Dr. David Casagrandeœ

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Associate Professor of Anthropology

Dept of Sociology and Anthropology

Morgan Hall 203F
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455

Tel: (309) 298-1567
Fax: (309) 298-1857

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My research in Ethnoecology:
  • Resilience of agricultural communities in the American midwest
  • Effects of migration on Marshallese environmental perceptions and behavior
  • People, landscapes, and water in metropolitan Phoenix, AZ
  • Cultural interpretations of forest succession among the Tzeltal Maya
My research on Information Ecology:
  • Informational processes across scales from individual minds to complex human systems
My research on Medicinal Plants
  • Ecology, cognition, and cultural transmission of Tzeltal Maya medicinal plant knowledge
How my research is funded
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Degrees

Ph.D., University of Georgia, Ecological Anthropology

Master of Forest Science, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

B.S., Geography, Southern Connecticut State University

Languages

ENGLISH - primary, SPANISH - secondary, TZELTAL (Maya) - intermediate, GERMAN - basic

"Scientists believe in proof without certainty: most people believe in certainty without proof."

Ashley Montagu