{"id":543,"date":"2025-08-07T12:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/?page_id=543"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:09:35","slug":"sustainable-food-systems-m-s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/academics\/graduate-programs\/sustainable-food-systems-m-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Food Systems, M.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull split-background-75 has-dark-green-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1340\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/sustainable-food-systems.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"man holding a mixture of wild grains\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/sustainable-food-systems.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/sustainable-food-systems-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/sustainable-food-systems-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/sustainable-food-systems-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top sidebar-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Food Security, Sustainability, and Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems prepares students to tackle the social and ecological complexities that create food insecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-food-is-a-human-right\">Food is a human right<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Food is a fundamental human right and central to sustainable, equitable, and just community development. Food is more than nutrients \u2013 it is an ecological relationship and an expression of cultural values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you ready to engage the complex social and ecological dynamics of local food systems? Are you looking for ways to contribute to innovative initiatives and social movements for food security, sovereignty, and justice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark\u2019s Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems will help you build the knowledge, skills, and experience you need to connect your career and your values. Our graduates work across the globe \u2013 in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors \u2013 to enhance sustainability and justice within food systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By taking foundational courses in social and environmental science and developing expertise in project management and monitoring and evaluation, students are prepared to transform institutions and systems to produce equitable and sustainable outcomes. Our dynamic studio courses and Global Learning Collaboratives provide hands-on experiences and know-how to take action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div id=\"form_85465dc7-b730-48fd-8688-5132b26c5b07\">Loading...<\/div><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gradapply.clarku.edu\/register\/?id=85465dc7-b730-48fd-8688-5132b26c5b07&output=embed&div=form_85465dc7-b730-48fd-8688-5132b26c5b07\">\/**\/<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-gray-100-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-52009084 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/AdobeStock_608139476-300x200-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2591 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-complex-challenges-require-authentic-community-engagement\">Complex challenges require authentic community engagement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Environmentally and socially just food systems require diverse forms of knowledge and abilities. Students learn from practitioners, policy-makers, and community members to work across intellectual, professional, and individual differences toward shared visions of sustainable and equitable food systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEM Designated Program.<\/strong>&nbsp;If you are an international student with a Master\u2019s in Sustainable Food Systems, you may be eligible to work in the US for up to 36 months on Optional Practical Training (OPT).<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-critical-knowledge-skills-and-experience-the-sustainable-food-systems-curriculum\">Critical Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:<br>The Sustainable Food Systems Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Curricular Feature<\/th><th>10-unit<\/th><th>12-unit practice<\/th><th>12-unit research<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Required Core Courses: Degree Specific<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sustainability Studies<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Social Change and Institutional Transformation<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fundamental Skills:<\/strong><br>Project Management<br>Monitoring &amp; Evaluation<br>Organizational Leadership<br>Spatial Analysis<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Methods of Inquiry &amp; Subject Matter Electives<\/td><td>1.5 \u2013 2<\/td><td>1.5 \u2013 2<\/td><td>2.5 \u2013 3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Intersectional Analysis<\/td><td>0.5 \u2013 1<\/td><td>0.5 \u2013 1<\/td><td>0.5 \u2013 1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Principles and Ethics in Community Engagement<br>(Common Seminar)<\/td><td>0.5<\/td><td>0.5<\/td><td>0.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Experiential Learning:<\/strong><br>Studio courses<br>Summer Global Learning Collaboratives<br>Internships<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Directed Study<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thesis writing<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-gray-700-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7271&amp;returnto=2879\">View Catalog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-gray-100-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-52009084 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-choice-of-three-program-tracks\">Choice of three program tracks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns equal-height is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group info-box is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0c84590b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>10-unit track completed in three semesters (Fall or Spring start)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group info-box is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0c84590b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>12-unit research track completed in four semesters, with students conducting primary research in the summer between their two years of study (Fall start only)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group info-box is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0c84590b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>12-unit practice track completed in four semesters, with students engaging in two experiential learning opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout double-bottom-margin has-white-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-075391ce wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learning-outcomes\">Learning outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li>Work across intellectual, professional, individual, and cultural differences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand