Shirley Fiske is an environmental and policy anthropologist.[1] She is an anthropology professor at the University of Maryland.[2] From 2011 to 2014, Fiske served as chair of the American Anthropological Association's Task Force on Global Climate Change.[3] In 2016, she received the Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology award from the American Anthropological Association.[1]
Biography edit
Fiske obtained her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Stanford University.[4] After, she joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where she worked for 16 years.[4] Fiske was also involved with communities and businesses along U.S. coastline when she worked for the National Sea Grant College Program.[4][5] She became the legislative aide of Hawaii Senator Daniel K. Akala for energy, natural resources, oceans, and the environment.[4]
Publications edit
- Shirley Fiske and Robert M. Wulff, eds. 1986. Anthropological Praxis. Boulder: Westview Press,
- Shirley Fiske. 2009. Global change policymaking from inside the Beltway: engaging anthropology. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.
- Shirley Fiske. 2012. Global climate change from the bottom up. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.
- Shirley Fiske and Stephanie Paladino, eds. 2016. The Carbon Fix: Forest Carbon, Social Justice, and Environmental Governance. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Congratulations to the 2016 AAA Award Winners | Anthropology-News". www.anthropology-news.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^ a b "Shirley Fiske | ANTH | Anthropology Department | University of Maryland". anth.umd.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^ "AAA Task Force on Climate Change | National Association for the Practice of Anthropology". practicinganthropology.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^ a b c d Kedia, Satish; Wallace, Tim (2008). Careers in 21st Century Applied Anthropology: Perspectives from Academics and Practitioners. Germantown, NY: Blackwell Publishing Journals. p. 206. ISBN 9781405190152.
- ^ Griffith, David Craig (1993). Jones's Minimal: Low-Wage Labor in the United States. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. pp. xv. ISBN 0-7914-1309-8.