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Academic and research interests: |
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Environmental anthropology, land change science, mountain communities, melting glaciers, agricultural sustainability, institutions, vulnerability, remote sensing, and urban-rural gradients |
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Education: |
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2007
2004
1997
1992 |
Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia (UGA), Athens, GA
Graduate Certificate in Geographical Information Science, Dept. of Geography, UGA
M.A., International Development and Social Change, Clark University, Worcester, MA
B. Sc. (Ag.), Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, Nepal |
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Additional training: |
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May-Jun 2001
Jun 1998 |
NSF Summer Institute Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Applications to Study Land-use/cover Change, a three weeks long course, at the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC), Indiana University, Bloomington
World Bank Institute Course Investing in the Excluded: Design and Appraisal of Grassroots Management Training and Outreach, the World Bank, Washington, DC. |
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Professional experience:
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2010-present
2009- 2010
2008
2001-2008
2000- 2007
1997-2000
1995-1996
1992-1994 |
Faculty Associate, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University (ASU), AZ
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Central Arizona – Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP LETR), Arizona State University, AZ
Science & Technology Policy Fellow. Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Research Assistant/Lab Manager, Lab of Agricultural and Natural Resource Anthropology, UGA,
Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Senior Research Associate, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Nepal. IIDS is a leading research organization in Nepal for policy and action research
Teaching Assistant, Program for International Development, and Department of Sociology, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Program Officer, IIDS, Nepal |
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Select publications: (for all publications, primary author is listed first)
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In press
2011
2007
2007
2006
2009
2007
1997
2000
1998
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Shrestha, M., A York, C. Boone, and S. Zhang. Land Fragmentation due to Rapid Urbanization in the Metropolitan Phoenix Area: Analyzing the Spatiotemporal Patterns and Drivers. Applied Geography DOI:10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.04.004,
York, A., M. Shrestha, C. Boone, and S. Zhang. Land Fragmentation under Rapid Urbanization: A Cross-site Comparative Analysis. Urban Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0157-8, 2011
Shrestha, M., Research Abstract: The Human Dimensions of Land-use and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. Himalaya, 25(1-2): 42-43.
Article in revision
S. Zhang, A York, C. Boone, and M Shrestha. Methodological Advances in the Spatial Analysis of Land Fragmentation. Submitted to Professional Geographer.
Proceedings
The Human Dimensions of Land Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. In the Proceedings of the 2nd Himalayan Policy Research Conference. October 11, 2007, Madison, Wisconsin. Albuquerque, NM: The Nepal Study Center, University of New Mexico.
Mountain Agriculture and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya. In Global Change in Mountain Regions, edited by Martin F. Price, pp. 232-233. Duncow, UK: Sapiens Publishing
Book Review
The Kuhls of Kangra: Community-managed Irrigation in the Western Himalaya (by J. M. Baker 2005). Himalaya (formerly The Himalayan Research Bulletin) 26(1-2): 68-69
Dissertation and Thesis
PhD dissertation: Smallholders, Mountain Agriculture and Land Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. Dept. of Anthropology. Submitted to Graduate School, University of Georgia, Athens
Masters thesis: Land-use, Poor People, and Livelihoods in the Middle Hills of Nepal. Program for International Development and Social Change. Submitted to Graduate School, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Working Papers, Technical Reports and Monographs
The Land-use Change, Livelihood and Social Exclusion Nexus in Nepal submitted to the Robert McNamara Fellowship Program of the World Bank, Washington DC
Self-help Banking Program and Women’s Empowerment submitted to the Centre for Self-help Development (CSD), Kathmandu, Nepal. |
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Awards, honors, and fellowships: |
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2008
2006-07
1999-2000
1990 |
Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NRC), Washington, DC
Dissertation Completion Award. The Graduate School, University of Georgia
Robert McNamara Fellowship, the World Bank, Washington, DC
National Championship, the 22nd Ratna Shield Inter-College Quiz Contest, GAA, Nepal
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Funded research grants: |
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2004-2007
2004-2005
2002 |
Earth System Sciences Fellowship (Grant no. NNG04GQ16H) of National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) (USD 72,000)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Grant (Cultural Anthropology # BCS 0350127) (USD 12,000)
The NSF Ethnographic Research Training Grant, UGA (USD 2,478) |
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Conference and seminar presentations: |
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October 2010
October 2010
January 2010
January 2010
December 2009
September 2009
March 2009
November 2008
March 2008
December 2007
October 2007
October 2007
May 2007
April 2007
November 2006
October 2006
October 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
October 2005
July 2005
March 2003
March 2002
June 2000
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Paper (Shrestha, M., A. York, S. Zhang, and C. Boone): Rapid Urbanization and Land Fragmentation in the US Southwest: A Socio-ecological Gradient Analysis. The International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change – The Global Land Project, October 15 – 19, Tempe, Arizona
Paper: Contending Institutions and Reconfiguration in Common-pool Resource Management in Lamjung, Nepal. The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) North America Regional Meeting, September 30 – October 2, Tempe, Arizona
Poster (Shrestha, M., A. York, C. Boone and S. Zhang): Rapid Urbanization and Land Fragmentation: A cross-site comparative analysis. The 12th Annual Symposium of CAP LTER, Arizona State University
Poster (Zhang, S., A. York, C. Boone, and M. Shrestha). Methodological Issues in Land Fragmentation Gradient Analysis. The 12th Annual Symposium of CAP LTER, ASU
Paper: Agricultural Change and Livelihood Security in Lamjung, Nepal, the 108th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), Philadelphia, PA.
