Program Faculty
Kiran Asher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Development and Social Change
Coordinator of the International Development and Social Change Graduate Program
Culture and power, political economy, gender studies, politics of biodiversity conservation, Latin American studies
David Bell, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of International Development and Social Change
Education, empowerment, social transformation and community development
Jude Fernando, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Development and Social Change
Economic development and political economy, with emphasis on non-profit organizations, environment, gender, and child labor, particularly in South Asia
William Fisher, Ph.D.
Director of IDCE; Professor of International Development and Social Change
Anthropology, social movements, resettlement, ethnicity, political economy, South Asia
Ellen Foley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of International Development and Social Change; Coordinator of the International Development and Social Change Undergraduate Program;
Anthropology of development, gender, Islam, knowledge systems, medical anthropology and West Africa
Liza Grandia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of International Development and Social Change
political ecology, peasants and agrarian change, conservation and development, indigenous knowledge, Mesoamerica, globalizations (corporate, grassroots), hegemony and cultural survival, commons and enclosures
Heidi Larson, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor of International Development and Social Change
Risk analysis, risk communications, public health issues, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and child health and vaccines, particularly focusing on the socio-cultural and political determinants of health, including the role of religion and belief systems
Ken MacLean, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of International Development and Social Change
Violence, displacement, extractive industries, the state and transnational organizations, governance and governmentality, (late and post-) socialism, legal regimes, anthropology and history, science and technology studies, cartography
Adjunct Faculty
Parminder Bhachu, Ph.D.
Urban anthropology, immigration, diaspora cultures, nationalism, cultural identities and global processes, new capitalism and markets
Joseph de Rivera, Ph.D.
Director of Peace Studies Concentration; The structure and function of different emotions, the relationships between emotion and action, the social psychology of non-violent action for peace and justice
Jody Emel, Ph.D.
Resource/environmental geography, natural resources, feminist theory
Odile Ferly, Ph.D.
Jacqueline Geoghegan, Ph.D.
Beverly C. Grier, Ph.D.
Director of Race and Ethic Relations Concentration; African politics, international development, women’s studies.
Amy Ickowitz, Ph.D.
Douglas Johnson, Ph.D.
Cultural geography, land degradation, animal agriculture and nomadic pastoralism
Laurence A. Lewis, Ph.D.
Land degredation, geomorphology, tropical agriculture
James T. Murphy, Ph.D.
Economic geography, technological change, sustainable development, developing economies
Richard Peet, Ph.D.
Political economy of development, social theory, marxist geography
Paul W. Posner, Ph.D.
Comparative politics, democratic theory, Latin-American politics, environmental politics, and inter-American relations
Dianne Rocheleau, Ph.D.
Political ecology, gender, forestry/agriculture/land use
Paul Ropp, Ph.D.
Director of Asian Studies Concentration: Chinese social and intellectual history
Srinivasan Sitaraman, Ph.D.
United Nations and international law, international political economy, and international relations
Valerie Sperling, Ph.D.
Post-Soviet and East European politics, comparative politics, social movement and collective action, women’s studies
B. L. Turner, Ph.D.
Director of Geography; Human-environment relationships, global change, third world agriculture
Kristen Williams, Ph.D.
Co-Chair of Women's Studies; International relations theory, arms control and international security, nationalism and ethnic politics, U.S. foreign policy
Department Instructors
Ruth Allen, M.A.
George Heaton, J.D.
Elisa Martinez, M.A.
Laura Roper, Ph.D.
Affiliate Faculty
Donna Hicks, Ph.D.
Research Faculty
Cynthia Enloe, Ph.D.
IDCE Research Professor
Impacts of militarization and globalization upon the lives of women worldwide, feminist politics
Richard Ford, Ph.D.
African history, resource management, participation, sustainable development
Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Ph.D.
IDCE Research Professor
Local institutions, women and public policy, peasant-state relations, gender issues, non-governmental organizations
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The International Development and Social Change program is located in the IDCE House at 10 Hawthorne Street.
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