Barbara L. Grub
blg@u.washington.edu

Education

BA International Relations, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
MAIS China Studies, Jackson School of International Studies
PhD Candidate, Environmental Anthropology, University of Washington.

Honors

NSF IGERT Fellow; NSEP Boren Fellow; UW Graduate School Top Scholar Award; Freeman Teaching Fellow; FLAS Summer Fellow; ProdeToto Dedicated Worker Award


Research

I am interested in the interaction between culture and ecology in livestock management regimes. My dissertation research is in southwestern China, looking at the ways in which the Nuosu raise livestock and the impact that livestock have on their society, economy and environment. Related interests are range ecology and management, heirloom livestock, traditional ecological knowledge, livestock development projects, and ranching in the US and Canada.


Presentations

WCAAS “Nuosu Herding Practices” , 2004; SfAA “The Yangjuan School Sheep Project”, panel chair for “Farmers, Pastoralists, and Land Use Issues”, 2005.


Administration & Service

Anthropology Graduate Student Funds Committee, 2005; Environmental Anthropology Brown Bag Coordinator 2004-2005; Graduate and Professional Student Senate Representative 2002-2003.


Highlights

- IGERT Windpower Group, working with graduate students from engineering, social work, biology, and material sciences.

- Field research in rural Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan, China, both alone and with undergraduates from the UW-SU exchange program.

- Peace Corps Volunteer working in livestock development projects with K’iché Mayans in Guatemala highlands.

- Experience working in Canadian federal politics at provincial level.