Associate Director
I am an anthropological archaeologist with a BA in Anthropology (1997) from the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, and a Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies, M.A., and Ph.D. in Anthropology (2006), all three at the University of Pittsburgh in the US. I joined the University of Lethbridge in 2006 and the Prentice Institute in the Fall of 2022, where I lead our Work Integrated Learning program and initiatives related to internationalization and community partnerships, fostering applied learning and research collaborations locally and internationally. Since 2018 I have also supported the City of Lethbridge Historic Places Advisory Committee (HPAC) in the formulation and implementation of an inclusive heritage management program. My research in the Ecuadorian Upper Amazon is centered in understanding long-term human-environment relations with a focus on forest management and agroforestry, land use history, and human-mediated ecological dynamics linked to food systems from a historical ecology perspective.
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The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy is located on traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory. We honour the Blackfoot people and their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Indigenous Peoples who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our community.