Pamela McElwee
Professor, Scholar, Environmentalist
Lawrence High School
1988
Inducted
2019
• Vale University, Forestry & Environmental Studies and Anthropology, Ph.D., 2003
• Vale University, Forestry & Environmental Studies, M. Phil., and Anthropology, M. Phil., 1998 Oxford University, Department of Plant Sciences, Forestry and its Relation to Land Use, M.Sc., 1994
• University of Kansas, Political Science (Environmental Studies minor concentration), B.A., 1992
APPOINTMENTS
• Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey 2014
o Affiliated graduate faculty in Department of Anthropology, Department of Geography, Department of Women's and Gender Studies, and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
• Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers, July 2011- July 2014
• Assistant Professor, School of Politics & Global Studies (70%} and School of Sustainability (30%}, Arizona State University, Jan 2006 - May 2011
• Visiting Fellow, Program in Agrarian Studies, Vale University, Fall 2004 - Dec 2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, Spring 2004 Lecturer, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Vale University, Fall 2003
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
• McElwee, P.O. (2016) Forests are Gold: Trees, People, and Environmental Rule in Vietnam. Seattle: Un of Washington Press. 2017 Eur. Assoc. of Southeast Asian Scholars Best Social Science Book winner.
• Cruz-Torres, M.L. and McElwee, P.O., eds. (2012) Gender and Sustainability: Lessons from Latin America and Asia. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
• Numerous Articles & Chapters: from 2004 to 2019
• McElwee, P.O. Liamas-Fernandes,A.;Thorpe,M.;Whyte, K., Middleton, B, Reid K., Sy, D. and Moldawer, A. 2019 "Indigenous ecologies" The Oxford Bibliography of Ecology. Oxford: Oxford University Press
SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS
• National Science Foundation (NSF}, Geography & Regional Science Division, 2011-15
• US Agency for International Development, National Academy of Sciences and NSF. Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) grant partner, 2012-15
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2004-05 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Lead author, ch. 6, Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, UN Intergovernmental)
• Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (PBES), 2016-2019
• Lead author, ch. 6, Climate Change and land: an IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2017-2019
• Thematic Group Leader, Cultural Practices and Ecosystem Management, part of the Commission on Ecosystem Management, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2016-2020
• Editor, Conservation letters, 2016-now; Associate Editor, Conservation and Society, 2006-now, Co-Editor in Chief Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 2012-2014
