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Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrook
jklm@u.washington.edu
Education
B.A. Anthropology with distinction, University of Washington; Minor, South Asian Studies; magna cum laude (2004)Graduate Student, Anthropology, University of Washington
Honors
NSF IGERT FellowResearch
My research focuses on questions of collective action in the context of natural resource management, particularly those relating to restoration ecology and non-timber forest products. I am interested in the way that cultural identities and social institutions inform environmental values- how does this get translated into resource management regimes, and how do management regimes inform social identities?
Publications and Presentations
"Making Sense of Place: Narratives of Migration, Milk and Modernity in a Northwest Washington Dairy Community," (2004). Unpublished honors thesis.
"Making sense of nature: the social worlds of the mountain huckleberry." Powerpoint presentation: What about the berries? workshop. Chase, BC (March 2008).
"The 'huckleberry dilemma' from a common property theory perspective." Powerpoint presentation: Warm Springs Huckleberry Workshop, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Mt. Hood National Forest. Warm Springs, OR (June 2008).
"The social worlds of the mountain huckleberry." Powerpoint and poster presentation: Community Forestry and Environmental Research Partnership's annual participatory research workshop, Craftsbury, Vermont (September 2008).
"Current trends in huckleberry management: perspectives from the social side." Powerpoint presentation: Cedar and huckleberry technical work group, Tulalip Indian Tribes and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Everett, WA (December 2008).
Martin, Laura, Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrook, Warren King-George and Tracy Fuentes "Management Plan for the Enhancement of Big Huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) in the GovernmentMeadows area of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest." (September 2008)
Freeburg, Adam, Sara Breslow, Julie Combs, Emma Flores, Steve Harrell, Tom Hinckley, Joanne Ho, Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrooke, Eric Nassau, Alicia Robbins, Haldre Rogers, Patrick Shamberger and Lauren Urgenson, MCCE IGERT: An Experiment in International Interdisciplinary Graduate Education. AAAS, Pacific Division 88th Annual Meeting, Boise State University, Boise, ID June 17 - 21, 2007 New Humanities and Science Convergences. III: The Greening of the Disciplines (Awarded AAAS Pacific Division Rita Peterson Award in Science Education).
Administration and Service
AmeriCorps Service-Learning Coordinator, Edmonds Community College (2005-06)Worked with faculty and community partners to develop service-learning based Human Ecology courses and the “Learn-n-Serve Environmental Anthropology Field School” (LEAF).
Highlights
First Annual Pacific Northwest Huckleberry Summit. Co-organized with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the US Geological Survey, this workshop brought together tribes, land managers, policy-makers, researchers and commercial interests to present and discuss issues pertaining to the management and harvest allocation of Vaccinium membranaceum in the Pacific Northwest. Eatonville, WA (June 2007).
In the spring of 2003 I helped to create a Pacific Northwest Native American ethnobotanical garden at the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural center in Discovery Park, which I continue to develop and maintain with community assistance. Over the past year, I have been working with United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, community members, and park staff to develop and implement a “land revitalization” plan for twenty acres of land surrounding the Daybreak Star Cultural Center.
