Improving Your Small Schools, co-authors Jennifer Taylor-Ide, John
  Villaume, and John Eckman, (Franklin WV: Woodlands Mountain Institute, 1991).
• Summit Magazine, columnist writing on issues of mountain cultures, 1991 & 1992.
• High Himalaya-A Computer Generated Landscape Portrait, publication team member, Special Centennial Map Supplement, National Geographic Magazine, (Washington, DC: Nov, 1988, Vol. 174, No. 5).
• The Garhwal Yeti: Alternative Explanations
• The West Virginia Scholar, Editor, a quarterly journal West Virginia Scholars Academy, Woodlands Mountain Institute, Vols. I, II, III, & IV, 1983-1987.
• National Parks and Protected Areas for the Hindu Kush Himalaya, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development/ International Union for Conservation of Nature, co-author Tirtha B. Shrestha, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
• Journal of Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, Vol. 6, No.3, September 1985.
• Journal of the Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, Volume 6, No.1, March 1985.
• The Barun Valley Report, The King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation & Woodlands Mountain Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1984.
• Journal of the Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, Volume 5, No.2, December 1983.
• Journal of the Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, Vol. 5, No. 2, December 1983.
• Journal of the Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, Vol. 3, No. 2, September 1981.
• Journal of the Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1980.
• Indian Journal of Medical Education; New Delhi, India, Volume XVIII, No. 2, July/Dec. 1979.
• Journal of the Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu; Volume 1, No. 2; August 1979.
• Population Education for Nepal, with Hem Hamal (Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Press: 1973).
• Nepal Country Profile, with Rita Thapa, (New York: The Population Council,Spring 1972).
• Vasuda, Kathmandu, Nepal, Winter 1970.
• The Time is Now: An Annotated Bibliography on Population Education, with David Burleson, (New York: Ford Foundation, 1968).
• The Himalayan Journal, (Calcutta: Oxford University Press, 1968).

“Communities Emerging Their Potentials of Faith & Health” in Handbook on Religion and Health: Pathways for a Turbulent World, James Cochrane, Gary Gunderson, Teresa Cutts, editors (London, Elgar, 2024).

Commentaries or articles written and published

“Regarding ‘A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Test Sharing Histories as a Training Method for Community Health Workers in Peru’” in Global Health: Science and Practice, 9(2):422-424. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00178

Artistic or creative endeavors

Continuing now a six-year project writing an “Illuminated manuscript” to explain the Tibetan enigma of Beyul of Artemisia, then interpreting that by Category Theory, offering SEED-SCALE as a path to solution, illustrating with over 800 photographs from my 45 expeditions to Tibet

Ms. Anschel serves as a Senior Program Officer II/Team Leader at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, bringing over 18 years of expertise in global health with a focus on community engagement and social and behavior change. She has extensive experience in training and capacity strengthening, having organized, led, and co-facilitated the course “Leadership in Strategic Health Communication” courses in Baltimore, Senegal, Barbados, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ukraine, and Rwanda. Additionally, she has taught courses on strategic communication and social change for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Global Tobacco Control Leadership Program in Baltimore, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Currently, Ms. Anschel is the Team Lead for USAID’s flagship Strategic Behavior Change project, Breakthrough ACTION, overseeing strategic direction and operations in multiple countries such as Sierra Leone and Nigeria. She has a proven track record in creative community outreach and a steadfast commitment to social change and advocacy.

• Babalola, S,Dosso, A, Awantang, G., Ngwafor R., Nkoumou, Y., McCartney-Melstad, A., Blaufuss, S., and Anschel, A. (2020). Cameroon Malaria Behavior Survey: 2020. Breakthrough ACTION Cameroon. Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore.
• Kumoji, K., Oyenubi, O., Rosen, G., McCartney-Melstad, A., Filemyr, E., Helland, A., Fofanah, J., Jalloh, U., Toso, M. and Brown, A. (2020). Sierra Leone Malaria Behavior Survey: 2020. Breakthrough ACTION Sierra Leone Program. Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore.
• de Beyl, C.Z., Kilian, A., Brown, A. et al. Evaluation of community-based continuous distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Toamasina II District, Madagascar. Malar J 16, 327 (2017). Read More

Nawang S. Gurung studied to be a Civil Overseer in Butwal, Nepal, and earned his Master of Science in Community Economic Development in Boston. Back home in the Himalaya, his 45 years community-building has included health care center and bridge construction, off-grid hydro power, and multiuse water systems. Under the United Mission of Nepal and Future Generations, Nawang has directed integrated community health and development programs in Nepal, India, and Tibet, China. Serving a lead faculty for the Nepal Field Course every other year, Nawang assists with student recruitment and support, as well as chairperson of the Barun Bachaon Task Force responsible for implementing Biomeridian monitoring of climate impacts in Nepal’s Barun Valley.

