Kathleen A. Galvin, Professor - Anthropology and Geography

Professor

Office:
Clark B219C
Phone:
(970) 491-5784
Email:
Kathleen.Galvin@colostate.edu

Office:
Clark B219C
Phone:
(970) 491-5784
Email:
Kathleen.Galvin@colostate.edu
Role:
Faculty
Position:
- Professor
Concentration:
- Cultural Anthropology
Department:
- Anthropology and Geography
Education:
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, 1985 M.A. in Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1979 B.A. in Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1971
Curriculum Vitae:
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Director, The Africa Center
Advising Faculty Member, GDPE

Kathleen Galvin is Professor of Anthropology and Director of The Africa Center. She is also an Advising Faculty member for the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at CSU. She has conducted interdisciplinary social-ecological systems research in the drylands of Africa and east Asia for over 30 years. Galvin has worked with local communities on issues of land use change, biodiversity conservation, food security and climate change impacts and adaptations. She works with local communities, ecologists, modelers, remote sensing, and GIS experts to understand human-ecological interactions.

Professor Galvin is coauthor of the American Anthropological Association Task Force Report on Global Climate Change. She is the 2017 Award Recipient, CSU John N. Stern Distinguished Professor Award and the 2017 Award for Resident Distinguished Ecologist, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at CSU. She is a lead author on the 2019 Global Assessment on the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). She is the 2021 recipient of the Baylor University Distinguished Service award to the profession.