and address complex social-ecological challenges, transforming institutions and systems to produce more socially just, climate-responsive, and sustainable outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Act effectively in uncertain and unstable contexts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communicate, facilitate, collaborate, and co-create with a diverse range of stakeholders: communities impacted by social and environmental problems, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies and policymakers, donors, and businesses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns abut-end is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-career-outcomes\">Career Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Farm-Manager-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2592\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Gain access to vast network of Clark alumni working to advance sustainability and justice in our food systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Clark graduates hold a wide range of jobs across a range of organizations in the food security and justice arenas. Just a small list of examples displayed on the right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-white-color has-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-39752c23b80a4cad4382fa4a7ee4afcf is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:33.33%\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow has-drop-shadow has-text-align-left\">careers<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Senior Food Security Analyst,&nbsp;<em>Famine Early Warning Systems Network<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Government Partnerships Officer,&nbsp;<em>World Food Programme Berlin<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Farm Manager and Food Justice Activist,&nbsp;<em>Soul Fire Farm<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-drop-shadow has-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>More<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Founder and Steward,&nbsp;<em>WILDSEED Community Farm &amp; Healing Village<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Director of Food and Climate Systems,&nbsp;<em>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Associate Professor,&nbsp;<em>Environmental Science and Forestry, SUNY Syracuse<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Leadership Team Member,&nbsp;<em>Maine Medical Center Food Pantry<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Food Access Manager,&nbsp;<em>Agricultural Institute of Marin<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Director of Food Operations,&nbsp;<em>Mastery Charter Schools<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Communications Associate,&nbsp;<em>The Hunger Project<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Food and Community Cultivator,&nbsp;<em>Purple Frog Gardens<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Project Support Specialist,&nbsp;<em>Flats Mentor Farm<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-drop-shadow\">Senior Information Systems Advisor,&nbsp;<em>World Food Programme Haiti<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-gray-100-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c5a996f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-meet-our-engaged-faculty\">Meet our engaged faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><section class=\"splide cu_carousel\" id=\"cu_carousel_0\" aria-label=\"Basic Structure Example\">\n    <div class=\"splide__track\">\n        <div class=\"splide__list\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Ramon-Borges-Mendez-160x160-80x80-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ramon Borges-Mendez\n\" class=\"wp-image-2196\" style=\"border-radius:50px;width:80px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ramon Borges-Mendez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Associate Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Ramon Borges-Mendez<\/strong> teaches graduate courses on food systems, inequality, labor economics, migration, and globalization. A recent 2023 publication, an Op-Ed piece in The Boston Globe asked, \u201cHow could we improve the skills and training opportunities of the impoverished Latino workers who pick our crops and prepare our food, especially in my home state of Massachusetts?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p><strong>Current Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Borges-Mendez is actively engaged with the Nutrition Program for the Worcester Public Schools and serves on the Advisory Board of the Farm to Institution New England network, which focuses on increasing local food sourcing in schools, colleges, and hospitals. He is the co-founder of Fundacion Bucarabon, an initiative to reposition the Francisco Vincenty School as a social and economic hub in the coffee-producing regions of Maricao, Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Regional Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A. in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A. in Social Thought and Political Economy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1985<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/ramon-borges-mendez\/\">Learn more about Professor Borges-Mendez<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Cindy-Caron-160x160-1-80x80-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Caron\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" style=\"border-radius:50px;width:80px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Cynthia M. Caron<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Associate Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Cynthia M. Caron<\/strong> returned to academia in 2012 after nine years working in international development and humanitarian assistance in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Her research and teaching interests focus on land and natural resource governance, asking critical questions about how women and marginalized groups maintain secure access to land for agricultural and livelihood pursuits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p>Her most recent food-related publication is on the work and lives of agricultural workers in contemporary Sri Lanka. She is on the Board of Directors of the Rome-based Land Portal Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Caron\u2019s development practice focuses on land access in post-conflict settings, gender and land policy, and climate risk and resilience assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. in Development Sociology, Cornell University, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Master of Forest Science, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A. in International Development and Social Change and Government, Clark University, 1990<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/cynthia-caron\/\">Learn more about Professor Caron<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Jude-Fernando-160x160-1-80x80-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jude Fernando\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" style=\"border-radius:50px;width:80px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jude Fernando<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Associate Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Jude