Dr. Kathy Galvin Elected to Board of Trustees for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado

As appearing in The Denver Post | 10.20.14 Vectra Bank CEO, three others named Nature Conservancy trustees Longtime Vectra Bank CEO Bruce Alexander is one of four new trustees of The Nature Conservancy in Colorado. The nonprofit conservation group said Kathleen Galvin, who directs a research program in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at […]

CSU’s Sibold studies beetle outbreaks’ impact on wildfires

As appearing in the Coloradoan | 09.19.14 Question: Describe your typical day. Answer: When I am on campus, my days are filled with a variety of activities. Most days include some teaching, either a class or research techniques in my lab, class preparation and grading, and lots of interaction with undergraduate and graduate students. My days […]

Transformations to Sustainability, International Social Science Council Project Funded to Kathleen Galvin

Transformations to Sustainability project funded to Kathleen Galvin, Anthropology The International Social Science Council (ISSC) has awarded Kathleen Galvin  (Anthropology, SoGES), a Transformations to Sustainability grant of  € 30,000 for 6 months  to develop a Transformative Knowledge Network on the World’s Rangelands through Social Change.  Galvin and her team will bring together researchers and practitioners […]

Notes from Olduvai

MA Student Kristen Welch is at Olduvai Gorge, the cradle of humanity. Read about what she’s doing, and what it’s like in one of the most important archaeological sites in the study of human evolution. July 5, 2014 Habari! (Hello) Greetings from the field!  This summer I am working with Olduvai Geochronology and Archaeology Project […]

Locally-Run Conservancies Are Meeting the Needs of Wildlife, Livestock, and People

As appearing in the Huffington Post | 07.18.14   An Experiment ‘Goes Wild’ in Kenya: Locally-Run Conservancies Are Meeting the Needs of Wildlife, Livestock, and People by Kathleen A. Galvin and Robin Reid A revolution is occurring in Kenya. Or perhaps ‘transformation’ better fits. What’s happening is an explosion in the number (and fast-growing maturity) […]

Archaeologists discover cemetery in Mexican city with clues to ancient civilization

As Appearing in Heritage Daily | April 2014 THE SUBLIME SOUNDS OF A JINGLING RATTLE SILENCED FOR MORE THAN 500 YEARS HELPS TELL THE STORY OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION IN WESTERN MEXICO AND TIES TOGETHER MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS OF DISCOVERY BY A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS LED BY A COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGIST. The copper and bronze […]

The effective interview, an art and a science

Dr. Kathy Galvin offers her thoughts on conducting compelling interviews and shares her ideas about the important and oftentimes overlooked information that can be found in the pauses, the unstructured questions, and most of all, the ability to let go of preconceptions about what the interviewer hopes to find. As appearing on Stanford Leopold Leadership […]