Poster (M. Shrestha, S. Zhang, A. York, and C. Boone): Socioecological Gradients and Land Fragmentation: A Cross-site Comparative Analysis. Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) All Scientists Meeting, September 13-16, Estes Park, CO.
Paper: Assessing Vulnerability to Glaciers Retreat and Food Shortage in the Nepal Himalaya, the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Santa Fe, NM.
Paper: Food Security and Vulnerability in Lamjung, Nepal: A Focus on the Likely Impact of Climate Change on Mountain Agriculture, the 107th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), San Francisco, CA.
Paper: Globalization, Mountain Agriculture and Livelihoods in Lamjung, Nepal, the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Memphis, TN.
Paper: Smallholder Land-use Change and Agro-diversity in Lamjung, Nepal. The 106th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), Washington, DC.
Paper: Community Forestry and the Changing Context of Smallholding in Lamjung, Nepal. The 36th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Paper: The Human Dimensions of Land Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The 2nd Himalyan Policy Research Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Paper: Accuracy Assessment of Land-cover Mapping in Lamjung District, Nepal. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Conference, Tampa, FL.
Paper: The Institutional Context of Agrarian Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. The Annual Meeting of SfAA, Tampa, FL.
Paper: Integrated Land History: Analyzing the Cultural Context of Agricultural Change in Lamjung of Nepal. The 105th Annual Conference of AAA, San Jose, CA.
Poster: Land-use and Land-cover Change in Agricultural Areas: The Example of Lamjung, Nepal. The Academy of the Environment Symposium, UGA, Athens, GA.
Paper: Integrated Land History and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The 35th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Paper: Integrating Satellite Data with Household and Community Data to Detect Land-use and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference in Reno, NV.
Poster: Smallholders Land-use Strategies and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya: Integrating Household and Community Data with Remote Sensing Applications. The NASA Land-cover and Land-use Change (LCLUC) Science Team Meeting, April 11-13 2006, MD
Paper: Ethnoecology of Land-use and Land-cover: An Application in Community-based Natural Resources Management. The Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Vancouver, Canada.
Paper: Mountain Agriculture and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya. The Open Science Conference: Global Change in the Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland
Paper: Land-use and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya: Revisiting the Verticality Concept. Thematic workshop “Process Studies along Altitudinal Gradients to Serve Conservation and Sustainable Development, ” Samedan, Switzerland.
Paper: Smallholders’ Land-use Choices and Mountain Farming Systems. The Annual Meeting of SfAA, Portland, OR
Paper: Land-use/cover Change and Livelihood Diversification: Characterizing Mountain Agriculture Systems of Nepal. The Annual Meeting of the SfAA, Atlanta, GA
Poster: The Land Use Change, Livelihood and Social Exclusion Nexus in the Nepal Himalayas. The International Mountain Research Symposium sponsored by Grenoble Pôle Européen Universitaire et Scientifique, Grenoble, France |
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Teaching experience: |
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Instructor (Faculty Associate), School of Sustainability, Arizona State University
SOS320 (Society and Sustainability), 68 seats, (F2010, S011, Su011, F11)
SOS321 (Policy and Governance), 138 seats, (S011, F11)
Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia
Introduction to Anthropology (F00, S01, S02, F05), Historical Ecology (S03), Multicultural Health (F02)
Teaching Assistant, Clark University
Development Problems (S96), Social Research processes (F95) |
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Consultancy experience: |
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2000
1998
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International Centre for Integrated Development (ICIMOD), Nepal
Centre for Self-help Development (CSD), Nepal
The World Bank, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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Professional reviews: |
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2011
2009-2010 |
Grant proposal: National Geographic Society (NGS), Committee for Research and Exploration
Grant proposals: Central Arizona – Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP LTER), Graduate Students Research Grants for summer 2010, fall 2010, and spring 2011 |
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Professional services: |
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2011
2008 – present
2006 – present
2007 - 2009
Sep 2009
Mar 2002 |
International Staff (instructor), the GCOE-INeT Summer School 2011 Understanding coupled natural and social system: Feedback loops between land-use and ecosystem change Hokkaido University, Japan (June 27 - July 8, 2011.
Executive Council Member, the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS)
Web developer and/or curator for the following professional organizations:
http://anhs-himalaya.org/; http://cultureandagriculture.org; http://www.uga.edu/asprs
Board Member – Culture & Agriculture (C&A) Section, American Anthropological Association
Working group co-organizer (with A. York, S. Zhang and C. Boone): A Cross-site Comparative Analysis of Land Fragmentation, LTER All Scientists Meeting, Estates Park, CO.
Panel organizer: The Himalayan Dilemma: Old Problems, New Approaches. The Annual Meeting of the SfAA, Atlanta, GA. (with Robert E. Rhoades) |
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Professional membership: |
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Member, American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)
Member, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
Member, The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS)
Member, International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC) |
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Proficiencies: |
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Languages |
Fluent in Nepali, Newari, and English. Intermediate knowledge of Hindi, Bhojpuri, and Awadhi |
