Faculty
Astier Almedom, Ph.D.
Human, institutional, and ecosystem resilience with particular reference to public health; indigenous knowledge and historical narratives; self-determination and nation building; Africa (East, North-east, and West), UK, USA.
Khristopher Carlson
international human rights and humanitarian law, with an emphasis on youth and armed conflict
Andrew Catley, Ph.D.
Andrew is a recognized international authority on primary veterinary services in developing regions. His most recent work includes the design and facilitation of policy reform processes around livestock relief and development and pastoralism in the Horn of Africa.
Cheyanne Church
Peacebuilding research and practice
Jennifer Coates, Ph.D.
Food security measurement, monitoring and evaluation, food and nutrition policy, nutrition and HIV/AIDS.
Antonio Donini
Humanitarian action
Karen Jacobsen, Ph.D.
Refugee and migration issues; security and livelihood issues in refugee hosting areas, microfinance in conflict areas; asylum countries; Africa; developing countries.
Daniel Maxwell, Ph.D.
Food security, livelihoods, complex emergencies, humanitarian agencies and interventions
Dyan Mazurana, Ph.D.
Women's Human Rights; Children's Human Rights; International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law during armed conflict; Protection during armed conflict; Grave violations of women's and children's rights during armed conflict; Reparation for grave violations during armed conflict; Justice and accountability for grave violations during armed conflict;Peacekeeping; Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of combatants, focus on children and women
Beatrice Rogers, Ph.D.
Economic determinants of household food consumption; consumption effects of economic and pricing policies; design and impacts of food assistance; determinants of intrahousehold allocation of food and other resources; determinants of program effectiveness. I am also interested in survey research methods and in how to design and implement interdisciplinary educational curricula.
Kate Sadler, Ph.D.
Community-based programming, humanitarian emergencies, understanding risk for and vulnerability to acute malnutrition, improving effectiveness of treatment of acute malnutrition, institutional capacity building
Marc Sommers, Ph.D.
Youth, education, peace education, conflict negotiation, security, child soldier, urbanization, human rights and coordination issues in war and post-war contexts; The role of popular culture in youth lives during and after wars; Intersections between youth, religion, and urbanization in post-war settings; Burundi, Kosovo, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Southern Sudan, Timor-Leste
Elizabeth Stites, MALD
Household level coping strategies, shifts in land tenure during and after conflict, changes in intra-household dynamics as a function of conflict, and the link between human security, protection and livelihoods
Peter Uvin, Ph.D.
Political and social dynamics in Burundi and Rwanda, Innovations in development aid; Post-conflict assistance and peacebuilding; development and human rights.
Peter Walker, Ph.D.
Climate change and disasters, humanitarian accountability
Patrick Webb, Ph.D.
Household Food Security, Agricultural Development, International Organizations, and Famine
Andrew Wilder, MALD, Ph.D.
State-building, governance, and aid-effectiveness, with a specialization on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Kim Wilson, MBA
Rural microfinance, disaster mitigation (and microfinance), customary finance.
Helen Young, Ph.D.
Nutrition in Complex Emergencies, Needs Assessment, Famine