Scott Freeman
Program: Applied AnthropologyDegree: Ph.D.
Previous Graduate Education: Ed.M in International Education Policy, Harvard University
Research Interests: My research lies at the intersection of international development and the environment. I examine sustainable development initiatives in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. As a result, I have conducted research on fisheries, agriculture, and soil conservation. I am increasingly interested in actor network theory as a lens to examine international development.
Geographical Interests: Latin America and the Caribbean. Specifically, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Publications:
Vetiver in Southwest Haiti. Earth Institute: Haiti Research and Policy Program. Columbia University. 2012. (In Press)
Where was Anthropology?: Reflections of a Peace Corps Volunteer turned Anthropologist, Anthropology News, December 2011.
Presentations:
Invited:
2011—Fishers and NGOs: Exploring the Application of Anthropology in the Dominican Republic. New York: Teachers College Columbia University Panel on Applied Anthropology.
Attended:
2012—Haitian Roofs and French Perfumes: The movement and imagination of vetiver in Haiti. Rutgers: Transnational Hispaniola Conference.
2012—Cash in the Ground: Vetiver root farmers in Haiti. Baltimore: Society for Applied Anthropology.
2011—Conserve and Sustain? Environmentally focused development projects and fishers in the Dominican Republic. Montreal: American Anthropological Association.
2011—Expensive oils and shifting soils: Examining the social context of the vetiver plant in Southwest Haiti. Kingston, Jamaica: Haitian Studies Association.
2011—Developing Context: Fishers and Sustainable Development in the Dominican Republic. Seattle: Society for Applied Anthropology.
2009—Cross-Cultural Professional Development as a Means to Improve Literacy: The Case of Finca del Niño. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Research Conference.
Awards/Grants:
2011—AC4 Graduate Student Fellowship. Earth Institute, Columbia University.
2011—Bea Medicine Award. Society for Applied Anthropology.
2010—Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship. US Department of Education.
2010—Pre-Dissertation Field Research Grant. Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University.