Fernando<\/strong> focuses his research on post-disaster response and humanitarian assistance in relation to livelihood and governance. He is currently completing a book, Political Economy of NGOs: Modernizing Post-modernity, which examines the controversial social roles of micro-credit NGOs in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, based on his long-term work in those countries in the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p><strong>Current Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Dr. Fernando and Sri Lankan colleagues established the Alfa Children and Youth Training Institute, a non-governmental organization to assist children and youth affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004. By using an experimental child-centered model to advance the rights of young people, he combines academic research with practical projects to effect positive social change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. in Economics, Anthropology, South Asian History, University of Pennsylvania, 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A. in Applied Economics, University of Peradeniya, 1986<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/jude-fernando\/\">Learn more about Professor Fernando<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/morgan-ruelle-100-80x80-1.jpg\" alt=\"Morgan Ruelle\" class=\"wp-image-2261\" style=\"border-radius:50px;width:80px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Morgan Ruelle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Associate Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Morgan Ruelle<\/strong> is an ethnobotanist who explores how biocultural diversity enables communities to adapt to environmental change. His work focuses on how traditional ecological knowledge related to diverse plants and animals provides options for communities to anticipate and respond to increasing climate variability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p><strong>Current Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ethiopia, Dr. Ruelle conducts research and training for Traditional Grain Mixtures Project, a collaboration with the New York Botanical Garden, Cornell University, Addis Ababa University, Wollo University, and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute supported by the Rockefeller Foundation\u2019s Periodic Table of Food Initiative. Their research investigates whether traditional cropping practices involving similar grain species contribute to yield stability, soil health, and nutritional complementarity. Since 2007, he has worked with Elders in the Standing Rock Nation of the Northern Great Plains to advance food sovereignty by increasing access to the diverse plants used in traditional foodways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. in Natural Resources, Cornell University, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S. in Natural Resources, Cornell University, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.S. in Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 2001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/morgan-ruelle\/\">Learn more about Professor Ruelle<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/anita-fabos-featured-80x80-1.jpg\" alt=\"Anita Fabos\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" style=\"border-radius:50px;width:80px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Anita Fabos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Anita F\u00e1bos<\/strong> is an anthropologist who has worked and conducted research together with Muslim Arab Sudanese refugees in the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Formerly the Director of the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies program at the American University in Cairo, Dr. F\u00e1bos integrates teaching, research, and participatory programs that incorporate refugee and forced migrant perspectives into collaborative work with scholars, practitioners, refugee organizations, policy makers, and international organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p><strong>Current Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. F\u00e1bos and her writing partner, Cathrine Brun, Professor and Director of the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice at Oxford Brookes University, are working on a book on home and homemaking for people in circumstances of long-term displacement, entitled Constellations of Home. She is also co-principle investigator of the Worcester, MA site for Project MISTY, a six-city initiative that explores the ways that migration interacts with sustainability concerns in destination cities, with an emphasis on the unrecognized benefits that it can bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. in Anthropology, Boston University, 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A. in Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1988<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A. in Political Science and Music, University of Pennsylvania, 1985<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/anita-fabos\/\">Learn more about Professor F\u00e1bos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Ken-MacLean-160x160-1-80x80-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ken MacLean\" class=\"wp-image-2409\" style=\"border-radius:50px;width:80px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ken MacLean<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Ken MacLean<\/strong> holds a joint appointment with the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice and the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He has more than twenty-five years of experience working with NGOs on issues related to human rights violations, conflict-induced displacement, state-sponsored violence, extractive industries, and territorial disputes across South East Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p><strong>Current Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. MacLean\u2019s recent book, Crimes in Archival Form: Human Rights, Fact Production, and Myanmar, explores the many ways in which human rights \u201cfacts\u201d are produced rather than found. With Myanmar as his case study, MacLean examines the fact-finding practices of a human rights group, two cross-border humanitarian agencies, an international law clinic, and a global NGO-led campaign. The book compels practitioners and scholars alike to be more transparent about how human rights \u201cfact\u201d production works, why it is important, and when its use should prompt concern. Crimes in Archival Form: Human Rights, Fact Production, and Myanmar is now short-listed by the International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS) for its 2023 Best Book Prize in the Social Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S. in Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A. in Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A. in Anthropology, Princeton University, 1990<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/event\/screening-and-discussion-no-blue-memories-the-life-of-gwendolyn-brooks\/\">Learn more about Ken MacLean<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<script>\n    let cu_carousel_0 = new Splide( '#cu_carousel_0',{\n        type   : 'loop',\n        perPage: 3,\n        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