• Barun Biomeridian Research Project (BBRP) is a collaboration between Makalu Barun National Park, Buffer Zone Forest User Groups, The East Foundation (TEF), and Future Generations University (FGU) with permission from the Nepal Government Ministry of Forests and Environment, Department of National Parks & Wildlife Conservation. This research project helped FGU and Nepal government Master students, international scientists, and professionals learn about the biodiversity, ecological, and climate changes in Nepal.
• The Global climate changes and biodiversity declines—these evidence bases grow more conclusive yearly. Climate monitoring focuses on a global level, but the consequences of climate change are local, down to individual life forms and rural communities. Data and authenticated methods to gather locally-specific data are absent locally.
• The research summarizes success from three perspectives: a). Using notable technological advances devices “Capturing Nature’s Secrets through the Lens of Camera Traps, Unlocking Climate Secrets with Temperature Humidity Loggers and hearing to the nature by bioacoustics,” b). National/international Science’s experience, c). Local ecological knowledge from community engagement and adaptations.
• The research identified local climate change by studying “bio-meridians” transects that span multiple elevations and ecosystems. These transects provide the potential opportunity to observe how local plants and animals adapt to changing temperatures, weather patterns, migration of wildlife, and indicators from Songs of the Bird.
• The Bio-acoustic, Temperature Humidity, and motion sensor camera traps were installed in different sampling locations along the Barun River in collaboration with National Park, Buffer Zone Forest user groups, and Community engagement. Trained on virtual device installation, camera trapping methodology, and device maintenance for local youth and collected data. The Data on Temperature Humidity, Songs of the Birds, and Camera trap photos were identified by the field staff confirmed the right data, reliable results, and reports submitted to Nepal government concern departments.

The Project has achieved significant progress and looking ahead including the results of climate change indicators, analyzing the data, and developing specific artifacts/publications on particular mammals

Luke Taylor-Ide serves as Vice President of the Community Engagement Division—advancing the University’s worldwide network of participatory action research partnerships—and Assistant Professor for the University. He has over fifteen year of experience working with the University to foster partnership with communities, policy-makers, as well as academic and technical experts. Taylor-Ide has led multi-year assignments with Future Generations in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and central Appalachia. As a member of the University faculty, his current academic interests center on teaching practical applications of SEED-SCALE in community-health, disaster risk mitigation, and sustainable livelihood development.

Taylor-Ide started Future Generations Appalachian Program in 2016 to help landowners find new economic opportunities through sustainable forest use. As Vice President, he continues to oversee strategic direction of the Appalachian Program as well as a lead researcher. His research focus centers on the intersection between Agroforestry, Agri-tourism, and Outdoor Recreation for the sustainable development of Appalachia’s economy. He is co-founder and President of the Pendleton County Farmers Market as well as a Trustee for the Pendleton Community Foundation.

• “A Handbook on SEED: Initiating Growth—Appendix A,” in Just and Lasting Change: When Communities own their Future 2nd edition, editors Daniel C. Taylor and Carl E. Taylor, (Baltimore Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)
• “A Handbook on SCALE: Growth in Improvement & Participation—Appendix B,” in Just and Lasting Change: When Communities own their Future 2nd edition, editors Daniel C. Taylor and Carl E. Taylor, (Baltimore Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)
• “Multiple perspectives for poverty reduction in Indonesia”, Co-Authored: Sofo, Francesco; Wicks, Alison; Sofo, Michelle; Miranti, Riyana; Taylor-Ide, Luke. Strategic Planning for Successful Startup Ventures in Developing Economies. Eds. Pattnaik, P.N., Pandey, S.C., & Shukla, M.K. http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1620. Forthcoming publication in 2016.
• “Impact on under-5 child mortality: a case demonstration from the central highlands of Afghanistan.” World Health Organization: Community-based Initiatives newsletter, 6, 5 (2010).
• Interactive Instructional Website—“www.seed-scale.org.” (2010)

• W.Va. Maple Syrup Producers Association annual meeting April 2024— “Synopsis of Research at Future Generations University”
• W.Va. Hospitality & Travel Association Feb 2023—“Into the Woods—the role of forest based agritourism”