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(607) 255-9757
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ksk28@cornell.edu
Cornell University, 8A Fernow Hall
Ithaca, NY USA. 14853-3001

http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/ksk28/

B. A. (in Economics) University of Calgary, Canada
M.Phil. (in Islamic Studies) University of Cambridge, UK
M.Sc. (in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries) London School of Economics, UK
Ph.D. (in Natural Resource Policy and Management with concentrations in Socio-Anthropology and Community Sociology) Cornell University, USA

Research Interests:

Applied research that has immediate impact and is of relevance to communities

Current Research:

Arctic social science,

Bio-cultural diversity,

Circumpolar cultures and change,

Climate change and its impacts,

Community economic development,

Gender analysis,

Human ecology,

Indigenous knowledge (ways of knowing),

Indigenous land and marine use,

Natural resource policy and management

Participatory action research, and

Social change in indigenous communities.

Teaching Interests:

Dr. Kassam is an International Associate Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies at Cornell University.

Website at Cornell